Science and Social Studies Quiz

We will be having the following quizzes this week:

Science- Sound definition on April 30 (Thursday)

• fill in the blanks/ matching  (with word bank)

Social Studies- Inuit Clothing on May 1 (Friday)

• fill in the blanks (with word bank)

Division quiz

We will be having a division quiz on April 22.

Quiz will consist of: 2 long division, division with remainder, matching (quotient, dividend, divisor) and word problem 

A review sheet will be going home on Monday April 20.

Date Change for Final Draft

Final Draft for the design process for the Sound unit will be changed to April 15.

After we finish the final draft, students are welcome to begin building their instrument at home.

Future Engineers??

I spy with my little eyes... future engineers planning away for their learning fair project. We can't express how much excitement we have for each others projects. The kids are supportive of each others work and giving different suggestions. What a blast we had on day one!

Purple Problem/ Problem of the Week

Starting term 3, we will be adding another routine assignment onto our list of homework. Purple Problem will happen every Monday and it will come back to school on Friday. We will ALWAYS do one example together as a class, and one assignment will go home for homework for the week. Students are all responsible for working on this at home.

First Purple Problem has gone out and will be due April 17

Learning Fair: Design an Instrument Activity Schedule

Below is the schedule that we will be following when working on the instrument design process. All students are expected to be ready to go with their thoughts and designs in their head for the specified dates. Failure to be ready will result in incomplete work and marks will be taken off per day until task is completed.

Monday April 13: 1st Draft and peer evaluation (at school)

• students are to go home that evening and discuss their results with family and get more ideas if needed

Tuesday April 14: 2nd Draft (at school)

• students are to go home that evening and discuss their results with family and get more ideas if needed

Thursday April 16: Final Draft (at school)

Friday April 17: Students are to take their design drawings home and have the final product built

Monday April 20: Final product to be brought to school. Today will be writing report day.

• Any incomplete reports will be done at home and be brought back to school the next day

Tuesday April 21: Type up report day

Learning Fair: Design an Instrument Project

Design an Instrument

Objective

Design an original instrument using unconventional materials, something that you have not seen done before and can make different sounds/notes. Your instrument must use at least one of these methods: plucking, blowing or striking. Consider your materials based on stability, strength, sound-proofing, insulation and reflectivity. 

We will be doing most work at school. There will be a planning process and a writing process that will all be done at school (unless students are not using time well). The building process will have to be done at home due to time and building material reasons. 

There will be a detailed schedule to follow in the next few days regarding what process will be done at school. It will be the students responsibility to have their designs mapped out in their minds for designated planning days. Please help create conversations at home regarding this activity as your child may need your helpful brain to support them. 

A package of the assignment will be going out this week at school. Do not hesitate to email me should you have any questions regarding the assignment. 

Learning Fair Date Changed

Please be advised that Learning Fair has been moved to April 22. More details to come regarding time.