SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS

Hello all Room 24 Families, 

I hope you and your child enjoyed browsing through the Scholastic Book Order forms that were sent home last week. I have had several questions about how to pay. 
Please see instructions below: 

1. Visit link: https://canadaclubs.scholastic.ca/en/home 
2. Create a Parent Account 
3. Order and Pay for all orders online 
4. Books will be shipped either to your home address or to the school address 

Thank you so much for fostering a love for reading with Scholastic Canada! 

Stay Warm. 

PHOTO RETAKE DAY

Good afternoon Room 24 Families, 

I wanted to let all families know that 

October 30 is Photo Retake Day! 

I realize that our class photos were not sent home this afternoon and apologize for the inconvenience. We got caught up in our afternoon learning and they were not picked up from the office on time to be sent home - I am so sorry about this! 

I will ensure that all photos are sent home tomorrow afternoon!


Thank you for your understanding,
Taylor Gierl 

Remembrance Day Slideshow

Ms. Bennett will be putting together a Remembrance Day slideshow and is inviting school families to send her photographs of family members who are veterans or current members of the Canadian Arm Forces. Please send in all photographs by the deadline of Friday November 1st. With the photographs please include the Canadian Arm Forces veteran or current member’s name, the war or peace keeping mission they participated in, if possible, where the photo was taken, and their relationship to you (for example great grandfather, aunt, uncle, etc.). Ms. Bennett’s email address is mebennett@cbe.ab.ca

Thank you, 

Learning Environment Committee

October 15 - 18

Artist in Residence! 

We are so excited to have worked with Mrs. F this week during our Artist in Residence! Next week, we will have an opportunity to complete our sessions and finalize our projects. Students had a close look at different textiles and patterns from around the world and learned about the Carpet Industry in India. Ask your student about the process of making carpets! 

In our Artist in Residence, they are working on designing a carpet using canvas, acrylic paint, and fabrics. They looked specifically at planning designs, weaving, and 'weft and warp' - ask your student what those words mean! 

 

 


Guest Speaker 

We were thrilled to welcome Dino Petrakos - an Petroleum Geologist - into our learning community! With fascinating artifacts and samples, a slideshow and a wealth of knowledge, students learned about rocks, earthquakes, tectonic plates, mountain ranges and the creation of fossil fuels! Thank you SO much, Dino for joining us today!

Halloween Parade

Halloween 2019

Royal Oak is excited to invite students to wear their Halloween costumes on October 31^st. Please have students come dressed in their costume in the morning 

(PM Kindergarten & EDC, please come ready in the afternoon!). 

Please have your child practice getting in and out of their costume so they can independently dress for washroom breaks.  

We ask that costumes do not include: masks, weapons, accessories, or blood/gore. 

Regular learning activities will continue throughout the day. Students will get the opportunity to share their costumes with each other by participating in a parade in the halls at 9:30 am. This year, parents are invited to watch the parade in the gym. Please arrive a few minutes early to find a seat. PM Kindergarten students are also invited to watch the parade in the morning, and will have their own parade in their classrooms in the afternoon. In keeping with learning about healthy eating, please do not send any special treats or snacks to share.

 We look forward to seeing all of your costumes!

Alberta Theatre Project

Dear Families,

We are excited to offer the grade 3 students at Royal Oak School the opportunity to experience the live theatre presentation of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” put on by the Alberta Theatre Projects, located in the Martha Cohen Theatre (Arts Common 215 - 8th Ave SE).

If you know in advance that your children will not be attending this program, please let us know by October 31st.

Teachers will be coordinating volunteers for this field trip.  If you have an approved security clearance please email your child’s teacher to let them know you would like to volunteer all day on Thursday, December 5th, 2019.

We are looking forward to this fantastic opportunity with your children.  If you have any questions please contact us at the email addresses listed below.

Sincerely,

Grade 3 Team

October 7 - 11

Reminder: Literacy Night next Thursday, October 17th from 6-7pm here at ROS!

No Excuse Words: (from our rock testing)
Lustre
Hardness
Colour
Texture
Scratch

MATH:
Subtraction Strategies!
Stacking, Place-Value Base 10, Open Number Line, Place-Value Tallies

LITERACY:

Writing:

What is a sentence? We discussed Nouns and Verbs!

How do we write 'STRETCHY' sentences to add details and information to our sentences?

READING  / SOCIAL STUDIES:

Using "Think Marks" when we read Articles
How can we interact meaningfully with texts and articles? Here is an article we read!

CAFE Strategy: (C) Comprehension
BACK UP AND REREAD

SCIENCE:

The Glenbow Museum Rock Artifact Kit:
We were so fortunate to rent this kit from the Glenbow Museum where students got to touch and evaluate rocks and minerals. Some kits included Gems, Gold, Geodes, Meteorites, Ammonite Fossils.

                     

         

ROCK TESTING

Ms. Gierl lead the testing of LUSTER. Students worked with flashlights to examine and discuss the luster of their three rocks. We learned that shifting perspective, angles, and lighting can affect a minerals luster!

Types of Luster:

• Waxy
• Glassy
• Shiny
• Pearly
• Earthy
• Dull
• Silky
• Greasy

September 30 - October 4

No Excuse Words:

(please practice discussing, defining, spelling, and saying these words at home!)

India

geology

geography

hypothesis

sentence

Literacy:

This term we will be using the Literacy CAFE and other strategies to develop our comprehension, accuracy, fluency and expand our vocabulary. We will also practice making text-to-text connections, text-to-world connections and text-to-self connections.

We began learning the parts of sentences and practiced applying them in our own writing! We will continue exploring nouns, verbs, adjectives as well as the different types of sentences next week! 

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This week in literacy students wrote about Orange shirt Day and the importance of recognizing it. We read the book "When I Was Eight" and then students reflected with the guiding questions; 

What is Orange Shirt Day? and What does it mean to me?

Math:

Reading a Math Word Problem!

Rapunzel: a Math Fairytale :)

Students read 'Rapunzel' and had to solve a variety of problems that could be solved through math. Working in groups, students worked to figure out how much farther the Prince would have to climb if the tower is 564"tall and he had stopped at 43".

We will be working towards a CUBES (circle, underline, box, evaluate and draw, solve and check) strategy that allows students to access a pneumonic device to approach word problems.

Social Studies:

We have began exploring India through research on the computers, mapping and whole group discussions! Students have worked collaboratively to brainstorm what they already know about India, what they wonder about India, and have begun using resources to answer those questions and curiosities! We are lucky to have experts in our classrooms who can bring in special artifacts and knowledge from their families to share with us. Thank you, Diya for bringing beautiful traditional clothing for us to admire! We will continue exploring India through the lens of Environmental Geologists! 

 

Science: 

Students have been finishing up their identification of one rock within the rock cycle. This was a refresher/introduction for students on how to look scientifically at a rock in a 'lab' setting. First modeled in class, students were then challenged to improve their work by following the rubric/checklist below.

Housekeeping:

Congratulations Royal Oak students and staff! Together we ran over 1180 km and raised $674 to be donated to the Terry Fox Foundation!!!!! We are awesome!!!!

I would also like to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to our amazing parent volunteers! We appreciate everything that you do to help us run school events like this one. THANK YOU!!

Another HUGE THANK YOU to Royal Oak Sobeys for donating Oranges so that every student could enjoy a healthy snack after their run.