Science Presentation tomorrow

Yay for a marginal warm up that allowed us to ski this afternoon!  From all reports it was hard work but fun was had by all!

Science projects will be presented tomorrow morning.  Please help your student by ensuring the work has been done and they can confidently speak about their process and the pitch and volume control.  This is always a great presentation and I am looking forward to seeing the work!

No school Friday

Read 20/10 we were in the library today so everyone has new material to read!

Just another Tuesday in grade 3

Cross country skiing tomorrow.  Fingers crossed that Mother Nature cooperates.
Pink Shirt day tomorrow to stand up for bullying.
Science projects are due on Thursday.

We had a super busy day today and accomplished many great things.  We identified all the parts of the ear and the job those parts do, we played a mystery game of 'What's That Sound?', practised reading with a partner and by ourselves, cursive writing letter p, read a non-fiction book Medieval Moments and talked about the role of a table of content and a glossary, learned about a suit of armor, wrote contractions, did a retell using the graphic organizer Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then, solved a rather complicated sticker math question, did our basic facts and created an anchor chart together on the topic of making connections in math.  Oh - and we went to gym.  It's no wonder we are exhausted at the end of our day😅

Our Monday

Mother Nature was not cooperating with us this morning to allow for our cross country ski lesson.  Tomorrow doesn't look hopeful either.  We are aiming to give skiing a try on Wednesday.  Fingers crossed.  Everyone cooperate.

Sticker math this morning had us thinking in arrays and using money all at once.  Ask your student how they got started this morning and we will finish up tomorrow.  We are wrapping up our multiplication unit and getting ready to move onto division.

Last week we read Princess Hyacinth the Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated when we started looking at what we could find in a fairy tale - today we drew and labeled the problem and solution from that story and we wrote about the contractions that we could find.

Science projects are due Thursday - your student has a handout in their backpack.
Science today had us looking at good ole Bill Nye and his Sound video.  We then labelled all the parts of the ear and talked about their function.

No school Friday

February Pillars of Care

Congratulations to our Pillar of Care award winners for February - assembly is tomorrow at 8:15.
This months winners as voted by their peers - Cayleigh, Sol, Evie and Yousif.

Cross Country skiing will start on Monday at 8:30 for us.  We will ski for 40 minutes.  Please help your child be prepared with snow pants, mittens, hat and jacket.  Best to be dressed in layers the forecast is a bit daunting💨

Read 20/10

We accomplished many great things today - ask your student the projects they finished up and handed in!  So great!

What do we find in a fairy tale?

Fun lunch tomorrow -

We did a little brainstorming about what elements we would find in a fairy tale.  Suggestions were made for magic, Once upon a time, happy endings, royalty etc.  We then brainstormed fairy tales we are familiar with such as Cinderella, Little Mermaid, The Three Little Pigs, thank goodness for Mr. Disney and his love for bringing these stories to life on the big screen.  This week and next we will be identifying types of literature such as fairy tales and reading a few new stories.

We have almost wrapped up our unit on multiplication.  Your student should be able to identify an array, tell the addition and multiplication equation that matches it and solve problems.  We have created a nice hallway display of our math/art work from the last couple of weeks and we hope you get the opportunity to see it!

We were also in the library today for book exchange so everyone has new material for 20/10 tonight!

Paul Klee and math

Next week we will cross country ski on the school field with the Foothills Nordic Ski Club.  There is no cost to students but proper dress is required on their part.  Hat, mittens, jacket and snow pants - all the things good Canadian children wear to school daily!  There is a notice in a back pack near you from Mr. Sadowsky outlining the plan.

We looked at the art work of Paul Klee this morning.  He was a Swiss German artist that experimented with color and different art forms.  We used his idea of color and put it into our multiplication basic facts creating a tessellation of sorts.  His work depicted his sense of humor and moods and we are trying to capture that in our work.  MART.  Such fun to integrate the two components.

Family Day long weekend

We wrapped up our swimming lessons today and everyone seems happy with the progress they have made at the pool.  It usually takes instructors a week or so to write evaluations and as soon as Mr. Sadowsky receives them from the pool we will get them home to you.

The week of February 25 we will be cross country skiing on the school field.  Watch for further information coming home next week.

We have started a piece of writing on the topic of swimming - first we drew a picture of a swimmer then we brainstormed words that you might find in a swimming story and then everyone started writing!  I am looking for good first impressions (sound word, action, dialogue, a question) to peak my interest and then detail in sentences that will draw me a picture in my head.

No school Thursday, Friday and Monday😀
Have a great extra long weekend!
Don't forget to read a good book

Making a Musical Instrument

Students will be making their own musical instrument at home for Sound and Hearing Science unit D.  The project is to use recycled and up cycled materials.  Please don't spend any money on this one but be creative!  Go to the public library and check out books on instruments and sound and hearing or check out the internet together.  Projects will need to produce a quality sound that demonstrates a variety of pitches.  Project due date is Thursday February 28.  I will get you printed instructions and a rubric as soon as our printers are up and running in the building - until then happy building!

Scholastic book orders are due Wednesday Feb. 13.  Order online, with cash or cheque.  Thank you for supporting readers in our classroom.

Fun lunch orders due tomorrow.

No school Thursday, Friday and Monday

Paint Project

We started a little painting project this afternoon with acrylic paint.  If you've never painted with 23 8 and 9 year olds in a room with no sink it is an experience!  Watch for your students project to come home next week.

Next Thursday is Valentine's Day and students in room 11 are welcome to bring a valentine for each person in the classroom.  Due to the Freedom of Information and Protection act I cannot send home a list of student names.  I would suggest that students just sign the card with their own name and not worry about addressing individual names also making it much easier to deliver the valentine.  Please do not send little treats along with the valentine as we do have allergies and food restrictions.

Thank you for the snow pants, hats mitts and gloves!  We did go out for lunch today and 20 minutes is a long time if you are not prepared.  Looking forward to the warm up!

First Day of Swimming

Our first day of swimming was a success!  Everyone got wet and had some fun.  We will swim tomorrow and that will be it for this week.  Next week we will swim Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

We've been talking about making connections while we read and in math to help us make sense of the information.  Today we used sketches as a way of helping us think about our connections in science.  We looked at Magic School Bus in the Haunted House sketched something from the video and made connections and wrote facts around our sketched.  For example, sound waves make me think of ripples of water.  Paying attention to the connections will help us understand and learn.

Swimming Tomorrow

We start swimming lessons tomorrow.  Leaving the building at about 9:50 and returning just after 11.

YAY for the good Canadian children!

YAY for the good Canadian children who were dressed for the weather and got to school today😄. Although we were inside all day and the long range forecast says we will be for awhile the moment we have a window of opportunity we will take it and get outside to move and breathe fresh air!  Please ensure that your student has all that they own to put on everyday.

We start swimming on Wednesday this week and we talked this morning during our morning meeting that that means in the backpack there will be a towel, swimsuit/underwear, a brush or comb and a bag to put the wet things in.  We will snack before we leave for the pool so a little bigger healthy snack might be in order and then return in time for lunch.  A little bigger lunch might be in order too.

During sticker math this morning we talked about all the things a person could do to help themselves solve a math problem.  Once the numbers have been circled, the question underlined, and important words boxed the question becomes what are they asking me to do?  What do I already know? What can I do now?  In part, the answer is draw a picture.  Get out the tools (blocks, number line, hundreds chart) that will help to solve.  In an effort to eliminate students who sit and wait for the answer to fall into their laps I am encouraging them to use some strategies.  Ask your student if they were able to solve sticker math this morning.