In what year was Henri Matisse born? How did the gift Matisse’s mother give him change his life? Give evidence from the text to support your answer. Why did Matisse’s mother give him a special gift? What was the name of the group Matisse led and where did they get their name?

For what types of artwork was Matisse famous? Why did Matisse attach charcoal to a fishing pole in order to draw? Give evidence from the text to support your answer. What evidence from the story showed that the joy of creating stayed with him all his life?

Liberty STEAM Nights Survey Questions 1. What sessions this year or in previous years were your favorites? Why? (Science night, Math night, Art/Literature, Technology/Computer, Art/Architecture, Engineering Challenges) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________ 2. Did you like that this year’s activities included the students? ___________________________ 3. What new or additional activities would you like to see? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 4. If we were to do STEAM nights next year, which topics would you like to see repeated with different activities? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 5. Was there an activity or session that you think needs additional time or another evening to learn more about? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 6. Did you like the once per month format that we used this year or would you prefer to do 5 weeks in a row? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________





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Liberty Tech

Liberty Webpage http://www.chino.k12.ca.us/Domain/22 Microsoft Office ProPlus >District Webpage >Students >Office 365 Portal for Students Pearson Online math book, support and games Khan Academy Online Tutoring Video Code.org Practice computer programming World Book Research articles and information JiJi (ST math) Visual math practice All the Right Type Typing practice RazKids Primary e-books and reading practice Spelling City Spelling practice Ticket to Read Reading practice and comprehension

Henri Matisse 1869-1954 Henri Matisse nació en el norte de Francia en 1869. Su padre era un comerciante de granos y su madre fabricante de sombreros. Cuando tenía veinte años, enfermó de apendicitis. Para animarle mientras se estaba recuperando, su madre le dio una caja de pinturas. Los colores le impresionaron tanto a Matisse que cambiaron su vida entera. En los próximos sesenta años, Matisse utilizo colores brillantes y líneas sencillas para crear un asombroso nuevo tipo de arte. Matisse fue a la escuela de arte en París. Estudió y respeto a los grandes artistas del pasado, pero Matisse no quería repetir sus estilos. Él estaba buscando algo diferente. Sus amigos le mostraron las pinturas de un nuevo artista, Vincent van Gogh. En breve Matisse estaba experimentando con vivos colores y parpadeantes puntos de pintura. Él fue a la playa, donde él audazmente pinto barcos de pesca en colores azul y naranja en mares color rosa intenso. Cuando él pintaba con los colores que él imagina, el arte de Matisse explotó con sentimiento. Sus pinturas eran tan deslumbrantes y poderosas que la gente decía que parecían estar llenos de bestias salvajes. Matisse se convirtió en el líder de un grupo de artistas llamados Fauves, que significa "Bestias Salvajes". El arte de Matisse se hizo famoso en todo el mundo. Matisse hacía esculturas, diseños de libros, e incluso creo las decoraciones de las paredes y ventanas de cristal para una capilla. Mientras Matisse envejeció y enfermo, continuó trabajando desde su cama. A veces amarraba un carboncillo en una caña de pescar para hacer sus dibujos en la pared. Mientras se apoyada sobre almohadas, Matisse utilizó sus tijeras para cortar las figuras de nadadores, pericos, y flores de papel pintadas brillantemente. La alegría de la creación permaneció con él toda su vida. La última obra de Matisse data de 1953, cuando tenía 84. Murió en Cimiez, Francia el año siguiente el 3 de Noviembre de 1954.

An Open Invitation to Liberty Families

Do you have questions regarding your child’s homework? About how the standards based grading works? How to best help your child be successful? Would you like a chance to talk with a teacher from Liberty and other Liberty parents? Then please plan to join us for

Liberty Parent Edcamp

Edcamp is an “unconference” opportunity for parents and teachers to come together to discuss and learn how to best help our students together.

Where: Liberty Library When: Tuesday, September 19th 6:00-8:00 PM Our computer lab will be open with supervision. Please feel free to bring your students.



Family Technology Night & Liberty’s Positive Behavior Incentive Program (PBIS) Please join us for our next Liberty Family Night Tuesday, October 17th 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Liberty Library

Office 365, McGraw Hill, Pearson Math, Jiji Math, IXL, Lexia and much more. Come and see what’s new in technology and our Positive Behavior incentive program.. Bring your Liberty Passport to Success Please tear off and return to your child’s teacher tomorrow.

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How Does Your Garden Grow? Using math and science and technology, we will plan and plant our Liberty garden. We will use art to design planter signs. We will do experiments in engineering and design a new watering system to keep our garden going. Students will then be able to use the class design to build a rain barrel style watering system for the garden. Session 1: Weed Abatement- What is a weed? We will learn our gardening vocabulary. Students will learn to recognize the difference between a weed and a valued plant The garden will be weeded. Session 2: What to grow? We use the computers to research what plants will grow well in our area. Students will consider what types of plants can be drought tolerant and which beds will be dedicated to which types of plants. We will use math skills to plan out our garden beds and decide which seeds or seedlings we need for planting. Session 3: Planting- Students will follow their design plans to plant the garden. They will also design planter signs for each garden bed. Session 4- Engineering/Art- Students will do an experiment in engineering and build a miniature watering system. We will look at the best designs for our full scale watering system. Students will also work on painting their signs for the garden beds. Session 5- Engineering- Students will use large plastic trashcans and garden hoses to construct a Liberty Water Tower. They will work together to build a system to collect our El Nino rain water and, using gravity, create a sustainable watering system for our garden.