Hello amazing people!!
I started a new routine for myself this morning. I am getting up earlier and going for a walk first thing in the morning before I start work. I heard so many birds! It was amazing.
What beautiful things are you noticing in the world around you?

Math
These two graphs display the same information.
Compare the two graphs. Is one of them misleading? How?

Literacy
Writing. We are going to continue to work on creative writing from another point of view or perspective. Last time you wrote from a bird's point of view. Still using the bird cameras as a setting,  I would like you to try a perspective other than the bird. You could be a nest, a tree, a bird feeder, an egg, or many other things - be creative. I will be looking for point of view n your writing. I will also be looking for you to add in some emotions - how does the nest or tree etc... feel?

Music
I had some great questions about the music assignment. I thought I would answer them on the blog so everyone can see the answers. There is some confusion about the elements of music - timbre, texture and beat in particular:
The texture is how thin or thick the music is . Really thin music has only line of music played by one instrument. Thick music has many things going on at once with lots of instruments.
Timbre is the sound colours the different instruments make. The composer might choose to write for flute because they want the music to sound bright and shrill. Or they may write music for the trombone because they want it to sound brassy and low.
Beat is the pulse of the music. You know when I count the band in - "one, two, ready, go" That's the beat. It can be fast, slow, strong, steady etc...

Here is a sample analysis of a song:

This beat of this piece is really hard to find. It is not strong and it is also doesn't feel steady. I have a hard time tapping my foot to it.

The music doesn't seem really fast, it sounds like andante - a walking pace.

The aren't big changes in dynamics and the music sounds in the louder range between a mezzo forte and forte.

There are some crescendos and decrescendos to make the dynamics interesting and come alive.

There is only one line of music so the texture is thin. At times there are double stops to add a bit of texture.

Cello is the only instrument making the timbre dark and mellow.