In grade three this
week……
The grade threes reviewed the different comprehension
strategies that we have covered. They include making connections (text to text,
text to self, text to world, and text to media). They have also focused on
identifying character traits through what their characters say, do, and think.
This week, students focused on making predictions. We read the story The
Three Little Pigs by David Wiesner. Students made predictions based on
their prior knowledge, information in the text, and their own personal
experiences.
For word work, students focused prefixes. They looked at the
prefixes un-, pre-, re- and dis- and talked about how these prefixes change the
meaning of words. Students also looked at parts of speech, including nouns,
adjectives, and verbs. They worked to identify each part in sentences.
After working so hard on their oral stories, students now
put their oral stories into writing. We co-created criteria that included the
important story elements we have focused on, such as introducing the characters
and setting, a problem, solution, descriptive words, as well as capitals and
punctuation. Students also recognized that we need to include different
sentence starters to make writing more interesting. Some of the sentence
starters included were “suddenly”, “first”, “then”, “all of a sudden”, and “meanwhile”.
Students continued to work on number patterns and
identifying missing variables in equations. They also played a fun game of Go
Fish to work on their mental math which can be applied to identifying missing
variables. Students also gathered data and organized it using tally marks. They
then represented this data through creating their own graphs. Students also
looked at graphs and interpreted the information in order to answer questions.
The grade threes continued their rocks and minerals
investigation. They looked at more ways to identify a mineral, including colour
and lustre. They looked at rocks and used descriptive words to try to identify
them. A very exciting part of the rocks and mineral study was having a parent
expert come into the classroom. This parent, who is a geologist, presented a
slideshow about rocks and minerals, showed the Earth’s timeline with a very long
rope, allowed the students to explore different rocks, and also had them look
through a microscope. Students had a wonderful time learning from this
geologist who shared his expertise!
The students looked at different aspects of their own lives.
They determined things and people who make an impact on them. They then categorized
these and identified that all of these pieces impact their quality of life.
Students discovered that we have a balance of things that help us achieve “happy
me, healthy me, smart me,” and “safe me.” Students also looked at our
continent, country, city, community, and official languages. After examining
their own lives and elements that are important to their quality of life,
students will investigate other countries.
This week was a fun week of ringette! It was also the last
Sibbald U class!
Reminders
For the next two weeks, students will be snowshoeing. Our
first day is on Tuesday. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately (and
wearing boots) to enjoy this fun outdoor activity!
Upcoming Dates
-Dec 9 > Kinder S4 presentation
-Dec 17 > Christmas Concert (K-2) 1:00 & 6:00
-Dec 18 > Christmas Concert (Gr 3-6) 1:00 & 6:00
-Dec 19 > Last Day of School before Winter Break
-Dec 19 > Report Cards go home
-Dec 20 > No School (PD)
-Dec 21 – Jan 5 > Winter Break
-Jan 6 > No School (PD)
-Jan 7 > School Resumes
