FOURTH GRADE

Schedule Room 208

Tuesday @ 8:15, Wednesday @ 9:15, Thurs. @ 9:15

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Schedule Room 210

Tuesday @ 10:30, Wednesday @ 8:15, Thurs. @ 10:30

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Schedule Room 220

Tuesday @ 9:15, Wednesday @ 10:30, Thurs. @ 8:15

CLASS 89 - TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Theme 8: Pulleys and Human Beings

Students will learn about a few simple machines and students will become a little more familiar with pulleys.

HW: THEME 8 VOCABULARY

HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, MAY 10 (Theme 6 and 7 workbook/textbook pages)

CLASS 90 - THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Caribou Math Contest 6 of 6

Survey: Tell Them From Me

HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, MAY 10 (Theme 6 and 7 workbook/textbook pages)

CLASS 91 - FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016

Class review of Theme 6: Heat Rises, Cold Sinks and Theme 7: Getting A Charge Out of Electricity!

Completing Theme 8: Pulleys and Human Beings

Students will learn about a few simple machines and students will become a little more familiar with pulleys.

HW: SIMPLE MACHINE WORKPAGES

HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, MAY 10 (Theme 6 and 7 workbook/textbook pages)

CLASS 92 - TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016

Theme 6: Heat Rises, Cold Sinks and Theme 7: Getting A Charge Out of Electricity! TEST

CLASS 93 - THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

Theme 8 Activity: Help Me Reach The Top!
Students will recognize how simple machines have made life easier for human beings. They will look at the usefulness of two simple machines: the inclined plane and the wheel.

CLASS 95 - TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

Exploration Gizmo: Pulleys @ www.explorelearning.com
Students will describe the parts of a pulley, demonstrate that adding pulleys decreases the effort needed to lift a given load, find the mechanical advantage of a pulley system and observe how pulleys multiply the effort-force.

HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, MAY 27 (Theme 8 workbook/textbook pages + gizmo)

CLASS 97 - TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2016

Returned Theme 4: States of Matter, State Changes, Water Cycle and Theme 5: Kinetic or Potential? TEST

Completing Exploration Gizmo: Pulleys @ www.explorelearning.com

Students will describe the parts of a pulley, demonstrate that adding pulleys decreases the effort needed to lift a given load, find the mechanical advantage of a pulley system and observe how pulleys multiply the effort-force.

HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, MAY 27 (Theme 8 workbook/textbook pages + gizmo)

CLASS 98 - THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016

Returned Theme 6: Heat Rises, Cold Sinks and Theme 7: Getting A Charge Out of Electricity! TEST

Class review of Theme 8: Pulleys and Human Beings

Theme 9: We're Flying!
Students will learn how airplanes and many different aircrafts can fly.

HW: THEME 9 VOCABULARY

HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, MAY 27 (Theme 8 workbook/textbook pages + gizmo)

CLASS 99 - FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016

Theme 8: Pulleys TEST

Continuing Theme 9: We're Flying!
Students will learn how airplanes and many different aircrafts can fly.

CLASS 100 - TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2016

Completing Theme 9: We're Flying!
Students will learn how airplanes and many different aircrafts can fly.

HW: THEME 9 VOCABULARY

Theme 9 Activity: Wing Flapping

Students will discover the principle of airplane wing lift by creating three different wing profiles.

HW: Please bring 2 glass jars (approximately 250 ml each) or more for crystal activity.

CLASS 101 - THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

Returned Theme 8: Pulleys TEST

Completing Theme 9: We're Flying!
Students will learn how airplanes and many different aircrafts can fly.

HW: Please bring 2 glass jars (approximately 250 ml each) or more for crystal activity.

CLASS 102 - FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016

Theme 10: Under Your Feet

Students will learn about the properties of three types of soil. Students will be able to identify these types of soil on the basis of their properties.

HW: THEME 10 VOCABULARY

HW: Please bring 2 glass jars (approximately 250 ml each) or more for crystal activity.

CLASS 103 - TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016

Theme 11: On The Dinosaur Trail

Students will improve upon their knowledge of dinosaurs and learn that we only know dinosaurs from their fossils.

HW: THEME 11 VOCABULARY

HW: Please bring 2 glass jars (approximately 250 ml each) or more for crystal activity.

CLASS 104 THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016

Completing Theme 11: On The Dinosaur Trail

Students will improve upon their knowledge of dinosaurs and learn that we only know dinosaurs from their fossils.

HW: Please bring 2 glass jars (approximately 250 ml each) or more for crystal activity.

CLASS 105 - FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016

Theme 12: The Magic of Crystals

Students will learn to distinguish a crystal from a rock and students will improve their knowledge of crystal formation.

HW: THEME 12 VOCABULARY

HW: Please bring 2 glass jars (approximately 250 ml each) or more for crystal activity.

CLASS 106 - TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016

Theme 12 Activity: Rise, Crystals!

Students will learn the process of crystal formation through the evaporation of a saturated aqueous solution.

CLASS 107 - THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016

Theme 13: Treasures in Our Trash

Students will distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable resources. Students will learn about biomass.

HW: THEME 13 VOCABULARY

CLASS 108 - FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2016

Returned Theme 10: Under Your Feet and Theme 11: On The DInosaur Trail TEST

Theme 14: The Earth's Dance

Students will learn that the rotation of the Earth distorts our perceptions of celestial bodies.

HW: THEME 14 VOCABULARY

CLASS 109 - TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016

Theme 15: I'm Attracted to You!

Students will be introduced to the concept of gravitational force.

HW: THEME 15 VOCABULARY

CLASS 110 - THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016

Completing Theme 15: I'm Attracted to You!

Students will be introduced to the concept of gravitational force.