Report cards went home yesterday. Make sure to look it over with your child. Here's a little of what we did this week. Also, you can find important dates that are coming up. Thanks!
*Math:
- Continued working on our bakery project (adding and subtracting fractions)
- Reviewed for and took our unit test on Wednesday
- Took a pre-assessment for our upcoming unit (multiplying and dividing fractions)
*Literacy:
- Used MixBooks to begin bringing our nonfiction research reports to life
- I will be doing a bulk purchase for those of you who are interested next week. I will send an email home with the price that the book will cost. They typically are anywhere from $10-$15 dollars depending on the number of pages.
*Social Studies:
- Completed scripts/pictures for colony presentations
- Presented live infomercials to the class on Thursday
*Science:
- Explored different types engineers, what engineers do, what characteristics engineers need to have and the process they go through
- Explored the PMI rating to assess various objects in the classroom
- Visited four different engineering centers: marking & cutting, joining, sketching and strengthening
- Began brainstorming everyday objects that groups could redesign for their Shark Tank pitch
*Important Information:
- A class Valentine's Celebration will take on February 14th
- Early Release: February 15th
- Puberty Talk with Nurse Lily: February 16th and 17th
- Author of Luck Uglies, Paul Durham visits on Tuesday, February 21st
- Shark Tank Presentations: Wednesday, February 22nd
- Museum of Science visits: Friday, February 24th
- Winter Break, 2/27-3/3
*Buddy Stem Challenge (Pictures Below): Given a bag of random supplies, each buddy pair/trio was asked to create a bicycle. Check out their creations!
Pairs matching inventors with their invention and date of creation
P = + (pluses) M = - (minuses) I = improvements
Engineering Stations
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