We can see summer coming!...

There is not much time left in the school year! Only 12 school days to be correct!

We are still working on lots of fun things in class. We started reading "Fourth Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume as a class. We also write about it and draw funny pictures. Some days we take turns reading and some days we listen to the chapters. We can't wait to read what happens at the end!

In Art, we made sarcophagus tombs for our Pharaohs. We have been learning about ancient Egypt and mummies. We drew a 'cartouche' by drawing hieroglyphics. We used fun metallic markers and oil pastels to create our pieces. Take a look!

 In Science we are wrapping up our unit on Plants and Soils. We finished our experiment on what soil gives you the cleanest water. In one bottle we put soil and grass seed, in the second it was dirt, pine needles, old leaves and grass, and tiny rocks, and in the third we put soil, coffee grinds, and flower seeds. We let them grow for a month. The grass grew the best. We then put a pitcher of water into each to see what kind of water would run off. We learned the one with the grass was the cleanest! And the dirtiest was the one with the dirt, dead leaves and stuff. We think the water was the cleanest with the grass because the roots helped keep the soil secure and they needed the nutrients to grow. We also learned we put too many coffee grinds in as a fertilizer and our flowers did not grow.

Our plants are growing! The ones that get sun, water, and air grew the best. Take a look at our bean plant and our pumpkin plant! The ones in the closet didn't do so well! :( Neither did the ones in the bag, except the pumpkin one grew a bit. And the poor plants with no water didn't stand a chance!

We also did a design project in Science and Mme Janes is really proud of our work! They are very creative and and it was neat to see how each person used each art supply in a different way! Take a look below at our beautiful flowers and trees!

With the warm weather we have been getting outside for some sunshine breaks and popsicle treats! We can't wait for our field trips!

Have a great weekend and be kind :)

WE DID IT!!!

What a month it has been! We worked so hard the last month on our Multicultural Projects and the students were so excited to present all that they had done! We learned so many new things about another country and another way of life, and even compared it to how we live here in Canada. We all had fun making some recipes this week, and everyone tried them! 

Some liked them more than others! ;)

We hope you enjoyed all the different projects and countries. And special thanks to all who made donations, big and small, to Charity: Water! Every drop counts! It was a huge success!! We raised over $800 and it will make difference in the lives of those that need it! 

We had fun today counting and sorting all the money and figuring out how much we had made altogether. Take a look at the photos below from the night and a video of our performance!

Teacher Note: I am so very proud of each and every one of you for all the effort you put forth, your respect and understanding of a different culture, and your creativity!

You guys are amazing! :)

Mme Janes

*** Please leave a comment below, students and parents, and let me know what your favourite part about the night was!***

What we've been up to...

We  did opinion writing at the first of the month and presented to the class. We were trying to set Ruby free- she was a character in our book. 

Now that we know how to change someone's mind, can I have.... :)

We are becoming regular Pablo Picasso's...but you will have to wait until Multicultural Night to see our masterpieces! ...cliffhanger...

Mme Page finished on Friday with us, and we sure are going to miss her! She taught us so many fun games for Math and we looked forward to her visits each week. We got to us these neat things called Osmo, and worked on creating figures with different shapes.

We also started Multiplication last week, and practiced making arrays- ask me about it!

Our multicultural night is fast approaching and we have been hard at work creating our projects and researching are ideas. We also learned how a lot of people do not have clean water in Kenya, so we decided we are going to help! Here are all the ways we use water just in the run of the day.

We can't wait to share with you all next Thursday! It is coming quickly!

Remember to leave me a note below :)