Wish List

Parents,

If anyone would be willing to donate the following items to the classroom, it would be greatly appreciated:

Kleenex

Glue (regular and glue sticks)

Dry erase markers

Thank you!

Jekyll Island Field Trip

Parents,

I need the Jekyll Island Field Trip forms in as soon as possible.  I have only received two completed forms since Parent Night.  I need these forms so that I can start to develop concrete numbers of those who will be going on the field trip and so I can make accommodations for any special needs.  Please return the forms as soon as possible.  I will be sending home  a second set of permission slips this week for those who may have misplaced the forms.  The first scheduled payment of $50.00 is not until October 10.

Thanks!

Week 7: September 22-26

Math:  Math projects were due today!  I skimmed quickly through them today and they look great!!  This week we will begin the second Math unit, "Fun and Games: Extending and Applying Number Theory."  The students will learn about: prime numbers, composite numbers, factors, multiples, least common multiple and greatest common factor.

Science: Students are continuing their exploration of the first unit in Science.  This week the students will watch a Nightline video exploring the great design company, IDEO.  The students will discuss their Bandaid surveys, and be introduced to the Basketball Court Challenge.

Week 6: September 15- September 19

Math: This week we will be closing our unit on graphs.  Everything has been pushed back this week in order to give the students enough time to do a great job on their project.  The project will be due Monday, September 22.  The graphing unit quiz will be on Friday, September 19.  I will post a study guide online and an extra credit opportunity later in the week.  

Science: Students will continue their exploration of the Scientific Method and their study of lava and viscosity.  We will also be exploring the importance of teamwork among scientists when trying to solve real-life issues.  We will focus our study of these issues with the IDEO company and other similar companies.

HW: Homework this week will be Math's Mate Term 1 Sheet 3 and working daily on the graphing project.

Fernbank Science Night Out

Thanks to Connor's dad for providing me with this information about the Fernbank's Science Night Out.  Please peruse the link provided to see if your child may be interested.

http://fsc.fernbank.edu/sceincenightout.html

Graphing Project

We ran out of time today and I did not have time to return the survey results to the students so they could begin to work on their projects.  I will have their results folders ready for them Monday.  We will work on the project some in class and it will be due Friday, September 19th.  The students will also be having their first unit quiz on Thursday, September 18th.  They should be studying their graphing vocabulary words and be able to demonstrate their ability to create graphs on the quiz.

Parent Night

Thanks so much to all of the parents who attended Parent Night.  It was great to get to meet all of you.  Please don't forget to return the Jekyll Island permission slip as soon as possible, more information will be sent out soon.

Parent Night!

Parent night will be held Wednesday, September 10th this year.  The roaming chef will be catering dinner at 5:30 and the Parent night festivities will begin at 6pm sharp.  I hope to see everyone there!!!

Week 5: September 8 - September 12

Math: The students began their graphing project Friday, by beginning to generate the questions they will be using to survey their peers.  The students will be editing the questions this week, surveying their peers and beginning to develop their graphs.

Science: Students completed their first lab report this week.  The students will continue with the "Lava Challenge" this week and further develop their skills with creating detailed procedures.

Homework: The students need to complete "Term 1, Sheet 2" in their Math's Mate book by Friday, they need to be working on their math project daily.  Due date to be determined Thursday.

Week 4: September 2- September 5

Math: Students are continuing with their study of graphs.  Students have now been introduced to Single Bar Graphs, Double Bar Graphs, Pictographs, Stem and Leaf Plots, and Histograms.  Students will begin their final project for the graphing unit next week.  Most of the work will be completed at school, but the students will bring home materials to complete their final project.

Science: Students are beginning their second learning segment this week.  The students are focusing on the development of procedures when working with the scientific method.  The challenge this week revolves around the Heimaey Volcano eruption in 1973 and testing the viscosity of lava and other liquids.

Homework: Students have started their "Math's Mate" homework book  this week.  Test 1, Sheet 1 is due this Friday.