January 17th, 2017

Whole Numbers Unit Test tomorrow! Please make sure you take time to review tonight, but DON'T stress yourself out. Make sure you eat a good supper, drink lots of water, get lots of sleep (at least 8 hours!) and have a healthy breakfast so you are ready to get straight to work tomorrow morning. 

In Science today, we started exploring electricity further. Students learned the parts of a battery (positive terminal, negative terminal, case) and that electricity is the flow of electrons. In a battery, the electrons flow from the (-) terminal to the (+) terminal when connected by a conductor of electricity. The flow of electrons causes friction as the electrons are moving. This can cause the device, wire, battery, etc. to heat up. This is why insulators around wires are so important. We don't want to cause an electrical fire. Students today used a D-Cell battery (1.5 V) with a copper wire to feel this change in temperature. We use PhET Simulations Circuit Construction Kit throughout this unit to model what we are exploring on the board. Feel free to start using it to model circuit building at home as well. Tomorrow we will further explore electricity, electrical safety, and how to build a circuit.   

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Family Literacy Night (Wednesday, January 25th, 5:30 pm)

Math:
​- pg. 66-67 #1-13
- Practice 4x, 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables
- Whole Numbers Unit Test (tomorrow)

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (tomorrow)
 
Music:
- Recorders (tomorrow)

Ski Day - January 23rd 
Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)