Happy Monday!

During literacy today we read some more of the novel The City of Ember. In the chapter we learned that Lina has discovered some instructions that may save the city!

In math we reviewed clocks and did some work with elapsed time.

This afternoon we had our first dress rehearsal for out Year end celebration. It is going to be amazing!

Reminder: tomorrow there is an information meeting at DMCS about Band for next year.

We didn't have very much time in our classroom today because there were so many things going on in our school!

Our Grade 3 friends were hosting an AnimalPalooza. We visited their exhibits and learned so much about animals from around the world. We also had a chance to see their butterflies before they are released - amazing!

The Calgary Public Library was here today also. They shared about their Summer Reading Challenge. It is free to sign up and there are prizes too! This is a great way to incentivize your kids to read and explore literacy. One thing my family loves to do is borrow audio books for our long summer drives.

Finally, we had a visit from Ms. Manning the band teacher at DMCS. She brought some instruments in for us to explore. If your child was interested in these instruments there is an evening, June 11, for you to learn more.

Have a great weekend!

Is Your Child Interested in Band Next Year at DMC?

Instrument Rental Night/Junior Band Info Night When: Tuesday, June 11 @ 6:30pm Where: Dr. Marth Cohen Music Room This event is for grade 4 and 5 students who are considering joining junior band for the 2019/2020 school year, and for all band students who would like to rent an instrument next year. The Junior Band presentation begins at 6:30pm, followed by a presentation from Long & McQuade regarding instrument rentals. There will be instruments set up for your child to try confirming their instrument selection.  Make sure to RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dmcs-junior-band-infoinstrument-rental-night-tickets-60528427155 If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Manning at irmanning@cbe.ab.ca or call Dr. Martha Cohen School at 403-817-3548.

Today we began our investigation into Light and Shadow. We looked at some photos and talked about the different ways we could sort them. Students were very creative! For our final sort we grouped them into Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque categories and worked in groups to define these terms. As a class we combined these definitions to come up with a shared understanding of what these words mean.

To solidify our understandings we did an exploration around the school to find examples of each and created PicCollages with a partner.

Have fun at the Family dance tonight!

What does the clock say?

Today we made some clock models to use when learning about time. We discussed the parts of a clock and difference between the hour and minute hands. Then we practiced setting our clocks to a specific time and telling time on other clocks.

We read more of the novel City of Ember, in the chapter we read Lina visited a green house. There was a problem with the potatoes. How could this impact the people living underground? Can they live if the vegetables they are growing are no longer edible?brain

At recess some of our Grade One friends found this caterpillar. What kind of butterfly do you think it will change in to?

FYI:
- Tomorrow we will be walking to DMCS for a performance in the afternoon. We will be away from the school from 1-3pm. If you will need to pick your child up during that time please contact the school office.

- June book orders are due Thursday. This is your last chance to order books this year.

We had a busy Monday!

This morning we did a word scramble. The secret word was CELEBRATION. NH got 67 words using the letters!

We read some more of our City of Ember novel. Today we wrote some Pros and Cons about the new jobs and wrote about which person had the best first day.

We did a math test on decimals and started talking about time. Do you have any clocks in your house? How many? Where?

Tomorrow is BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY. Ms.Nanavaty is asking you to please mark your bike so that it won't get mixed up with another one. There may be several bikes that look the same. We will be parking the bikes in the gym.

We did some research about plants and their importance to people, animals, water and the land.

We did our June calendar today. It is going to be a busy month!

Important Dates:

June

• Tuesday, June 4 - Bike to School Day
• Wednesday, June 5 - Performance at DMS 1:30 pm
• Thursday, June 6 - Family Dance 6-8pm
• Friday, June 7 - Grade 3 Animalpalozza 9 - 11 pm
• Friday, June 14 - Grade 2 Water Walk
• Wednesday, June 12 - Popcorn Snack Day
• Thursday, June 20 - Little Caesars Fun Lunch
• Friday, June 21 - Grade Four Farewell at 10:00 am 
• Monday, June 24 - Sports Day
• Wednesday, June 26 - Last Day of School 

Happy Wednesday!

Another busy day in Grade 4 we were working on:

- Plant projects
- adding and subtracting decimals
- finishing up novels with our guided reading groups
- starting a new novel, The City of Ember
- frisbee skills
- boom whackers in music

*** We are still seeking donations of large cardboard pieces for our year end celebrations