After Ms. Smith left, we breaked for Christmas and when we returned, we jumped back into curriculum and normal school busy-ness head first.
Currently, we are working on a new persuasive piece in writing. We received an email from Mr. Joseph saying he is considering the nutritional benefits (or lack there of) of chocolate milk at school lunch. We have been reading a number of different articles and researching the nutritional information on chocolate milk. This week, we are going to draft letters to Mr. Joseph either in favor of or against serving chocolate milk at school. Should be interesting!
In science, we are studying the layers of the earth, the rock cycle, and the types of rocks. Earlier last week, we used dark and milk chocolate pieces to simulate the rock cycle. The picture below doesn't really do justice to the demonstration! Ask your child to tell you more about it.
This week, we'll be identifying rock samples using various physical characteristics. We'll also be prepping for a math test on fraction and decimal computation on Tuesday, and our Rocks unit test on Friday. We will exchange valentines on Friday after lunch.
