Happy Halloween or Harvest Day!

This morning during the announcements there was a costume contest that took place!

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Agendas/Morning Meeting

Gym: Please see Mr. Beresford's blog for more information.

Language: We looked at a spooky recipe and spoke about all the important part to writing one: the ingredients list, list of equipment and the steps. We also the importance of bossy verbs, transition words and adjectives in our writing. The students created their own spooking recipe!

Recess/Lunch
 
Music: Please see Mr. Oliver’s blog for more details

Math:. Today we did some multiplication and arrays Halloween themed worksheets! Once the students were done their worksheets they had free time to read, work of writing, draw or play a game within the class. I brought in Jacks and taught the students how to play, they loved it!

We took some class pictures!

Recess/Lunch.

UOI: Each student was given a tiny brown paper bag with a piece of fabric, leather, paper, yarn, a dice and two marbles. With those materials they had to create a game or toy that children in the pioneer era could play with. Right away the students found this activity quite difficult because they wanted to use things like tape or a glue stick but quickly realized that back then they didn’t have those supplies. It was amazing to see them work with their teams to create solutions so they could make a fun game.

We had a lot of fun today! Especially at the Halloween Dance!

For Homework:

Read for 25 minutes or RAZ KIDS! Complete Reading Log

Spelling Lesson 8 Due Thursday

Spelling Test Friday

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES/NOTICE:

Field Trip- November 2^nd

Monday October 30th, 2017

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Agendas/Morning Meeting

Gym: Please see Mr. Beresford's blog for more information.

Language/Novel Study: We began Lesson 8 today. We continued reading our novel "The Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We read chapter 4 now! The students and I created a Venn diagram to compare how we celebrate Christmas versus how Laura and her family celebrated Christmas.   

Recess/Lunch

Math:. Today we began exploring multiplication and the use of arrays!

For every array you must write out the multiplication sentence, the equation in words, addition sentence, and sentence of describing the array.

For example in this array:

Sentence describing the array: We always look at the rows (which go from side to side) and count how many items are in each row.    -->  4 rows of 2 = 8

Multiplication sentence- 4 x 2 = 8

Addition sentence- 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8

Equation in words: We always look at the rows separated like picture groups and count how many items are in each row.  -->  4 groups of 2 = 8

We did a few examples on the board and from the textbook!

Recess/Lunch.

UOI: We read about the four-different type of homes that pioneers lived in. Log cabins, plank houses, sod house and stone house. We each took turns reading different parts of the story. We answered the comprehension questions independently, checked our work with a partner when we were done and took them up as a class.

For Homework:

Read for 25 minutes or RAZ KIDS! Complete Reading Log

Math Arrays Worksheet

Spelling Lesson 8 Due Thursday

Spelling Test Friday

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES/NOTICE:

Halloween/Harvest Day Tomorrow^t- They are allowed to dress up, just no scary masks/makeup, weapons and any treats will be sent home with the children/not consumed at school

Field Trip- November 2^nd

Friday October 27th, 2017

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Agendas/Morning Meeting

Gym: Please see Mr. Beresford's blog for more information.

Language/Novel Study: We did our Lesson 7 Spelling Test. We continued reading our novel "The Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We are on chapter 3 now! The children learned a lot about the importance of the gun and hunting in the pioneer era. As an activity, the students had to put pieces of the story in order!

Recess/Lunch

Math:. Today we began exploring multiplication! We showed how addition and multiplication sentences are related and how to use pictures to make each type of sentence.

For Example:

Multiplication Sentence: 3 x 3 = 9

Addition Sentence: 3 + 3 + 3 = 9

3 groups of 3 = 9

 

 

 

We did a few examples on the board and from the textbook!

Recess/Lunch.

UOI: We read a First Nation Creation Story to learn about their views and beliefs with the earth and nature. We compared them to the views of the pioneers and spoke about how much they differ. The students completed a graph that compared and contrasted the two-different point of views.

