Oreo Moon Phase Lab — 3/13/15

Who knew Space Science was so yummy?! Solar System Candy lab last week then our Oreo Lab today!!

Thanks to all my parent volunteers for supplying our Oreo cookies!! The kids were very appreciative.

We used our cookies to model the moon phases. 🙂

Here are pictures of all of our excited 4th graders as they worked on their lab.

We are going to try to wrap up our Space Unit by Friday of next week. We still have 2 Life Science standards to cover, and I’m wanting to review before we take our Aspire test on April 27.

What’s Happening this Week — 3/9 to 3/13

I hope everyone enjoyed playing in the snow and are now ready to jump back in and finish 4th grade!! I was beginning to think we weren’t ever going to finish this newsletter!! 🙂

Monday — We are reviewing week 16 vocabulary and newsletter. I’m checking their moon booklet for a daily grade, and then we are learning about lunar and solar eclipses.

Tuesday – Week 16 Quiz

Wednesday – We will have an altered schedule today due to the Rachel’s Challenge assembly at the middle school. This challenge has a great message for the kids – I’m so excited that we were invited! When we get back, we will start digging into Week 17 vocabulary and newsletter. This newsletter is about Earth’s Place in the Universe.

Thursday – We will finish up from previous day and we will have our Moon Phase Lab. I’ll post pictures afterward. 🙂

Friday – We are going to read about Gravity and Tilt. We will be taping two pages into our notebooks about Day and Night. We will be reading one page, and on the other we will illustrate the day/night process.

We will finish up week 17 newsletter next week. We will be spending a few days on Space Exploration before we jump into Life Science.

Our Moon — 3/2/15

Due to our weather days last week, we are continuing to work on our Week 16 newsletter this week. We are planning on testing on Friday if our weather permits.

Today we reviewed our 6 vocabulary words. We completed a Moon Powerpoint and Graphic Organizer. The graphic organizer is our Daily Work grade for the week. I’ll be checking it one day later in the week for a grade.

This PowerPoint and notes were purchased from the Science Penguin. I love her resources. It is available for purchase here.

Planet Booklet 2/23/15

Due to our crazy winter weather, we are off track with my lesson plans. I’m hoping that we can be finished and test next Tuesday on our week 16 newsletter (3/3.) Stay tuned though – if our snow comes in that may change!

Last Thursday I passed out planet booklets and we began working on these in class. These booklets will be a Daily Work grade for the week. They have to be colored on the outside, and each planet has a fact written about it. This booklet completed is their ticket to participate in our Planet Candy Lab tomorrow!! Yum!! I’m having trouble with a few of our 4th graders not completing their work — I’m hoping the allure of candy with learning will cure that!!

Pictured below is a student example. 🙂

What’s Happening in Science (2/17 – 2/20) — Week 16 Week #1

This week we have began our Space Unit. We are spending this week and next on our Week 16 newsletter. We will be focusing on our planets and the Moon.

Tuesday — We taped in our vocabulary words on page 82. We read and highlighted in our newsletter (page 1.) We had a delay this morning so we had shorter classes.

Wednesday — We read p.2/3 in our newsletter and focused on the Solar System section.

Thursday – We reviewed and began our Planet Flip-up book. I downloaded this from one of the Science Penguin’s packs on her TPT store. Her store is located here.

Friday — We are working on our flip up books today. As students complete them, I will be giving them a daily work grade. This activity has to be complete for students to participate in the Planet Candy Lab on Monday. Yum! We are planning to test at the end of next week.

Physical Science Title Page NB 102 – 4/9/14

Today in Science we spent the first half of class with Mrs. Romine, our school counselor. For the second half of class, we reviewed our Daily Math, and taped in two new entries in our Science Notebook. We taped in our Physical Science Alabama Course of Study objectives on NB 101, and on NB 103 we taped in our Chapter 14 Lesson 1 and 2 Study Guide on Sound. We will start this four day unit tomorrow in class, and we will test on Tuesday of next week.

Students have had time in class to work on NB 102 Physical Science Title Page. Pictured above are two fourth graders who did a fantastic job on their notebook entry. I will be checking this page on Friday for a Daily Work Grade.

Solar System Lab and Ch 18 Test Review — 4/7/14

Who knew Space Science was so yummy? First, Moon Phases with Oreo cookies, and today we completed a Solar System Candy Lab. I saw this over at Pinterest, and thought it was just too cute. Our 4th graders loved it!! This also worked well as a test review of our planets. Tomorrow students will have to write the planets in order from the Sun.

On Wednesday, we will start our last Science Unit for the year — Physical Science. We will spend four quick days on Sound. I am super excited for our lab — stay tuned!! More information to come on Wednesday/Thursday of this week.

For fellow teachers, this is the link to the information about the Solar System lab and the printout. It is located here.

What’s Happening in Science — 3/31 – 4/8

This week in Science we are starting our last chapter (Chapter 18) in Space Science. Our study guide for this chapter are the two pages in the above picture. Our Chapter 18 Quiz will be on Tuesday, April 8. It will consist of 18 questions — 10 from the vocabulary on NB 98, and 8 from listing our planets in order from the sun.

Space Exploration Packet 3/19/14

On Wednesday and Thursday in Science this week we are covering our Space Exploration Course of Study objective. Students were given a packet on Tuesday, and they are responsible for coloring it. This packet is due at the end of class on Thursday for a daily work grade.

Below I’ve included the links to two fantastic videos that helped us “see” the strides we have made in Space Exploration.

Moon Phase Lab 3/14/14

Fun during our Moon Phase Lab!!