Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukkah, and Happy Holidays!

It is the most wonderful time of the year! Please share with us what you are looking forward to over the holidays. Do you have any special plans for Christmas? How about Hanukkah? Are  you spending time with your friends and family these next two weeks?

Let's share our holiday traditions and plans for the break!

Dissecting a Sheep Brain

Today you located the...

• brain stem
• cerebellum
• cerebrum
• hippocampus
• amygdala
• prefrontal cortex
• corpus callosum

Please share any new learning from this experience. I would love to read about the functions of these brain parts! Please teach me what you know!

Also, share your feelings about dissecting the sheep brain. 

"Thirty G" Check in!

We absolutely love our thirty glorious minutes of independent reading!

Please share with us what book or books that you are enjoying right now. Is there a book that you are planning on reading next? Did you just finish a wonderful book?

I can't wait to read your comments!

Attitude of Gratitude!

We have so much to be thankful for during this time of year and always! Please share with us some of the things for which you are grateful!

Shoshone Shout-out!

The People of the Great Basin survived in smaller groups in desert-like conditions! They were tough and clever people.

Please share some of the facts that you have learned already!

Comanche Conversation!

The Lords of the Plains were highly skilled horsemen and expert hunters! They ruled the plains!

Please share what you have learned so far in your research.

Hopi Happenings!

The Hopi people got their name from a word that means "peaceful people". Hmmm...very interesting and quite a contrast to our Comanche tribe!

Please share interesting information from your research so far.