(Left: exploring magnets with balances! How many washers does it take to break the magnetic force holding the balance down?)
(Middle row L-R: Water Cycles in a jar!, Black History Month Assembly's step team!, Sheppy's grandfather shows us the plans for a scale model.)
(Bottom Row: The science fair! Everyone did so well!!)
Hello again! I am going to try to keep this blog entry short because so much happened this week that I want to leave room for lots of pictures!
After the long weekend, we got started right away with a guest speaker—Sheppy’s grandfather, Alan, visited our classroom to share his knowledge about architecture and scaled models in order to help us begin building or scale model of an Incan city! He even brought in models of houses that he has designed to show us!
This has been a science-filled week!! With Ms. Coti, we continued to explore electromagnetism—extending our knowledge of magnets to how magnets react with iron shavings and balancing scales. Later in the week, our class split in half—one group going outside to our class garden to learn about watersheds, while the other group stayed inside and made water cycles in a jar! Ask your child how it works and if you get a chance, stop by our classroom and see them on the windowsill! Then on Friday, we had the 4th grade science fair!! All of our students did an amazing job presenting their findings to the judges, and they were all very patient while waiting for their turn (despite the heat and the sometimes long wait).
Last but not least, on Friday afternoon we had our Black History Month assembly! We were so proud to see so many of our students participate—and they all did a GREAT job!! Way to go!
Have a great weekend and I hope to see many of you at conferences on Monday!!
Ms. Goldy
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