From all reports on Friday, Denali has some excellent turkey hunters. With the new year and snow cover fast approaching, it was time for the annual turkey hunt before the first snow. Turkeys included Zac M., Jake M., Billy S., Ben H. and Ryan C. In the first round, all turkeys were found and bagged without too much difficulty. However, in the second round, the table of nature was turned upside down. The turkeys miraculously acquired a second life and used everything they knew about stealth, camouflage, and survival and finally gave the hunters a run for their money. Although all the turkeys didn’t survive, they fared much better in the second hunt. In fact, the chief tom, Ryan C., won the hunt and was the only bird to survive. The next hunt is scheduled for spring 2011. The toms have requested a first-ever winter hunt. Hunters Kelsey and Maddie said, “Don’t those foolish toms know that their tracks might present a problem for them on a winter hunt. We thought turkeys were supposed to be smart birds. We guess all that smartness was lost with the domestication of the bird.”

Don’t forget to be ready for Grand Spans: Building A Bridge on Thursday, December 23, 2010. See your basecamp teacher if you have any questions: Here’s the material list:

Materials

• 8 unopened cans from your pantry
• 10 drinking straws
• 3 mailing labels
• 5 paper clips
• 3″ length of string
• 2 pipe cleaners
• 1 rubber band
• Scissors*

*May not be altered.

Bold text items will be supplied by your basecamp teacher.

Here’s a copy of the handout Grand Spans: Building A Bridge

Here’s a copy of What’s UP for the Week of December 20-23, 2010.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Greetings to all.

This week we be will visiting the KRMS Library for a book browse and the opportunity to pick out a free book before the library moves to the Arts Center . Make sure you have books to read for the upcoming vacation from Friday, December 23 to Monday, January 3, 2011.

If you were absent on Wednesday or Thursday last week, you missed the Middle East Map Test and Memory Test. You need to see me ASAP.

Remember to be prepared for class with all of your things; Have a complete tool kit; the list of supplies needed is posted here and all of you that have Gmail received the list as an attachment today.

Deliver all of your things to your first core class before advisory begins. After UA classes are over, put your UA binder in your locker. The only things you should have to bring to core classes are a tool kit, agenda book, and reading book.

Finally:

Here’s what we are doing in class this week.

Here’s the link to the Final Middle East Memory Test:

Log in to:

www.thatquiz.org

Type or paste the test code for your class in the lower right-corner on the login page:

Eisenhower:  FXJJ6301

Carter:  AGWA2944

Lincoln:  VDHA4906

Washington:  RVBR8973

Greetings to all and welcome to the first full week in December.

Here’s what up this week; click on the link below for all the specifics:

9-Week of Dec. 6-10, 2010

Here’s a copy of the handout for the Middle East Map Project Rubric for self-correction given out in class on December 6 or 7:

7-Rubric Middle East Map Project

Here’s a copy of the Quality Work Rubric handed out in class on December 6 or 7:

1-Essential Standard for All Written Work