Week #34

Thank you for continually visiting the class blog!!

Reminders:

Please bring in a shoe box.  We will be using them to create dioramas for an upcoming project.

Please ensure your child has a refillable water bottle.

No school on Monday - Victoria Day 

Tuesday: Last library day for the school year.  Students will be asked to return all books after this visit.  Please look for any books that have not been returned to the school library. 

Wednesday: Grade 3s will start EQAO.  PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME, as well will be starting to write the EQAO assessment at 9:00am. 

Thursday: Grade 3s will start EQAO.  PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME, as well will be starting to write the EQAO assessment at 9:00am.

Friday: Grade 3s will start EQAO.  PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME, as well will be starting to write the EQAO assessment at 9:00am.

Our plants have really grown this week.  Check out how they have changed from Monday to Friday.  Grade 3s came home with their peas and beans today.  Please transplant them into a pot with soil.  Remember to water and put them in a sunny place.  Hopefully, they will grow some veggies soon!!

Monday

Friday

What we learned this week:

Language: Continue to practice for EQAO.  We are working on reading comprehension and how to answer the questions.   
We also continued to work on our media assignment of creating cereal box covers.  They are looking very sharp and fantastic!!

Everyone has also completed their SPLAT art writing. Their stories are quite creative to go along with their artwork!

Math: We are jumping around this week to a few different math topics to ensure students have a glimpse of all possible types of math questions.  We will examine these areas more after EQAO.  We started to look at probability (the likelihood of an event occurring) and money.  Grade 2 students need to work with amounts up to $1.00. Grade 3 students need to work with amounts up to $10.00.  Please practice money at home.  Give your child a specific amount (for example $6.74) and asked them to show you as many ways to make that amount. 

Science: We continue to work on our projects.  These projects will be due on Friday, May 24. We will continue to work on them throughout the week. 

Health: We continued our discussion on legal and illegal substances, harmful effects and addiction.  For example, caffeine, sugar, and tobacco. 

Here are some videos we watched in class.:  (Some very "retro" commercials)

Week # 33

Happy Mother's Day Weekend to all of the mothers!

Reminders for the week:

Monday: Adventure Logs are due

Tuesday: Library.  Please return library books

Please dress for the weather!!  The weather has been pretty mixed, the last few days.  Students should bring a sweater with them in case it is cool outside.  

Please bring a reusable water bottle to school.  



Congratulations to Almontaser! He completed his LLI reading program. Way to go!

Our plants have really been GROWING this week. Check out their progress.

Lettuce and carrots

Mixed seeds and bulbs

So many plants!

Strawberries!! 

Tomatoes!

Beans and peas!

Mother's Day flowers!! :)

EQAO newsletter went home with ALL GRADE 3 students.  Please take the time and read over it.  Please feel free to visit the EQAO website for more information.

Grade 3 students will be writing EQAO on May 22-29.  If they miss a day need to complete a section, the will continue to write on the remaining days .


What we learned this week:

Language:

We continue to practice for EQAO

We worked on our SPLAT art writing portion.

We also continued to work on Media.  We started to create cereal boxes based on a new cereal using elements of persuasion found in media.  Students will also answer a series of questions about their cereal box and their choice of elements used.

Math:

We continued to learn about multiplication (groups of).  Please review the concepts at home with your child. Also, practice skip counting (2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, etc...)

The multiplication sign (X) we are referring to as "Groups of..." 
For example:  3 X 4 = 12 (3 groups of 4 = 12)

Multiplication is also skip counting.  3 x 4 =12 is the same as 4 + 4 + 4 = 12

ARRAYS



Science: We continue to work on your non-fiction animal/ plant projects.