Week of February 18th

This week we got to meet with the Polaris 5th grade classes and shared our Science Journals from our unit on Force and Motion.  We told them about the different kinds of bridges we learned about and where the different pushes and pulls could be found.  We shared our bridge designs that we came up and the one the design that our group used to build our bridge.  We also shared our data results from the various experiments we conducted.  The class was so nervous when we headed to Polaris but afterwards were talking about how it wasn't that bad.  The 5th graders also shared their most recent science journals with us.

On Tuesday, we had a dental hygenist from Timberlane Dental come in to speak to us about healthy snacks and how to best take care of our teeth.  She also brought us goody bag 

This week in math we have been experimenting with marble rolling and the distances our marbles can travel.  We have recorded data on how far a glass marble goes when it is rolled from various heights.  We also tested different masses of marbles to see how far they rolled (a wood, a steel and the glass marble).  The week after vacation we will be looking at the data from our different trials and will use unifix cubes to find an average of the 3 trials.  Students are really enjoying this unit!

We were so excited to be able to share our Opinion pieces with either our parents or another adult. Everyone worked very hard on writing these, making them better and then publishing their work.   We want to thank those parents who were able to come to our share and listen to students read.  We hope you also enjoyed the opportunity to look at their Science journals.  For those parents who were unable to attend, please check out their Friday folders, you will find their writing in their for them to share with you!