Unit 4 At the Writing Workshop has been tons of fun so far! Last we celebrated the end of Bend 1 by sharing our published pieces on our collections with one another! We’re now off to a great start this week in Bend II as we continue our unit with reviews of movies, games, restaurants and vacation spots! Cant wait!!

In 2018 the Winter Olympics will be held at Pyeongchang, South Korea, with the opening ceremony on 9th February and the closing ceremony on 25th February. There will be 102 events in 15 sports, with an estimate 100 nations taking part.
Pyeongchang’s mascots are Soohorange and Bandabi, a white tiger and Asiatic black bear.

The white tiger is considered Korea’s guardian animal, and is closely related to Korean mythology. The mascot represents trust and protection and the strength of the athletes. Bandabi the bear is a symbol of strong will and courage.

Here is Soohorang to get us excited about the upcoming Winter Games!

The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, will be the largest-ever winter Games. This video shows the key buildings for the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang – from ice hockey to ski jumping!

Winter Olympic Sports
Coloring pages, learn to draw printables, writing pages, posters, videos … so much winter sports fun!

• Alpine Skiing
• Biathlon
• Bobsled
• Cross-Country Skiing
• Curling
• Figure Skating
• Freestyle Skiing
• Ice Hockey
• Luge
• Nordic Combined
• Short Track Speed Skating
• Skeleton
• Ski Jumping
• Snowboarding
• Speed Skating

Resources:
“Winter Olympics.” Activity Village, 2018, www.activityvillage.co.uk/winter-olympics.

Super Bowl 52 will be played in Minneapolis at U.S. Bank Stadium, which will have just finished hosting its second Minnesota Vikings season after being built in time for the 2016 NFL season.

“The Duke” is the official game football of the National Football League® (NFL) and the only football that is allowed on field for the Super Bowl. It’s a tradition that began in 1941, and a key piece of Wilson history.
“The Duke” is hand-made at the Wilson Football Factory in Ada, OH. This factory is the world’s oldest factory dedicated to producing game-ready leather footballs only.

In less than 72 hours after the two teams were decided, the Eagles and the Patriots received the game footballs that they will be using in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl ball has the Super Bowl logo stamped on the ball, along with the names of both teams, date and location.

Wilson sends 108 game footballs to each team. Kicker football (or “k balls) are sent directly to the Super Bowl officiating team. Teams present their 54 game balls to the officials on game day for inspection, then a DNA ink is added to the laces to indicate they are the authentic on-field game balls. Letter “K” is inscribed on the kicker ball, sealed in boxes (with anti-tampering tape), sent to the NFL official hotel one week before the game and then delivered to the officials’ room approximately 2.5 hours prior to kickoff.

The Wilson Football Factory takes pride in making the super Bowl footballs. Click here to see pictures of the factory.

Wilson and NFL Trivia:
Average number of footballs made by a single cowhide: 10
Pounds of air pressure in an NFL game ball: 13 psi
Total number of game balls used during the Super Bowl: 120, including 12 Kicker Balls
Number of laces found on an NFL game ball: 1
Total number of lace holes on an NFL game ball: 16
Total number of panels on an NFL game ball: 4

Jane Helser recently retired after working for nearly 50 years at the Wilson Sporting Goods factory, the source of the N.F.L.’s handmade footballs. Watch the video below and listen for additional triva.

Be sure to count or tally how many balls,”The Duke”, were are actually used during the Super Bowl game. Bring your final tally to the library to enter the “Super Bowl” raffle! Winner will win NFL Coloring Book (2017-2018): All 32 NFL American Football team logos to color!

This week we welcomed Mrs. Luke’s second graders to our classroom. We were excited to share with them how “Super Smart” we have become reading about nonfiction topics in our world. We read, we shared, we taught! It was a wonderful celebration to end our Nonfiction Unit on Learning About the World.

We had a blast at our Winter Writing Celebration!

Just click on our picture and our How To story will open for you to read! Hope you enjoy reading them!

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“Papier-mâché or paper mache, French for “chewed paper”, is a composite material consisting of paper pieces or pulp, sometimes reinforced with textiles, bound with an adhesive, such as glue, starch, or wallpaper paste. Starting around 1725 in Europe, gilded papier-mâché began to appear as a low-cost alternative to similarly treated plaster or carved wood in architecture. Henry Clay of Birmingham, England, patented a process for treating laminated sheets of paper with linseed oil to produce waterproof panels in 1772. These sheets were used for building coach door panels, amongst other structural uses. Theodore Jennens patented a process in 1847 for steaming and pressing these laminated sheets into various shapes, which were then used to manufacture trays, chair backs, and structural panels, usually laid over a wood or metal armature for strength. The papier-mâché was smoothed and lacquered, or finished with a pearl shell finish.”

For this month’s challenge we want you to get your hands dirty and create a “chewed paper” creation of your very own.

Below are the directions for making papier-mâché paster.

Rules:
1. Single Entries only.
2. All entries must have submission form attached, see below.
3. All materials must be created, papier-mâchéd and incorporated into a gift.
4. All entries are DUE Friday, December 15th! No Exceptions.

#getyourcrafton