JAMES WARD ELEMENTARY MARCH 26, 2017

Preschool Room 107

Bi-weekly newsletter from Ms. Hung

Simple Machines Thank you

Thank you to Karen,
Weve worked on learning about levers, Kailin, Nathan and
inclined planes and wheels. Now, we will be Chloes families for
looking into screws and pulleys. If you have the classroom
any screw-top bottles, please send it cleaned donations; we are
to school. Help your child notice the simple going to have
machines we use everyday (scissors, tongs, enough tissue
staplers, water bottles, ramps, etc.). How do paper for the rest of
they work? What do they notice? Are there the year!
best ways to use the tool?
Thank you to the
We will be making our own machines. We following parents
need cleaned and safe recycled materials to make our machines. Please bring who helped out
them to school by Thursday 3/30. These materials will help us make our own during testing
machines: Cardboard boxes, egg cartons, toilet paper rolls, string, plastic season: Melanies
bottles, bottle caps, rubber bands, cans, jars, etc. Mom, Nathans
Mom, Lailas Mom,
As we are coming to the end of our study, we are Winstons Dad,
looking at and studying people who use simple Haileys Mom and
IMPORTANT DATES: machines everyday. We would like to invite family Tims Mom.
members who do any of the following things to visit
STEAM night 3/30
the classroom:

No School 4/7 Promoting play at

People who cook. While cooking you may use a
home .
garlic press, lemon press, scissors, tweezers and
Spring break 4/10-4/14 Managing
many more simple machines
disagreements and
Parent Teacher differences in play is
People who roller skate or bike. Everyday you are
Conferences 4/19 the main social
using wheels as a simple machine.
emotional lesson.Play
Cinderella Show Field is the work of the
People who are delivery workers or movers. While
Trip 4/20 child, it's the essential
moving things you use a dolly that has wheels and
part of their learning
uses levers to help with the heavy lifting. Some
Authors Day 4/21 and building blocks
movers may even use inclined planes and pulleys to
for their whole child
help move the really big things.
The week of the young development. Here's a
child 4/24-4/28 guide to the
importance of play

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