Studying River Rock

Students studied river rocks with magnifying glasses.  Then they used differently sized screens to separate the rock out by size.

Science
The students have really enjoyed the science unit we are currently studying.  Last week we saw how rocks can be part of the earth's features, and then break down into smaller and smaller pieces until they become as small as sand and silt.  This led to a good discussion about how much sand there is in the world, how long this process takes, and how relentless our oceans and rivers are at moving, smoothing, and breaking down rocks.

Homework Journals
I was busy today with different meetings.  I was only able to read and return some of the homework journals.  The rest will be ready to go back home tomorrow.

IXL Math Website
I can see that many of you have logged on to the IXL math website.  If you haven't already, give it a try.  I sent you a link and password for it about two weeks ago.

Mr. Luxon Not On Campus This Friday
Mr. Solo has asked me to attend a district meeting this Friday, the second day of the training I attended about a month ago.  I will not be at school, TPES visiting teacher Ms. Cahill will be teaching in my absence.

Curriculum Overview

Literacy - Reading for important ideas or concepts.  Ask your student about Swimmy by Leo Lioni.

Math - Understanding how our number system is based on organizing quantities into groups of tens.  10 is ten ones, 100 is ten tens, 1000 is ten hundreds, etc.

Writing - Writing about the important concepts and ideas we find in fiction books.

Language Conventions and Word Study - Understanding what makes a sentence complete.

Science - Geology, materials of the earth: pebbles, rocks and silt.

Students used screens to separate the pebbles, gravel, sand, and silt.