Tuesday, April 4

 Tuesday, April 4

Popcorn Word: they
 Word Family: -og

Reader's Workshop: We continue to work on cause & effect through the story Teddy on the Move.
 
 Handwriting: lowercase f & words/sentences with f

               ~A storybook reader is scheduled at 10:10 to read Bunny Trouble.

DAILY 5

Art Today

Math: Composing/Decomposing Teen Numbers (Day 2)

 I am going to spin the spinner and build the number with my manipulatives. Then I will use my numbers like I did before. Now I can write this down on my number bond page. Finally I will use my math talk card. I included a picture to show you the steps to this activity.

Phyed Today
Science: How Bright is a Star?
 Connect: Remember yesterday when we made a chart of all the things we knew about stars? Teach: Today, I am going to show you one thing (physical attribute) about stars—some stars are brighter than other stars. Let me show you what I mean. Collect 3 different sizes of flashlights/lanterns that have various sizes of bulbs. Be sure all batteries are new! This will show how the flashlights with more energy, or larger bulbs, are brighter. I am wondering which of these flashlights is the brightest? That’s my question. So now I have to make my hypothesis. So, let’s see. If I look at these flashlights, I can see that they have different sizes of bulbs. I know that larger bulbs have more energy. Stars with more energy are brighter. So I am thinking that the flashlights with more energy are going to make a brighter light. Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! I want you to draw on your paper your hypothesis. Teach: Now let’s conduct our experiment. I am going to shine the first light onto a piece of black paper. I want to measure how bright the light is. The farther away you can see the light, the brighter the light. I am going to keep backing up until I can’t see the light on the paper anymore. Back up, holding the light so that it shines on the black paper. Now I am going to use my tape measure to see how far away you can still see the light. Using the tape measure, measure the distance of the ray. 
Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist! At this point you may choose to do the other two flashlights as they watch, or you may invite the children to work in groups of 3-one to hold the paper, one to hold the flashlight, and one to measure. Feel free to use unifix cubes to measure if you are using non-standard measurement in math. 
Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday, good scientists know that when a star has more energy, it is brighter. That’s like when a flashlight’s bulb has more energy

~Welcome Grady & Garrison (twin brothers) to our class!