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Volume 9, Issue 9, May 2016

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• The Lansing School District has 27 schools which include offerings in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), STEM, Spanish and Chinese Immersion, Global Studies, New Tech High, Visual and Performing Arts, International Baccalaureate, Montessori and many additional specialty offerings. • Over 85% of Eastern, Everett, and Sexton students move on to a twoor four-year university. • The Lansing Promise scholarship awards all graduates of Lansing public schools - who attend four consecutive years - the ďŹ nancial assistance necessary to obtain a two-year degree or its equivalent at an eligible school. • Lansing School District students selected for the H.O.P.E. scholarship program as sixth graders, upon completion of high school, are awarded two free years of tuition at Lansing Community College. • 18 of our 27 schools participate in Project UNIFY, which seeks to unify special and general education students, making our district the largest in the state.

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Let’s Learn About Paleontology Paleontology (pronounced pay-lee-uhn- tol -uh-jee) is the scientific study of life in the geologic path, especially through the exploration and study of animal and plant fossils. Fossils are the remains, or impression of ancient animals and plants.

They can be mineralized bones, teeth, shells, wood or actual unaltered material from an organism. Eggs, nests, footprints, skeletons, leaf impressions are all examples of trace fossils. Fossils are all old. The oldest known fossils are 3.5 billion years old! They have also been found on every continent on Earth.

The word fossil comes from the Latin word fossilis, which means “dug up”.

This shows the fossilized remains of Most fossils are found in Uintacrinus socialis crinoids. These sedimentary rock layers that creatures lived in the Cretaceous Period are formed from elements which was 144 to 65 million years ago. such as sand, mud and small pieces of rock. These small pieces are compressed or squeezed together and are buried under more and more layers of sediment as time goes on. Layers buried further down on Earth are older then the layers on the surface.

A fossil of a bone doesn’t have any bone in it! It has the same shape as the original, but is chemically more like a rock. For example: An animal is quickly buried after its death. Over time, more and more sediment covers its remains. The parts of the animal that didn’t rot, like the bones and teeth are covered completely by newly formed sediment. After a long while, the chemicals in the

A fossil of a trilobite which are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods from about 525 million years ago.

buried animal’s body go through a series of changes. As the bone slowly decays, water combined with minerals seep into the bone and will replace the chemicals in the bone with rock-like minerals.

This is called permineralization - which is the filling up of spaces in fossils with minerals, and for recrystallization in which a mineral changes its form. At the end, it becomes a heavy, rock-like copy of the original object called a fossil.

There is another way a fossil can form. It’s called petrification.

To petrify, is to preserve hard and soft parts and slowly replace organic material with silica, calcite or pyrite, forming a rock-like fossil. Wood is often petrified. Some tree saps can preserve insects or pieces of plants.

You Can Make Your Own Fossil Supplies Needed: Modeling Clay Optional materials: shells, leaves, twigs and sticks, bones, plastic dinosaurs, plastic insects, etc.

Use your hands and flatten the modeling clay into the size you want. Press the various objects firmly into the modeling clay.

Wait a few minutes and gently remove the objects from the clay.

Once you see the impression of each object, then you’ve just created a fossil!

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Dramatic Discus Discus are 3 species in the larger group called Cichlids (pronounced sick-lid). Discus are from the Amazon River in South America.

Discus Disco Discus make great fish for your aquarium. They like to be in groups and with many colors and styles out there to choose from you can find just the right discus for you!

They get their name from their shape - very thin and round. Most discus are covered in stripes of blue, They also get along with some other green or red in order to blend in with the grasses on community fish. Since they like special the river bed and to communicate with other discus. water, these cool critters will dance their way all around your tank.

Discus are unique because of they way they take care of their babies. Like a lot of cichlids, the discus carefully take care of their eggs and larvae. The small fry (the name for baby fish) hang out with mom or dad when they are tiny. And the parents actually have a special slime that the fry will eat for the first week.

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4. Color a discus on both sides of your plates 5. You now have a discus disk!

