Back in the swing of things

We had a great week back at school.

You probably haven't noticed any math homework - that's because there hasn't been any! We have spent the week working at math centers that allow us to use discovery to investigate reflection, lines of symmetry and plotting points on a grid. Also, we have been working on problem solving as always.
Mad Minutes continues and many are going strong still! Good work everyone!
Next week we will continue looking at geometry and we will be doing some work from the text book again as well as a new math assessment called "PRIME" that the class will be taking part in next week. No need to study for this one though.

Another co-ordinate pair game you can try at home is:
http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/games/ctf/ctf_hotmath.swf

We have been continuing to read The City of Ember and have been looking at the character traits of the two main characters so far. To figure these out, we need to use our inferring skills which are getting sharper all the time.

If you'd like to quiz yourself at home, below is a link to some questions about the book. We have read chapters 1 and 2 so far
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/city_of_ember.htm

Our science unit of light and sound is going to lead us into looking at the different parts of the eye and ear and how they work. Then I hope we can make some kalidoscopes and instruments using all the knowledge we have learned.

Here is a site you can visit:
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/oceanodyssey/oceanodysseylink.htm

So far, the properties of light that we should know are:
- light travels in straight lines
- light is a wave
- light can be reflected off of shiney surfaces
- light can be bent (slowed down) as it passes through different things like water
- light can be absorbed - which is how we see all our colours

We have also looked at natural and artificial light sources and things that do not give off their own light, but reflect it.
We have learned that almost anything can make sound, as long as we can get it to make a vibration.