The Day the Crayons Quit!

The students were so excited to return from Easter break and find out that they had all received letters from the Easter Bunny about the jobs they had applied for. The spent a bit of time reading over their letters and sharing them with friends.

We started a new writing project this week based on the book "The Day the Crayons Quit" written by Drew Daywalt. The book contains a letter from each crayon colour to a little boy named Duncan. After Miss Gobin read the story to the class, they had a conversation about why the crayons were unhappy and the reasons for them wanting to quit. The students were given a choice about which crayon they wanted to help and started filling out a graphic organizer about what the crayons complaints were, what Duncan uses the crayon to colour and what the crayons requests are for the future. Using the graphic organizer, the students started writing a friendly letter back to their crayon from Duncan's point of view.

We read Chapter 4 in "Mouse and the Motorcycle". This week's activity was to take simple sentences and make them into compound sentences using the words and, but and so.

The students added to their "Language Notebooks" after reviewing what an adjective is. They wrote down a variety of words to describe nouns under headings such as, size, feeling, number and colour.

We also completed a making words activity from the letters a, i, o, d, p, n, r, r, s. The students made 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 letter words and then figured out the mystery word which was RAINDROPS.

In Math, we completed our Division unit. We spent some time reviewing and the students wrote their test. Next week, we will begin Measurement.

They learned a new math game to help them practice their multiplication facts.

We finished making sketch notes about Ukraine after reading the last two chapters in the textbook on environment, goods and services. Using their sketch notes, we added to our class jot notes. Next week, the students will be paired up to work on one of the topic areas to create a slideshow summarizing the information.

In PE, the students worked through a variety of fitness stations. Every day, they had eight new skills to work on. On the final day the students were able to choose their own fitness activity at each station.

We used a variety of media in Art this week to create a sunflower, which is the national flower of Ukraine. After reading about the unhappy crayons in LA, we decided that incorporating them into our project would we a good idea. The students completed a directed drawing of a sunflower, and then used crayons to outline and emphasize certain parts of their flower. Then they used water colour paints, blending colours and filling in their picture.

Here is the super reader for the week!

Congratulations to our new Student of the Week!

Supporting Grade 9 Entrepreneurs...

Our class walked over to Riverview Middle School to support the Grade 9 students in the Entrepreneur Projects. The Grade 9 students worked hard to create business plans, advertise, shop and prepare their food. Overall, the Entrepreneur Project's net profits totaled over $2500. The Grade 9 classes will vote on a charitable organization they wish to support. The Grade 3 students had so much fun and the junior high students loved having them at their school.

In Language Arts, the students finished working on their sloppy copies of their job applications. The business letters were edited and then they worked on good copies. They did a really good job providing evidence and using persuasive words to support the job criteria for the position they chose.

The students worked in their "Language Notebooks" adding information about verbs. We reviewed what a verb is and came up with a list to add into our booklets for reference. 

After completing their notes on verbs, the students roamed around the room completing task cards. The students were required to write the verb from each sentence on their answer sheet. 

We read chapter two in "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" and then the students made a web of adjectives describing the toy motorcycle. They used the novel for reference and worked with a partner to complete the activity.

In Math, they students worked on...

-understanding when to use multiplication and division to find missing information

-using multiplication and division sentences to solve word problems

They also completed Easter word problems.

We continued reading about culture in Ukraine. This week, the student read about the government and how their leaders are chosen. After reading the chapter together, the students were given time to complete sketch notes about what they learned. 

We had a special guest for PE this week. He taught the students about triathlons and the three different parts; swim, bike and run. The students trained and completed a "mock" triathlon in the gym using scooters for both the swim and biking portion. The sure had a ton of fun and looked forward to race day!

The students enjoyed a bit of crafting this week as they created bunny pencil toppers with pipe cleaners. Together, we watched a step-by-step tutorial, pausing after each step. The students were pretty proud of their final projects. 

We also had a surprise visitor to celebrate the upcoming holiday.

Way to go!!! Here are the super star readers for the week!