Homework: Week of Feb. 27- Mar. 2, 2012

Homework: Week of Feb. 27- Mar. 2, 2012

Math:

EDM Unit 8 Study Links: Unit 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5,

*Play (on-line) Math Games with your family

IXL at your leisure and at your level- it’s FUN!

Literacy:

Reading: 30 minutes each night (10 minutes out loud)

Literacy: BE PREPARED for Guided Reading sessions on Feb. 29th and Mar. 2^nd

Raz- Kids at your leisure and at your level.

Writing: In Reading Log each night (Choice-Reading Response Activity 1-60)

BORROW ‘just right’ book for your March Book Review- remember to CHANGE GENRE

Unit of Inquiry: HOW THE WORLD WORKS-INVENTIONS

Keep retesting your RUBE GOLDBERG ‘simple’ machine– ensuring that it is able to fulfill its goal of watering a plant.

Write down all the steps- at least 7 - and all of the drawings as you go through the invention process and modify your invention, so that your machine actually works!

*BE PREPARED & READY FOR INVENTION CONVENTION on Thursday Mar. 1^st for KC Buddies & 4A and on Friday Mar. 2^nd for Parents and Teachers.

(Will film with Flip video camera this Thursday, and then upload to youtube & edit online.)

*Write Reflection –in Blog- on your group’s RUBE GOLDBERG machines, and on any other group’s Rube Goldberg, especially any you thought were super effective or innovative.