Fire Drill Today

This morning we had to reflect on our adjective art that we have been working on and how hearing and writing complementary adjectives makes us feel and makes others feel. Some students chose not to use their time wisely or ask for help this morning and as a result did not finish their work. They have homework. Please check blue folders to see if your child has homework. If they do, it is to be completed tonight and returned tomorrow.

We started a new unit in science today about hearing and sound. We worked in partners to brainstorm facts that we already know about this topic. Some of our facts were:
- Some sounds are from your mouth
- Animals can hear
- When you get water in your ears it is harder to hear
- Sounds bounce off walls and into your ear
- Your voice sounds different in your head than what it sounds like to other people

We also had to think of questions we wonder about. Some questions we came up with were:
- Why are ears the shape they are?
- How come we get infections in our ears?
- How big is an eardrum?
- What does an eardrum look like?

We continued reading our novel "Fourth Grade Rats"...here's what happened in chapter 2:
- Joey kept making fun of Suds and his lunch. Joey said that Suds should have a bologna sandwich instead of peanut butter and jam
- Suds said hello to his third grade teacher who said she will always think of him as an angel
-  Suds got his lunch knocked out of his hand and his food kicked everywhere
- Joey asked Suds to meet him at the swings (we had to write a prediction about why they are meeting)

This afternoon we had our first fire drill practice. After coming inside, we had to review appropriate behaviour during a fire drill. We needed to be reminded not to talk, not to cover our ears and to be responsible and respectful while waiting in line. Please ask me about my behaviour.

Reminders:
- We have library tomorrow. Please make sure that you bring BOTH of your books back
- Please bring your yellow digital citizenship forms back in
- Book orders are due on Thursday
- Blue folders going home today with some new information
- Meet the Teacher is this Thursday. Please sign up for one session.
- BBQ is on Thursday. Please return your form with the information about what burgers you would like
- There is no school on Friday