Travel Log Update

Remember the post on January 3...
http://missliefer.blogspot.com/2013/01/travel-log.html

Well, it's one month later... and look where we've "visited" so far!

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado!

Everyday we anxiously wait for the mail to see if we have received new postcards.

Our collection is growing!

A special treat!  From New Jersey-- sand and salt water taffy!  THANK YOU!

our postcard collection on display

Learning all about the places we could visit in NH

Miss Liefer took this photo today!  Soon our chalkboard ledge will be full!

THANK YOU to everybody who has had family members and friends participate so far!

We appreciate your help as we learn more about our country.

This is an ongoing project until May...any predictions about how many states we will visit?
Maybe we'll even travel to other places in the world!

Jackie and Me

http://missliefer.blogspot.com/2010/12/jackie-and-me.html

Jackie and Me

http://missliefer.blogspot.com/2010/12/jackie-and-me.html

Science Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Test is tomorrow!

Remember, the study guide is stapled to the experiment packet in your folder.

Don't forget to practice your flashcards and review Chapter 9 in the textbook.

This is the link for the textbook website.  It has great video reviews and vocabulary games.

http://www.macmillanmh.com/science/2011/student/na/grade4/g4_ch9.html

Math Reminder...

Everyday Math Textbook
www.everydaymathonline.com
Play the Games!
(Miss Liefer can see which games you play and how you score!)

Forget your HOMEWORK at school?
You can print another copy of the studylink!  
Simply click on the unit and lesson after you log-in!

Forget your SRB at school?
The website has a Digital Textbook!

Don't remember how to do a certain addition/subtraction/multiplication division method?
Click on the algorithms for VIDEOS explaining them!
(note- you can also access this in the FREE FAMILY RESOURCES-- you don't even have to log-in!)


*Remember all your log-in usernames and passwords are posted in the front of your agenda*

Moby Math:
www.runmoby.com/il1796 
(Excellent website to practice skills--it changes the questions to fit your needs and Miss Liefer can see how you are doing to help you become better at math!)
Moby Math is new...
username: your first name 
password: your first name

How Much Would I Weigh on the Moon?

The terms "mass" and "weight" are often interchangeable in our everyday lives, but to scientists they mean different things.  

Mass is a measure of how much matter it contains 
Weight is a measure of the pull of GRAVITY between you and the planet you are standing on.

In science class today (page 426) we explored this concept.

Check out this site:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

*we weigh less on the moon, because the pull of gravity on the moon is 1/6 of Earth's gravity*

Poetry Contest

POETRY CONTEST!

SWIC is having a poetry contest! 

Rules.  You may submit ONE poem.  Give your poem a title.  Don't put your name on the poem.

Be sure to staple the entry form to poem (get this from Miss L)

Due Date Feb. 28

FUN FACT....two years ago Miss Liefer had a poetry contest winner...check out the award ceremony!

http://www.missliefer.blogspot.com/2011/04/hear-winning-poem.html