Discus like to live in lakes, rivers, streams and shallow puddles. During the day they will hang out in the shadows enhancing their camouflage. Discus like to live in small groups, they are happier and feel safer this way. They are at their happiest when they get to hang out with their friends...just like you!

A full grown discuss can get up to 10 inches across, and will eat small shrimp, fish and worms. Sometimes the food they eat will actually make them more colorful! Their stripes and spots are not just for decoration. They actually use them to communicate with each other.

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Animals of Dominican Republic The Hispaniolan Hutia is an extremely shy animal that looks like a mix between a large guinea pig, a small ground hog and a rat. Many of its species is listed as endangered because of deforestation and hunting by people.

Their body length is about 12 inches and its tail around 6 inches. Hutias weigh around 2.5 pounds. Their fur is brown or gray on the upper parts and buff colored on the underparts. The hutia’s tail is scaly. The forefoot and the hind foot has 5 digits (toes), armed with claws.

Their thumb has no claw - just a short blunt nail. Their claws help them with their excellent climbing skills.

They walk with a waddle but when frightened, it turns into a fast high hop.

Hutia are active at night so they are nocturnal. They are herbivores that feed mainly on roots and fruits. They also live in male/female pairs. Hutia occupy rough hillsides and ravines from sea level to around 6,000 feet high. Some populations use burrows and feed near the ground, but other populations may den in tree cavities and move through the trees, rather than descend to ground level.

The Rhinoceros Iguana is a large lizard that grows up to 4 feet long.

It has a large heavy head with strong legs and a vertically flattened tail.

It gets its name from a horn like bump on the male’s snout.

They also have gray/brown pointed scales that extend from the nape of their neck to the tip of their tail. Most adults weigh 10-20 pounds.

The Rhinoceros Iguana is a diurnal (active by day) species living primarily in rocky outcroppings with little vegetation for cover.

Although quick to flee when attacked or threatened, they will aggressively attack by biting and repeatedly striking with their thick tail if cornered.

They are primarily herbivores eating leaves, flowers, berries and fruits but have been known to sometimes eat small lizards, snakes and insects.

The Hispaniola Boa is a native to the Dominican Republic part of Hispainola. The Boa de la Hispaniola also known as the Culebra Jabá has been seen on other Caribbean islands as well. This snake, like all snakes, plays an important roll in the environment by controlling pests such as rodents and birds that are bad for agriculture.

The boa is the largest snake found in Dominican Republic measuring up to about 13 feet in length. They are nocturnal and like to hang out in tall grasses near water, in caves and hollow trees. Sometimes, they can be seen sunning themselves in tree branches, on a rock or maybe on a dirt road. They are also good swimmers.

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Coloring Corner April Showers Bring May Flowers

Spring is Here Spring is here! Spring is here!

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Be the Number Detective!

Find the unknown number for each statement.

1. This number increased by three is sixty-two.

The missing number is ____.

2. This number increased by ten is fifteen.

The missing number is ____.

3. This number decreased by eighty is eighty.

The missing number is ____.

4. This number decreased by three is fifty-one.

The missing number is ____.

5. This number increased by one is one.

The missing number is ____.

6. This number decreased by two is twenty.

The missing number is ____.

7. This number decreased by nineteen is sixteen.

The missing number is ____.

8. This number increased by twelve is thirty-three.

The missing number is ____.

Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To > This symbol means greater than. < This symbol means less than. = This symbol means equal to.

Read and Solve These Problems 1. Sarah needed eleven apples to make an apple pie. She counted the apples she had in her fruit basket. She then went to the orchard and picked seven apples. Now Sarah had enough apples to make a pie. How many apples were in her basket? ________

Complete each number statement using the correct symbol.

