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Welcome to 5th grade! My name is Heidi Kiefer and I am very excited to have your child be a part of my classroom this year. We are going to do many exciting activities throughout the year, one being our Unit on Africa! Please take time to review this Wiki Space that has been designed on Kenya, Africa.

Any questions or concerns are welcome! My contact Information: hckiefe@ilstu.edu

by telephone by calling the Office at 555-5555

__Homework Assignments __


 * Tuesday Source Safari Due-
 * Source Safari is required each Tuesday. The student's are required to safari though the Wiki Space and write a short paragraph about an interesting fact they read about.
 * Friday Collage Due
 * The student's have a rubric with the requirements they need to meet on the collage. They are to make a collage using photographs of artifacts that signify Kenya, Africa. They will present their collages on Friday and they will be displayed the following week during our Open House.

Parent Volunteer's Needed

On March 13, 2010 we are having a Kenya's Culture Day! I need several volunteers to make this day a success! We are having a guest speaker visit that had the opportunity to visit Kenya and has wonderful artifacts and photographs that he is willing to share with my class.I am very excited for this! I have a few items that we are in need of.If you are able to help out, please send me a note or an email. Thanks!We need:Plates, cups, napkins; food coordinator (I have recipes that we can use to create authentic African food);Cooks; Classroom helpers (3 of them). *If we end up with a load of volunteers I will choose fairly by placing names into a hat and drawing out the names for each .*

Additional Links to Further Knowledge! http://www.nmafa.si.edu/ This is a link to the National Museum of African Art. <span style="color: #5c00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">This site is user friendly and offers a page for students; click the tab Playtime!

<span style="color: #5c00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">http://www.museums.or.ke/ <span style="color: #5c00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">This is a link to the National Museum of Kenya.

<span style="color: #5c00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">http://pbskids.org/africa/index.html <span style="color: #5c00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">PBS kids website all about Africa! You WILL enjoy this site!