Take a look at what we have been up to in grade 3!

*** Remember that there is no school for students on Monday April 26th

- We have been learning about mother earth - Jayda

- We have been playing cooperative games in Phys. Ed. - Ria 

- We have been drawing animals for our title page as we begin our new concept based project - Shivya

- We wet felted a birds nest and eggs - Olga

- We created Pysanky - Ukrainian Easter eggs - Mason

- We go outside for P.E. when the weather nice - Emily

- We designed, created and built bridges - Kaleb

- We are learning about division in math - Anais

- We created a James Rizzi city scape in art - Brooklynn

- We go outside for writing when it's nice out, and we have gotten a couple of free write days - Dunia

- We created a robot to measure perimeter in math - Lulia

- We finished How to Eat Fried Worms in our small reading group - Adam

- In music we're learning how to do the cup song at the same time/speed - Sedra

- We are making feathers for a wing in Ms. Murphy's class - Abdulhak

- In guided reading my favourite is read to partner - Raghd

- Our student teacher Ms. Bello finished her practicum and is now a teacher <3 - Sedra

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April showers bring May flowers

 Take a look at what we have been up to:

- We are building bridges in science - Yazen

- We are working on our James Rizzi Art - Ria

- We continue to learn new cooperative games in gym - Milad

- We have been learning about bridges and structures in sciences - Raghd

- We are earning marbles for our choice of an extra recess. - Sedra

- We are learning about what a proper, socially distanced line up looks like - Shivya

- We are borrowing items from mother nature - ask me about this - Shakirah

- In Math we learned what the perimeter of something means - ask me to sing you our song - Olga

- In music we are learning the cup song - Dunia

- We are using pine cones and rocks to help us calm down when we are stressed out - Shadi

- We made Pysanky's in writing this week - Abdulhak

- We had centers in PE, including the big skipping rope - Jayda

- We have been practicing the land acknowledgement - Anais

- Since the weather has been so nice we go outside for PE - Mason

- We are learning to do the cup song in unison - Adam

- We are making Pysanky's during soft entry - Lulia

- Skipping in PE was a lot of fun - Emily

- We go outside to play at lunch recess - Adalynn

We are having an in-school field trip on Monday April 12th. We will be wet felting a birds nest to finish our building unit.

We have enjoyed our time with our Student Teacher Ms. Bello. Next Friday April 16th will be her last day, but we hope that she will come back and substitute teach for us. 

Don't forget to dress for the weather. We have had a few students who have been chilly at recess because they haven't brought jackets.

A friendly reminder to please be safe and use the crosswalks. Crosswalks are supervised in the mornings from 8:00am - 8:15am and after school from 3:01pm - 3:15pm. We want our kids to be safe. 

- No school Monday April 26th 

- In- school field trip Monday April 12

Take a sneak peak into what we have been up to this week: 

- This week we played Octopus tag in phys. ed. - Olga

- We have been learning about strong structures in science - Anais

- We are earning marbles for lining up with proper safety protocol (i.e. social distancing, mask wearing) - Brooklynn

- We learned the game bandaid tag in phys. ed. - Adalynn

- We are learning about measurement and estimation in math - Milad

- We earned 15 (+) minutes of choice time when we got to our marble goal - Kaleb

- We honoured pink shirt day on Friday and every day by making no bullying slogans on flags which are posted on the bulletin board by the gym - Abdulhak & Yazen

- In art we learned about James Rizzi and are creating buildings with faces on them - Sedra & Adam

- We signed a contract in science - ask me what the contract is about - Saja

- Ask me about the toothpaste activity and what it means - Dunia (See pictures below for clues)

- We are building a compliment/friendship chain - Jayda

- We learning about character traits by acting them out - Shivya

Pink Shirt Day clue #1

Pick Shirt Day clue #2

Take a look at what room 5 is up to. 

We are making 3-D hot chocolate in art - Brooklynn

We are finishing our learning on rocks and minerals - Emily

We are learning how to multiply in math - Anais

Ask me about what a streak test is - Dunia

We have student teacher with us for the next 3 months, her name is Ms. Bello - Jayda

We welcomed Ms. Bello into our classroom this week, she is a student teacher from Mount Royal in her final practicum - Sedra

We are bringing home our zentangles today - Shivya

We are reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for our read aloud - Abdulhak

We learned that there are 5 criteria to classify a mineral, ask me what they are - Shadi

In science we are learning about the hardness test for rocks - Anais

Ms. Bello taught us how to play 3 new games in gym - Sedra

We are writing about all that we know about rocks and minerals - Saja

Remember to dress for the weather as the forecast says it's getting colder - Ms. C

It has been a great start to the new year! 

