Have a wonderful Spring Break!
Classroom Update
Math - We continued reading and interpreting graphs this week. We reviewed expanded notation, figured out a multi-step word problem and completed some St. Patrick's Day math activities.
Home Practise: Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy. They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.
Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "super". In reading and writing, we worked on researching our insects and the benefits they provide. We then used cursive writing to share what we had learned.
Science - We continued to focus on simple machines. On Monday we built leprechaun traps and had to use three simple machines in the creation. We then continued to research the 6 simple machines (lever, incline plane, screw, wheel and axle, wedge and pulley).
Social Studies - This week we focused on all of the sources of power we have (oil, gas, wind, sun, hydro, geothermal, biomass) Students chose one of the power generating sources and were asked to invent a machine that could do something.
Upcoming Dates
March 19 & 20 Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 20 Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL
March 23-27 Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
March 30 Pancake Breakfast
