Week of September 25th

Hi Everyone,

  I would like to first say a big THANK YOU to everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes and gifts. It was more appreciated than you can possibly know. 

   We are half way through the first nine weeks! Progress Reports are coming home this week. Please review the grades sign the bottom and return the form to school no later than Friday. 

     This Friday is JBE Day!! On 9/29/15, the USDOE officially recognized JBE as one of only 335 schools across the nation that year to receive the coveted National Blue Ribbon School Award for exemplary academic excellence. Because of this, the Jacksonville Beach Mayor, Mr. Charlie Latham, proclaimed September 29th, as Jacksonville Beach Elementary School Day! All faculty/staff members and students are asked to wear a Jax Beach shirt next Friday, 9/29/17, to show their school pride! 

   This week in math we will learn about the metric system. The metric system is a s system of measurement that uses units of 10. In fourth grade students have to know measurement units within one system. Students also have to be able to convert units within one system. We will work on both metric and customary units. Our work will focus on:

Metric

Length: kilometers, meters, centimeters, millimeters

Mass: kilograms, grams, milligram

Capacity: liters, milliliters

Customary

Length: inches, feet, yards, miles

Weight: ounces, pounds, tons

Capacity: fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons

Time: seconds, minutes, hours

   In science this week we will finally get to find out if soap floats!! We are using this lab to help us practice the scientific method. From asking a question: Does soap float? Forming a hypothesis: If I put bars of soap in water then they will sink, because soap is heavy. I know that heavy items will sink in water. Performing an experiment where we control the variables and collect data.

Dial:Sink

Zest:Sink

Lever:Sink

Ivory:Float

Writing a conclusion:

My data partially supports my data. Three of the bars of soap sank in water. The ivory soap floated in water.

The next part of the scientific method is to ask more questions.

*Why does the ivory soap float but not the others? We discovered from an article, Ivory Soap Comes Clean on Floating, that ivory soap floats because they whip air into it when they are making the soap. 

*How can we make the other bars of soap float too? If we can put more air into  the soap by heating it maybe it will float. Ask your child what happened next. 

     We will take our test on chapter 1 on Thursday. The vocabulary for chapter 1  and the vocabulary for science tools is also due on Thursday. The vocabulary for chapter 1 should be completed in their journal on pages 6 and 8. The vocabulary for science tools should be completed on page 12. Both lists can be found on the Science Tab on this page.

     In social studies we will take the test for chapter 1 on Friday.  Social studies vocabulary is also due on Friday. The vocabulary for the social studies vocab. should be completed on pages 2 and 4 of the social studies journal. We do not complete a study guide for social studies tests because social studies tests are open book. 

Have a great week,

Aesha