Sound Sandwich

Here is the link to making a really cool sound sandwich (instrument) that we created in class.  You could certainly make more sound sandwiches and decorate them if you like.

Sound sandwich

Sound

This week we started our sound unit and we were able to explore sound waves and vibrations. Here are some pictures from our experiments. 

How to make peanut butter sandwiches

We are learning about writing informative writing pieces. Which allows us to focus in on our audience, sequential order and words, and details. 

Miss Neill thought it would be fun to write a how to about making peanut butter sandwiches. Let me just say writing hiw to's are harder than we think. Ask your child what happened when they followed their peers how to. 

Science day fun!

Today was science day for us and we had an amazing time. Everyone did a great job with Manatee manners and participating when given a chance. 

We attended the following classes:

Rethink your drink- which uncovered the amount of hidden sugars in some of our favorite drinks

Computer Systems- which allowed us to take a small look into how the internet sends and receives information

Liquid Nitrate- which we got to observe dry ice and some of the great wonders of working with and using dry ice

Fitness- where we learned about our muscles and how we should protect and work our muscles to help keep use healthy

Bees- we were able to look at some real honey combs 

Sound

Sound is our next unit of study in research.  I am so excited to teach this unit.  It is probably one of my more favorite units to teach (I love them all).

With this unit students will begin to understand the relationship between sounds and vibrating objects.  They will illustrate how sounds are produced by vibrating objects and columns of air.  Finally they will look at the many parts of the ear and summarize the relationship between sound and objects of the body that vibrate (ear drum and vocal cords).

My favorite part of this unit is our final project that we get to make.  Students will create their very own musical instruments to play and share with the class.  Don't worry more information will be sent home soon explaining this project in detail.

pinterest musical instruments

musical instruments and other crafts

Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee is coming up soon.  Save the date for Thursday, December 12th.
More information will be coming in the coming weeks.

Science site

Someone shared with me the following website to pass along to you wonderful scientist.  There are lots of fun experiments to try at home and activities you can do. 

Science made fun

November dates

Reminder that November 11th is a holiday and school will be closed.

November 14th is science day

Research Our time travel back to 1913

This week we are traveling back in time to 1913 and learning about "life" 100 years ago.  Students will spend 4 days viewing primary source documents to learn more about 1913.

Some of the things we will look at are:
transportation, schools, fashion, and postcards

Be sure to ask your child on Friday for his/her time travel diary.

Researching with Kindle Fires

We have been busy this week using the Kindle Fires to explore pebblego.com and gather information on Nocturnal animals. Students did a wonderful job using the Kindle Fires to gather and collect data.

Goop

While investigating different solids and liquids and each of their properties we decided to make goop. The recipe for goop is 1 cup corn starch and 1/2 cup water. You can add food coloring if you like. 

Students had fun trying to decide which properties the goop had the most of. Was our goop a solid ur a liquid? I won't tell but maybe your child will. If they can't remember I encourage you to make goop and see for yourself. 

Schedule

9:00-9:10 morning routine

9:10-9:25    Literacy Mini Lesson

9:25-9:45    Guided Reading group 1

9:45-10:05   Guided Reading group 2

10:05-10:25 Guided Reading group 3

10:30-10:40 2^nd Grade Bathroom Break

10:40-11:25 Research/Writing

11:25-11:50 Lunch

11:55-12:05 Bathroom Break/ Word Work

12:10 -12:55 Specials (1:00-1:45 Drama on Tuesday)

(Monday-PE, Tuesday-Art, Wednesday-Dance,

Thursday- Music, Friday-Spanish)

1:00-1:30 Recess        (1:00-1:45 Drama on Tuesday-Recess

                                                                                                                                                                1:45-2:15)

1:30-1:35 Bathroom

1:40 2:25 Writing/ Research

2:25-2:35 Snack/ Read aloud/ Math drills

2:35-3:20 Math (2:35-2:50 Gr1, 2:50-3:05 Gr 2, 3:05-3:20 Gr 3)

3:20-3:30 Afternoon Dismissal preparation

Solid or Liquid?

Investigate this mystery substance and decide if it is a solid or liquid.

