Friday Blog!

Students completed their persuasive paragraph in response to the question, "Should we, as Canadian citizens, help people in other parts of the world?" Using the hamburger structure and key vocabulary, they were able to form effective paragraphs. 

Using a rubric, students evaluated their own writing and created goals for future persuasive writing work.

Students completed their work on earthquakes as they affect our focus countries, India and Peru. They developed an understanding of the role environmental geologists can play to support these areas.

After reading Go Show the World, a story about indigenous heroes, students thought about the qualities they have, similar to those people in the story, to share with the world.

Students have continued their work in mathematics. They have been sharing their multiplication strategies, using repeated addition, skip counting and 'groups of' to find the product for a number of stamps. Students have played math games to reinforce their understanding.

Weekly Blog

Students began their dance residency this week and will continue throughout the next 2 weeks. Each lesson ends with everyone shouting "I am awesome!" You can feel the positive energy throughout their dancing as kids let go of inhibitions and move to the music.

We have been working on organizing our ideas into persuasive paragraphs in writing. Students use a 'hamburger' template, as well as persuasive language such as, "I am sure you will have to agree..." Using Google Docs talk-to-text, they are completing their final draft.

In mathematics, students are continuing to build on their multiplication skills using arrays, grids and skip counting. They have begun work with shapes and are honing their skills with a variety of polygon games.  

Using a variety of earthquake simulators and a seismograph model, students have been conducting experiments, researching and investigating through the lens of an Environmental Geologist. They look forward to sharing this work with parents next week during conferences.

The grade 3 choir is getting underway in preparation for the winter festivities. Please see Mrs. Mann's blog for further details. 

Friday Blog!

Math
This week we worked on a multistep problem where students use skip counting, repeat addition, doubling and multiplication to determine how many of each grocery item was in the store. Students are being introduced to the distributive and properties of multiplication. For example, when counting plums many students split each box in half and counted each half as 3 groups of 3 (3 X3). They then doubled the answer to determine the number of plums in the entire box.  They are also starting to learn the commutative property of multiplication through creating and looking at arrays. For example a x b = b x a.

Inquiry and Writing

Most students have now completed writing their mystery rock conclusions. 

We also have being discussing the Rights and Responsibilities of Canadians. After learning about the many geological disasters and reading several books, students have been debating whether or not Canadians have the responsibility to help people in other countries. Students are currently working on a persuasive writing piece related to this topic. 

Remembrance Day

Students did an outstanding job singing " A Peaceful River" during the Remembrance Day Assembly. In class we read a story book called A Bear In War that is about a father who goes to war in 2016. The discussion afterwards included many connections to students families. Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend the assembly.