Friday, June 19

One more week to go!  If there are any library books that have not been handed in, they are due now.  Please send an extra bag Thursday for desk cleaning.  Thank you.

"Sports Day will take place next Thursday, June 25th! Students will participate at the following times:

• Morning Kindergarten, Grade 3, and Grade 4: 9:00–10:30 a.m.
• Afternoon Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2: 1:00–2:15 p.m.

Students are encouraged to show their Canadian spirit by wearing Team Canada colours! We look forward to a fun day filled with activity, teamwork, and school spirit."

Classroom Update

Math -  Review Week - students completed a logic puzzle, perimeter questions, division questions etc.

Language Arts - We continued working on a "literacy choice board".  There are 12 different literacy activities that students can choose from.

Science - Our focus this week continued to be on creatively building hybrid animals/plants.  Students were focused on what adaptations they were most interested in.  We also managed to get outside one afternoon to play predator/prey.

Social Studies -   We continued building our own community.  We had to make choices about what kinds of services were most important and how we wanted the community to be designed.  

Upcoming Events

June 25                               Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Team Canada!!

June 26                               Last Day of School

Friday, June 12

ALL LIBRARY BOOKS ARE NOW DUE!  PLEASE RETURN THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU!

Classroom Update

Math -  We continued transforming shapes this week.  We worked on all three - translations, rotations and reflections.  We also continued to solve word problems and work on telling time by the 24 hour clock.

Language Arts - We finished our haikus this week.  We also started working on a "literacy choice board".  There are 12 different literacy activities that students can choose from.

Science - Our focus this week turned to how creative we can be.  Students are designing hybrid animals / plants that have interesting adaptations that help them survive.  We already have some interesting combinations starting to emerge!

Social Studies - This week, we continued to read our story about pioneers.  One of the things they talked about in the book was how they made biscuits.  We made biscuits with our guest Mrs. Reid and were able to enjoy eating them with margarine and jam.  We also started building our own community.  We have to make choices about what kinds of services are most important and how we want the community to be designed.

Upcoming Events

June 8-15                           Grade 3 and 4 - Alien In-Line Skating (see schedule below)

June 17                               Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

June 25                               Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Team Canada!!

June 26                               Last Day of School

Friday, June 5

 Classroom Update

Math -  We continued exploring transformations this week.  This week we focused on rotations.   A rotation spins around a rotation point.  We also continued to solve word problems and work on telling time.

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.  Students should also feel confident with multi-digit subtraction at this point of grade 3.

Language Arts - We continued to work on poetry this week.  This week we focused on a different kind of poem called Haiku.  Haiku's focus on the amount of syllables in each line.  We also started writing a short story this week.  Students chose a picture they were interested in and then decided what kind of a story they could write that went along with the picture.

Science - Our focus continued to be on food chains / food webs.  We continued working on our posters that show a real food chain / web that exists somewhere in the world.  Now we are also working on what adaptations plants and animals have that help them survive and find food or protect themselves from predators (example rabbits have eyes on the sides of their head so they can see 360 degrees and potentially get away from predators)

Social Studies - Students continued to explore the 3 levels of government and what responsibilities each level has.  

Upcoming Events

SUNDAY                            MTS Bottle Drive 1:00pm - 4:00pm

June 8-15                           Grade 3 and 4 - Alien In-Line Skating (see schedule below)

June 17                               Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

June 25                               Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Team Canada!!

June 26                               Last Day of School

Friday, May 29

 

Classroom Update

Math -  We continued exploring transformations this week.  This week we focused on reflections. A reflection is a shape/picture that is flipped over a reflection line.  We also continued to solve word problems and work on telling time.

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.  Students should also feel confident with multi-digit subtraction at this point of grade 3.

Language Arts - We continued to work on poetry this week.  We have all written a limerick that we are now decorating.  Some students even performed their limerick for the class.  We also completed a short writing assignment.  Students were given 30 minutes of writing time to start a story and prove all of the things they can do (capitals, punctuation, correct spelling, complex sentences etc.)

Science - Our focus continued to be on food chains / food webs.  We started a project about a chosen ecosystem and the food chain / web that exists there.  Some of the choices were rainforest, ocean, savannah, mountain.  Students began representing their ecosystem food chain on a poster.

Social Studies - Students continued to explore the 3 levels of government and what responsibilities each level has.  

*PREDATOR / PREY GAME - We were pretty tired after swimming so did not get outside to play our game.  Depending on the weather next week, we are planning on playing our game at a different park close to the school Monday afternoon.   The park we are planning on visiting is the princess / pirate park which gives us opportunities to use the trees and equipment as part of our game. 

