Monday 27 April 2020

Weekly Blog

Good morning grade 3 families 🌞

I hope you enjoyed the sunshine over the weekend and managed to get outside. 

As you will have seen, this weeks work was posted on Friday afternoon. Please note that this is for you to be able to plan your week ahead, not to complete the work on your weekend. 

Students have gotten very good at handing in their work using the Google Classroom platform. If you are still having trouble with this, the link with a  video explaining how to do so can still be found under Classwork.

In addition, I have added links to the music and gym blogs, along with an optional lesson with Mr. Sandberg with some fun coding activities. 

Have a fantastic week everyone! I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday morning 😊

Ms. Devereux

Monday 20 April 2020

Weekly Blog

Good morning grade 3s! As was hoped, we have moved to the Google Classroom platform for all weekly assignments 😊! Students have done a magnificent job of handing in their assignments through the Classwork tab. To make things simpler, you will find either *due* or *optional* in the title of each assignment. 

You can also access the music and gym blog from our Google Classroom to see what fun activities you can try!

There is now a link on the banner of the Stream page where you can join our Google Meet with just one click! I look forward to seeing you Thursday morning at 10am.

Have a fantastic week!

Monday 13 April 2020

How to hand in an assignment in Google Classroom

Hello class, I am attaching a link to a video that demonstrates how your child can upload their homework and hand it in using Google Classroom. Good luck!

How to hand in an assignment.


Week of April 13th - 17th

Good morning! Attached are this week's plans for grade 3 students.

Students should have an invite to join Epic on their edu emails. This is another great reading resource that has been made available for educators and their students up until June. Have fun exploring!

All assignments are posted in Google Classroom. Please attempt to access them and turn them in through the Google Classroom account :)

Opening Comments Week of April 13 - 17, 2020
All assignments, videos and reference materials will now be available on Google Classroom. Parents please reference the email sent out last Friday for detailed instructions on how to access Google Classroom.

Assignments are to be handed in this week to your teacher by the evening of Sunday, April 19:

Math
·      Multiplication or Division? Using Clues to Help You Decide Which Operation to Use to solve picture and word problems.

Literacy
·      Comprehension Questions for The One and Only Ivan read aloud
·      Completed Graphic Organizer and written Personal Narrative about yourself

Learning Objectives for the week of April 13 - 17:
Math:
·      I can use clues to help me decide how to solve a problem with either multiplication or division

Writing:
·      I can organize my ideas using a graphic organizer
·      I can write a personal narrative about myself that have a beginning, middle and end.
·      I can use interesting and specific descriptive words to develop my ideas.

Reading:
·      I can extend my vocabulary to include words that are used in other subject areas (for example: Animal Life Cycle vocabulary)
·      I can comprehend new ideas and information by responding personally to text

Assigned Learning Tasks
Please complete the following tasks in any order. An hour of learning a day is optimal.
Reading:
Animal Life Cycles Read Aloud/Article & The One and Only Ivan Novel Study

Writing:
Past Tense Verbs & Personal Narrative Paragraph
ASSIGNMENT Due Sunday April 19th:

Math:
ASSIGNMENT Due Sunday April 19th:

Nonfiction Reading:
1.     Log on to Google Classroom
2.     Go to Nonfiction Reading Topic under “Classwork” tab
3.     Click this week’s assignment
4.     Listen to read aloud of “The Amazing Life Cycle of Butterflies”
5.     Read Article titled “Animal Life Cycles”
6.     Explore Animal Life Cycle Word Bank in Google Classroom

(Optional) Extension:
1.     Choose 3 new words learned from the book, article or word bank and write a definition for them in the last slide of the presentation.
2.     You each have your own copy. You can edit the presentation and put your answers right on it!

Word Work:
Watch the Youtube link:

This will explain the rules for adding –ed to properly spell past tense verbs.

Writing : - Writing a Personal Narrative

1.     Watch the You Tube Teacher Lesson:

2.     Pick a story about you to write about.

3.     Use a graphic organizer to organize your writing ideas. (You can use the graphic organizer attached to the google classroom assignment or scroll down to the attachment at the bottom of this lesson plan).

