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Week of November 16th

November 17th, 2017 / / categories: Class News /

Young 5’s

*Using fine motor skill*

I can practice using scissors by cutting different shape lines.

I can practice coloring inside the lines of my turkey coloring sheet.

I can orally name the colors I used in my turkey drawing.

 

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about light rays by exploring and observing what light does when it hits an object (reflect, transparent, translucent, opaque).

I can draw at least 2 things that are transparent, translucent, and opaque and orally tell my partner using the following sentence stem:

The ______________ is transparent.

The ______________ is translucent.

The ______________is opaque.

Vocabulary:  light, reflect, bounce, transparent, translucent, opaque

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Second Grade-

*Continuation from last week- experimenting with activity 2 Flexibility of materials

I can comprehend properties of matter by testing various materials to see how strong of flexible they are.

Activity 1- Which Is Stronger?  (Did Last week)

Test each material by seeing how many washers or pennies it can hold.

Materials to be tested:  

6 toothpicks taped together, 6 index cards taped together, 6 pipe cleaners taped together, or 6 popsicle sticks taped together.

***Activity 2-Which Object Is More Flexible?

Test the following objects: licorice, pencil, pipe cleaner, yarn, crayon, paper clip and put in order by most flexible to least

I can write to answer questions from both activities.

Vocabulary:  property, matter, flexibility, strength

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Third Grade- STEM activity: Pom Pom Blaster

*Continuation from last week- Create and test Pom Pom Devices*

I can demonstrate application of how force and motion are used by designing and building a device that launches Pom Poms in the air using the Engineering Design process(Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create & Test, Improve, Present).

Constraints:  

*It must launch a pom-pom into the air and it must travel at least 2 feet.

*Can only use materials provided: pom-poms, tape, straws, craft sticks, rubber bands, paper clips, index cards, cups.

I can draw a plan of how I will design and build my Pom-Pom Blaster.   I can reflect on what worked  and what needed improvement.

Vocabulary:  force, motion, speed, gravity, balanced force, unbalanced force, inertia, slope, measurement

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Fourth Grade:  (STEM- Culminating Activity)

*Continuation from last week*

*Reflection Writing Part

I can demonstrate application of how energy is used by building a marble roller coaster using the Engineering Design process(Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create & Test, Improve, Present) and “Mystery Science” activity.

Materials:  Tubing, tape, marble, cup

Challenge:  Can you build a rollercoaster using only materials provided so that your marble makes it all the way through.

I can reflect on what worked  and what needed improvement by answering the following questions:

 

*What worked well ?

*What would I do differently to improve my roller coaster?

*If I had more tubes how would I make my roller coaster? (Draw a picture and label).

*If you made a loop, did it work?  Why? Or Why not?

*If you wanted to make a loop, what would you have to do to make sure it worked?

Vocabulary: energy, speed, transfer, potential, kinetic, motion, force, stored energy, motion energy

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Before                                                                    After ( Loop is bigger & on stool, steeper first hill)

 

Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about the difference between  physical and chemical changes in matter by exploring and observing popped popcorn to see if a kernel undergoes a physical or chemical change when popped.

I can write to explain whether I think popping popcorn is a physical or chemical change and why.

  1. Did you see any signs of a physical change with the popping of popcorn? If so, what?
  2. Did you see any signs of a chemical change with the popping of popcorn?  If so, what?

 

Vocabulary:  matter, properties, physical change, chemical change

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