In partners, students continued to explore the similarities and differences between the processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition. They read scenarios and decided what was happening - was rock being broken down, moved along, or dropped off? We even have a fun little song we sing to help us remember each. Ask your child to sing it for you. I promise it will get stuck in your head! I bet even older siblings still remember it.
Yep, Friday was a busy one. We did some graphing of our own using Candy Corn. Students estimated, measured and graphed bags of candy corn. They compared their data with the data of others and created a group comparison graph. I'm still finding candy corn around the room, haha!
Students met with their second grade buddies to help them sort and graph the treasure that they found on Pirate Day. They also gave them glow bracelets to help them have a safe Halloween.
Students were invited to participate in the GES Book Parade. Dressed as characters in their favorite books, students paraded down the halls of the school to share with all the grade levels. It was an exciting time, and once again I am astounded by the creativity of our class!!! Now that we understand the properties of soil, we can begin to explore how rocks are broken down into sediment, carried away and deposited in a new location. To start this off, students simulated weathering from acid rain, pulverization, grinding, and root pry. They used shredded wheat as their rocks and compared the resulting sediment that was created by each weathering method.
We started our unit on Problem Solving in Math. The first step to solving story problems correctly is to understand what the problem is asking. To help with this, students looked through 48 keywords and sorted them by mathematical operation. These words give us clues to strategies that work best for each type of problem.
This week's trip to the garden was a busy one. Mrs. Marsh helped our classes learn about how the mixture in topsoil gives it the ability to support plant life the best. First students visited a soil buffet made up of clay, topsoil and sand. Here they explored the physical properties of each of these types of soil before and after adding water. Then they moved on to the raised bed. Onion and lettuce seeds were planted. The lettuce seeds were harvested from last year crop! During the school year our 4th grade students will get together with Mrs. Finch's 2nd grade class. We do cooperative activities that help students encourage each other to learn and grow. Today was our first meeting. Here we introduced ourselves to our buddy by bringing a stuffed friend along. Using the app Popplet, students created a double bubble to compare and contrast their animals. Future plans include garden activities, Reading together, STAAR support and holiday celebrations. Students worked in Place Value World again this Friday. They modeled decimals this time using virtual Base 10 blocks. They also represented these decimals in standard, expanded and word forms.
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