In grade three this week....
We read a variety of books during our read aloud times. One
student even brought a book from home and asked that we share it with the class!
This book was called The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds. Students
made great connections to books we have previously read in class and explained
why they were similar. This shows students are applying their comprehension
skills of “making text to text connections” and “making personal connections”! This
book was an excellent connection to what the students have been working on in
their writing as well. This week, students focused on adding descriptive words.
We talked about how descriptive words (or adjectives as one student pointed
out) are words that tell us more detail about a person, place, or thing. To
start brainstorming descriptive words, students went outside and picked four
objects. Then they determined different words they would use to describe these
objects. Following this, students were given simple sentences and were then
asked to identify the person, place, or thing, and add descriptive words to
make the sentence more interesting. Students were definitely able to “build better
sentences” than the original ones! This weekend, ask your child to share some
descriptive words they used in their sentences.
Students continued to develop their mental math skills by
playing math games. One game played this week was called “What’s under my
thumb?” In this game, students rolled two dice, found the sum, covered one die,
and then asked their partner, “_____ is my sum. What’s under my thumb?” As a
class, we discussed adding another strategy to use: counting up. Ask your child
to explain how they add two numbers together using the “counting up” strategy. In
addition to practicing mental math, students continued to work on their understanding
of numbers to 1000. They represented numbers through words, pictures, and
expanded form. They also played a number of math games to become more familiar
with the different ways to work with numbers to 1000.
Throughout the start of the year, we have talked about the
importance of looking closely. This applied to the work students did around
their logos and came up again when students did some sketching this week. There
was a variety of natural objects around the classroom including nests,
feathers, and plants. Students looked closely at each object and sketched them,
using different shapes and shades. They also added descriptive words around the sketch to describe the object. Ask your child what their favourite object
to sketch was.
On Orange Shirt Day, we had our special school guest, Elder
Shirley spend time with the class. Elder Shirley brought along her friend,
Lemon the Bear. Ask your child to share what Elder Shirley and Lemon talked to
us about.
Upcoming Important Dates and Reminders
- Swimming Forms due back ASAP
- Oct. 7th > Picture Day
- Oct. 8th > School Council
- Oct. 9th > Apple Fundraiser orders due
- Oct. 10th > Scholastic book orders due
- Oct. 11th > PD Day - No School for students
- Oct. 14th > Thanksgiving - No School
- Oct. 16th > Gr 1 Corn Maze field trip
- Oct. 18th > Sibbald U begins
- Oct. 21st-25th > Gr 1-3 Swimming
- Oct. 22nd > Apple Pick Up
- Oct. 25th > No School for Kinder only
