Weekly Reflection: September 26

Reporters: Olivia and Tina   Photographer: Caden

SCIENCE DAY!!!

We were measuring how heavy the clay was. 

We melted big lumps of wax.

On Monday we had a Science Day. We rotated around to all the fourth grade classes. In Mrs. Ricci's class we proved that air has mass and takes up space by doing science experiments. One of them was blowing air under a cup full of water and the water level went down because the air forced the water out of the cup.

When we went to Ms. Miller's class we learned how the solid state changes into a liquid state. We learned how ice(a solid) can change into water(a liquid). Heat is what makes a solid melt into a liquid.
If a solid melts into a liquid the will still have the same weight.We learned that any liquid can change
into a solid by freezing it because she froze olive oil.

In Mrs. Koenig's class we learned how solids can change into a liquid and back to a solid.  To change a liquid into a solid you have to add cold and to change a solid into a liquid you add heat. Once a liquid stays out to long it starts to turn back into it's solid state because it cools off.

When we went to Mrs. Cioni's class we learned that changing the shape of a solid won't change the solid's volume. We used a graduated cylinder full of water and put a piece of clay in the graduated cylinder. The clay displaced the water and we were able to measure the volume of the clay.  Then we changed the shape of the clay and put it back into the water. We learned that changing the shape of a solid doesn't change the volume of the solid.

We had a fun time at all the classes doing science experiments. We learned a lot and wish we can do it again.

Weekly Reflection: September 19

Reporters: Charlie and Brooke   Photographer: Grace

Every Friday there is a lucky student who gets to be the V.I.P. 

The V.I.P gets to tell a little bit about themselves and share a special book that they have read.

SCIENCE:
This week for science we weighed clay in different shapes like a sphere, log, and a pancake on a kitchen scale. Then we recorded the weight. Almost every time we got 65 grams for the clay. The cubes are a different story... The cubes weighed 1 gram each in total of 25 grams so there were 25 cubes. Then for are second experiment we weighed water on a  kitchen scale. We learned that you can change a the shape of a solid but the weight will stay the same unless you add to or take away from the solid.

BACK TO SCHOOL BASH:
The Back to School Bash was canceled two weeks ago because of the big storm that caused a power outage in the school. So we scheduled it again. So tonight is the Back to School Bash!!!! We are excited about this and hope to see everyone there.

Weekly Reflection: September 12

Reporters: Max and Aidan       Photographer: Grant

We are doing science experiments with solids, liquids, and gases.

Experiments: 

We learned in class about solids, liquids, and gases. We did this by having different balloons  with different substances in them such as: rice, dish soap, carbon dioxide, flour, and water. First we felt the different balloons and wrote our observations. Then each of us cut the balloons and poured the substance inside the balloon into different bowls. Then we described what the substance looked like and wrote our observations.Then we did some experiments to see how solids, liquids, and gases acted.  For example, we used the syringes to experiment with how they come out differently when you put your finger over the top and when you don't. We also talked about which substance was a solid, liquid, and gas.

Listening to Sounds: 

During Writing, we went outside and we were going to listen to sounds. We would be quiet for five minutes and we were going to write what we heard outside such as a lawn mower, cars, cicadas, etc. After the five minutes were up we discussed what we wrote. Then we wrote about a sound that we heard.  We learned that adding sound to our writing helps the reader understand our stories better.

Weekly Reflection: September 5

Reporters: Alli and Jake    Photographer: Keira

 In Social Studies we played Jeopardy to review landforms and bodies of water.  

Jeopardy:

This week we played Jeopardy. We learned how to play Jeopardy. We learned that you can play many different subjects with Jeopardy. This Thursday we did geography for a subject. We reviewed map skills playing Jeopardy the day before we took a test.

Yellow Card Game:

This week we also did the yellow card game. It's a game where there are 35 cards that tell you something to say or do when someone else does something. We are timed to see how fast we can do all of the directions.  This game teaches us to focus, follow directions, pay attention to others, and work together as a team.  So far we've been able to complete 35 directions in 3 minutes and 13 seconds.  Mrs. Cioni's fastest class was able to do it in 2 minutes and 7 seconds.  We hope to beat that time!!!