October 28 Agenda Message

All home reading sheets are due Monday! Monday students may dress up in the afternoon only! Davison shirt orders are in!

A Successful Hot Lunch

I would like to express a HUGE thank you to the moms and dads that donated items, baked cupcakes, cut veggies, and served or helped out in any other way for our hot lunch.  It was a huge success because of the joint effort of the families in Grade 4.  So....THANK YOU!

Hot Lunch on PhotoPeach

Metis Jig

Last week while Miss Engele and Miss Clay were in our classroom we had been talking about a number of Metis dance steps.  Students practiced the basic step, a quadrille, and swing your partner to name a few.  This week we watched a video as inspiration for choreographing our own Metis jig.  In groups of 6 the students practiced some of the skills they had learned and put them together to create their dance.  Although our dances are not completely perfect, the students had a lot of fun trying their new dances out and performing them for their peers, Mrs. Ball, Miss Frick, and Bob (the Mils player working in our room Thursday mornings).  We hope you can check them out.  Leave us a comment at the bottom.  We LOVE getting comments!!!

October 26 Agenda Message

Social homework is due tomorrow! There is a note coming home about our science unit and some of the materials we will be needing!

Our Field Trip to Niagara Falls!! :o)

OK...OK...we didn't really go to Niagara Falls (although many of us would have liked to).  We did visit Niagara Falls virtually via a webcam this afternoon in Science.  We were discussing the Niagara Falls and how the water is eroding the landscape.  We learned that every 10 years, the falls move 32 cm!  We discussed how wind, sand, water and ice can lead to erosion (replay the game we played about erosion).  Visit Niagara Parks website or this travel site for extra information.  Niagara Falls Live also contains some interesting information about Niagara Falls including a story and picture about how the falls froze one winter.  Feel free to read these interesting facts, and remember all articles (even articles on the Internet) can count towards your home reading so make sure you record them!

October 25 Agenda Message

Remember the Grade 4 parents are running the hot lunch on Friday.  Talk to Lindsey Pringle if you haven't heard how you can help out.

October 24 Agenda Message

Home reading sheets are coming home today! Mom's Pantry order forms are due Friday. Social homework is coming home today and is due Thursday.