Sleet vs Freezing rain

Greetings all,

I have been watching the weather and the meteorologists keep talking about sleet or freezing rain. This prompted me to look up the difference. I found a good link from the National Weather Service which is pasted below. Enjoy!


/https://www.weather.gov/rnk/Measure_Icing

Stay warm!

Ms. Tuttle

Classroom Updates

Here are a few images from last year's events.

Ocean Currents

First, we had oceanographer Tucker Sylvia come in to share his expertise on ocean currents.
He was impressed with the students' knowledge and was adept at adding information to their understanding of how the ocean impacts climate.

He discussed deep water currents and surface currents.

This should help as students complete their climate slides this week. Please ask them to show you what they've learned.
They have been working on the slides for a couple of weeks and are integrating what they know about weather and climate to "their" city. (The one for which they have been collecting weather data.)





Holiday Sing Along, last day, 2018 (How did that happen already?!?)

Missing Work-Makeup Info

Greetings,

Absent students--makeup work.

This is for families of students that missed some days around Thanksgiving. I hope everyone
had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!

Below are a list of concepts/activities that we did in class, ranging from Thurs, 11/15 to Wed, 11/21.

Please review missed experiences and have your child complete and turn in any work by next
Friday, 11/30 in order to be able to build on ideas and move forward.

They can bring me work and ask any clarifying questions.

Thank you!!

Th, 11/15

"Seasons" reading in book and detailed note taking.

Take notes and hand in.

“Seasons” multimedia review on FOSSWEB

In person simulation of seasons and analysis of solar angle, impact of latitude as a variable of climate.

Friday:

Complete yesterday’s reading and notes.

Begin to apply ideas of latitude and impact of climate by making initial slides to insert maps of location.
(Template on Classroom)

Complete the slides.

Monday, 11/19:

Analysis of “Seasons” online multi media

Write a paragraph about this, comparing at least 2 cities and one variable.

Distinction between Climate and Weather (Absent students will get handout. In class, we discussed
and revised notebook entries)

Update (and catch up on chunks of missing data) weather data

Do this at home.

Tuesday:

Continued discussion of differential heating

Radiation foldable-using radiation online multimedia and identifying key characteristics and how
it plays out on earth. (Take notes on this, with models)

Wed:

Completion of slides and foldable of Radiation.

Cross over of Social Studies and Science--applying ideas and technology of early Thanksgiving.

Social Studies (Tuttle):

Mon/Tues:Sharing of student projects on place.

Have ready for next week with rubric.

Wed: Thanksgiving myths

Meeting with Families

What a joy it is to be able to sit down together and talk about joys and concerns around education and the students in our classes!

I truly enjoyed meeting with all that could attend the Parent Teacher Conferences.

Thank you for the continued communication as we work together to help your children become their best selves.

It is an honor to be on this team together as we work to help them develop confidence, wonder, creativity, compassion, and knowledge as they continue to interact with their world and see their ability to have an impact.

Have a wonderful day.
As always, please reach out if you have any questions, joys, or concerns!

Ms. Tuttle

Outdoor Classroom Day

Outdoor Classroom Day!

Part of today was spent outside, studying out environment.

We made observations related to weather and climate, did some creative writing, dug into field guides, and experienced the joy of leaf rubbings!!

Students developed a deeper understanding of some of their local trees, and recorded their observations in a variety of formats.

Weather Data

Weather data collection is in full swing!!

Please help facilitate this daily activity to ask your child what the weather in their "chosen" location is!!

They should be collecting this data on a daily basis.
In a couple of months, we will begin to take a broader look at the data and look for patterns and do comparisons to different location.

The conversations are quite rich when we look at long term data!

The data table was shared on Google Classroom. Each child is using either an electronic copy or hard copy.

As always, thanks for your support!

Ms. Tuttle

Classroom Visit, Statehouse Follow Up

Last Tuesday,  RI State Representative came to visit grade 6. She shared her experiences and some of her goals.


Students had already studied the bond proposals for the November 6 ballot and had some questions prepared for her.

Please try to include your child in your voting experience; I remember the experience as a child and it  was a motivating factor in my willingness to vote!

Our visit to the statehouse was a huge success! Students toured in small groups and then got to experience life as a state representative, if only for a moment. Getting our children involved in their world at an early age is meaningful and long-lasting!

Thank you for supporting this off-campus adventures!