Week of Sept. 14-18

September 18:

Math: I am so proud of how well so many of you did on the Math Quiz! If you had trouble, this was a great experience in learning how tests are given in 4th grade. Please make sure that you read carefully and show all work to be successful. We will go over them next week.

Science: "High tide, ocean's up, twice a day, twice a day." "Low tide, ocean's down, twice a day, twice a day." Most areas that experience two high tides and two low tides daily will have about 6 hours between high and low tides.

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September 17:

Math: The work that everyone did today was excellent! You are ready for the quiz! Make sure that you read the questions carefully, show all of your work, check your work, and bubble the scantron correctly, and you will be successful!

Science: The Tides Gizmo today was very helpful in showing how high tides and low tides form. When you see an illustration of the earth and moon, the water will bulge towards and away from the moon. The moon has a greater gravitational pull on the tides than the sun because it is so much closer.

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September 16:

Math: We are preparing for the Quiz on Friday! Practice rounding numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand. Look at your answer choices if it doesn't tell you where to round to. Also, box up the number that you will be rounding to help you.

Science: Tides are amazing. To watch the water level rise and fall as it does is pretty interesting. Most areas that experience tides will experience 2 high tides and 2 low tides every day. These are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun.

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September 15:

Math: We practiced rounding to several different places today (nearest ten, hundred, thousand). If the problem does not specify which place to round to, look at the answer choices to determine this. If you have trouble with rounding, use the number lines to help you.

Science: In learning about moon phases, we learned that only one half of the moon is illuminated while the other half is in darkness. We actually only see one side of the moon since the moon rotates on its axis and orbits the earth at the same rate (29.5 days).