Happy Monday Everyone,
It's hard to believe but this is our last week of school before Winter Break!! We had a very different kind of school day on last Thursday and Friday. I would like to say again how well the students handled themselves while we were having our "Big Adventure" is how one of the kids described it and another said "That was a very different kind of fire drill." Mrs. Lomblo and I are very proud of them!! Ms. Mattingly even gave every class a large golden starfish for everyone's excellent behavior.
We will have our Winter Festival this Friday. Be on the look out for information from our Class Parents. The festivities will begin at 10:15 and the parents usually get here at about 9:30 to begin setting everything up. In addition to the fun activities that the parents are planning for us, Friday will also be pajama day. Students may wear their pajamas if they wish. Please make sure that your child wears regular shoes so that they can participate in recess.
This week in science, we will begin learning about force and motion. This will be our last unit on physical science. When we finish this unit we will move to our earth/space science standards. This week we will begin learning that objects have a position. If the position changes the object is in motion. Objects can move in different ways: in a straight line, curved lines, or back and forth. Students will learn that speed tells you how the position of an object changes during a certain amount of time. Students will also learn how to calculate speed by dividing how far an object goes by the time it takes to get there. Students will also learn the difference between speed and velocity. Velocity is the speed and direction of an object. So for example, That she is walking at a speed of 3o meters per second. She is walking at a velocity of 30 meters per second south. And finally we will learn about acceleration. Acceleration is any change in velocity. An objects velocity changes if the object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction.
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