Magnetic Attraction

Monday morning we had a special guest come to our school and had a great assembly on physical and chemical changes. This was a fun review for the students and a great way to apply their knowledge from the first term.

They got to conduct their own science experiments and decide if they observed a physical or chemical change.

An unexpected spill! Science can get messy, but it sure is fun!

We have been having a blast with our magnet unit! Students are discovering all there is to learn with magnets and how they are used everywhere in the world around us.

This was our "Magnetic Sailling" activity. The students flipped the magnets and learned how to move the ping pong ball (which had a magnet taped on the bottom).

Mag levs! We read a story in class about a boy who lived in Japan and he created a mag lev system in his parent's store. I challenged the All Stars to create their own mag lev vehicle.

We started our planning and designing on Monday and began creating/testing the mag levs today!

Students are coming across many obstacles, but they are persevering and working hard on their project.

MATH...

We are in the middle of our division unit and so far we have learned three different strategies: repeated subtraction, repeated addition and the "Lucky 7".

Our favorite way has been the  "Lucky 7" so far but we have a few more strategies to learn, including the standard algorithm. I'm proud of how well the students have grasped division!

New fun link on the side bar!

If you scroll down the screen and go to this tab on the right hand side:

You can see there is a new link called Dance Mat Typing! This is a great website for students to work on their typing skills. This is a very important skill for students to work on since all of their district and state testing is done on a computer. Enjoy and have fun typing!