We began the day with Gym and Mr. Costa had the class do extra lining up practice.
When we got back to class, we read the morning message and since only 3 students completed their Journal homework on the weekend, we completed before going to recess.
After recess we continued to look at Data Management. Instead of looking at tally sheets and graphs and getting information, we talked about surveys and why people take them. After discussing surveys the students were given a worksheet on asking survey questions. The questions and choices given were for a specific group of people, ie.) kindergarten children, grown-ups etc.
After Lunch it took us a very long time to get settled. Once we were ready to learn we talked about Simple Machines, and Forces. We reviewed the six simple machines ( levers, pulley, wedge, screw, inclined plane, and wheel and axel). We then talked about how they help us over some forces. We then reviewed the different kinds of forces ( gravity, friction and muscular). We watched some videos on Youtube that looked at different sports. We talked about how in many sports you are fighting forces. Some are helpful and some are not. We looked at some simple machines in sports ( i.e.) bat=lever, skates=wedges , ski jump= inclined plane, diving board= lever). We also looked at where friction was helpful or not.
We then completed a worksheet that helped us sort simple machines.
After recess, we completed our Lesson 18 Spelling test, and we began our Lesson 19 unit.
HOMEWORK: Complete Spelling 19 ( alpha-order, syllables)
Read.
