Beetle Time!

We have a beetle!

    3B was observing the life cycle of a mealworm and they unfortunately didn't get to the last stage before school ended. But.... the day after we had our first adult darkling beetle!  Here is a picture of the speedy creature:

June in 3B

June Writing

   Extra! Extra! Read all about it! June was a spectacular month! We were very busy and happy at the end of our grade three year. 

   One of the things we did was watch "Born to Be Wild." It was about elephants and orangutans with no families. Humans took care of the animals until they were ready to go into wild. Some people didn't take care of them or their families were killed, so the caretakers in the movie took them in. It's like an orphanage for animals. These animals got loved by the people who cared for them. These people who helped the animals were global citizens because they know that people and animals are important parts of the world. Some elephants and orangutans are endangered because we've destroyed most of their habitats and hunt for ivory. It's our responsibility to take care of others and ourselves. 

    Another thing we did in June was go to the Abbey Center for swimming. It was an adventure! There was a diving board that a lot of people went off of. Before we could do anything in the deep end, we had to take a swimming test to see if we could go without a life jacket. If we passed, they made a shape on our arms with marker.  There are two water slides at the Abbey, one green and one purple. They are equally fast. The purple one is covered. There is also a lazy river (whirl pool) and it's really fun once you get into it. It's hard to get out because the current pulls you. 

                      

     On the way home, we were walking when we started to feel dribbles of rain. As we got closer to the school, the rain started coming down faster and then hail too! It was raining so much that we couldn't see and we were soaked. Luckily, we got to go into the Blackfalds Town Shop (old fire hall), where we got out of the rain. They helped us get warm, dried some towels and we got snacks too from Nevaeh's mom! Mr. W came to help us out and eventually we got a bus to come and get us. Noah gave out some chocolates too. It was a bit crazy but we all survived!

                                           

    June was a great last month in grade 3! We are ready for a fun summer and then grade four!

Ellis Bird Farm

Field Trip to Ellis Bird Farm
June 2015