February 8, 2022
Winter Issue #11
Weekly activities and lessons to keep your child thinking and progressing throughout the school year.
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow’.”
Hello,
This week I'm recommending a powerful and controversial book. I believe that all parents and teens should read and experience this novel. It confronts many of the current race issues our children are struggling to understand head on. Also, I stumbled across a fun and very challenging math problem. Autobiographical Numbers. I've never heard of them before, and it is going to take some real brain power to solve these problems. There are three new writing prompts and riddle and a science investigation about the human heart. Happy journey!

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Great Read of the Week
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
If you read just one book this year, please make it this one. It is powerfully honest and important and beautifully written. I know I’m not the first to rave about it, but believe the hype. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, The Hate U Give follows the story of sixteen-year-old Starr and what happens when she becomes the only witness to the fatal shooting of a friend at the hands of a police officer. She finds herself at the middle of a media circus, and trying to balance her life becomes difficult as she seeks justice and safety for her family. I've wanted to recommend this book for such a long time. Now that it is Black History Month, I feel the time is right. Read it together as a family and stop to discuss the issues that the main characters face. They are relevant, topical, and important. Enjoy :-)
Inquiry Quest
The Human Heart
Since Valentine's Day is next week, I thought it would be fun to take a little time and learn about the human heart.

First:
Watch the video above to get an overview of this power house of an organ.

Second:
Click THIS LINK to visit a webpage where you can read and discover so much more information about the heart

Finally:
Check out this site with games, quizzes, and really fun activities to build even more knowledge about the heart.
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Three Writing Prompts and a Riddle

These prompts and questions will help jump-start your daily writing. Just as it's important to read for at least 30 minutes each day, you should also write for 30 minutes a day. Don't worry about your organization or spelling, just write!


"The earthquake hit with such power that..."


"I immediately began running when I saw my pet mountain lion had escaped..."


"'Who sent me these flowers?' I asked my mom..."


Frank was born in 1933 and died in 1946 at the age of 75. How could this be?
answer in next week's issue :-)

Last week's answer... The person who took the last egg also took the basket.
Problem of the Week
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