4 ____ 4

15 ____ 21

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2. Tom read 15 books in four weeks. The first week he read four books. The third week he read two books. On the fourth week he read five books. How many books did Tom read during the second week? ________

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3. Tammy wrote a poem with three sentences. Each sentence contained five words. How many words were in the poem? ________

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5. Sue and Sammy wanted to give their teacher a bouquet of flowers. They each picked six beautiful, colorful, fragrant flowers. How many flowers were in the bouquet? __________

Answers: Unknown Number - 1.) 59

4. Johnny collects postcards. In January, he received three postcards each from California, Hawaii and New York. How many postcards did Johnny receive in January? _________

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The Chemical Called Caffeine Caffeine (pronounced kaf-een) is a common, natural chemical that’s found in tea leaves, coffee beans, cacao (used to make chocolate) and cola nuts (used to make cola drinks). It can be found in drinks and food we eat such as coffee, teas, hot cocoa, sodas, chocolate, cakes, cookies, ice cream, and even medicines.

Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system which makes a person feel more awake and alert. People who drink caffeine every day may start to depend on it.

Unfortunately, many kids drink more soda - in fact twice as much - than they did 20 years ago. In some households, soda is chosen over milk, so kids are not getting the proper amount of calcium they need. Caffeine can cause a reaction in your body, like making your heart to pump faster, your breathing to quicken, increase blood pressure and make you feel hyper. Too much caffeine can make a person feel nervous, shakey and have trouble falling asleep. It also can cause difficulty concentrating, especially in young children.

Caffeine moves through the body within a few hours and is passed through the urine. It is not stored in the body, but kids may feel its effects for up to six hours if they are sensitive to it.

Caffeine is not a requirement for your body like other nutrients. No one needs it, especially kids. Limiting the amount of caffeine you eat and drink is best for your body. Most soft drinks are also offered in a decaffeinated version. That means there is no caffeine in them.

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I Want To Play The Flute!

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike other woodwind instruments, a flute is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge, instead of using a reed.

The instrument is played by blowing a stream of air over the embouchure hole (äm-bù-shəre).

The flute has 16 circular finger holes closed by keys, which can be used to produce high and low sounds depending on which finger holes are opened or closed as well as the direction and intensity of the air stream. The standard concert flute is pitched in C and has a range of about three and a half octaves starting from the musical note C4 (corresponding to middle C on the piano).

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• A musician who plays the flute can be called a flutist.

• There are many different sizes of flutes within the flute family. They are the piccolo, alto, tenor, bass and contrabass flute.

• Flutes have been made out of lots of different materials throughout history including bone, wood, glass, ivory, plastic, resin, brass, nickel silver, silver, gold and platinum.

• Theobald Boehm helped to create the modern Western flute. He started improving flute design and the fingering system of the flute between 1831 and 1847.

• George Washington, James Madison and Leonardo da Vinci all played the flute.

• Flutes are considered one of the earliest instruments and date back to Germany over 35,000 years ago.

• Many cultures have their own version of the flute. One of the most popular traditional Japanese flutes is the Shakuhachi.

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Pretty as a Peacock!

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3. beautiful peacock loves to dance in the rain with its fabulous tail spread out behind it. The peacock is one of the most beautiful birds in the world and has been loved by many cultures over the last 3000 years. In recent Step 1 - Draw a small arch times, the peacock shape. Add a triangle for the beak and a dot for the Step 3 - Add a crown to Step 4 - Draw “C” was anointed as eye. the head. Draw legs and shapes around the body the national bird of India where it is thought to have come from. feet as shown. creating a flower effect.

Have you ever heard the expression 'proud as a peacock’? We Step 2 - The body is a say this when we see a person who seems to be strutting around as long “U” shape. Draw as shown. a peacock does; arrogant and selfcentered.

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The peafowl are a very social bird and like to be with their families. In the wild they can live to be 20 years Step 7 - To finish the beautiful tail, add circles by old and up to 40 years old in captivity. tracing a small cap or hand draw them. The circles They can fly, but usually stay close to Step 6 - Add more “U” are stacked by two and three in a row. Draw a con- the ground which makes it easy to Step 5 - Draw “U” shape behind the first row necting line between the stacked circles to create a watch and enjoy the beautiful peashapes behind the bird to create a fuller tail. long feather. Add a smaller circle in each larger cirto build the tail. cle to make what is known as the “eyes” on the cock. feathers. Now color in your peacock with crayons, colored pencils, markers or paint.

