Student Reflection and Data

Yesterday, we took an assessment over force and motion and as part of a reflection, students used the "stars and stairs" strategy to think about what they did well on the test and something they still need to work on.  On many students' reflections, they noted that they needed more help with ordered decimals (we had a tough racing question where they had to compare speeds).  So today, we did just that before we worked on an extended response and the exit slip showed it helped!

"Panthers Rock" Flash Mob

At our leadership assembly this week, our fourth grade students cut a rug!  We performed by singing "Panthers Rock" leadership song and did a flash mob and the entire school joined us!  It was so much fun!


http://www.wbko.com/video?videoid=2960613

This is the link from WBKO of our Leadership Assembly!

Student Led Mind Map Session

 

Last week, we had a cast member lead our mind map session to reflect on the week and gather writing ideas for our Friday Journal.  She did a great job!  (A mind map is a organizer that uses words and pictures.)  She is sitting by the document camera and her work is being displayed on the board.  She also called on students and led the discussion before writing the letter to her family!

 



Roller Coaster of... Motion

Today we did several trials to create a roller coaster to discover at which points the cart goes the fastest to wrap up our study of force and motion.  We read the book "Roller Coaster" and made text-to-self connections first, before we started our trials.  We listened to a karaoke version of "Roller Coaster of Love" while we completed our trials!

 

 

 

  This lesson came from "Picture Perfect Science" teaching resource, from NSTA.

 

 

 

Inertia Experiment

We did an experiment this week to follow-up our learning about inertia and why it's important to always wear your seatbelt in a vehicle!  We used my son's little Car's shake and go car and placed our "test dummy" on top to model what happens when we don't wear those seat belts.  Science in ACTION!

 

 

 

 



Slow Down, Nelly!

This week we have been learning how friction is a force that causes things to slow down because two things rub together.  Today we tested three different surfaces to see how far our object would travel down each, measuring in inches.  We have lots of wonderings to test tomorrow!

Public Speaking

The cast in Studio 214 chose a project to complete about a region of Kentucky (of their choice) and wrote speeches to give about their regions as well.  They were a little nervous but did a great job!