Room 71

Dear Parents and Students, In our science class we have been exploring hearing and sound.  Students will be asked to design, build and test a musical instrument at school to reinforce the concepts learned. Working as a scientist, your job is to find materials around home, which can be brought to school and be used to create an instrument. All materials collected will be shared amongst the whole class. The students have started compiling a list of materials that could be used to build their instrument. The students understand that their instrument must be able to create different types of sound, as well as include their understanding of pitch and amplitude. Here is the list of materials the students compiled but other materials are welcome: newspaper, rubber bands, cans, balloons, plastic containers, pipe cleaners, cardboard boxes, string/yarn/fishing line, popsicle sticks, paper, tinfoil, saran wrap, wax paper, rice, beads, beans, macaroni, sticks, bubblewrap, Ziploc bags,

  Thurs. Dec. 19 th - Early dismissal. Kernels snack. P.J. Day!                          Friday, Dec. 20- Organizational Day for teachers. No school for students.  Monday, Jan. 6- Professional Development Day. No school for students Tuesday, Jan. 7- First day back for students

Just a reminder that we are at the Arts Commons all week. This means if you ordered Special Lunch for your child tomorrow you need to send a lunch with them, as they will not receive the special lunch until we get back to school at 3:00. Sorry for any confusion this may cause.

Welcome to the first week of December! Conferences are Thursday from 4-7:30 and Friday from 8-11:30. Please sign up online. If you are having trouble signing up please contact the office. I am looking forward to meeting with all of you to discuss your child's learning. Please bring your child to the conference. Due to conferences students have an early dismissal this Thursday at 11:45 and do not have school on Friday. The weather looks warm this week. We will be going to the pond on Wednesday afternoon. We are going to the Arts Commons the week of Dec. 9-13. Thank you to those who have volunteered. It is going to be a great week. Please ensure that your child comes to school each day dressed for the weather as we will be doing a fair bit of walking outside. Also they will need a lunch each day. Please be aware that we will be leaving fairly close to 8:15. Unfortunately, we will not be able to wait for students who are late. If they are late and we have already left they wil