We continued our integrated social studies and reading unit about the election this week. Students acted as speechwriters and wrote about why their preferred candidate would make a good president. Today, we delivered the speeches to the class, using public speaking techniques like slowing down, reading with expression, and making eye contact.
In science, we conducted several experiments to test the best materials and design conditions for paper airplanes. We discovered that lighter paper is ideal for offsetting the effects of downward forces. We also explored how lift force is affected by the size of the wings on our planes. Today, we began an engineering design challenge in which teams are constructing plane models based upon what we have observed this week.
In math, we started our study of multiplication. Before we begin memorizing basic multiplication facts, we are learning about the concept of multiplication. Students wrote and solved their own multiplication story problems.
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