Weather you like it or not!

Yes, weather is everywhere and the students are learning how meteorologists use weather instruments to make predictions. We have a weather center set up in our classroom and the students have been busy reading books about weather, testing weather instruments, investigating tornadoes and learning about weather safety. The students will be tested over weather instruments next Thursday, March 4.

In social studies, we have been learning about the French and Indian War. The students enjoyed Mrs. Haley, the storyteller, as our guest this week. We have expressed our concern about the treatment of the American Indians and how the Ohio Territory is divided. We will move into the American Revolution next week. Today we took all the dates and events of the past lesson and made a timeline.

Welcome back!! It's been a nice break but we are ready to get back into the swing of things. The students seemed eager to start working today. We finally got to go over the science and social studies tests. We took a pretest today to introduce the students to some of the concepts of weather and used the Smart Board to go over some questions. We went over the Can you? statements for our Weather Unit. The students were to clean out their binders. At this time, there should be two papers for science and two papers for social studies. Tomorrow we will go over the Can you? statements for the next social studies unit and discuss European Explorers. The students will also have the Valentine's party and I'm sure they will have a great time. I will have to post pictures. Enjoy your evening.

Science Test

Today was another testing day. The science test over Matter is complete and I will grade them this weekend. I graded the social studies tests and they will be posted on progress book later. We will start new units in both subjects on Monday. We will be talking about the Europeans and Indians conflicts and wars in social studies and we will explore weather in science. Speaking of weather, have a happy, snowy, safe weekend!

Social Studies Test

Today was testing day in social studies so there isn't much to report. I have started grading some of the tests and I hope that the students continue to do well. Tests always give me a good idea about many aspects of the class. I get to see how much the students have learned, how I did at presenting the material, and occasionally I realize some students may not have prepared as well as they should have. The conversations I have with the students when questions are asked is always valuable too. I enjoy hearing their thought processes and reasoning behind answers. It makes me feel proud when I discover how much they have learned. It's a good reflection piece for us all.