This morning we continued our work around similes. We were given simile starters and had to decide how to correctly finish the simile by choosing an animal, object or thing. We then took a test on the Smartboard to see if we were simile masters. Most of us were! Next week we will be incorporating similes into our writing.
In math today we practiced our multiplication facts for 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Ms. Binks gave us 10 minutes to try and complete multiplication questions for 6-8 and then 10 more minutes for 9-11. We will having two more timed practices next week only with less time. Try practicing these facts over the weekend! Remember the special rules and tricks, especially for 9, 10 and 11.
This afternoon we talked about testable questions in science. Testable questions are questions that you can answer by performing a test or experiment. Testable questions often start with the words do, does and will. To help with our understanding we created a few testable questions using popsicle sticks. Some questions we came up with were:
- Will 2 popsicle sticks hold the weight of a textbook?
- Do popsicle sticks break if there is too much weight put on them?
- Does the amount of popsicle sticks in a tower change how much weight it can hold?
We also learned another science word: hypothesis.
A hypothesis is you best guess about what will happen and an explanation as to why you think that will happen.
We will be using these 2 new science words a lot in our upcoming unit about testing materials and building. Ms. Binks told us that if we were builders in real life, we might get different scenarios where we would have to test out ideas and use a variety of materials before going ahead with building. In this unit, we will have many different scenarios to test out. On Monday, we will be testing how strong arches and square shapes are.
Today was the last day of skipping in phys ed. You can still collect donations for jump rope for heart up until March 17.
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