We've been wrapping up a lot of units this week as we get ready for winter break! In science, we are almost done with our unit on forces and motion. Students worked in their small groups to design and build a machine to rescue a tiger. They learned a lot about simple machines, and effort and resistance force. We will close out the unit with a review and online Stemscopes lesson on Monday, followed by a district assessment on Tuesday.
In math, we worked on lots of word problems involving multiplication, division, and fractions. Students took the district unit assessment on Thursday, and we started right away on our next unit of geometry (2D and 3D shapes) on Friday. This will continue into next week, as well as after winter break.
In social studies, we learned about timelines and tied that in with our biography unit in language arts. Students read several picture book biographies this week, and created two timelines. One was about the life of famous person they read about, and one was about their own life.
Just a reminder that next week is a short week, with only three days of school for the students! We will have our winter party on Wednesday December 19, and that will be a great way to wrap up the fall semester!
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