Light and Sound Unit

Dear Family,

Our class is starting to learn about sound and light. My teacher said we’re going to be exploring

and experimenting with a lot of fun stuff. We get to be scientists!

These are the main ideas of our unit.

               - Sounds are made when something vibrates

               - Sounds can be loud or soft and high or low

               - We use sound and light to communicate

               - A shadow is made when something blocks the light.

These are a few of our new vocabulary words.

             - Translucent               - Transparent

             - Opaque                     - Reflective

             - Illumination              - Vibration

             - Communication

Here are a few fun ways you can help me at home.

 - We can put out different sized cooking pans and use spoons to tap on them to hear different sounds.

 - We can use a few of the same size drinking glasses and fill them with different amounts of water.

    Then we lightly tap on them and listen to the different sounds they make.

 - Using a flashlight or lamp we can shine it against a blank wall and put different objects in front of       it to make shadows.

There are also a couple of good books that we can get from the library.

         ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! A Violin by Lloyd Moss

         What Makes a Shadow? by Clyde Robert Bulla

One more thing. . . I need to bring a toilet paper tube for one of our first activities.

Thanks for helping me be a great student!