Our first day of grade 4!

Today was our first day of grade 4 together! Lots of us knew each other from coming to Beddington last year, but we have 3 new friends to our school.

Ms. Binks read us a story called "Tiger Tail" which was about a little girl named Anya who grew a tiger tail the night before her first day of school. She was so panicked and was worried that all the kids in her class would make fun of her. She tried to pull off her tail, squish her tail and cover it by wearing all of the clothes in her closet. Nothing worked. When she got to school she bumped into a boy named Ben and knocked off his hat. Ben had bunny ears. At the end of the story there was a picture of Anya's class and there were lots of kids with animal ears or teeth and who were different than Anya.

To get to know each other better we had a snowball fight. Each of us had to write 2 interesting facts about ourselves on a piece of paper and then crumple it up to make a snowball. After everyone was finished writing, we threw the snowballs around the room. We then had to pick up a snowball close to us, read the facts on the paper and then track down the person who the facts were about. Some things we learned about each other were:
- Rihanna likes pink
- Kyla's favourite ride at Caraway Park is the strawberries
- Rowan's dad has flown on an airplane
- Ms. Binks has the same birthday as her mom

We had a classroom tour and then reviewed the expectations Ms. Binks has for us. We talked a lot about the importance of respect and kindness; not only towards others but also towards ourselves. We talked about how in grade 4 we are starting to become leaders in the school and how our behavior can influence younger students.

In the afternoon, we met up with the 2 other grade 4 classes and did a walking tour outside to review rules and expectations when we arrive/leave school and when we are outside for recess and lunch. After our tour we broke out into 3 different groups. Our class worked on making different letters of the alphabet using only our bodies. We were put into small groups and had to plan and then execute our letter. We will be using these body letters as our alphabet in the classroom. We will continue the other outside activities throughout the week.

Ms. Binks asked us to describe how we thought the first day of grade 4 went, our favorite things about today or how we were feeling today. Here are some of our thoughts:

Awesome - Aurora
The best thing ever! - Julie
Feeling a little shy - Zara
A day that you can see around the new classroom and meet new people and make new friends - Rowan
Not the best - Emmalyn
I have the best teacher in the world - Dakota
Great - Tristan
I was a little nervous at first but now better - Abby
No work - Finn
It felt short - Goner
Seeing old friends - Kendall

REMINDERS:

Student information folders were sent home. Please fill out the forms and return by Friday