Poetry

Here they are…our published poems! Can you tell what emotion we were feeling?

Aidan: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Kaden: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Colin: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Sarah: be sure to listen for my repeating line.

Hayden: be sure to listen for my repeating line.

Cecelia: be sure to listen for my repeating line and rhyme.

Justin: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Emily: be sure to listen for my repeating line.

Matthew: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Saylor: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Bailey: be sure to listen for my repeating line.

Cameron: be sure to listen for my examples of repeating line.

Nick: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia

Jack: be sure to listen for my examples of rhyme and repeating line.

Holly: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia and my repeating line.

Ella: be sure to listen for my examples of rhyme.

Reagan: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Aubrey: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Emma: be sure to listen for my examples of rhyme.

Payton: be sure to listen for my examples of repeating line.

Margaret: be sure to listen for my examples of onomatopoeia.

Naomi: be sure to listen for my examples of rhyme.

Sam: be sure to listen for my examples of rhyme.

Jake: be sure to listen for my examples of repeating line.

The Adventures of the Rock Cycle

Last week we each wrote our own comic strip of different adventures a rock my face on the rock cycle. Click here to see our class book of these comics!
(double click on the page to zoom in and better read each comic!)

Science Weekly Week 4 Word Bank

atom
magnifying glass
magnify
field of view
comparison
microscope
microscopic
molecule
analysis
observation

 

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Conferences will be Thursday, October 8th and Tuesday, October 14th (two morning times will also be available on Monday and Wednesday, the 13th and 15th)

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Poetry

We have been reading and writing poetry focused on different emotions all week. Today we analyzed several different poems and had to determine the theme of each.

Be sure to check back at the end of the week. We are working on writing one final poem that focuses on an emotion we have felt. We will record ourselves reading these poems and share them with you!

Three Types of Rocks

Today we learned that there are 3 types of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. Be sure to ask your child how each rock is formed. Tomorrow we will study how rocks change through the rock cycle!

Sediments stack up over time, pushing down on one another:

Over time, pressure and water cements the sediments together to form a sedimentary rock:

Heat and pressure turn them into metamorphic rock:

Magma that reaches the earth's crust cools and solidifies to become an igneoue rock:

Weathering vs Erosion

All week we have been studying weathering and erosion. While these two often go together, they are still two different processes. It is important to understand the differences between them.

Weathering is the breaking down of rock and mineral.

Erosion then carries away those broken down pieces of rock and mineral. Erosion can happen either by wind, rain, glaciers, or even because of gravity.

Here is one picture from an experiment this week.

The picture on the left is our stream table after a typical rain storm. The stream has not changed much, but some sand has eroded away.

The picture on the right is what would happen after a flood. The stream has widened and much of the sand has begun to erode away.

We learned that flooding definitely speeds up the erosion process and erodes more materials away.

Ask your child what happened when we changed the slope of our stream table and which caused the sand to erode more!