Sample/Artifact from the Class
Board Report
Angela Curtis – Third Grade
February 8, 2017
Summative of the Lesson
We are pleased to announce our new Science curriculum Interactive Science: Pearson Realize.
We recently began the study of forces and motion. To help the class understand how forces cause motion,
our students participated in an experiment with a partner to observe how a magnetic force can make
certain objects move. Each pair of students was given a magnet, rubber band, metal marble, penny,
paperclip, and plastic paperclip. Students were asked to place all the objects in the center of a circle and to
bring the magnet close to the edge of the circle. Students recorded which objects moved and which did not
move in their Science Journals and made an inference about magnetic force. The class decided that
magnetic force can move some metal objects, but not all metal ones. It also did not move any plastic
objects. In addition, this experiment helped to aide our understanding of the vocabulary terms: position,
motion, and speed.
Future Focus and Goals
As we continue to study forces and motion we will gain a deeper understanding that specific
objects change position when they move and that mass, friction, gravity, and magnetism have an effect on
motion. We will also discuss the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces.
Other Classroom Notes
Shortly after returning from Winter Break, the class was invited to participate in a PBIS all-school
assembly. The assembly led by Mrs. Kattner provided us all a great lesson about what it means to be
resilient. After the assembly, we rotated through PBIS behavior expectations in various locations of the
school to remind everyone how to act safe, respectful, and responsible in each specific area.
We were also fortunate to participate in a second assembly in January. Our most recent assembly
was based on the Science concept of chemical reactions. The children were captivated by the live
experiments that requested a lot of volunteer participation. A favorite experiment for the class was when a
few third graders were called up to the front to make “slime”.
Last, but not least, this past month our students gained confidence as they mastered their Reader’s
Theater scripts titled “Weather, Whether You Like it or Not”. Reader’s Theater is always such an enjoyable
way to practice our fluency as well as our speaking and listening skills.