Ms Hamilton's Grade 3 class: Our Adventures In Learning!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Reminders:

Monday: No School due to Family Day

Tuesday: Library. Please return library books

Friday: NO SCHOOL due to labour relations. For more information, please visit https://ocdsb.ca/news/school_closures_february_21st

*** On Wednesday I sent home 2 packages. Your child can work on these packages for practice while they are not at school. In addition, they can review concepts we are learning in class at home; read daily, and practice writing.

Valentine's Day: Students enjoyed handing out and receiving Valentine's from their classmates.

What we did this week:

Language: We continued to look at fact vs opinion. Students will begin to write persuasive paragraphs this week. Students will be asked to use facts, rather than opinions in their writing to persuade their audience.

Math: We continue to explore 3D figures. Students identified the characteristics of the 3D figure (faces, edges, and vertices), and built 3D figures using nets.

To make some 3D figures at home, please visit https://www.math-salamanders.com/3d-geometric-shapes.html

Social Studies: We started to discuss Ontario's landforms (Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay Lowlands, and the Great Lakes/ St. Laurence Lowlands).

Here is a great website to review with your child. https://sites.google.com/site/communitiesinontario/home/landforms-of-ontario

Art: Students worked on Op art hearts (optical illusions). End result: hearts look like they are 3D and popping out of the page, when in fact, they are 2D. The curved lines allow for this illusion.

Good evening families!!

Reminders:

Monday: Adventure Logs are due

Tuesday: No School due to ETFO Strike day

Wednesday: Regular school day

Thursday: No school due to ETFO Strike day

Friday: PD day (no school)

Labour relations update. Please visit https://ocdsb.ca/news/labour_update_additional_etfo_strike_action

What did we do this week:

Language:

We started to look at fact versus opinion. This will lead into our unit on persuasive writing. We will continue to look at letters and letter writing.

Math: We started our 3D geometry unit. Looking at identifying 3D figures, whether they are a prism or a pyramid, and their characteristics (faces, vertices, and edges). Look around your house for 3D figures. Identify their shapes and explain how you know.

Social Studies: We started to discuss our unit on Living and Working in Ontario. We discussed what is a community, the different parts of a community, and different types of communities (Rural, urban and suburban).