Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis....Oh my!

What a fun week here at the beach.  We wrapped up our unit on constructive and destructive forces with a bang....literally.  We made homemade volcanoes, so please tune into our videos to see them in action.  We had such a great time with them.  We are in the process of making one other video, and I should hopefully be able to upload it to next week's post.  The girls were split into groups and given a force they had to illustrate.  They essentially made a flip book, but instead of flipping through it to see the effects of their force, I am going to take a picture of each of their illustrations in order, and put them into a movie maker.  They worked really hard on their drawings and showed me they have a full understanding of the forces, and I can't wait to show you their hard work!  This week we also wrapped up place value and moved on to order of operations in math.  Next week, we will continue our work with order of operations.  We are starting our first social studies unit of the year next week, and we will be studying citizen rights.  Finally, we will be studying Sort 3 in spelling.

A couple of big announcements for next week.  As a reminder, we have no school Monday in observance of Labor Day.  Please enjoy your long three day weekend.  Iowa Tests of Basic Skills start next Friday.  You daughter will be tested in all subject areas, and results should be in around the beginning of November.  The test will be from next Friday to the following Thursday.  It is vitally important that your daughter is here and on time everyday.  We will begin testing right at 8.  I know they will all do great!!!  One last thing, I am asking for everyone to get a flash drive to keep at school.  We are doing so many projects that involve the computer this year, and our network is not reliable.  If your daughter has a flash drive, we can guarantee that her work won't get lost.  Plus, if need be, she can work on those projects at home as well.  You can get them at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and even Walgreens.  They are around $5.  Thanks so much!!

We want to wish our Shara a very happy birthday Sunday!  We hope you have a wonderful day!!

I hope everyone has a nice, relaxing long weekend!