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Special Guest:

Thank you very much to our Special Guest -Orthodontist Dr. Eileen Lo 

BSc, MSc, DMD, MSc, FRCD(C) Certified Specialist in Orthodontics

for a wonderful health presentation on keeping our teeth shiny, clean and healthy! We had so much fun practicing flossing, brushing and analyzing our teeth!

Office Name: Shine Orthodontics

Other team members at the workshop: Alyssa L., Alyssa M., Aleisha C.

Math:

Place Value

Definition

In the base ten number system, each place has ten times the value of the place to its right.

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Example

In the number 1329:

• the one is in the thousands position
• the three is in the hundreds position
• the two is in the tens position
• the nine is in the ones position.

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More on Place Value

Large whole numbers are arranged in groups of threes called periods. Each period has a hundred(s), ten(s) and one(s) position.

See the number 123 456 789 below as an example. The 8 is in the tens position, the 5 is in the ten-thousands position.

Decimal numbers are also arranged in groups of threes called periods. Each period has a ten(th), hundred(th) and thousand(th) position.

See the number 0.123 456 789 below as an example. The 2 is in the hundredths position, the 5 is in the hundred-millionths position.

See our work!

 

Science:

Our Virtual Fieldtrip to the Royal Tyrrell Museum

 

 Robots: Dot and Dash with our Grade 1 buddies!

Choir Field Trip

Christmas Carols at YMCA on Dec 17

The Royal Oak School Grade Three Winter Choir is pleased to invite you to the Shane Homes YMCA  in Rocky Ridge to hear us sing some Christmas Carols!    We will be performing on Tuesday, December 17th at 10:30am, just inside the front doors.  These dedicated Grade Three students have been practicing hard for a month and are very excited to share  their seasonal music with our community!  People of all ages will enjoy old classics like Rudolf and Frosty,  as well as a few contemporary pieces.    Please consider joining us for some holiday magic and celebrate the joy of the season with our  students at the Y!  Ms. Mann

Digital Report Cards

December 2 - 6

Writing: 

Students have continued their exploration of book genres - looking specifically at Fairytales, the elements of Fairytales, and the overall recipe for them! Ask your student what are some key features of the genre of Fairytales :) 

Room 24 did a compare and contrast of Cinderella, Cindy-Ellen and Ponyella in order to identify the similarities and differences between the classic and the twisted stories! 

 

Math: 

Students worked hard to identify the rules of place value for numbers up to 1000 - and beyond for an extra challenge! They furthered their number sense by writing the numbers in standard form, word form, expanded form and by using base 10 model. 

Ask your student to show you these four representations with a 4-digit number!!

We practiced creating Arrays for our multiplication strategy! Students played a card game to create a variety of arrays - whoever filled up the sheet first, won! It was an exciting way to practice the repeated addition/multiplying skill. 

Field Trip: We had so much fun at the Alberta Theatre Project Field Trip on Thursday! The students were very impressed with the lighting, props, costumes and cast - it was truly an amazing experience! Thank you, Lia & Family for sending this amazing book for us to read before we went to the play!

Thanks again to our parent volunteers :) 

Upcoming Dates:

• December 17th: Chior Field Trip 
• December 19th: Caroling & Class Holiday Party 
• Our class will be playing board games and watching a movie together to celebrate the end of 2019! Please feel free to send nut-free snacks :) 
• December 20 - January 5th: Holiday Break!
• January 6th: Classes Resume

Note from Mr. Hamby:

Report Cards

We will be moving to online report cards this year.  This will help us save much needed money for other uses within the school.  At the end of the day on December 17^th, PowerSchool will allow parents to log in and see their child’s report card for this first term (see directions below).  Your child’s report card can be printed or saved for later viewing.  For those that feel they need a hard copy, please contact the office for this request.    

How to Access Digital Report Cards

•  Sign into your My CBE/PowerSchool at My CBE/PowerSchool Account
• Click on your child’s name at top of page
• Click on “Grades and Attendance”
• Click on “Report Card”
• Click on “Report Card – open"
• Save to pdf or print for your records

Nov 18 - 22

HOUSEKEEPING:

*A reminder that home reading books are to be exchanged every Thursday for those students in the program!

*It was wonderful see you all at conferences this week! 

LITERACY!

EXPLORING FAIRYTALES

Students have been reading a large variety of fairy tales to gain a greater understanding of this genre. From here, students will be creating a "recipe" that describes the story elements of a fairytale. Students will then have the opportunity to explore story writing through created story element cards and loose parts. Students will be working towards their own 'fractured' or 'twisted tale'!

MATH

Multiplication Is:

 Using Arrays to Show Multiplication Concepts: Overview

Students can more readily develop an understanding of multiplication concepts if they see visual representations of the computation process. For example, they can picture students in a marching band arranged in equal rows or chairs set up in rows in an auditorium. These arrangements all have something in common; they are all in rows and columns. An arrangement of objects, pictures, or numbers in columns and rows is called an array. Arrays are useful representations of multiplication concepts.

This array has 4 rows and 3 columns. It can also be described as a 4 by 3 array.

This array has 5 rows and 4 columns. It is a 5 by 4 array.

Notice that the rows in each array are equal. Think of the rows as equal groups. Your students used equal groups to multiply in second grade. Look at this example.

When equal groups are arranged in equal rows, an array is formed.

When you show students the connection between equal groups and arrays, students can easily understand how to use arrays to multiply. They will use arrays again later to divide.

Look at the multiplication sentence that describes the array below. The numbers in multiplication sentences have special names.

The numbers that are multiplied are called factors. The answer is called the product.

Now look at what happens to the factors and product in the multiplication sentence when the array is turned on its side.

The order of the factors changed, but the product stayed the same. When the order of the factors in any multiplication sentence changes, the product does not change. This is called the Commutative Property of Multiplication. Students should be familiar with the Commutative Property because it also applies to addition. They studied the Commutative Property of Addition earlier. See Addition and Subtraction.

Help students realize that by applying the Commutative Property, they know twice as many multiplication facts. For example, if they know 8 x 5 = 40, then they also know 5 x 8 = 40.