Poetry: Shape Poems Good Copy

Today we started on our good copies for our Shape Poems. I had read through all of them last night and enjoyed them all. Most students finished their good copies today, but for those who didn't the good copies are due on Tuesday April 10th.

There is no other homework for the weekend! Enjoy the time off!

A Note

I incorrectly noted that the math test was Friday. It is THURSDAY APRIL 5th.

Also, I did not realize it, but the settings used to be that you had to have an account to comment. I have changed that so that anyone can comment.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Poetry: Shape Poem Rough Copies

Today we worked on our Shape Poem rough copies. Students took their homework from last night and put the words into a shape. We then switched poems with students and had them review the poems to give two things they like about the poem and one thing they could improve.

At the end of the class, students handed in their rough copies to me. Tonight I will go through them all and provide feedback to the students for their good copies which we will work on tomorrow.

Science: Measuring Forces

Today in Science we talked about the difference between Mass and Weight. Mass refers to how much of something there is and Weight refers to how much the force of gravity pulls down on something.

We looked at spring scales and how to use them and the class made their own out an elastic, a pencil and a ruler. They used their scales to measure the weight of some classroom items.

There is no homework for today's science lesson.

Math Test Reminder

This is a reminder that there will be a Math Test on Thursday April 5th.

Please remember to study for this.

Poetry: Shape Poems

Today we started writing Shape Poems. Yesterday we had talked about them and came up with the following criteria for a good shape poem:

• Clear, big, bold letters

• Creative

• Make sure it looks like something

• Make sure it has an interesting shape

• The words have to make sense

• The shape and the poem must match

• Correct spelling*

• Proper grammar*

The last two have a * because I told them if they make intentional errors it is acceptable.

For homework I have asked the students to finish brainstorming the words they want to include in their poem. They do not yet need to arrange the words into a picture. We will be doing that on Wednesday.

Science: What Makes Things Move?

Today in Science we talked about forces and how objects move. We discussed many ways objects can move and talked about forces as pushes or pulls. We looked at how a ball bounces and how we can change the height the ball bounces. We also did an experiment involving how high a ball bounces on different surfaces.

These are our results:

Surface	Trial #1	Trial #2	Trial #3
Baseball Bag	45cm	34cm	30cm
Floor	65cm	70cm	75cm
Cardboard	69cm	70cm	74cm

The homework is to answer three questions at the bottom of the page titled: How Does Floor Surface Hardness Affect How High a Ball Bounces?:

1. Which surface resulted in the highest bounce?
2. How does the hardness of the floor surface affect how high a ball bounces?
3. Did your results fully support, partly support, or not support your prediction.

We also had question from the textbook:

1. Think about riding a bike or going skateboarding. Choose one of these activities and describe, in words or pictures, how force is used to:
• start and stop moving
• change speed
• change direction