Week of February 10th

In math this week, students will be introduced to square numbers using the cuisenaire rods.   Below is a video that shows the concepts we will be teaching in class. Please practice square numbers at home with your child! They should be bringing home a sheet with the multiplication problems on it. Time them as they recite and encourage your child to beat their time.

We will also continue practicing with division with decimal. We will end the week with a Valentine Activity that will introduce Volume.


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Students completed their first Performance Task in physical science last week. They were given a mixture of salt, powder and gravel and needed to work together to find a way to separate the mixture into three separate cups. I will post pictures tomorrow, but they did awesome! This week the students will review their written work from the lab and then independently explain mixture and solution as a quiz grade.  Here is a link to information about this if you would like to review with your child Matter and Solution



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SOCIAL STUDIES

THIS WEEK NEWS:
We will not be attending the Planetarium this week due to the snow days. We will reschedule this in March.

Flowers are on sale all week for $1.00!

We will exchange Valentines on Friday. An award will be given to the cheesiest and most creative valentine! A class list will be sent home Wednesday.

Friday students will be attending Music Push up Day at NHS South.

Friday we will celebrate Healthy Heart Day! Students will work together and learn how the heart pumps blood. They will also learn about volume by creating a candy box. And lastly, students will be introduced to trans fat and saturated fat, ending with them making homemade guacamole! The recipe uses avocados, garlic and lemon juice. They will sample their recipe with nacho chips!