For Homework:

Read for 25 minutes or RAZ KIDS! Complete Reading Log

Math Multiplication Worksheets

Sign and return Spelling Test

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES/NOTICE:

October 28^th- Aftercare Invoice Payment Due

Halloween/Harvest Day October 31^st- They are allowed to dress up, just no scary masks/makeup, weapons and any treats will be sent home with the children/not consumed at school

Field Trip November 2^nd

Thursday October 26th, 2017

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Agendas/Morning Meeting

Gym: Please see Mr. Beresford's blog for more information.

Language/Novel Study: We continued reading our novel "The Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We are on chapter 2 now! The children are loving making connections to the novel, like churning butter. They completed a worksheet on events that took place in chapter 2.

Recess/Lunch

Math:. Today we did our Pre-Assessment for our new unit: Multiplication and Division.

Recess/Lunch.

UOI: We continued to learn about where on the map the first settlers came from! We look at a map of the word and created a legend to map to show where they came from and where they settled to on the map! The students love to see how far the first settlers traveled just to get to North America!

For Homework:

Read for 25 minutes or RAZ KIDS! Complete Reading Log

Spelling Test Tomorrow!

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES/NOTICE:

October 28^th- Aftercare Invoice Payment Due

Book Orders Due October 27^th
Afterschool Program Forms Due October 27^th

Wednesday October 25th, 2017

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Agendas/Morning Meeting

Gym: Please see Mr. Beresford's blog for more information.

Math:. Today we completed our Math Test for Unit Two.

Recess/Lunch

Math:. Today we continued our Math Test for Unit Two. Whoever completed the test early had a chance to read in our reading corner.

Language/Novel Study: We started reading our novel "The Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is such an amazing book and the kids are already loving it! We read the first chapter of the book. The children began working on a worksheet of how the house described in chapter one looks like. They took them home to colour them in.

If you would like to read the chapter again here is a copy.

Recess/Lunch.

UOI: We started learning about who the early settlers were. We read a page of writing and learned more about the pioneers. We learned that they came from France, England and Spain as they were searching for a better route to the Indies and Asia; as well as searching for gold. They came on a ship and had unpleasant experience living in small and crowded conditions and many people died. Next, they answered questions in regards to what they read in the passage.

For Homework:

Read for 25 minutes or RAZ KIDS! Complete Reading Log

Spelling Lesson 7 due TOMORROW

Spelling Test Friday

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES/NOTICE:

TOMORROW-  An Extra Day for Our Bake Sale

TOMORROW- PICTURE DAY! Please be in FULL UNIFORM

October 28^th- Aftercare Invoice Payment Due

Book Orders Due October 27^th
Afterschool Program Forms Due October 27^th

Tuesday October 24th, 2017

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Agendas/Morning Meeting

Language: Students learned today about 2a sentences! We learned about putting two adjectives in front of a noun to further describe it and provide extra detail. We spoke about always remembering to put a comma in between the adjectives. We completed half of the worksheet together and the other half independently.
Ex: The small, timid man walked towards the dark, enchanted forest.

Recess/Lunch

UOI: We introduced our new UOI- Back to the Past! We completed a KWL chart to see how much background knowledge we have about pioneers. Both grade 3 classes went on a nature walk together to complete a scavenger hunt! The students loved it, they learned so much about pioneer life and how much times have changed! We can’t wait to count to explore this unit!

Recess/Lunch.

Math:. Today we worked on reviewing concepts for our upcoming math test tomorrow. Students continued to work on those various worksheets and whatever was not completed in class was assigned for homework.

PARENTS please tonight remind the children of the difference between base ten name and writing in words.

Base Ten Name :
3431- 3 thousands 4 hundreds 3 tens and 1 ones

Words (like when you are just saying the number out loud):
3431 - three thousand four hundred and thirty-one
 

For Homework:

Read for 25 minutes or RAZ KIDS! Complete Reading Log

Math: Review Worksheets for TEST TOMORROW

Spelling Lesson 7 due Thursday

Please sign and return spelling test

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES/NOTICE:

TOMORROW- Our Bake Sale

TOMORROW- Causal Day

October 28^th- Aftercare Invoice Payment Due

Book Orders Due October 27^th
Picture day October 26^th return the form by the 25^th