Take a look at what room 5 has been up to:

- We are in our last chapter of  A Boy Called Bat - Anais

- We have been creating a lap book about rocks and minerals in science - Sedra

- We practice reading using Epic - Brooklynn

- We started multiplication in math - Milad

- Our new read-aloud book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Zaiden

- In guided reading we read to partner, read to self, listen to reading, play boggle for word work and make a story for work on writing from a picture prompt - Raghd and Sedra

- We created a Zentangle with Ms. Murphy - Raghd

- We are starting an in class art project, creating hot chocolate - Shivya

- We use Kanapy from the Calgary Public Library to listen to reading, it is free with your library card

-Ms. C

- We welcomed two new friends to our classroom this week - Emily

- I have challenged Room 5 to a proper plank for 30 seconds by the end of February - Ms. C

- We have been playing octopus tag in gym - Yazen

- The students have been coming back to the classroom from gym, rosy cheeked, sweating and thirsty from all their hard work - Ms. C

- We are welcoming Ms. Bello to our classroom on Monday - She is a student teacher in her 4th year education student at Mount Royal University - Ms. C

 Dear Room 5 families,

-  yesterday we created the giving tree in art with Ms. Murphy - Anais

- we have been learning about rocks and minerals - Jayda

- we have been learning about fact families in math - Sedra

- we have been having PE outside most days, including some time on the playground re-learning playground safety - Yazen

- we are making a LAPBOOK with all the information we have learned about rocks and minerals - Shivya

- in writing we are reading and responding to the book A Boy Called Bat - Lulia

- we have been learning how to log into our Google Classroom - Raghd

- we have been learning about the earth crust in our Rocks & Minerals unit - Sedra

- we are reinforcing social distancing in the classroom to keep us safe and healthy. Raghd

- we are starting to talk about and identify the Zones of Regulations, ask me what it is.  - Ms. C

- we have been identifying the definition of bullying, mean, rude & conflict. - Ms. C

- we had a lockdown drill this week. - Shivya

- we are earning marbles as a classroom incentive when we line up in a safe & distanced manner - Anais

- in Social Studies we continue to work on mapping - Anais

- we continue to learn the process of sounding out our own words during word work - Sedra

Please note:

- we have a full week of school next week 

- Scholastic virtual book fair goes till Dec. 13

- more information will be available next week regarding the government mandated online learning for K-6 students from January 4th - 8th 2021.

 Dear Room 5 families:

What a wonderful week we have had. 

The students are working hard in math on place value. We are using base 10 blocks (flat, rod, cube) and coins (nickel, dime, quarter, loonie, toonie) to understand the value within numbers (i.e. 243 - the 2 is 2 flats and worth 200, 4 is 4 rods and worth 40, 3 is 3 ones and worth 3). We have been practicing skip counting with money as well (2, 5, 10, 25). I have suggested to the kids to practice making change to practice their skip counting skills, or to have a  skip counting number battle with you (counting back and forth). 

In Language Arts we have started reading the book called A boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold. We are working on character traits for the characters and exploring new words within the book, along with responding to the chapters read in our writing journal.

In science we are finishing up animal life cycles. We are working at becoming geologists by looking into rocks and minerals. The students were impressed to learn that rocks have life cycles too, and that some common every day items such as salt and some ingredients in toothpaste are minerals.

In social studies we are continuing to look at all kinds of maps and develop our mapping skills. We learned about cardinal directions along with map legends or keys, and what the symbols on them mean. 

The students have enjoyed learning and remembering how to access and maneuver around in our grade 3 google classroom. Feel free to explore our google classroom and get a peak into what we are doing in our in-person classroom. Most weeks, I post slides that outline what we are learning about and doing in class. If students are absent from in-person learning, they may access our google classroom to complete missed assignments (but only when they are feeling well enough). I sent out students email's and passwords earlier this week, so please let me know if you didn't get them or if your having trouble accessing google classroom. Please take the opportunity to explore it when you have a moment, so that you become comfortable if or when we need to use it.  

We are also using computers to complete research tasks in science and social, along with using prodigy and epic for language arts and math. Students benefit tremendously from headphones for these activities. Due to various health concerns schools do not provide students with these, so if its possible to send some to school I will ensure they are kept in their desks and that they are not to be shared. 

We are learning that having extra masks at school is very important for a few reasons. Masks malfunction and/or break, so it is nice to have a backup. Wearing our masks outside on the playground in winter weather creates moisture, and our masks become somewhat uncomfortable to wear when we get back inside. This holds true for phys. ed. as well, due to increased breathing while we are running around. Having a separate mask for these activities makes for more comfortable students,  so if it is possible students should have at least 2 masks for the school day.

Stay healthy and have a great weekend.

Jodie Cheveldeoff