Fantastic Fourth Grade: Force and Motion

Friday, November 6, 2015

Force and Motion

Today, our science Friday was all about force and motion. We were able to watch some videos, and look through our science textbooks.

Here are some video's about force and motion:

Study Jams - Force and Motion
Study Jams - Newton's 1st Law of Motion (Inertia)
Study Jams - Newton's 2nd Law of Motion (Acceleration)
Study Jams - Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (Action and Reaction)

After watching some of these fabulous videos, the students had to fill in the lyrics to a force and motion rap, using context clues. We practiced our rap with Mrs. Beason's Class. Student will be memorizing their rap this weekend, so have them perform for you, and learn about force and motion.

Then, we got into our Fun Friday experiment, Football Forces. Students created paper footballs, and experimented with different force to determine the motion. Below are the important take always that students should have after today's experiment.

Key Question: How does force affect the change in position of a paper football?

Connecting Learning:

What are pushes and pulls? What is their purpose?
How is flicking a paper football related to force and motion?
Does an object always move when a force is applied? Explain your thinking.
To move the football downfield,what force did you use? How did you decide how much force to apply?
What are you wondering now?

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Grading Scale

The grading scale for 4th grade and beyond is as follows:

(A) 90-100

(B) 80-89

(D) 70-73

(F) 69 and below

Please remember to check ParentVUE throughout the week, for updated grades, comments, missing assignments, etc. In the past, your child has been assessed on a standards based report card. In fourth grade, students receive percentages on assignments. These scores are averaged to determine your child's grades. Please be aware there there is no correlation between the standards based report card and the traditional scale. Non-academic factors affect grades, such as participation, attendance, late work, ability to follow and decipher directions, precision to detail, etc. The grades that students receive, starting in 4th grade, will depend upon the degree to which they meet the communicated expectations.

Behavior Colors

In my class, students have the opportunity to move their clips up and down through out the day. All students start on Green, and I consider this positive behavior. Anything green and above, is great behavior and students are rewarded with megabucks which they can use to purchase certain cards. These cards include fun extra activities like being able to take your shoes off in class. Anything below a green is not encouraged, as it means students are needing to be redirected more then once throughout the day. The colors are in the following order.

Pink - Super Student

Purple - Great Job

Blue - Good Choices

Green - Ready to Learn (Students start here)

Yellow - Think About It

Orange - Teacher's Choice

Red - Parent Contact