Where's spring already? This winter has been WAAAAAAAY too long! Hopefully the weather warms up for our trip.
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In science, we've begun our unit on Air Water and the Environment. This week, we read a Magic School Bus Book on the water cycle and discovered that water is recycled. We reviewed that water comes in 3 states (solid, liquid and gas)and that when it changes from a liquid to a gas we call that change evaporation, and from a gas to a liquid is called condensation. We also looked at how we could find the three states of water in nature.
Have a look outside over the weekend and see if you can find water outside in nature as a solid, liquid and gas.
That's all for now! Have a great weekend!
Ms. I
We have finished our science unit on Movement and will be moving on to Air, Water and the Environment. Although we won't be starting our new unit until Tuesday, have a look at this site about the water cycle. You can see how the earth recycles water. We'll look more into the water cycle later on in the unit.
For math, we have started to study 2 digit addition and subtraction. Try solving these word problems at home for extra practice(remember to start with the ones column):
Sarah and Samantha love to collect silly bands! Sarah has 73 silly bands and Samatha has 45. How many do they have in all?
John and Jacob love playing with Beyblades! John has 14 and Jacob has 20. How many more does John need to have the same number of beyblades as Jacob?
Valerie and Alison love to eat Smarties! Valerie has 20 smarties and Alison has 26. How many do they have all together?
For science, we have continued to look at simple machines. Some of the machines we have studied so far are pulleys, levers, wheel and axle, wedge and inclined plane. Have a look at this link and click on the pictures of different simple machines. You will be able to see where you can find these simple machines in real life! When you're done, try to find similar simple machines at home:
Please remember to bring in your interview forms as well. Parent-Teacher interviews are next week, so please hand them in to me by Wednesday next week.
Have a great weekend!
Ms. I
That's all for now! Stay warm!
P.S.
I thought I would share a special video that I found on YouTube. Meet Jango the praying dog!
Ms. I
This week, we have been looking more into simple machines and how they help to make life easier. So far we have seen how an inclined plane helps to make lifting heavy objects easier. There are still many more simple machines that we will be exploring over the next few weeks. Have a look at this website to learn more about different kinds of simple machines, and take the quiz to see how much you know so far:
If you look over the example, it should help you remember everything we talked about in class. If you are still not sure which country you want to research, here's the list we talked about in class:
You do not have to choose from this list, it is just meant to give you ideas. Remember, your project is due January 20th. I'm sure all of your projects will be fantastic! I can't wait to read them!
As we finish our social studies unit on communities, we will be beginning our science unit on movement this coming Tuesday.
For math, we have just finished chapter 6 on place value. Please remember to complete your math review sheets. If you are able to do all of the work for your math test review, then you will definitely do well on the test. Our math test will be Monday January 17th, so please remember to study.
I had a great winter break, and I hope you did too!
