In preparation for honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., last week our favorite PENGUIN Pals researched his life and his contributions that led to significant changes in Civil Rights for all Americans. After reading from a variety of resources, students collected data to write an informational paragraph highlighting the events of Dr. King's life. Please come in to read your child's work posted on our MLK Board.
Speaking of work, we will be connecting concepts between decimals, fractions, and percents this week. This can be challenging, so I will be sharing a little "trick" to help students convert decimals to percent. Ask your child to show you this nifty little trick.
We will continue our study of the U.S. government by exploring the Judicial Branch of the federal government. Our primary focus will be learning about the Supreme Court and how the Judicial Branch provides checks and balances for the Executive and Legislative Branches of the government.
We will end this week by introducing the procedures and due dates for this year's Walker Science Fair and Projects, which are MANDATORY for all 4th and 5th grade students. Each student will be given a GREEN SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT FOLDER containing the specific components required, as well as the correlating due dates. The Scoring Rubrics, Project Checklist, and a summary of the Science Fair Project will also be included. A parent information letter will be sent home on Friday, as well. It will include a summary of the Science Fair Project, due dates, and a place for students to write a brief summary of his/her Science Fair Project. This must to be reviewed, signed, and returned to school PRIOR TO STUDENTS BEGINNING WORK ON HIS/HER SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT. In addition, students will be required to write each component and respective due date in his/her Student Agendas. Our goal is to have students experience scientific research in pursuit of answering a scientific question while following the Scientific Method. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
Finally, your child's MAP data and student created goal sheets will be sent home this week. Please send it back to school as quickly as possible.
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