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. 

Report Card

As you may know, term 2 report cards went home already. Parent comment sheet is to be returned by April 7.

With an eco-friendly mindset, we would like all families to return their brown envelope back to school.

Adjectives Quiz

Quiz will be on

• finding the adjective in the sentence
• finding the correct article 'a', 'an' 'the' in the sentence
• distinguishing whether or not the adjective is used correctly 

I promise the quiz will be easy and all students will be well prepared. There will be a review package going out on Wednesday.