Shelburne Museum Field Trip May 20th

It was a beautiful day for our Field trip to the Shelburne Museum!   Thanks to the PTO for paying for the students' admission and Thank you, parent chaperones for helping!

Your child's "passport" from the Shelburne Museum has a coupon on the back of it for a free child's admission. 

We visited the Jail and many other fun places. 

We visited The General Store where we learned to barter. 

Everybody's favorite, The Ticonderoga!

First class 4th graders!

First class 2nd Grader!

More Bartering and Trading at the General Store

BRAIN vs BRAWN on the Ticonderoga 

Lunch on the lawn. 

At the Train Station we learned about Morse Code. 

The lilacs are beginning to bloom!

One last ride on the Carousel before leaving. 

May Days

May Days

Math

In math we have learned several new games over the past few weeks.  We learned how to play 101 and Out,

Make a Dollar, and Close to 100.

Our next unit explores Fractions.  

Close to 100

Make a Dollar
Find two cards that make $1.00

Science

We finished up our unit on sounds by sharing our instruments that students made at home. Students use their instrument to explain how sound can change volume and pitch and how sound is made (vibration).

The students did an excellent job with their instruments. They had a lot of fun playing them and sharing with both our class and their fourth grade buddies

Rock Stars!

We have begun our new unit on Light!

The Essential Questions for this unit are:

1. How does light travel?

2.  What happens when light shines on an object?

3.  How is a shadow made?

Students used light boxes to explore what happens when light hits different objects. They recorded the results in their science notebooks.

What happens when light shines on cardboard?
What does the front of the cardboard look like?
What does the back of the cardboard look like?

We also tested wax paper, regular white paper and plastic wrap.

We are practicing recording our observations with diagrams, labels, and tables.