I hope everyone has been reading and working on your packets. Bring packets with you to school when you return.
I have one last experiment for you.
Make a paper airplane. Predict how far your plane will fly. Throw your plane and measure the distance. Do it a few times. Make a conclusion.
Challenge yourself. What would happen if you changed the shape of your plane?
I have another experiment for you to try. Remember to go through all the steps especially the predication part.
Use tinfoil to build a boat.
Question: How many pennies will it take to sink my boat?
Prediction: Predict how many pennies it will take to sink your boat. Use the language…. I predict___________.
Conclusion: How many pennies did it take? I conclude…..
Challenge yourself. Change the shape of your boat and see if your conclusion is the same. What about building the boat with a different material?
Have fun being a scientist.
Hello families,
I hope everyone is enjoying your summer. Remember to work on your homework packets and read every chance you get. Take a good book with you if you go on a car ride or read to a younger brother or sister before bed. Visit the library if you can.
Be a scientist. Test what materials will float or sink in water. Remember to make a prediction before you try. Try a penny, a small ball, paper, a spoon, a small plastic toy and other small items. Be creative. The property of being able to float is called buoyancy. When would this property be important?
Hello families. I just wanted to thank all the parents who helped with our trip to Greenfield Village. Thanks to you the trip was a success. The students came back to class telling me about all the things they learned about. I was so impressed with the questions the students were asking the workers. We have such a wonderful group of kids.
May 17 is late start. May 26 no school. May 29 no school. June 16 last day of school and half day.
Important dates
NWEA testing all week.
Friday, April 28, 2017 Music concert in the little theater 1:15 p.m.
Children should wear something nice.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 Greenfield Village Trip
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Clean up parade 9:15a.m. Begins in front of the school.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Late Start
Friday, May 26 and Monday, May 29, 2017 No School
Friday, June 16, 2017 Last day of school. Half day
There will be a picnic in June at Hemlock park. The date is undecided.
Tomorrow, March 22nd is our day to go to the book fair. Please send in an extra $1 because tax will be added to the book price.
Friday, March 24th is professional day. Have fun dressing to impress. Wear suits, ties, dress clothes. We encourage the students to act professional as well.
Next Friday, March 31st is pajama day. Slippers can be worn in the classroom, but send in gym shoes to wear on the playground and in the halls.
PTA is having a basket raffle. The baskets have been shown to the children and are in the office for view. Tickets are $1.oo each. Proceeds go towards payment of school activities and buses.
April 3-7 no school for spring break.
April 14th No school
PLEASE PLEASE READ WITH YOUR CHILD. It is homework to read for at least 20 minutes every night. A children who reads and practices their reading strategies really excel in reading. Please help your child succeed!!!!!
Thank you to the parents who came to the Science Center with us. I really couldn’t have done it without you. We had such a great time exploring!
Here are a few important dates:
March 16, 2017, tomorrow-spring pictures. Order forms went home last week. Please write checks out to Life Touch or send in exact change.
March 17, 2017- Wear green Friday for St. Patrick’s Day.
Report cards will come home the last week of March.
Happy Friday.
Our trip to the Science Center is next Friday, May 10, 2017. Please make sure to have permission slips and payment in by Monday so that I can give a head count to the Science Center. So far I have 4 parents who have expressed an interest in going on the trip. I could take a few more. If you are interested, please let me know by Monday.
I hope everyone enjoyed your week off. I look forward to seeing all your smiling faces tomorrow. Remember to bring reading bag, folder and homework packet.
Happy Saturday families,
We will have a Social Studies test this week. I usually try to space the test out over a few days to break it down a little bit for the kids. The test will cover needs and wants, goods and services, consumer and producer, scarcity and fairness.
A need is something you have to have to live. Ex. Water, shelter, healthy food.
A want is something you would like to have but don’t really need. Ex. Video games and chocolate cake.
A producer is someone who makes or grows something or privides a service. Ex. A pizza maker provides pizza. A hair dresser provides a srevice – a haircut.
A consumer is someone who uses the good or receives the srevice. Ex. I buy bread from the store. I am the consumer. I got a haircut. I am a consumer of a service.
Examples of goods are food, bike, clothes.
Examples of services are a mailcarrier, a teacher or a police officer.
Scarcity means not enough. I have 10 students and only 5 pencils. This is an example of scarcity because i don’t have enough pencils.
As for fairness the concept being addressed is that yes its fair to not get what you want because sometimes adults have to make choices.
We have been reviewing all last week. The fairness question gets them every time.