Mr. Johnson's suggestion afterwards: that students put their icicles in cylinders
and measure volume (and the elapsed time / melting time). Yeah!
Students measured icicles in customary and metric units. Work quickly, it's melting! It's melting! Some students handed in damp worksheets... Well, it was one way to make use of all that ice! Mr. Johnson's suggestion afterwards: that students put their icicles in cylinders and measure volume (and the elapsed time / melting time). Yeah! Timer shows minutes it took this icicle to melt.
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Play with the dog... Shovel the driveway... Feed the birds... Check in on the neighbors... My herb garden... This photo is from winter 2014, when my sons built an igloo (and spent the night in it).
Happy snow day! Students conducted hands-on work with "artifacts." I prepared pillowcases filled with "artifacts"--some were themed (kitchen items, media-room items), others were a jumble of mixed household items. (One was filled with nothing but pet objects--students named it "The Doggie Bag.") Students worked in small groups to sketch and describe items, then infer the use. Inferences were also made about the people (or dogs) who had "left behind" the artifacts. This lesson was inspired and adapted from one posted on the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center website (www.uwlax.edu/mvac/educators).
We celebrated the 100th day of school, throughout the building. Thanks to a class of enthusiastic fourth graders and adult helpers (including Ms. Fan and Ms. Mary Lou), we made 100 clay ladybugs and placed them in the hallway leading to the cafeteria, for everyone to enjoy. Ms. Fan made the display sign while I emailed the news that they had 'arrived,' and we were set! Below are some of the school-wide displays. In math class, we did activities on the 100's chart and students made posters on "100 Ways to Make 100." In language arts, students wrote 5 things they've learned in the past 100 days. |
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AuthorMs. McGill is a public school librarian at Stony Point Elementary. She has previously taught all subjects in 4th & 5th grades, and creative nonfiction at UVa's Young Writers Workshop for nine summers. Categories |