Dear Family,
Welcome Back! I hope that you all enjoyed your Spring Break. I certainly did! It is hard to believe that we have already reached the fourth quarter. I am looking forward to all of the fun and learning the students will experience in the weeks to come. I have added a new tab to the blog for pictures to be viewed. Be on the look out for pictures!
When we return your child will be learning concepts related to time and temperature. He or she will be telling time to the nearest half hour, quarter hour, and minute, as well as measuring elapsed time. Your child will also learn to use a thermometer to measure temperatures using degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius. Here are two activities that will increase your child’s measuring skills in time and temperature.
What Time Is It?
• Ask your child what time it is right now. Repeat throughout
the day. Vary the questions by asking what time it will be in
30 minutes, in 45 minutes, or in 1 hour.
• Help your child write and follow a schedule for eating
dinner, doing homework, and getting ready for bed.
Discuss the length of each activity.
Estimating Temperature
Materials: Thermometer (optional), paper and
pencil, old magazines, scissors, glue
Step 1 Have your child copy and draw a thermometer.
Have him or her mark the following on its scale:
Water freezes 32˚F or 0˚C, Room temperature
68˚F or 20˚C, and Normal body temperature 98.6˚F or 37˚C.
Step 2 Have your child find and cut out photos in
old magazines that illustrate different temperatures.
Ask him or her to identify the temperature as hot,
warm, cool, or cold.
Step 3 Have your child glue the pictures at or
around the appropriate temperatures on his or
her thermometer.