Report Cards

Report Cards will be sent home tomorrow.  Check your child's folder.

Mouse Trap!

Today the Mouse Trap! assembly came to Kozy.  Using only balloons, Mr. Smartypants taught the children about the principals of simple machines, force, and energy.  After demonstrating five different simple machines, he assembled each machines into a mouse trap that caught the mouse.

Money Madness

Next week we are continuing to raise money for new technology for the school.

Monday, 3/26--Bring Pennies
Tuesday, 3/27--Twin Day
Wednesday, 3/28--Dimes
Thursday, 3/29--Quarters
Friday, 3/30--Bring Any Money
Monday, 4/2--Stuck for a Buck Day.  Bring in your dollars to buy a piece of tape to tape Mr. Hecker to the wall.

The classroom raising the most money, earns a pizza party!!

Spirit Weeks

Monday, March 26-Flip Flops & Sunglasses Day
Tuesday, March 27-Twin Day
Wednesday, March 28-Wacky Wednesay - dress crazy!
Thursday, March 29-Backwards Day
Friday, March 30-Wisconsin Sports Day
Monday, April 2-PJ Day
Tuesday, April 3-Color Day--Third Grade is YELLOW.
Wednesday, April 4-Formal Day
Thrursday, April 5-Brewers Day

Experiment With Light

Today the students used two tin cans to mimic how the eye worked. 

The eye works by letting in the correct ammount of light through the pupil which then hits the back of the eye.  Special cells called rods and cones read that light and then transmit the information via the optic nerve to the brain.

On the first can they placed tinfoil over the opening and poked a small hole in it.  This small hole acted as the pupil and let light in. On the second can they placed a plastic shopping bag over the opening.  This acted like the back of the eye.

By looking through the cans, children were able to see what their eyes see.

Coping With Divorce

The city of Franklin is offering a seminar on helping children through a divorce.

Presenter Bill Schacht, LCSW will keep you on the edge of your

seat in this dynamic, eye-opening, 3-hour workshop, designed

for parents, grandparents, and step-parents of children ages 3 to

23 in families already separated or divorced or considering such

change.

More details can be found: http://www.franklinwi.gov/DefaultFilePile/User/LHuening/Newsletter/March2012/Kids_In_A_Break_Newsletter_Complete_March2012.pdf

Wright Brothers Assembly

Yesterday Kosciuszko hosted an assembly by Face-to-Face productions about the Wright Brothers.  It was a wonderful show featuring two actors portraying the famous duo from childhood through their invention of the airplane. 

Using dialogue and song, and a wonderfully creative set, the actors showed how from a young age they were inspired to build and design new things starting with a redeisgned sled and ending with their flight at Kitty Hawk, NC.

Here is a video of the actual Wright Brother's plane and a flight they took in Austria.



The Wright Brother's Flight from Thomas Hughes on Vimeo.

Northern Lights

Today, a solar storm from the sun hit the Earth.  This is a naturally occuring thing that has happened in the past and will happen again in the future.  Solar storms are what cause the Northern Lights.  Typically, these lights can only be seen much farther north than Milwaukee.  However, this is a larger than average storm, and it is possible that we will be treated to the show this evening. 

After dark, look to the northern sky.  There is a full moon tonight and that, along with the city lights, will make the Northern Lights more difficult to see, but one can hope.

Click here for an article about the solar storm.



The Aurora Borealis from Per Byhring on Vimeo.