Friday, March 20

Have a wonderful Spring Break!

Classroom Update

Math -  We continued reading and interpreting graphs this week.  We reviewed expanded notation, figured out a multi-step word problem and completed some St. Patrick's Day math activities.

Home Practise:   Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy.  They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "super".  In reading and writing, we worked on researching our insects and the benefits they provide.  We then used cursive writing to share what we had learned.

Science - We continued to focus on simple machines.  On Monday we built leprechaun traps and had to use three simple machines in the creation.  We then continued to research the 6 simple machines (lever, incline plane, screw, wheel and axle, wedge and pulley).

Social Studies - This week we focused on all of the sources of power we have (oil, gas, wind, sun, hydro, geothermal, biomass)  Students chose one of the power generating sources and were asked to invent a machine that could do something.

Upcoming Dates

March 19 & 20                          Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 20                                  Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL

March 23-27                             Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

March 30                                  Pancake Breakfast

Friday, March 13

Classroom Update

Math -  We started reading and interpreting graphs this week.  We also continued to focus was on learning how to approach and complete a multi-step problem and worked on figuring out numbers when we have to equalize two sides of a balance.  

Home Practise:   Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy.  They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "sub".  In writing we finished our stories or character paragraphs that we are excited to share at parent / teacher conferences.  

Science - We continued with the Energy unit in science this week.  We focused on simple machines.  We started researching levers, wheel and axles, wedges, incline planes, screws, and pulleys and recognizing where we see them and use them in our daily life.  We are also going to be building leprechaun traps on Monday so it is important that all students remember their recycled materials.

Social Studies - We continued to look at Alberta's resources.  Alberta is a very special place that has an abundance of natural resources like oil, natural gas, sun, wind, forests.   

*During Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20, we invite families to place a colourful push pin on our world map located in our Learning Commons to show where their family comes from. Together, we’ll create a vibrant picture celebrating the diverse backgrounds that make up our school community!*

Upcoming Dates

March 16-20                             Book Fair 

March 17                                  Wear Green for St. Patrick's Day

March 18                                  Fun Lunch - Subway

March 19 & 20                          Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 20                                  Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL

March 23-27                             Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

March 30                                  Pancake Breakfast

Friday, March 6

 Classroom Update

Math -  This week our focus was on learning how to approach and complete a multi-step problem.  During problem solving, it is important that we can figure out whether we have to add, subtract, multiply or divide.  We also did a little more work with number patterns and reading analog clocks.

Home Practise:   Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy.  They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "non".  In writing we chose whether we would like to write a story or character paragraphs to share at parent / teacher conferences.  We planned and started our writing and will finish it up next week.

Science - We continued with the Energy unit in science this week.  We continued to discuss applied, elastic, friction, and tension forces (contact forces).  We then started to transfer our knowledge to simple machines.  Over the next couple of weeks we will be studying and building the following simple machines: levers, wheel and axles, wedges, incline planes, screws, and pulleys.

Social Studies - We continued to look at Alberta's resources.  Alberta is a very special place that has an abundance of natural resources like oil, natural gas, sun, wind, forests.  

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 16-20                             Book Fair (More Information to come)

March 17                                  Wear Green for St. Patrick's Day

March 18                                  Fun Lunch - Subway

March 19 & 20                          Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 20                                  Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL

Thursday, February 26

Classroom Update

Math -  Patterns continued to be the focus this week in math.  We mainly worked with increasing and decreasing number patterns.  We worked on figuring out the "rule" for the pattern and then continuing the pattern to the 10th term.

Home Practise:   Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy.  They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "in".  We continued reading the novel "Mystery of Disaster Island" and started focusing on what we already know about the characters and important hints about what the "mystery" could be.  In writing, we focused on adjectives and adverbs and how we can use them to make our writing more interesting.

Science - We continued with the Energy unit in science this week.  We talked and explored how push/pull forces are part of everything and we started looking more closely at contact vs non-contact forces.  Students explored elastic and friction forces (contact forces) and observed gravity and magnetic forces (non-contact).

Social Studies - We started to look at Alberta's resources.  Alberta is a very special place that has an abundance of natural resources like oil, natural gas, sun, wind, forests.  

UPCOMING EVENTS

FRIDAY                                    Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

March 16-20                             Book Fair (More Information to come)

March 17                                  Wear Green for St. Patrick's Day

March 18                                  Fun Lunch - Subway

March 19 & 20                          Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 20                                  Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL

Friday, February 20

Classroom Update

Math -  Patterns were the focus this week in math.  We mainly worked with picture patterns but also worked with number patterns.  The first pattern focus in grade 3 is on increasing and decreasing patterns.  We also started to figure out the following:  if you are given the first 3 terms of a pattern, what would the 5th term be? What would the 10th term be?

Home Practise:   Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy.  They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "dis".  In words like disconnect and disapprove, the "dis" prefix changes the meaning of the root word.  We started reading a new novel this week called "Mystery of Disaster Island".  We also wrote a "would you rather" paragraph.  Students had to give and defend their choice.  

Science - We started the Energy unit in science this week.  We began our unit by talking about the forces of push and pull.  We completed a couple of activities that helped us understand that we can describe push and pull scientifically by the amount of force being used.

Upcoming Dates

February 24                              Jump Rope for Heart Assembly - 8:30am

February 25                              Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks Pizza

February 25                              PINK Shirt Day

February 27                              Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, February 11

Classroom Update

Math -  We continued to work on finding the perimeter of objects.  This week we even learned how to find missing side measurements as well as perimeter.  We also finished up measuring items using metric measurements like cm and mm and imperial measurements like inches and feet.

Home Practise:   Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy.  They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "re".  In words like replay and reread, the "re" prefix changes the meaning of the root word.  We finished reading Ollie's Odyssey and the students finished writing their own "odyssey".  

Science and Social Studies  - We finished our robotics project this week.  We focused on programming the robot to travel on a map of Alberta (a map taped on the floor in the hallway).  On days we didn't have the robots, we focused on the many Indigenous nations that live in Alberta and discussed the various languages that exist in Alberta and in our classroom.

Upcoming Events

THURSDAY & FRIDAY            Teacher Convention - NO SCHOOL

February 16                              Family Day - NO SCHOOL

February 24                              Jump Rope for Heart Assembly - 8:30am

February 25                              Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks Pizza

February 25                              PINK Shirt Day

February 27                              Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

March 16-20                             Book Fair (More Information to come)

Friday, February 6

 Classroom Update

Math -  Our focus this week continued to be measurement.  We mostly worked on finding the perimeter of rooms and objects and on understanding that if we know one side of a square or two sides of a rectangle, we can figure out the perimeter of the object.  We also added imperial measurement (inches and feet) as an alternative to metric measurement and talked about times that we may still come across imperial measurement.

Home Practise:   Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy.  They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "un".  In words like unhappy, unhealthy and unbelievable, the "un" prefix changes the meaning of the root word.  We continued reading Ollie's Odyssey and the students started writing their own "odyssey".  Some students have decided their main character is one of our Dash robots and others have chosen their favourite stuffed animal.

Science and Social Studies  - We continued working with the robots this week.  We focused on programming the robot to travel on a map of Alberta (a map taped on the floor in the hallway).  On days we didn't have the robots, we focused on the many Indigenous nations that live in Alberta and discussed the various languages that exist in Alberta and in our classroom.

Upcoming Events

February 11                              Wear Red and Hearts for Valentine's Day

February 12 & 13                     Teacher Convention - NO SCHOOL

February 16                              Family Day - NO SCHOOL

February 24                              Jump Rope for Heart Assembly - 8:30am

February 25                              Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks Pizza