On Wednesday, June 2, we will be walking to Fish Creek Park for a morning of Indigenous teachings and exploration.  

Upcoming Events

June 5                                                                Volunteer Tea (More Information to Come)

June 8-15                                                           Grade 3 and 4 - Alien In-Line Skating

June 17                                                               Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

June 25                                                               Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Canada Day!!

June 26                                                               Last Day of School

Friday, May 22

 

SWIMMING CONTINUES TUESDAY - don't forget your swimsuit and towel!

Classroom Update

Math -  We started to look at transformations this week.  The first one we worked on was translations which is moving a shape across a grid.  Students have to give directions using the grid and redraw the original shape in its new location.  There was also some review of telling time and problem solving.

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.  Students should also feel confident with multi-digit subtraction at this point of grade 3.

Language Arts - We started working on poetry this week.  In grade 3, we work on certain kinds of poetry that involve skills we have already worked on.  First up.......limericks!  Limericks have a very specific rhythm and rhyme that needs to be followed and are usually quite silly.  We will be ready to share our limericks soon.

Science - Our focus continued to be on food chains / food webs.  We started a project about a chosen ecosystem and the food chain / web that exists there.  Some of the choices were rainforest, ocean, savannah, mountain.  Students began representing their ecosystem food chain on a poster.

Social Studies - Students continued to study symbols of our province like the wild rose and big-horned sheep.  They then created their own shield with symbols that represent them.

*PREDATOR / PREY GAME - We were pretty tired after swimming so did not get outside to play our game.  Depending on the weather next week, we are planning on playing our game at a different park close to the school Monday afternoon.   The park we are planning on visiting is the princess / pirate park which gives us opportunities to use the trees and equipment as part of our game. 

Upcoming Dates

May 26-28                                Grade 3 and 4 Swimming lessons at YMCA Seton

May 27                                     Fun Lunch - Subway

June 5                                      Volunteer Tea (More Information to Come)

June 8-15                                 Grade 3 and 4 - Alien In-Line Skating

June 17                                    Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

June 25                                    Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Canada Day!!

June 26                                    Last Day of School

Thursday, May 14

 SWIMMING STARTS TUESDAY - don't forget your swimsuit and towel!

Classroom Update

Math -  We continued working on pre-algebra questions this week.  We also solved some problems and answered some questions using information on graphs.

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.  Students should also feel confident with multi-digit subtraction at this point of grade 3.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on the suffixes "tion" and "sion".  In writing, students continued working on a "graphic novel" representing parts of a novel they have read or I have read to them this year.  

Science - Our focus continued to be on food chains.  We played a big game of predator/prey outside where we all had different roles.  Some students were producers while others were consumers.  Each student had a role and could only tag the students that represented their "food".

Social Studies - Students reviewed the municipal and provincial levels of government this week.  They also learned about all of the symbols that represent Alberta.

*PREDATOR / PREY GAME - depending on the weather next week, we are planning on playing our game at a different park close to the school.   The park we are planning on visiting is the princess / pirate park which gives us opportunities to use the trees and equipment as part of our game. 

Upcoming Dates

May 15                                     Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

May 18                                     Victoria Day - NO SCHOOL

May 19-21                                Grade 3 and 4 Swimming Lessons at YMCA Seton

May 26-28                                Grade 3 and 4 Swimming lessons at YMCA Seton

May 27                                     Fun Lunch - Subway

Friday, May 8

 

Classroom Update

Math -  We continued working on pre-algebra questions this week.  Finding missing numbers in equations takes flexibility and an understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  We also continued to practise problem solving and rounding numbers.

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.  Students should also feel confident with multi-digit subtraction at this point of grade 3.

Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on the suffix "ist".  In writing, students continued working on a "graphic novel" representing parts of a novel they have read or I have read to them this year.  We also participated in the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra's presentation of "Wandering with Wonder" and talked about how music can communicate certain emotions or represent certain things like animals.

Science - This week we focused on building food chains that contain producers, consumers and decomposers.  Students have shown a solid understanding that a whole ecosystem can be destroyed if even one part of the food chain collapses.

Social Studies - Students focused on the municipal and provincial levels of government this week.  They learned about who is the head of our municipal and provincial governments and what role the different levels play.  For example, the city takes care of fire stations and the provincial government is responsible for education.

Upcoming Dates

May 12                                     Class Photo Day

May 15                                     Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

May 18                                     Victoria Day - NO SCHOOL

May 19-21                                Grade 3 and 4 Swimming Lessons at YMCA Seton

May 26-28                                Grade 3 and 4 Swimming lessons at YMCA Seton

May 27                                     Fun Lunch - Subway