Mystery Goo

Here is another sight where you can make this mystery goo using cornstarch.

Goop



Want to practice measuring volume?

Here is fun way to practice measuring volume at home.  Ask an adult to help you before you get started.

Remember VOLUME is how much space a substance takes up! Enjoy

Chocoberry chillers recipe

City Hall Pictures

City Hall and Public Library

We were so lucky to attend our first field trip on Thursday. We spent the morning at the downtown Durham Public Library. Students played a fun game on which we reviewed careers and were given a chance to view the children's section of the library. Many were very eager to come back to the library and I hope that you do take your child back. 

The second part of our morning we went to tour City Hall. The students loved getting to go see Mayor Bill Bell's office. 

Science experiments

Here are the links to the two science experiments we talked about in class today.  Let me know if you try them and how they worked for you.  We would love for you to share with the class.

Glass xylophone

water magnifier

Red Ribbon Week

October 21-25, 2013

        Club Boulevard Humanities Elementary School will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week from Monday, October 21 through Friday, October 25, 2013.  This is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention program reaching millions of Americans during the last full week of October every year.  At Club Blvd we will be focusing on making healthy choices and showing good character throughout the week. 

        We will have something each day to signify the week with a theme!

Monday: Kick-off with an introduction to the school about the week’s events

Tuesday: Jean’s Day: “I am a “jean-us”—I am drug free”

Wednesday: Wear RED: Take a stand to support your teachers and education!

Thursday: Dress for Success!  Dress to Impress!

Friday: Team up Against Drugs.  Wear your school shirts, favorite college or                sports team

 

Thank you,

Mrs. Shaw and Ms. Johnson

School Counselors

Durham County Community Outreach

Starting a backyard chicken coop #12006Sunday, November 10 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at West Point on the Eno Park

Love the taste of fresh eggs and the sound of hens peacefully clucking away in the background? Then it might be time for you to start your own coop. We will discuss the backyard chicken rules in Durham, backyard coop designs, the best family chicken breeds and how to care for them. You'll leave this class with all the tools you need to set up your own coop.

CR PC $5, CR NPC $6, NCR PC $10, NCR NCP $11

Butter Making at Leigh Farm Park #12008
Saturday, November 16 from 10 a.m.– 12 p.m.

We will briefly go over the history of butter making while making some of our very own butter. This class is for children ages 5 – 12. Parents must stay with their children.

CR PC $0, CR NPC $1, NCR PC $0, NCR NCP $6

Chicken Coop Designs #12009
Sunday, November 24 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at West Point on the Eno Park

Join local farmer, Samantha Gasson as she teaches about different types of chicken coop designs and why you would want to use a chicken house over a chicken tractor.

CR PC $5, CR NPC $6, NCR PC $10, NCR NCP $11

Important dates

Thursday, October 17th Field trip to City Hall and the Public Library 9:15-12:30
Bag lunches will be needed for this field trip however, we will eat once we return to school.

Wednesday, October 23rd Early release 1:30pm

Friday, October 25th End of First quarter

Monday, October 28th No school Teacher Work Day

Friday, November 1st Fall Fun Day

Community project

We have been busy learning about our community in research. Here are a few pictures of us drawing pictures that represent rural, urban, and suburban communities. 

Community brochures

We teamed up with Ms. Woo and Ms. Husketh to use the computers to create community brochures. Students did a great time on the computers and can't wait to use them again. 

Writing personal narratives

Here we are hard at work writing personal narrative stories. I love reading their work and seeing how creative they can be. 

Awards for September

Congrats to our students for displaying great Manatee Manners throughout the school. Our efforts to display model Manatee Manners has paid off and we received most improved!!!

Research happenings...

Here are some of the essential questions we are solving during our research time.

Why do we need to be responsible citizens?

 

How do you emphasize importance of individual roles and responsibilities of a good citizen?

 

How do I demonstrate I’m a good citizen?

 

Why do we need to be responsible citizens?

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What are the different roles we play at school, in our family, and in our community?

What is a community?

Who are the people in our community?

 

How does government keep us safe?

Jacob and his big brother and sister