Valentine's Party

Valentine's Day

Many thanks to Mrs. Belcher and Mrs. Motta for a fabulous party again this year. Please thank them when you see them for putting together three great parties this school year for our kids. Here are some pictures of our day. My favorite was the chopstick candy. Tougher than it looks!  

Science Update

The fourth graders have just started our View from the Earth science unit.  In this unit, the students will learn how the Earth gets day and night due to the rotation of the Earth.  After learning about the cause of day and night, we will move on to the orbit of the moon around Earth as it is rotating on its axis as well.  While the Earth makes one complete rotation on its axis in 24 hours, it takes the moon about as long to make one complete rotation as it does to orbit Earth.  The moon's orbit takes 29 1/2 days.  Students will learn about the movement of Earth and the moon through a lot of movement to help them understand what is happening in our immense universe.  

 

Social Studies Update

Next week we will begin our study of the branches of the federal government, investigating the duties of each branch’s leaders, as well as understanding separation of powers and checks and balances. We will compare the federal government system with state and local systems.