September 23 - 27

SLAs 
A big shout out to your children who worked so hard to complete their math and language arts SLAs this week! They were long and they persevered. We are extremely proud of each and everyone of them.





Social Studies - Mapping!

Grade 3s worked with a variety of different maps over the week. After exploring a map of Canada and gathering information about Canadian customs, culture and diversity, they expanded and began looking at World Maps. Through the exploration of world maps, students began to identify 
continents, countries, cities, and important bodies of water. 

We are excited to continue looking at global communities. Ask your child to list the continents and share what else they learned this week!

 


Literacy - Writing Prompts 
Students participated in an open writing prompt in order to practice their story writing skills! With a variety of photos, students used their creative thinking and organizational skills to write a story. 

MATH:

Double-digit subtraction

These weekly words come from our curriculum and are meant to be practiced through our reading, writing and speaking. Students will also edit for these words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Or6ZnLK2PE 

SCIENCE:
This week we CATEGORIZED rocks using our knowledge of the rock cycle, sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks. We also completed online research and filled in an infographic.

HOUSEKEEPING:

Orange Shirt Day is Monday!

A big shout out to your children who worked so hard to complete their math and language arts SLAs this week. They were long and they persevered. We are extremely proud of each and everyone of them.

Terry Fox!

September 16-19

LITERACY:

POETRY:

Onomatopoeia... what is it?
Onomatopoeia is when a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken. Onomatopoeia appeals to the sense of hearing and writers use it to bring a story or poem to life in the reader's head. It can also help to add a touch of fun or emotion to a piece.

STORIES AND WRITING PROMPTS:

'The Word Collector'
Students discussed the significance of words, and why we are individually drawn to different words. Students were challenged to read books and collect their own words. We will then sort and group words into various categories!


watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmqTgDoWOC8

MATH:
WHAT IS PLACE-VALUE?

WATCH: Base 10 and Place Value
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fshyCNqHIbw&feature=youtu.be

WATCH: Why is our number system based on Base 10?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Qf0qSSJFI

WHAT IS ZERO? (we read the book, 'Zero the Hero')
(you can watch a version of this on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlY-CX-bi4s

Adding strategy: Stacking
How to add double-digit numbers using stacking (you can watch a helpful video about this here:  https://youtu.be/ayFAh4VNMFA




SCIENCE:
3 MAIN ROCK CATEGORIES 
AND
EXPLORING THE ROCK CYCLE!

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Understanding the diversity of Canada: communities and geography. Students used magnifying glasses and a detailed map of Canada to find interesting places and things about each province and/or territory. They were then challenged to find commonalities between areas.

reminders: 

Please have your child bring in 3 rocks they have collected from outside. The rocks should all be somewhat different from each other in criteria such as color, size, composition.

SAFETY WEEK: We successfully completed a fire drill, lockdown, and evacuation this week!

See you at Conferences this Thursday and Friday!

Friday, September 13th

Hello Room 24 Families!

We have had a wonderful (and busy) first full week in Grade 3. I have been so happy and excited to get to know each and every one of the kiddos our in classroom. I know our year in Grade 3 will be full of kindness, enthusiasm, and LOTS of learning! 

Along with getting to know our new space, the routines and procedures of our classroom, and learning about one another - we have begun some very exciting work! 


Math 
Students worked on reviewing their knowledge from Grade 2 in order to build a solid foundation for math in Grade 3. They worked together to build, pull apart, and rebuild numbers ranging from 0-1000 using Friendly Numbers, Explosion Math and Open Number Lines. If you'd like to continue practicing at home - ask your student about Number Bonds and Friendly Numbers or Adding on open number lines!

 


Literacy 
Students have began exploring Poetry - looking specifically at the Elements of Poetry. Students were introduced to elements such as alliteration, simile, imagery, onomatopoeia, and rhyming - challenge them to give you an example of one of the elements. Students read and analyzed a variety of poems while looking at each element in order to fully understand it. They were then challenged to apply that element in their own piece of poetry! We will continue this work next week.



Inquiry 
During inquiry, students began their work as Geologists. We began our work by sorting and categorizing our name rocks - students worked together to create criteria in order to group rocks together. Some examples: shape, size, weight. Next, we practiced our skill of sketching rocks as students followed a step by step instructional video! See below the incredibly detailed pieces of art that they created! When you visit us for conferences - you will get to see our final art pieces.




















Buddies! 
Sunday, September 15th is International Dot Day! We worked together with our Grade 1 Buddies to create a wonderful art piece to show families during our conferences. Ask your student about "The Dot" - What is the message? What did you learn from Vashti in The Dot?












Reminders: 

• Please send milk forms back to school for Monday, September 16th 
• Please sign and return all blue forms as soon as possible 
• September 19th - Parent Conferences 
• I look forward to seeing all of your families! 
• Please explore and collect 3 rocks for Monday morning as we are investigating :)