Week 10

Presentations:

Great Job on the presentations!

Presentation Reminders:

Provide an image or a hands-on example.
Highlight key-words, or use bullet points on an index card.
Practice presenting before you come.
Project your voice, so that everyone can hear you. (I usually say to bounce your voice off the back wall.)

Science Time:

We continued our unit on Simple machines this week. This week we learned about pulleys.

This is the video we watched about pulleys. It would be well worth watching again if you can fit it in.

https://youtu.be/9T7tGosXM58

Here is another video. It does a much better job of describing how pulleys work.

In our lab time, we placed pulleys on a rod and used the pulleys to help us lift our load. Each time we added a pulley we were able to see that it helped us use a small force over a longer distance to lift a heavy load.

Here is a link to learn more about pulleys: http://www.explainthatstuff.com/pulleys.html,

Math Time:

Keep up the good work mastering facts! I will be working this week to post more black belt math challenges.

In K-3 we played an adding game using dice. 4-6 unfortunately didn't have time for math this week.

Please note: It is okay to stay on a level as long as it is necessary to master the material. Perhaps some students it will need to take several weeks to master +1 and +2 addition before for moving on to +3 and +4. That is perfectly fine and as it should be. The belts are a helpful way to reward hard work and give incentive to mastery at each and every level.

You will find flashcards, skip counting videos, and drill sheets to aid your child in the mastery of the four basic operations. http://stonetablestemclub.blogspot.com/p/black-belt-math.html (Also linked at the top of this blog.)