This morning we reviewed the lockdown procedures for the school in our class. The tragedy in Connecticut has affected all of us. It is very important for students to be properly supervised and for students to be fully aware of the supervision procedures in the building.
After grammar and a vocabulary quiz, we watched more of Johnny Tremain. The main theme was "principle over principal" relating to money. Some of the Tories in Boston had agreed to pay the Tea Party debt to Parliament. They were angry that the patriots weren't cooperating. James Otis pushed to the main theme of the Revolutionary War: "That a Man May Stand".
MATH HOMEWORK IS REVIEW #4. Tomorrow we will have Test #4. The hardest point on the review was number lines, e.g., 3, 3 1/8, 3 1/4, 3 3/8, 3 1/2, 3 5/8, 3 3/4, 3 7/8, 4 .
Many students visited Meridian Math Club today to work on their homework. Others worked on final draft illustrations, character descriptions, 3-point paragraphs, and writer's workshop stories.
For Science we worked on magnetic force strengths. Two boys were able to attach 219 paper clips onto one paper clip, held up by two magnets. Students concluded that magnetic strength differed from magnet to magnet, that some must be more dense than others, that strength didn't quite double in proportion to the amount of magnet, etc. It was a fun learning experience. You might want to buy your child magnets, paper clips, batteries, coil, iron nails, wire, etc...and compile a magnet kit for him or her to experiment with over the Christmas vacation. It would be cheaper than a normal gift, and would be infinitely more fun! Also, you could download or print out experiments from the computer for them to do.
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