Christmas Tree Ship Play , Optional Winter Stretch

Thank you everyone for the hats,gloves, scarves, and  mittens(for His Harvest Stand)!  Thank for the presents to me as well, they were fantastic!  Tell the kids I was so proud of their “Christmas Tree Ship Theatre” they performed for our reading buddies from kindergarten.  It was a great learning experience, they did it all themselves, practiced at recess, dealt with issues, and eventually performed a great show about a great story from our area. 

I attached the Winter Stretch packet in the email.  I told the kids who complete it there will be a Sturgeon Prize for them when they return.  I have some cool stuff to give away! 

Get ready for the Balloon Car Challenge after break. 

I can…

Create a conclusion that connects my life to the theme of a story.

Compare and Contrast Characters in a story

Demonstrate Motion on a Graph

Describe forces that affect the motion of objects.

Christmas Tree Ship / Balloon Car Challenge

This week we began our Force and Motion unit. Next week we’ll be learning all about the “Rouse Simmons” or better known in the early 1900’s as the Christmas Tree Ship. This week we did some marble time trials, and built mini roller coasters. This coming week we’ll do some measuring of distance over time to calculate speed.  When we get back from Christmas Break we’ll begin building our Balloon Cars with the end goal of racing them and crowning an overall Balloon Car Champion.  It’s a lot of fun and a great way to get the kids working in design teams and building something using the force and motion content expectations I’m teaching in the first part of this unit.  

I can…

Write a Literary Essay

Quote accurately from text when drawing inferences

Make Observations of the motion of an object over distance and time.

Describe forces that affect the motion of objects.