Our Week....

We completed our "birds-eye-view snowmen".  They look great!!

In Language arts, we have been reading stories from the "Collections" series. We read 2 poems and compared our reading in a venn diagram. The students enjoyed organizing what they had read and had pointed out great comparisons.

Students also read the story "Ivan and the All-Stars" with a partner. They were asked to stop reading at certain points during the story to make predictions.

Our class was excited to start learning cursive writing. We are learning the letters in a particular order according to how they are formed in handwriting. This week, we worked on the letters a and d.

In Math, we have been working on counting forwards and backwards by 5s, 10s, 25s and 100s, using any starting point from 1 to 1000. They have been using charts to 1000 and creating number lines to help them with their counting. A sample question would be...Start at 421 and count backwards by 10 until you reach 321.

We reviewed our Rocks and Minerals unit in science. The students played a variety of games on the SMARTboard, chrome books and with flashcards to review what they had learned in this unit.  Our next unit in science will be Hearing and Sound.

We are still emailing Sean and learning more about India through his experiences. We look forward to his pictures and we always have lots of questions for him. We decided that we needed to send him a picture...so we headed out for a quick photo in the warm, slushy snow. Our weather is definitely different than what he is enjoying!

In Art, we worked on our decorations for the Christmas palm tree which will be placed in the Gym for the week of the concert. We decorated ukuleles with hibiscus flowers to represent the songs 3FT has been working on for the Christmas Concert theme this year.

Congratulations to our new Student of the Week!

A Short Week...

On Wednesday, we wrote in our journals about our extra long weekend.  The students all had lots to share, as they filled the pages in their journals. 

In Language Arts, we have been working hard on our "All About Me" paragraphs.  Some students have finished their rough copies and have begun typing their good copies, using the chrome books. When the written/typed portion of this project is complete, the students will illustrate each topic and it will be coiled into a keepsake booklet. 

In math, we have been comparing and ordering 3-digit numbers.  The students have been using place value to compare and order and they have been using < and > symbols appropriately. We did a fun, whole class activity where we all came up with a 3-digit number.  As a class, we ordered all 17 numbers from least to greatest.  This sparked a discussion about using place value to determine how to order numbers that were all in the 900's.  

In science, we did an experiment to compare soil samples.  We used a sample taken from the backyard of a house in Devon and our second sample came from a mixture of the garden soil, sand, clay, peat moss and oil sand that we looked at last week in class.  The samples were put in separate jars, water was added and they were covered with a lid.  We shook the samples and left them to sit overnight.  We compared the layers in each of the samples and recorded our observations.

 

We observed that the clay, dirt, shells and bits of rock sink and settle down to the bottom.  We discussed that Over the years, the pressure of the water and mud compress the bottom layers until they change into rock.

In social, we caught up on our emailing with Sean.  We enjoy hearing about his adventures and seeing all the pictures he sends to us! We also took our 19 hour flight to India and started our Travel Journal using information from our social text book.
 

In art, we created "birds-eye-view" snowmen. This ended up being a little math mini lesson too, dividing their scarf circle into 8ths or 16ths to make a radial design. Our snowmen aren't quite complete yet but they look great so far!

 

CONGRATULATIONS to our new Student of the Week!!

This week!

In Language Arts the students wrote paragraphs about their Halloween. They worked on a sloppy copy and we then sat down to edit them together. The good copy paragraphs were typed up on their Chrome books and will be published for their year end memory portfolios.

Read to Someone is part of the Daily 5 program and we love to incorporate it into our daily routine. It is wonderful to have extra volunteers in to read with our students. Reading out loud to others helps the students hear themselves. They are able to sound out words, as well as work on expression and fluency. If you ever have some free time and would like to come and read with a few students in 3FT, we would love to have you. Thank you to Mrs. Weir and Mrs. Cross for coming in this week!

In Math, we continue to build numbers with base ten blocks. This week the students were showing 3 different ways to make one number. They have been demonstrating their understanding of regrouping, using manipulatives.

Sean has arrived in India safely and has been emailing the students some pictures and information about India. The students look forward to his emails and have had a lot of questions for him so far.

In Science we learned about weathering and erosion. We have also been looking at and comparing different soil samples.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

The students had sooooooo much fun at the Halloween party yesterday!

After the school wide parade, we headed back to the classroom for "Minute to Win It". The students participated in 3 different tasks.

Smartie Suck-Up
Students had one minute to suck up as many Smarties as they could, using a straw.

Ghost Poop Pick-Up
Students had one minute to pick up marshmallows using chopsticks. We had some students who were awesome at using chopsticks.

Rocket Towers
Students used rocket candies to build towers...steady hands!!!

Thank you to all of the parents who brought food for our party!

After enjoying the delicious food, students had the option of playing games with their friends or carving a pumpkin.

This week in Math we continued working on place value, using base ten blocks. Our class has been practicing skip counting by 3s, 4s, 5s, and 10s, while playing the game BUZZ.

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Students were able to choose from a variety of Word Work activities to practice their Spelling words. Work Work is part of the Daily 5 program. 

In Science, we learned about the different layers which make up the Earth. Throughout the Rocks and Minerals unit, student have been working in a Lapbook. These Lapbooks allow the students to add new information as it is learned in class. Your child will be able to show you this ongoing project when you join us for Parent Teacher Interviews next week. 

At the beginning of this week, students wrote letters to children in India. A family member left for India on Tuesday morning and took our letters with him. He is going to try to deliver these letters to a special school in India that has been receiving some assistance from our country through an organization called "Helping Hands for India". He is also going to try to keep in contact with us, sending us updates and pictures from his trip. 

We made Passports this week so that we are able to "fly" to different countries this year. The students had a very hard time taking a Passport picture without smiling. ;) 

Congratulations to our new Student of the Week!

We look forward to seeing you at Parent Teacher Interviews on Wednesday, November 5th. Your child will be showing you a few of the things we have been working on in class. We will also be working together to make a goal for your child to work towards over the next month. If you have not made an appointment, please follow the link. This will take you through directions on how to set up an account and book an appointment.     http://www.rbes.ca/parent-meetings.html