Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Today was a quiet relaxing day after our week of swimming. Today our posters for the year book cover were due so many of the kids worked on these during Daily 5. During this time I have been assessing the kid's math skills. These skills include: adding 2 and 3 digit numbers, fractions and mental math strategies for adding basic facts. I am able to speak to all parents about these skills next week during Student Led Conferences.
This morning we also had choir and it was Club Friday. Next month we will be changing clubs as this was our third round.
Next week we are finishing up growing patterns. We have one activity left to do. Then we will be reviewing 3d objects. Some of the terminology that we need to know include: faces, edges, vertices, base and point.
During writing we will continue to work on non-fiction descriptive writing.
We will also be finishing up our inquiry art projects and speeches. Hopefully we can start videotaping next week.
After spring break we will be moving on Animal Life Cycles. We will be teaming up with Mr. Soulliere's grade 1/2 class as their science unit of Living things ties in nicely with our science unit.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, 17 March 2017
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
March 14
Hello Families....we have been having a great time at swimming. We are swimming with our grade 3 buddies (Ms. Thomas' class). Both Ms. Thomas and myself have been super impressed with the behaviour of all students.
When we returned from swimming today we decided to go outside for a body break. We had lots of fun outside in the warm fresh air.
After our body break we worked for the rest of the afternoon on our Inquiry art projects. Ms. Thomas showed us how to properly use water colour pencil crayons.
This afternoon Caitlynn performed a beautiful song for us about butterflies.
This week we will be finishing up growing patterns in math and then we will be moving on to geometry.
Have a wonderful evening!
When we returned from swimming today we decided to go outside for a body break. We had lots of fun outside in the warm fresh air.
After our body break we worked for the rest of the afternoon on our Inquiry art projects. Ms. Thomas showed us how to properly use water colour pencil crayons.
This afternoon Caitlynn performed a beautiful song for us about butterflies.
This week we will be finishing up growing patterns in math and then we will be moving on to geometry.
Have a wonderful evening!
Thursday, 9 March 2017
March 9
Happy Thursday. We had a great day despite the cold temperatures outside. Thank goodness it looks like things are suppose to warm up next week while we are swimming. Here are out swimming details:
10:00 leave Cranston
10:30 arrive at Bob Bahan
10:45 swimming starts
11:30 swimming ends
11:45 board bus to Cranston
12:15 arrive at Cranston
12:15 -1:00 kids have lunch
This morning each child got a new set of Words Their Way. I met with my largest group to talk about different spelling patterns. These patterns include igh and y that sometimes says i at the end of a word like in try.
We also had time to work on our posters for the yearbook cover. There is a contest currently going on and all grade 3s have the opportunity to create a picture that will then be voted on and possibly chosen for the cover of the yearbook.
In Math today we continued to work on comparing double digit numbers in word problems. We were reminded to use the think, solve, answer strategy. We also had lots of fun practicing our basic facts with the dice on the smartboard.
At the end of the day we worked with our buddies and started to create a piece of art work to go along with our speeches.
Have a wonderful evening!
10:00 leave Cranston
10:30 arrive at Bob Bahan
10:45 swimming starts
11:30 swimming ends
11:45 board bus to Cranston
12:15 arrive at Cranston
12:15 -1:00 kids have lunch
This morning each child got a new set of Words Their Way. I met with my largest group to talk about different spelling patterns. These patterns include igh and y that sometimes says i at the end of a word like in try.
We also had time to work on our posters for the yearbook cover. There is a contest currently going on and all grade 3s have the opportunity to create a picture that will then be voted on and possibly chosen for the cover of the yearbook.
In Math today we continued to work on comparing double digit numbers in word problems. We were reminded to use the think, solve, answer strategy. We also had lots of fun practicing our basic facts with the dice on the smartboard.
At the end of the day we worked with our buddies and started to create a piece of art work to go along with our speeches.
Have a wonderful evening!
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
March 8
Good afternoon families.
We are looking for some school friendly magazines that you would be willing to donate to our class for a Social Studies art project that we will be starting soon.
I am still looking for a male volunteer for Monday and Thursday next week. Please please email me if you are available. I do have enough female volunteers for next week.
In handwriting we learned the letter q. The kids found this letter a little tricky because it looks so similar to the letter g.
Starting tomorrow we will be learning about different forms of non-fiction writing. Some of these forms have already been covered but we will once again be visiting them for review.
Today Mrs. Hunter told me that our class was the best behaved class in all of lunch room. I was very proud of this.
In Math we added 2 new games to our Math Daily 3. We added growing pattern word problems for Math Writing and also a money/shopping match game for Math by Myself. This game helps kids learn the value of money and counting groups of coins.
At the end of the day a couple of groups presented their speeches. Ms. Thomas and I were blown away by how amazing they sounded. Ms. Thomas also talked with the class about our up coming art project. Today we talked about the word multi-media. Please ask your child what this means.