4.     Write a personal narrative about yourself. If you want, you can complete the writing on the google classroom document provided in the lesson.


Please Log in to Google Classroom/ Classwork Tab/ Math Topic/Apr13-17

 1) First watch the TEACHER LESSON: “Multiplication or Division?” video

2) Then watch the supplemental
Multiplication or Division Word Problems video

3) ASSIGNMENT
Please log in to Google and see the "Equation, Picture and Word Problems" Document in Google Classroom. If you have trouble accessing, see .jpeg files below.

Please send all 3 sheets (parts a, b, c) back to your teacher on Google Classroom by either creating a document, slide, photo or pdf. Alternatively, please send via email.

(Optional) Extension:
1) Draw your own picture
2) Create a matching multiplication OR division word problem and equation.
3) Use may use as big a set of numbers as you are comfortable to use.
Fiction Reading: The One and Only Ivan
1.     Log on to Google Classroom
2.     Go to Fiction Reading Topic under “Classwork” tab
3.     Click this week’s assignment
4.     Listen to read aloud:
5.     Optional: Sketch Noting
6.     Answer 3 comprehension questions located in Google Classroom









Optional Learning Tasks


RAZ Kids
Check your Google Classroom for instructions on how to write a quiz and record yourself reading for your teacher on RAZ Kids.

Write 1 quiz and complete 1 recording of a book each week!
Art
Hooray, Spring time is here! Follow this step by step video, teaching you how to draw a bouquet of flowers. Hang it on your fridge for some spring time joy!

Connection
Post a video message on IRIS for your teacher – tell them about your social distancing. What has been your favorite part? What has been your least favorite part? What excites you most when you think about life after social distancing?

Phys Ed

Visit Ms. Hennick’s Blog:
Music

Visit Ms. Mann’s Blog:
Outdoors
Go on a nature scavenger hunt! Count how many trees, bushes, gardens, birds, animals, etc. you can find in your community!












Monday 6 April 2020

Good morning :)

Good morning Grade 3 students and parents! As promised, your weekly lessons are attached to the blog and have also been sent out to you via email. 

Weekly Plans 
When you open the link, press play at the top of your screen and the lessons will be displayed for you.

Many students have been reading and completing quiz work on Raz Kids. If you check messages at the top of your Raz Kids account, you will find a message from your teacher :)

Thursday 19 March 2020

Hello Parents and Students!

Hello Parents!

We are thinking about each of your families during this time and hope that everyone is safe and healthy. Today, we wanted to share some learning activities that you can do at home with your children. Many of these activities can be completed independently. Please continue to check the blog, school messengers, and the news daily for updates. 

Thank you for your patience and support. 

Grade 3 Teachers
Math
  • Please encourage your child to practice skip counting by 2, 3, 5, 10 and 25. Starting at any given number counting forwards and backwards.
    • You can make this a game. For example, “I’m starting at 3, counting forward by 2s. Will I say the number 17?” 
  • Practice basic math facts through playing card games
    • You can make this a game of WAR! Pick your operation (adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing), each player chooses a card at the same time and you race to say the answer. The quickest response takes the cards
Reading 
  • With the understanding that access to books may be limited at this time, please continue daily reading, when possible, with your child. 
  • The following websites are offering free subscriptions for the time being. If you’re interested, follow the links below: 
Writing
Get creative, write a story using this story prompt. 

Looking down from the Eiffel Tower you notice your bright yellow school bus is pulling away. You wave your arms frantically and scream at the top of your lungs. Sadly you realize you are stranded 81 stories above the ground and you have not learned any French yet.
We would love to read your writing! If you’d like, please share your story with your teacher on google docs! If you require assistance with passwords to access online resources, please feel free to email your teacher.💛💛💛
mldevereux@educbe.ca (google)   mldevereux@cbe.ab.ca (general email)
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