Today was a fantastically fun filled day of assessment!

Students started their day reviewing the mathematical concepts we have been working on.  Simplifying fractions and multiplying fractions have been, and will continue to be, our focus for a bit.

After that, we went to the computer lab and took our Star test.  We followed that up with some Dreambox Math.

Next, we took a Math assessment.

And then, a Language Arts assessment!

If you hear groans and moans tonight, that is why!

We had indoor recess today, and with a lack of things to do, many students turned to our unifix cubes and started building things.  We have some really creative minds here.  Some students built towers and toy tops, but one student built something a little different:

Do you know what flag this is?

In Science, we’re working on forces and motion.   We watched a video today about the rides at Disney World and the imagineers that work there.  Ask your child if they remember what a force is (a push or a pull on an object).  If you’re feeling super adventurous, ask your child what force is at work that brings an object in motion to rest (friction).

 

There’s no real homework for the weekend, except students should continue reading each night for 35 minutes and fill out their reading log, and sometime this weekend be sure they have read up through chapter 13 in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.