Have a wonderful evening!
P.S. The kids want to send these out xoxoxoxoxoxo. We are all laughing now :)
We are looking for some school friendly magazines that you would be willing to donate to our class for a Social Studies art project that we will be starting soon.
I am still looking for a male volunteer for Monday and Thursday next week. Please please email me if you are available. I do have enough female volunteers for next week.
In handwriting we learned the letter q. The kids found this letter a little tricky because it looks so similar to the letter g.
Starting tomorrow we will be learning about different forms of non-fiction writing. Some of these forms have already been covered but we will once again be visiting them for review.
Today Mrs. Hunter told me that our class was the best behaved class in all of lunch room. I was very proud of this.
In Math we added 2 new games to our Math Daily 3. We added growing pattern word problems for Math Writing and also a money/shopping match game for Math by Myself. This game helps kids learn the value of money and counting groups of coins.
At the end of the day a couple of groups presented their speeches. Ms. Thomas and I were blown away by how amazing they sounded. Ms. Thomas also talked with the class about our up coming art project. Today we talked about the word multi-media. Please ask your child what this means.
Have a wonderful evening!
P.S. The kids want to send these out xoxoxoxoxoxo. We are all laughing now :)
Monday, 6 March 2017
March 6
I hope everyone had a good weekend. I especially love Mondays because I get to hear so many interesting stories about the things the kids did on the weekend.
This morning we learned a new letter in handwriting. We are now practicing the letter g. We are able to connect a,d and g to write some nonsense words. Please practice these letters at home.
Today we had some changes to our lunch room. All grade 3s are now eating at lunch tables in the hub. Here's how this works. When the kids come in from playing outside, they go to the hub, find the pocket chart with all of our class pictures on it. Each student turns over their card and this shows the lunchroom supervisors that they are present. Milk is being handed out by the little window right before going into the harmony wing.
This afternoon we worked with our grade 1/2 buddies. We taught them a game where you roll 2 dice together, add those numbers and then double. Caitlynn just informed me that this game is called Froggy Facts. If one of the grade 3s was paired with a grade 1, they only used one die, rolled it and then doubled.
In math we also worked on extending growing patterns on grid paper.
Our speeches are coming along quite nicely. We hope to be finished by the end of this week. We will then be moving on to an art project and a science unit on building things.
I am still looking for a few parent volunteers for swimming. Any dads or grandpas who are able to help us out?
Have a wonderful evening.
This morning we learned a new letter in handwriting. We are now practicing the letter g. We are able to connect a,d and g to write some nonsense words. Please practice these letters at home.
Today we had some changes to our lunch room. All grade 3s are now eating at lunch tables in the hub. Here's how this works. When the kids come in from playing outside, they go to the hub, find the pocket chart with all of our class pictures on it. Each student turns over their card and this shows the lunchroom supervisors that they are present. Milk is being handed out by the little window right before going into the harmony wing.
This afternoon we worked with our grade 1/2 buddies. We taught them a game where you roll 2 dice together, add those numbers and then double. Caitlynn just informed me that this game is called Froggy Facts. If one of the grade 3s was paired with a grade 1, they only used one die, rolled it and then doubled.
In math we also worked on extending growing patterns on grid paper.
Our speeches are coming along quite nicely. We hope to be finished by the end of this week. We will then be moving on to an art project and a science unit on building things.
I am still looking for a few parent volunteers for swimming. Any dads or grandpas who are able to help us out?
Have a wonderful evening.
Friday, 3 March 2017
March 3
Happy Friday Families!
This morning we had a few University Students from Mount Royal visit our classroom. The kids enjoyed talking to them about our Daily 5 jobs.
We had choir this morning. We are practicing songs for our assembly in May. I will post more information as the day approaches.
This morning we talked about a new reading strategy. This strategy falls under Expand Your Vocabulary. Use word parts to find meaning. If you come across a big word, break it into smaller parts, look for what you know and those smaller words may give you clues to what the bigger word means.
In Math today we continued to build our problem solving strategy repertoire. We reviewed the problem solving process: Think, Solve, Answer. Today we learned to compare 2 numbers. This involved figuring out how much bigger one number is than another.
We had an assembly this morning.
At 10:30 we shared popcorn snack that was provided by parent council. This popcorn was offered free to all students.
Have a wonderful weekend. See you Monday
This morning we had a few University Students from Mount Royal visit our classroom. The kids enjoyed talking to them about our Daily 5 jobs.
We had choir this morning. We are practicing songs for our assembly in May. I will post more information as the day approaches.
This morning we talked about a new reading strategy. This strategy falls under Expand Your Vocabulary. Use word parts to find meaning. If you come across a big word, break it into smaller parts, look for what you know and those smaller words may give you clues to what the bigger word means.
