Language Arts/Social Studies:
This week in Language Arts, the learners started a new Jr. Great Book, "The Invisible Child". Ask your kids all about it. It had some very unique characters! In Social Studies, we began our study of the Constitution. We used the metaphor of a three-legged stool to represent its balance of power.
Math/Science:
This week we started a new Engineering Design Challenge. We worked on designing a way to create a car that runs entirely on solar power! We completed research, sketched our designs, and came up with a plan to create a solar-powered car. We even got a chance to test them out and race them! This engineering project went along with our Alternative Energy unit. In math we continued to practice skills using Think Through Math, Hands on Equations, and our DynaMath magazines.
In Other News...
- We will take a practice Science STAAR on Monday, April 11th. As a reminder, 5th grade takes the Science STAAR May 11th.
- The TCE Hoedown is on Friday, April 15th. Please click here to sign up to be a volunteer for the event.
- 5th Grade homeroom parents are beginning to collect photos for the 5th grade graduation ceremony slideshow. Please check the e-mail from your homeroom parent about specific expectations for the photos. The e-mail address to send the photos is tce2016gradpics@gmail.com.
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