December 11, 2019

Grade 4s have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on their simple machine inventions.  Students were asked to identify, in their own words, what were the most important aspects of the project.  They said:

• There has to be at least one simple machine that works (MH)
• Building the simple machine comes first, decorating it comes last (CS)
• You have to make sure that what you're building has not already been made (NT)
• You have to make sure your invention fits on a table (MS)
• Remember that you can make adjustments and if you do, you record them in your visual journal (GPC)
• Remember that it has to work (MF)
• You have to answer 5 questions that need to be included on your poster (SD)
• You have to make sure that your writing is done (AS)
• It is now too late to start over (AC)
• You need to refer to the Success Criteria and Rubric throughout the project (Mrs. Bowers)

We look forward to presenting our inventions on Friday at our Celebration of Learning 

*Note:  The Success Criteria and Rubric have been added to the Dec. 9th blog entry

**A note from Ms. Hebenton:

Just a reminder that if you were going to purchase a recorder, the last day to order will be Dec. 20.  

At the bottom of the ‘pay page’ on your CBE/PowerSchool account there should be an optional fee that is for recorders. This fee is not with the rest of the regular fees because it is optional and not mandatory.

Hope this info helps.