Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Water Cycle Stories Take Two

Tonight is Phase 2 of our water cycle stories. Remember this phase is evaporation. Make sure you have details about what causes evaporation, what phase the water is turning to, and where he ends up.
I was able to glance at Phase 1 today and the students did a great job of introducing their raindrop, giving a location, and adding some creativity as they were describing. There were a few that went into the evaporation stage last night so I talked to them about it and they need to fix it and continue tonight. Remember parents, please help with the editing, spelling, and grammar usage so that the final draft they have to write & publish will be easy to transfer and ready for display. Tonight they also got their tagboard raindrop to create their character. The sky is the limit with these and I can't wait to see the 4th grade quality and creativity.
Also, today in Science we continued with more of our weather unit talking about pressure systems. If your child can tell you the difference between a HIgh (H) and Low (L) pressure system, write H & L in their planners for free money.
Tomorrow is the NE states & capitals test. Study Study.
This week on School Tools and during morning meetings, we are talking about communication. Today, we talked a lot about non-verbal communication and what % of our communication is that form. If your child can tell you, write the number in the planner for more free money.
Field trips: Our field trip to the NILE is on Monday, October 17th. We will have an early lunch here and leave at 11:10 and be back by 2:00. All but one person has bought into this trip.
Our jail field trip is on Friday, October 28th. We still have a few to buy in so I am hoping they can make their money soon.
Keep practicing that Xtramath.com website to work on those math facts. It is so fun to walk around and watch them do it in here. They are so focused and working hard to pick up speed.
Have a great night.

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