Updates

Next week is dress up week for Relay for Life! If you haven't bought any stars yet ($1 each!) now is a great time to get started!!

Monday March 11- Sunglasses Day

Tuesday March 12- Twin Day

Wednesday March 13- Mismatch Day

Thursday March 14- Spirit Day (red and black for Medlock or purple and black for Relay for Life)

Great ways to refuse drugs:  http://www.shrewsburyboro.com/Refusal_Skills.pdf  - part of our health curriculum!

We will not having spelling contract in preparation for the CRCT.  We will have nightly ELA and reading comprehension practice homework.

We will also not have a reading story as we complete writing samples and a Higher Order Thinking Project for Mr. Popper's Penguins  

Science:  We will begin Heat!  

Essential Questions:

How does heat move?       

How can you generate heat?      

How is a change in heat measured?          

How do you conserve heat?

Standards: S3P1a, S3P1b, S3P1c, S3P1d              

S3CS1, S3CS3, S3CS5, S3CS6, S3CS8

Students will investigate how heat is produced and the effects of heating and cooling, 

and will understand a change in temperature indicates a change in heat. 

a. Categorize ways to produce heat energy such as burning, rubbing (friction), and 

mixing one thing with another. 

b. Investigate how insulation affects heating and cooling. 

c. Investigate the transfer of heat energy from the sun to various materials. 

d. Use thermometers to measure the changes in temperatures of water samples (hot, 

warm, cold) over time.