Weekly Updates

February 6-10

Upcoming Dates:

February 14: Valentine's Day celebration (in the afternoon)

February 20: No School (snow day make up)

February 24: Etude DOES have school (the rest of SASD does not)

Specials This Week:

Monday : A - drama

Tuesday: B - music

Wednesday: C - movement and gym

Thursday: A - drama

Friday: B - music

Valentine's Day:

Here is some information regarding Valentine's for this year…

We are celebrating Valentine's Day as a class on February 14th, in the afternoon. We will play some games (Kahoot and Bingo) as well as pass out valentines and decorate our boxes.

Students should bring in a box to decorate by 2/13/23 (something like a tissue or shoe box will work best).
Students, if they would like, should bring in a Valentine for each student. The list is included on the sign up sheet link below.
So, in year’s past the students have always wanted to do an ice-cream party for Valentines. I will bring the ice-cream but if you would like to bring in a topping, please put your name down next to one of the things, in the link, below. These are the kid’s ideas, if we don’t get much, that’s okay!

CLICK HERE to sign up

This Week's Learning Goals:

Math:

4th grade:

This week we will introduce measuring angles, and circle vocabulary such as diameter, circumference, radius, and center.

HERE is a link with an overview of this unit for parents.

Here are some computer games that go along with our unit:

Here are some online student resources that can help at home too:

5th grade:

Check out Mr. Scharenbroch's website for 5th grade math updates by clicking THIS LINK.

Literacy:

We have finished up our whole class read aloud, Rules, which was an endearing story about a young lady that has a brother with autism. If you would like to check out the book HERE is a link.

Students should be continuing to read their book club books, and coming to book club PREPARED. The meeting schedule is as follows:

Monday: Fish in a Tree

this week's pages 161- 190

next week's pages 191-221

Tuesday: The Running Dream

this week's pages 204 - 237

next week's pages 238 - 271

Wednesday: El Deafo

this week's pages: 118 - 140

next week's pages: 141 - 162

Thursday: Freak the Mighty group 1

this week's pages: 81 - 97

next week's pages: 98 - 114

Friday: Freak the Mighty group 2

this week's pages: 81 - 97

next week's pages: 98 - 114

PBL:

This week we will be investigating Newton's 3rd Law of Motion which states: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

We will attempt to use elastic energy and a load source in order to make our "Newton Cars" GO!

Students can bring in a small (but heavy) load that will counteract the action of the car and send it forward. Some examples of loads that worked REALLY well are: an old photo film container or pill bottle filled with coins, or a small but heavy rock. The load should fit between a 2-3 x 3 inch area, and should be heavy enough to give the car a push, but not heavy enough to weigh down the back of the car. BRING THIS IN BY WEDNESDAY!

The load will be placed in an area held by a number of rubber bands. A string will be holding the rubber bands thus containing the elastic energy. When the string is broken, the load should accelerate backwards and cause the car to fly forward.

Photos From Previous Weeks:

Marble Rollercoasters

egg drop fun

We went to the JMKAC to see the E'tude Middle School and High School Exhibitions of Learning

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