November is just flying right on by and here we are already leaving for Thanksgiving! The two days we will be attending school is always hard to plan for a teacher. A LOT of students are always out and you don't want to introduce a new concept, or take any grades, because you will have a lot of holes in your grade book! So the Math/Science team has thought up some fun activities/projects for those two days.
In Math, we will be going back and reviewing reading a thermometer. Thermometers typically have a scale of 1,2,5, or 10. The kids will practice first identifying the scale that the thermometer is using. Then they will practice reading temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit. Then, they will take what they know about reading a thermometer and start a small project. Each student will be assigned four major cities in the USA and will have to research the temperature there on TheWeatherChannel.com on that particular day. They will then have to graph the temp on one of four thermometers, each with a varying scale of 1,2,5, or 10. Third graders really love this project because it incorporates using the IPads and the Mini Dells to do their research! So much fun!
In Science we will dive deeper into the concept of Gravity. We have a Brainpop Video planned on Monday and an experiment planned for Tuesday!!! The kids will use a ramp and gravity to push a car through the different types of surfaces to establish a deeper meaning of friction. The toy car will roll off the ramp and on to the tile, the carpet, and the grass! The kids will then use a measuring tape to measure the distance of the car and make conclusions based on their data about friction and gravity.
I hope everyone has a safe and beautiful Thanksgiving with their family. I am thankful for this HCE family and my 43 students that keep me on my toes everyday ;-)
Love,
Mrs. S
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