3FT Third Grade Thoughts: Special Activity

We had the opportunity to work with Darren Maltais (Technology Integration Facilitator for Black Gold) this week. We set our class up with Google Classroom and the students completed their first assignment creating winter cinquains.

They also had an opportunity to help grade 1 students with some penguin activities. They accessed these through Google Classroom.

To practice our spelling words this week, we created word search puzzles. The students also played "teacher", taking turns calling out the words.

We also worked on another "All About Me" paragraph. The students are creating great introductory and concluding sentences to go with their topic.

The students have finished writing their spin off stories of the "Three Little Pigs". They have had the opportunity to conference with us in order to edit their stories. Most of the stories are quite lengthy so we are typing them for the students in a published book format. They will be writing a summary for the back of their book and a biography of the author (themselves). They will also be starting their illustrations next week.

For handwriting, we reviewed the "curves" and "ascenders".

For Math, we practiced various methods to subtract 2-digit numbers. Below are the strategies we reviewed. Ask your child to explain to you which they prefer using.

For Social, we added to our lap book and continued reading and recording information about Tunisia.

In Science, the students were given their second Survivor challenge. Most of us are starving and haven't eaten for hours. Ahead of us, in a dense jungle we spot some trees with bananas! We need to cross a fast moving river and decide to use some tree bark to build beams for a bridge. The students were given paper to create three types of beams: rectangular, box girder and accordion. They placed their beams across a gap that was 14cm and used blocks to test the strength of the beams. Most of the students found the accordion beam to be the strongest.

For gym, we played "clothes pin tag", "builders and bulldozers" and rotated through various physical literacy centers.

The students continue to enjoy our daily Read to Self, Read to Someone and Listen to Reading.

DOJO DAY! For the last few months, our students have all been working hard to receive Dojo points as our classroom reward system. Every second week, they have to opportunity to exchange these points for an individual reward or donate them towards a class reward. They worked together and donated 3600 points to earn a movie with popcorn! Way to go, kids!