Project Give Back has come to an end

Hello families of Room 205s. I hope you are having a great week. Please remember to send in items for our CANADA BASKET that will be auctioned off at Forest Hill's Fun Fair on June 4th. For a list of suggested items, see last weeks  blog. The items must be brought into school by May 29th. Thank you for your assistance and support of this amazing event.

Scientists in the School - Thank you to the parents and students for volunteering in our classroom for our Scientist unit on Pulleys and Gears. Scientist Dianne was great and the students enjoyed learning about all different types of pulleys and gears. Thank you to Nina (Graham's mom), Quentin (Graham's brother), Mary (Jake's mom), Randall (Max's dad) and Gabby, a grade 8 student for volunteering your time and running one of the stations.

Project Give Back - This week, Michelle wrapped up the Project Give Back program by walking the students to the mailbox. While there, she called over each student individually to mail his/her letter to their charity. We came back to class and then watched a video of  the student's at Forest Hill during their presentations.. The students in our class made her a beautiful card with meaningful messages and we presented her with flowers. Michelle was an inspiring and positive teacher who taught the students' the importance of charity work and giving back. I hope you all received a coloured photocopy of their final letter and a picture of your child that was given to them on the last day.

I have included the link to the YouTube video which I encourage you to watch with your child. You will have to copy and paste the link below in order to watch it. Thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XmHDWenOsg&feature=youtu.be

Grade 4 Presentations - We had our final grade 4 presentations this past week. We travelled to Ontario and to the Northwest Territories. Thank you for all your support and guidance with this project and congratulations to all the grade 4's for their hard work and positive attitude.

Grade 4 Math test - The grade 4's will have their unit math test on Thursday May 29, 2014. This test will cover all of the chapters from unit 6 including units of time, intervals, estimating and counting money, estimating and measuring capacity and mass. We will have a review in class for two periods next week. 

Our next unit will be Fractions and Decimals.

Recorder Concert - Just a reminder that our recorder end of the year concert is now on Thursday May 29, 2014 in the school auditorium. The students will most likely be playing first. They will play a total of 4 songs. Please try your best to come to this event as it's a very important way for the students to showcase the recorder music they've been working on all year long. Also, please have your child dress in a white top and black bottoms. If it is hot that evening, I recommend they were shorts or a skirt as the auditorium can get very warm. Thank you very much.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL SPRING WEATHER. 

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT.

Mrs. Mendelson