SNOW DAY SPARKS assignments ❄❄

I hope you are staying warm and dry! If you have been out to play in the snow, built a snow man, etc., please feel free to send some pictures of your creations! I will post them here on the blog for all to enjoy!

2nd - 5th Grade: 

We will continue reading our novels for NovelEngineering. If there is a copy of the book at home (some are classics), you can read using that, or you can use the Libby app with your Bartlett Library Card, YouTube, Audible, etc. to continue reading/listening to your assigned novel. Remember to take chapter-by-chapter notes about characters and problems that engineers could solve by designing functioning solutions. Please limit reading to 3-5 chapters, so you don’t get too far ahead.

2nd Grade is reading Charlotte’s Web.   https://youtu.be/9jWsZ3PV2v0?si=hzrD_aEeMihNuy6k

3rd Grade is reading Stuart Little.   https://youtu.be/meaJ4nToYWY?si=hxvOONlN1GjK3ho0

4th Grade is reading Shiloh.  https://youtu.be/OZErJI0P5BI?si=jUioLm_8xQoqZqJm

5th Grade is reading Crenshaw.  https://youtu.be/tmYB-TZvxxg?si=JxdaXwUPrQnKYHRm

6th Grade:

Poetry Slam! 6th Grade should be memorizing and practicing your performance poem for our Poetry Slam! Remember to practice out loud, maybe in front of a mirror, family/friends, make a video to critique yourself, etc. Get loud/quiet when appropriate, use pauses for effect, use your hands to “talk”, etc. I can’t wait to see and hear your poems!

OLPH Challenge (7th and 8th Grade):

Mousetrap Cars! We learned all about the challenge last week from Mrs. Mangin, and you should be so excited to get started. Look around the house (closets, junk drawers, craft supplies, garage, etc.) to see what materials you might be able to construct a prototype out of. Documentation is key, so you should at least be able to sketch a possible model, labeling materials you think would be good to use to build. We will be judged on appearance of the car, speed, and distance. Also, your team will need a team name and logo, “sponsors”, car graphics, pit crew outfits, etc. If possible, get with other SPARKS students via FaceTime, zoom, text, etc., and start sharing ideas. 

Below, you will find a link to the presentation from Thursday. Please take a look and work on some individual plans and ideas. Be prepared to share your ideas when we return to class.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YoLBTIYHAyFTvvuIufg-YAvwh7oTJj0JJ3rWfVkHy-s/edit

https://www.instructables.com/Build-a-Mousetrap-Car/