Week of MLK Weekend

Greeting Fourthlandians Families and Friends!

This week was a short week but we accomplished a lot! Here is what we've been up to.

In Writing, we worked on our opinion essays. We wrote introductions and conclusions and next week, we'll be putting all of it together into a draft. Here is a picture of our essay folders that we put together to organize our writing.


In Math, we finished up our problem-solving unit on the Teachers Lounge. We thought about remainders and how remainders can be different depending on the unit. For example, for money, you can split a dollar into change but if you're dealing with tables or people, you have to round up. We also took an end-of-unit assessment.


In Reading, we have been hard at work finishing our Biography Projects. Most of us are making google presentations. We've been pretty independent on all of this which our teachers are excited about.

In Science, we explored the question, "do materials with the same volume have the same weight?" We used digital scales to measure sand, soil, mineral oil and plain water (scientifically H2O!) and discovered that they weigh different amounts. Some of us predicted this and others were surprised. We learned that different minerals make up rocks.




We also focused on improving Quiet Time. Before, it could be noisy with people moving around. It's getting more and more peaceful and even teachers are able to have their own quiet time. An exciting update is we got PAID!!!! We each earned $50 and learned how to fill out our bank log.

Today, we went to a Creative Arts and Sciences Presentation on Rocks & Minerals. Here are pictures of us at the different stations.

Goodbye and have a good weekend!

From,
Ms. Swaim & Matt Chung