MVES Newsletter

We wish everyone a wonderful holiday break! School will reopen on January 6. We look forward to seeing everyone next year!

These lucky teachers won a gift card from PTO by finding Monty the gnome hiding around Mountain View during the last 2 weeks.

• Dec. Week 3: Simple Machines - Inclined Plane

  2 Choices (or save one for the break)

  Marble Roller Coaster AND/OR Pool Noodle Marble Run

  400 Marbles for $13.99

  
  

  Step 1: Plan your design with the Marble Roller Coaster THEN over Winter Break level up with the Pool Noodle Marble Run!

  
  
  

  Step 1: Marble Roller Coaster

  
  

Materials:

• Toilet Paper & Paper Towel Rolls

• Tape

• Marble

• Scissors

• Optional: Piece of cardboard

• Optional: extra circle of tube or small bowl to catch the marble at the end.

Investigate:

• Cut several toilet paper roll tubes in half.

• Stand up your paper towel roll and tape it to the table (or piece of cardboard)

• Tape 2 of your cut tubes to your paper towel roll “towers”

• Take 2 toilet paper rolls and tape them together to make a smaller tower and attach it to the table

• Take 1 toilet paper roll and attach it to the table for the smallest tower.

• Use the leftover half rolls to finish creating your roller coaster.

• Drop your marble at the top and see what happens!

Results:

• Take a picture and submit it to your teacher on SeeSaw!

Conclusion:

• Did it work the 1st time? What did you have to change? How did you make it better?

Step 2: LEVEL UP: Pool Noodle Marble Run!

Materials:

• Pool Noodles (at the Dollar Tree)

• Painter’s Tape

• Marble(s)

• Scissors or Knife (you will need an adult for this part)

Investigation:

• An adult should cut up the pool noodles into different sized chunks (serrated knife works best)

• An adult should slice (or cut) the pool noodles down the side creating half-circles.

• Tape your half noodles to the wall to create the run - make sure your tape is long enough to over the whole bottom of the noodle - it helps if the tape is on the noodle before trying to stick it to the wall.

• Once the noodles are attached to the wall, try it out!

Results:

• Take a picture and submit it to your teacher on SeeSaw!

Conclusion:

• Did it work the 1st time? What did you have to change? Were you able to extend it or make it longer?

References:

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/marble-roller-coaster/ 6/11/24

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/pool-noodle-marble-run-activity-for-kids/ 6/11/24

The Duke Dog Reading Program is back for the 2024-2025 school year! The reading goal for students in grades K-3 is 5 books and the goal for students in grades 4-5 is 3 books. Once students have reached their goal, parents fill out the submission form at dukedogreading.com and students will receive 3 digital tickets for each of the following games, which admit the student and 2 additional guests to this season's Duke Dog Reading JMU Basketball Games:

Women's Basketball: December 29th, 2024 vs Troy
Men's Basketball: January 4th, 2025 vs Arkansas State
Women's Basketball: February 15th, 2025 vs Old Dominion

More information can be found in the attached parent letter!

If your child is going to be absent from school, please call the office at 540-438-1965 or email mvesattendance@rockingham.k12.va.us. If you are planning to take a vacation or your child will be out of school for an extended period of time, please contact the office. Thank you!

All transportation changes must be made by 2:00pm. Please contact the office at 540-438-1965 or you may send an email to mvesattendance@rockingham.k12.va.us with your change. If you’ve notified your child’s teacher please be sure to notify the office as well.

The parent portal is an online portal accessible anywhere on the web that parents can log in to and see all of their children in one place, their grades, assignments, scores, attendance, schedules, and teacher comments for each school your children attend.

Parents need to contact the school to get access information to create an account in PowerSchool.