December 8-BANANA

Today we used our convergent, divergent and evaluative thinking skills while in our forensic centers. A big thanks to Mrs. Haag for heading up the Tape Lift station, Mrs. Helligrath for heading up the secret note station and watching over dna and pH ice cube station. I ran the mystery powders station. Thanks to my mom helpers.  We could never do this without your help!

Speaking of help, next week is our last week of Target. I would love to have a parent volunteer to head up snacks. If you are interested in that please contact me.  Otherwise we will just watch our celebration movie without snacks.

Relationships and Connections: We completed our Chasing Vermeer book. Congratulations to Marie!!!  She scored overall 87/89 of the vocabulary words! That is quite an accomplishment. 

Self Reflection: Journals/Goals-Please use your journal to write a goal that you can accomplish for next week's Target class.

Self Directed Learner: Blog response: How did you feel about the mystery unit? Please support your answer with 3-5 well written sentences.

Respect for Others: You show this when working with your detective teams.

Don't forget: Check blog; TT; book; 12/15 is our last week of Target until after testing. You are not required to bring anything except your lovely self and a pencil to class.

Comments

[Holden]

I really like the mystery unit. I like it because of the giant murder mystery with all the fun stuff like the brown stain, the smells and the towel, the note, and I especially like the DNA testing. I also like it because I like plain target so it's a mix of mysteries and target. :)

[Luke Wright]

Hi,

I didn't like the unit. There were too many tests. Also, I would like to do more of a doing unit not just watching. And I don't really mysteries or writing which we did a lot of.

Hopefully the next unit will be more exciting.

Bye

[Mason]

I felt great about this unit beacuse it was really fun. I loved the muder mystery . Next unit I hope we learn somthing cool. it was also fun that Ms.Mitchel put us in groups .
I'd like to thank my group members Jackson.f and Edward.

[Jackson Oliveros]

I loved it!I liked all the mysteries that we did.Chasing Vemeer was my favorite thing the whole unit.

[Edward Patrick]

I liked the mystery unit. I liked it because you never new what would happen next. My favorite part was the forensic centers. When Felix got murdered the centers gave us clues about who murdered him. We were like real detectives. I thought Chasing Vermeer was very interesting. That is why I liked this unit.

[Will Gresham]

Wow! I have so much to say. I loved the mystery unit and so far it is my favorite unit. I can't wait to figure out what the next unit is going to be. I hope it's frogs because my sister did frogs and she loved it. Bye!

[Luke Towery]

I think the Mystery unit is a blast!I've had lots of fun working on the crime scene.There is only one thing I needed more of.MATH!But, there was still lots of thinking involved during this unit.That is why I think the mystery unit was awesome.

[Madison Campbell]

I liked this unit because we had to use our heads. I also liked this unit because we had to work as a team. My favorite part was when we did the crime scene. I'll never forget the mystery note. Thank you Mrs. Mitchell for a great unit!

[Ryan Alexander]

I liked the mystery unit. The best part of it was the Felix mystery. It was very exciting.

[Marie Mosley]

I thought the mystery unit was exciting. I liked the name of the victim, Felix Navidad. I also like the note that Kendra wrote to Martha, it was interesting.

[Elizabeth Cook]

I liked the unit because I loved learning about mysteries. I also like how the stations helped us figure out who did the crime. I learned that you can use science to help you solve a mystery.

[Ashlynn]

I liked the mystery topic. I liked them because it was a good topic to fit my interests. And I LOVE to read!

[Jackson Fountain]

Hi I loved the mystery unit because it was mysterious. Also because the book Chasing Vermeer never stopped making me wonder what will happen next. I loved solving how Felix died and who killed him. You guys (and girls) only have three guesses to guess who I am. Hint I like to learn about the Titanic so only my classmates know me.

BYE!!!!!!!

[Zach Helligrath]

The mystery unit was CRAZY AWESOME!!!!!It was awesome because it was so fun looking for mysteries and clues.My favorite part was when we gathered evidence.