Folkdance Festival!

Today, we headed out to the divisional Grade 1 to 3 Folkdance Festival at Centennial Park. I was concerned about the weather forecast, but it turned out to be a fantastic day! A BIG thank you to all the parents and grandparents that met us at the park and joined in on the fun! Thanks to Carter's parents for bringing FREEZIES for all BHS students! We cooled off in the gym during the last hour of the day and enjoyed popsicles and a movie. The Grade 4s of Room 5 were able to drop by too . . . just a "perk" for being in 3/4W! Hope you like the video!

What was your favourite dance of the day?

Gravity is G-R-R-R-E-A-T!

This afternoon we were lucky to have Josh from Grade 5 to help out in our classroom. Josh was an awesome "Room 5 Expert"; as he had been in my class for Grade 3 AND Grade 4! He used a timer to keep track of the Grade 3s working on a Gravity experiment. The students were seeing how gravity worked against them as they held a number of books away from themselves. It was quite the workout!

The Grade 4s were busy creating scenes that showed 5 (or more!) sounds taking place. I was impressed with the ideas they came up with . . . a Jets game, a beach, a playground, and many more! It's amazing how we can filter all the different sounds around us!

Ah, yes . . . it's never a dull place in Room 5!

Grade 3 Bean Plants!

At our recent student-led conferences, the Grade 3 students of Room 5 showed off their bean plants. We worked very hard planting, caring for, and documenting the growth of our bean plants. After 3 different plantings, 3 plants were VERY stubborn, and just did not want to grow! However, one student was pleasantly surprised, when after a weekend, she came to school to find her plant growing! Yay!!! Take a peek at the video . . .