Wednesday, Sept. 18

Highlights:

• Today in Literacy, we read a story called In My Heart. We then created a visual journal page of the different things that are important to us. Ask me what I included in my heart.
• For Math, we reviewed the different base ten blocks and created a variety of numbers using them. We then practiced drawing different amounts. Ask me to show you how to draw 1276 in base ten.

• During PE, we played Stinky Armpit tag and for the warmup we did Numbers game. Ask me which I liked more.
• In Maker Space, we talked about the word collaboration and how it relates to our classroom. Ask me what this word means and the illustration I chose to symbolize it.

Reminders:

• Tomorrow we will be doing our Terry Fox Run. Students are reminded to wear comfortable clothing that they can run in and also have a water bottle. 

• Subway Fun Lunch is tomorrow for those that ordered.
• On Friday, Sept. 20, the Grade 3 students will be going on a community walk in connection to our Field Study learning. We will be walking the pathway by the school towards Coventry Hills school. Below is a map of our route. We will be leaving at around 11:00am and returning to the school by 12:00pm. Students are reminded to dress appropriately for the weather and wear proper footwear.

Tuesday, Sept. 17

Highlights:

• Today in PE, we did RPS battle for warmup. Then we play different tag games. Ask me what was my favourite.

• For Math, we did a subtraction and addition check in. We then used a place value chart to figure out the value of a number.
• In Literacy, we learned about Terry Fox. Ask me why he is important.

• For Science, we discussed digital citizenship and created our own passwords to use this year. We then talked about computational thinking and breaking a problem into steps. Ask me what I chose to break apart.
• We did another round of reading rotations. Many more of us were able to go to the library. The rest will get a chance later this week.

Reminders:

• Terry Fox Run is on Thursday. We are still collecting donations for the rest of the week.

Monday, Sept. 16

Highlights:

• In Literacy, we did a spelling check in. Ask me how I felt about it. 
• We read the story I Am Me. Ask me some of the things that make me unique.

• For Music, we had a guest teacher and used the boom whackers. 
• In Math, we are starting to learn about Place Value. Ask me what the value of 7 is in the number 2754.
• For Reading Rotations, some of us went to the library to check out new books. The rest of us will continue to go throughout the week.
• Today in Health, we read the story The Recess Queen. We then talked about the difference between rude, mean, and bullying. Ask me what each one is and an example. 

Reminders:

• Terry Fox Run will be on Thursday. We are collecting donations for Terry Fox. 
• If you have not done so, please log on to your Power School Parent portal to fill out the demographics form and give consent that allows us to post your child's photo on the blog, if you wish to. 

Friday, Sept. 13

Highlights:

• This morning in Art, we started to learn about different visual journal techniques that we will be using throughout the year. Today we talked about creating borders and also different ways to colour. Ask me what technique I liked the best.
• In PE, we did Gaga Ball and then Freedom Frenzy.
• For Math, we did an esti-mystery. Ask me if my estimation was close!
• During Field Study, we created impermanent art using materials found in nature. 

Reminders:

• The last day to order Subway Fun Lunch is Sept. 14 through the Healthy Hunger website.
• We are collecting donations for the Terry Fox Foundation till Sept. 20. We will do our run on Sept. 19.

Thursday, Sept. 12

Highlights:

• In Math, we practiced the counting up strategy for subtraction. We then solved addition and subtraction equations using a number line. Ask me how I feel about using this strategy.
• For PE, we did Four Corners as our warm up. Then we played Fire and Ice tag to help us practice throwing, catching, and moving safely around the gym.
• During Literacy, we practiced stretching out sentences by answering who, what, when, where, and why. Ask me to give you a sentence that includes all parts!

• In Reading Rotations, we practiced another writing activity. We chose a topic from a choice board. Ask me what I wrote about. 
• For Social we read the story The Name Jar. We talked about the importance of our names and how they make us unique.

Reminders:

• Students were given a small sheet of paper with a few questions regarding their culture. If you could please help complete this sheet and return it by Sept. 18.
• Please ensure that students have an extra pair of clothes in their backpacks to change into if they get wet. It is important that students are dressed for the weather. 

Wednesday, Sept.11

Highlights:

• This morning in Literacy, we learned about stretching our sentences with conjunctions. We call them FANBOYS! Ask me what is an example. 

• In Music, we sang a called No Bananas!
• During Math, we did a Splat! as our warm up. We then reviewed the counting back strategy for solving subtraction equations. We used an open number line to help us. 

• The Reading Rotation we practiced today was writing. Ask me what I chose to write about for the picture below.

• In Science, we talked about what computer science is and where we can find it in our world. We then created a KWL chart which includes the things we know and wonder. Ask me what I included in my chart. 
• For Health, we talked about expected and unexpected behaviours. Ask me what is one expected behaviour that I feel our classroom should have. 

Reminders:

• Students are reminded to dress for the weather.

Tuesday, Sept. 10

Highlights:

• Both classes went to the library today for a quick orientation. We will get to start signing out books next week!
• Today in Health, we learned about the red hearts. We each received one. Ask me what they mean.
• We learned about the medicine wheel. Ask me what the different parts are and something I do to take care of each.
• We practiced Read to Self and Read with Someone. Ask me what stamina means and also what EEKK stands for. 

• For writing we talked about simple sentences and then wrote a sentence for different pictures. Ask me what was one sentence I wrote. 
• In Math, we reviewed the making ten strategy for adding. Ask me to show you how to use this strategy for 8 + 9=

Reminders:

• Please return forms by Friday, if you have not done so.