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Division 7 learned that light produces energy so that we can see things.  We know that there are natural light sources, such as the sun and stars, and artificial light sources, such as light bulbs and neon lights. 

We know that we learn best when we are given opportunities to explore and experiment with materials. We used flash lights, mirrors and prisms to figure our what light can do.  

We discovered that light travels in a straight line.  We see objects when light shines on them and it bounces back to our eyes.  When light bounces off something, we say it is reflected.  When light passes through one thing to another, it can actually bend.  This is called refraction.[metaslider id=3147]

Fun Fact:  The moon is not a light source.  Moonlight is just sunlight that reflects of the surface of the moon! 

Division 7 has been exploring the properties of light.  One of its properties is colour.  We learned that although sunlight looks white, it is really a mixture of many different colours.  These colours can be seen when a rainbow forms.  Rainbows happen after rain, when the air is full of tiny water drops.  As sunlight passes through the droplets, the different colours are separated so that you can see them. Have you ever seen anything else that can make a rainbow?  

Here we are using soap bubbles to find the colours in light.[metaslider id=3120]

Readers must learn to use many strategies in order to become independent readers.  Here are more strategies that we can use to figure out unknown words: 

Chunky Monkey: Look for chunks in words that you know

Flippy Dolphin: Flip the vowel sound

You can help your child at home by reminding him/her to use these strategies when he/she gets stuck on a word!