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God Sightings in South Africa!

Praise God! Praise God for His ministry in Middelburg, South Africa. On Wednesday, April 13th, students listened to and learned from Pastor Khumalo and PLVVLRQDULHV 'UHZ /LQGVD\ %HUVRQ %HORZ DUH *UDGH MRXUQDO UHÀHFWLRQV on chapel: “I was surprised he (Pastor Khumalo) could speak in Zula. He traveled 13,732 km. I want to be a missionary!” (Cassandra) “I would like to go to their school and see more about what they learn. I would go to the National Park and see a lot of animals. I would not like to live that close to animals. Especially the wild animals.”

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Cookin’ Fun Baked Macaroni and Cheese 1 package elbow macaroni, 8 ounces 1 package shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, 8 ounces 1 container small curd cottage cheese, 12 ounces 1 container sour cream, 8 ounces 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese salt and pepper to taste 1 cup dry bread crumbs 1/4 cup butter, melted Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With an adult’s help, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta, and cook according to package directions until done; drain. In 9x13 inch baking dish, stir together macaroni, shredded Cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. In a small bowl, mix together bread crumbs and melted butter. Sprinkle topping over macaroni mixture. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until top is golden.

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New Covenant Christian School had the privilege of participating in ACSIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Math Olympics on Friday, April 22nd. Over 160 olympians from 7 Michigan schools WUDYHOHG WR &DOKRXQ &KULVWLDQ 6FKRRO LQ %DWWOH &UHHN WR participate in the event. We had 27 students representing NCCS in the event. Students competed in 4 tests in their grade in either the reasoning or computation categories.

Our ribbon winners included: - David Hall - 4th Place in 3rd Grade Reasoning - Ellianna Gaines - 1st Place in 6th Grade Reasoning - Luke Snow - 5th Place in 7th Grade Computation - Emily Sochay - 4th Place in 8th Grade Computation - Elijah Johnson - 3rd Place in 8th Grade Reasoning - Matthew Artuso - 2nd Place in 8th Grade Reasoning We are so proud of the hard work and focus each student put into the day!

Post Oak Academy Elementary News The Lion King Post Oak Academy is one of four elementary schools in the mid-Michigan area selected for the Disney Musicals in Schools grant that is operated through the Wharton Center at MSU. 7KLUG IRXUWK DQG ÂżIWK JUDGH VWXGHQWV DQG WKHLU volunteer teacher directors, Mrs. Rebecca Wolf and Qiu LaoShi, have participated in a musical theater residency, after-school twice a week for 17-weeks. The Wharton Center has provided two teaching artists, Hollie Auten and Janet Colson, who come after school to work with our students. The students work in teams to develop VHOI FRQÂżGHQFH VWUHQJWKHQ FRPPXQLFDWLRQ DQG collaboration skills while learning and enjoying the process of creating a Disney musical theater production. The students have worked hard learning songs, their lines and dances. Student and parent volunteers are also involved by creating sets, costumes, programs and tickets.

Post Oak Theatre invites you to come and see their production of The Lion King.

Chinese Culture Night Post Oak Academy Students Perform Chinese Dances Post Oak Academy is the home of the InWHUQDWLRQDO %DFFDODXUHDWH ,% 3ULPDU\ <HDUV Program in the Lansing School District. As SDUW RI WKH ,% FXUULFXOXP 3RVW 2DN RIIHUV D Chinese Immersion Program for students.

Students in the Chinese Immersion program spend half of their school day receiving classroom instruction in Mandarin. In addition to learning Mandarin, they also learn about Chinese culture, including traditional songs and dances.

