Thursday, January 14th, 2016

This morning we started a new lesson on telling a story through different means.  Students first selected a story, with their  partner, then created a visual storyboard.  Tomorrow students should be able to retell their story by coding it on Scratch.  Please ask your child about this project.

Also, this morning students played floor hockey in gym class and practiced their song for the assembly in music.

This afternoon students explored this website https://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3531 and this website https://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3530 for a greater understanding of balanced equations.  Please have your child practice this at home.  Students in Mrs Collins class is encouraged to practice their math skills as well on these two sites.

After math students explored their science inquiry in greater detail.  My group of students worked on their water filtration system and they are starting to create their first prototype of this system.  Please see below for a webcam of Mars.

https://round.me/tour/23908/view/57875/


At the end of day students practiced their Random Acts of Kindness assembly as tomorrow is when they will be sharing it with the school.

HOMEWORK:
Students are required to go onto kidblog and complete the following questions:
1) Explain what you have learned over the past week in your science inquiry group.    
2) Explain the purpose of the prototype and how it will work.  Make sure you include the different materials that will be used for your prototype.

NOTES:
1) Room 81 and 82 sharing assembly is tomorrow at 11:10 am.  Please come a bit early to find a seat as we will be starting the assembly at exactly 11:10.
2) Scholastic book orders are due tomorrow.