In Math today we continued to build our problem solving strategy repertoire. We reviewed the problem solving process: Think, Solve, Answer. Today we learned to compare 2 numbers. This involved figuring out how much bigger one number is than another.
We had an assembly this morning.
At 10:30 we shared popcorn snack that was provided by parent council. This popcorn was offered free to all students.
Have a wonderful weekend. See you Monday
Thursday, 2 March 2017
March 2
Our goal for the next couple weeks is to really focus on making good decisions as a learner. This includes choosing a learning spot that works best and choosing to stay focused even when others are not.
Today was a great day! We learned about a new reading strategy that will help us improve our fluency. This strategy involves paying attention to the punctuation while reading aloud. The punctuation gives us clues as to how our voice should sound.
We also learned a new letter in handwriting today. d!!!! We can now spell a few words: add, dad, ad
In Math today we learned another version of a game called Warp 18. Please ask your child about this game.
At the end of the day we worked on our speeches. Here is the first part of the speech we wrote together.
Today was a great day! We learned about a new reading strategy that will help us improve our fluency. This strategy involves paying attention to the punctuation while reading aloud. The punctuation gives us clues as to how our voice should sound.
We also learned a new letter in handwriting today. d!!!! We can now spell a few words: add, dad, ad
In Math today we learned another version of a game called Warp 18. Please ask your child about this game.
At the end of the day we worked on our speeches. Here is the first part of the speech we wrote together.
What: All kids in
Pakistan should have the right to go to school.
Why: So they can learn
and have opportunities.
Why: So they can make
more friends.
Why: To respect people
and teachers
What: All kids should have the right to go to
school.
Thank you to all the
members of the United Nations for having me here today. Thank you to my family and friends for
helping me and teaching me to think of others.
Thank you to my brothers and sisters for helping me to learn and
play. Thank you to my wonderful teachers
for providing me with guidance and allowing me to discover my own wisdom.
I am here before you
because I strongly believe that every child must have the right to go to
school. All children need an education
so they can grow up, have opportunities and have a job to make money so they
can support their families. Education is
the key to a successful future. Another
reason that all children must go to school is so they learn how to make and
keep friendships. When children have
friends and a sense of belonging, they will not grow up to be lonely adults.
Have a wonderful evening
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
March 1
WOW! March already. We noticed today that March came in like a lamb not a lion and we are wondering what this means?
This morning I met with my guided reading groups and we learned about the Titanic and how people make video games.
During Writer's Workshop we are working on our riddles. Here is the procedure"
1. Choose topic/object
2. Write 3 clues
3. add more details to your clues
4. write all your sentences together to create a poem/riddle
5. read your riddle to someone to see if they can guess your object.
Today was a very very exciting day in Room 73. We started learning how to use cursive writing. We learned how to write the letter a. The letter a falls in a group of letters called Clock Climbers. Please have your child show you how they are able to write the letter a in cursive writing.
In Math we learned a new game that can easily be played at home. All you need is 3 or 4 dice. Each person takes a turn rolling the dice and adding those numbers together. We are working on understanding the cumulative property of addition. This means it does not matter the order of the numbers or how they are grouped together. If I roll a 6, 4,4 and 3. I am encouraging the kids to make a friendly number such as 10. Add 6 and 4 and that is 10 and 3 and 4 and that is 7 and put that together with 10 and you have 17.
We are learning about persuasive writing during inquiry and we are still working on our speeches.
I am in desperate need of volunteers for swimming. Please please email if you are available. We cannot go if I do not have at least 3 volunteers per day and this must include one male. Thank you!
This morning I met with my guided reading groups and we learned about the Titanic and how people make video games.
During Writer's Workshop we are working on our riddles. Here is the procedure"
1. Choose topic/object
2. Write 3 clues
3. add more details to your clues
4. write all your sentences together to create a poem/riddle
5. read your riddle to someone to see if they can guess your object.
Today was a very very exciting day in Room 73. We started learning how to use cursive writing. We learned how to write the letter a. The letter a falls in a group of letters called Clock Climbers. Please have your child show you how they are able to write the letter a in cursive writing.
In Math we learned a new game that can easily be played at home. All you need is 3 or 4 dice. Each person takes a turn rolling the dice and adding those numbers together. We are working on understanding the cumulative property of addition. This means it does not matter the order of the numbers or how they are grouped together. If I roll a 6, 4,4 and 3. I am encouraging the kids to make a friendly number such as 10. Add 6 and 4 and that is 10 and 3 and 4 and that is 7 and put that together with 10 and you have 17.
We are learning about persuasive writing during inquiry and we are still working on our speeches.
I am in desperate need of volunteers for swimming. Please please email if you are available. We cannot go if I do not have at least 3 volunteers per day and this must include one male. Thank you!
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