Tuesday, May 24th at 6 pm Eastern High School Auditorium Tickets are $5 at the door

1st grade) and Diabolo Chinese Yo-Yo (5th and 6th grade). For the past 7 yrs, Susan Tu has taught the students Chinese dance after school. The students practice weekly to prepare for the performance. The students and Susan LaoShi worked hard and delivered a beautiful performance!

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The students welcomed the public to their Chinese Culture Night on May 3rd at Eastern High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auditorium. Students performed the Happy Dance (preschool), the Lion Dance (kindergarten and

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Riddle Celebrates Reading Month!

To celebrate the end of national reading month the Lansing School District held a celebration at Riddle Elementary. It hosted the Library of Michigan Foundation and the Consumers Energy Foundation as well as Michigan Reads!

Also joining Riddle for the celebration were Lansing School District Superintendent Yvonne Caamal Canul, State Librarian Randy Riley, State Representative Andy Schor, DQG &DURO\Q %ORRGZRUWK RI WKH &RQVXPHUV (QHUJ\ )RXQGDWLRQ 'XULQJ WKH FHOHEUDWLRQ the Consumers Energy Foundation presented a major gift to Michigan Reads! to show WKHLU FRPPLWPHQW WR WKH SURJUDP ZKLFK SURPRWHV WKH YDOXH DQG EHQHÂżW RI UHDGLQJ WR children.

Michigan Reads! is designed to raise awareness of the cross generational nature of literacy and the value of sharing books with children especially during the critical developmental stages. Michigan Reads! promotes early-childhood literacy and engages teachers, librarians, caregivers and parents in reading and sharing books with children ages birth to eight.

And, to illustrate their mission, Michigan Reads! brought out author and illustrator Laurie Keller who read her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do Unto Ottersâ&#x20AC;? to an excited group of Riddle students.

Project UNIFY Groups Participate in March Magic Hoopfest Project UNIFY groups from Attwood, Gardner, Lewton, Mt. Hope, Pleasant View, Sheridan Rd and Wexford all attended March Magic Hoopfest on March 24th at MSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jenison Fieldhouse. The event, put on by the Greater Lansing Sports Authority and the Conquest Health and Fitness Foundation, showed students a little bit of everything about sports and health. Topics ranged from sports medicine, sports nutrition, training IRU VSRUWV DQG VSRUWV SV\FKRORJ\ IRU OLIH WR ÂżWQHVV DW KRPH DQG DWKOHWLF WUDLQLQJ The students also heard Andre Hutson, former MSU basketball player, talk about living a healthy life, staying active and never giving up.

ZuZu Acrobats Visit Wexford Wexford students recently got to participate in a high-energy show that blends what has come to be called â&#x20AC;&#x153;circusâ&#x20AC;? acrobatics with popular dance moves set to live and taped African music. The show, which originated in Mombassa, Kenya, is known as the Zuzu Acrobats and their performance has been known to move even the most jaded audience member.

The group has received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. Their engaging and exciting performance, which was previously showcased on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got Talent,â&#x20AC;? was paid for with student fundraising efforts.

According to their website, the Zuzu Acrobats performance is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;re-evaluation of arts which is as radical as that which happened to popular music in the late 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.â&#x20AC;? The culture of youth, with all its energy, vitality and rhythm, has now taken over the circus. The ZuZu Acrobats seek to get in step with the culture of the youth to restore a piece of the circus culture, which has died out as a vital American cultural.

American Revolution Project at Lewton Global Studies and Spanish Immersion Fifth grade students at Lewton Global Studies and Spanish Immersion immersed families and community members in the American Revolutionary time period during their magnet theme night.

Students dressed as famous leaders during the American Revolution such as George :DVKLQJWRQ %HQHGLFW $UQROG DQG %HWV\ 5RVV The evening began with students marching into the gym and performing skits and patriotic songs.

Families were then invited to view student projects throughout the school where students had created poster boards and enacted their characters in a live wax museum. With a touch of a button the famous KLVWRULFDO ÂżJXUHV FDPH to life and retold their stories.

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