This Read Aloud Reflection is the 1st in a series of posts about the book Wonder
1 week ago we read the book Wonder. August went to school and when Julian was there he was bullying August in a sneaky way. August was upset inside but on the outside August was like sticks vs a cement wall.
My 4th grade year has begun! I am having a great time in 4th grade because. We get to to do a lot of reading and math.
I love to do social studies and learn about explorers and colonial america. I can’t wait for colonial day! my goal for this year is to read 200 books this year in fourth grade.
The improvements we made to are maglev train are.
This is are final design for are maglev train.
We doubled the magnets on the track and re taped the magnets on the train.
Are final design was to put 1 magnet on each side of the train and put 2 magnets on each side of the track to carry weights.
I think are train was successful because it glided across the track easily with weight on top and it worked very well.
What I learned from this unit is that you can only build a maglev train one way. The (EDP) process is a slow process you need to plan ahead a lot. When you work with a group everybody has to cooperate for things to happen.
We used strip magnets and the magnets on the track were on each side the magnets on the train were positioned on the sides of the train. We placed the magnets backwards we learned that if you put the magnets backwards the train will not float. The changes that we made to fix a mistake is we switched the magnets around. Are goal next time is to carry weights on the train.
in my reading, we have been studying how to research.
Information to help us in are animal comic book / information book. We used books that we organized easiest to hardest. Are subtopics where Habitat,snakes body,predators and prey. We organized are research by putting it in the matching subtopics. The most important thing I learned of the research process is that some informational pictures can be fake. My animal I researched is a snake.
After this project, I took everything that I learned about research and used in my country research project.
A maglev train is a train that travels on a series of magnets. There are magnets on the train and the tracks that repel each other to make the train float in the air. When magnets are facing the same poles they repel. On the bottom of the train and the top of the track there are magnets that have the same poles and are facing each other. Because it floats there is no friction and the train can travel at very high speeds.
Our group’s design was to put three magnet strips on the track and five disc magnets on the train. The train kept banking to the side. That was a problem.
Our group worked well together. We had a fun time. We did not argue about the idea or where we should position the magnets on the train. We will change our next design and continue to persevere.
RC (Remote Control) cars jumps! Drifting! Madness!. You came to the right place to learn about the history of RC cars and much more. I chose this topic because RC cars have been played with less and less. So I decided to write this book so people can recognize that RC cars are still around. What was difficult for me in this book was trying to find the right picture and some of the facts. I hope you enjoy learning all about remote control cars!
The book I recommend is The Shortstop Who Knew Too Much by Dan Gutman
Jake, his mom and his dad live in a small town and Jake loves to play baseball. Their pitcher was warming up and it’s Jake’s best friend, Whip Wither spoon. When Jake stepped on home plate, his friend pitched and hit Jake by accident. After Jake got hit something strange happened to him. He felt he had a special power. When he focused on people he could read their mind. It was their last game. The pitcher threw the ball. Will he use his magic powers to hit a home run or will he get hit again? I think this book is really interesting and it gives you a message about friendship.
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