WHAT HAS 3FT BEEN UP TO???

3FT is a BUCKET FILLING class!!!

Please ask your child about the two books we read together. Have them give you ideas of how people can be bucket fillers. If you would like to borrow the books from our class, please send us an email or a note in their agenda and we would be happy to send them home for you to read with your family.

 

Math...

We started the year off with a "Math About Me" assignment. Students were asked to think of 8 numbers to describe themselves. Students picked things like height, shoe size, birthday, jersey number, or number of teeth.

Counting teeth!

We started the "Patterns and Relations" Unit this week. The students have been recognizing and analyzing increasing patterns. We have done a lot of hands-on activities using manipulatives to extend and create patterns. They have also been working on making pattern rules.

 Language Arts...

Our Home Reading program... The Amazing Race!!! They are ready to race around the world! Please make sure you are encouraging them to read at home on a regular basis.

This week we started our first Spelling Unit. The students will be introduced to the new words every Monday and will be given a test on Friday. Throughout the week, activities are completed to review and work on different components of language learning. Please note...there will be no spelling list next week since Friday is a PD day.

The class takes part in a whole group "Read to Self" time on a daily basis.

Our class started a novel study this week called "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume. We have read Chapter 1 so far and have completed a couple activities to go with the chapter. The students are really enjoying this book.

We started a new writing project, called "All About Me", which the students will be working on over the next couple months. This project will be published so that it can be shared with the parents.

Science...

Our class is extremely enthusiastic about our first unit in Science, "Rocks and Minerals"!!! We have begun learning about the 3 different kinds of rocks...sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. Next week, we will head out on our ROCK WALK so that the students will have their own rock collection to work with throughout this unit as they identify similarities and differences.

Students had the opportunity to use some class time to design a title page for our new unit. 

Students are more than welcome to bring in any special rocks they may have at home. We will put aside some time during the day for them to share their rocks during our Rock Talk.

Special guest...Mrs. Duperron giving our grade 3 class a Rock Talk!

Social...

We have started a mini unit on "Mapping". The students are learning how to read a map and globe so that throughout the year, as we learn about different communities,  they are able to find them in relation to Canada.

Art...

Our class completed a painting and writing project called...Many Shades of Me. We spent an afternoon using the primary colours to make different shades. Then they wrote 9 sentences describing themselves and added this to their painting.

We read "The Squiggle" by Carole Lexa Schaefer. Then students were given a squiggle so that they could create their own unique picture! We have such a creative bunch of kids...