(or... what's going on in 4th grade this week!)
Social Studies-We will be reviewing our 7 continents and 5 oceans and finding out what the "Land Bridge" theory is all about.
Reading-We will be exploring KINDNESS by creating our own class acronym and designing kindness bracelets as a kick off to our "Choose KIND" PBL.
Language-We will be comparing two "What If" poems about the first day of school and trying our hand at writing our own version.
Science- Our first unit is all about "Process Skills" and "Inquiry." We will be doing some exciting, hands on activities such as...
Check out our 1st place winners! Theirs was identical to the shoebox version.
Gummy Bears Taking a Dive:
Day 1- Each group had 4 different solutions (plain water, vinegar, baking soda water, and salt water). Here is Ruvim, Connor, and Zachary getting ready to drop their unsuspecting, gummy bears into their different solutions. Next, back to their notebooks to predict what changes may or may not happen in each solution. Now there's nothing left to do but WAIT! Check back with us tomorrow for the results.
Stay tuned for more inquiries to come: Elephant Toothpaste...and Color Changing Milk!
Surf's Up
(or...do we have any TESTS or PROJECTS?):
Tuesday- be ready to present "What Keeps You Sailing?" to the class
Friday-Math test on multiplication
WOW!! You guys are doing some super cool stuff already!! Can't wait to find out the results of the gummy bear experiment!
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