Today we dove right into our inquiry into light wondering how light travels. Students had many thoughts about how light travels. They shared their thoughts. We then did an experiment with a flashlight and chalk dust in a dark room. This experiment helped the children to better understand how light travels. Ask your child to explain this experiment to you. Next we viewed pictures of spot lights. The children agreed that it seemed that light travels in straight line. They used this information to make a hypothesis to explain how light travels. They then conducted an experiment with index cards and flashlights to test their hypothesis. Ask your child what they learned about how light travels. If they say that light travels in straight lines, ask them how they can convince you that this is true.
The children attended gym class with Mr. Browning and music class with Ms. Levterova.
They wrote their data management test today. In arithmetic they learned that when they are converting measures, they divide when converting from a smaller unit to a larger unit, and multiply when converting larger units to smaller units.
Homework and Reminders
- Spelling
- Arithmetic p. 127, 128
- Sign arithmetic tests that are coming home today
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