Happy Wednesday Parents!

The holidays are fast apporaching! We began our day in grade 3 with math where we learned about telling time using words! Students have a worksheet for homework tonight to practice writing time as such: half-past 3, quarter-to 6, ten-to 5, etc. It can be a tricky concept for students to understand so I have attached a picture for reference!

For language we practices dilligently for our Christmas concert! The students are so excited to show all of you their hard work! I am so proud of them! Please remember each and every role is central to our play and should students need to be away for either the day or night performance next Wednesday please let me know as soon as possible!

After lunch, recess, and French we were Inquirers! We learned about speed and distance through conducting a science experiement using balloon rockets! We learned that adding more air to a balloon rocket allows the balloon to travel farther but not faster! Smaller balloons could go fast but not as far! Students used the scientific method to make predictions and were asking aamazing inquiry questions throughout the investigation!

After second lunch and recess we had music and gym before heading back to class and completing agendas before kiss and ride.

Important Reminders:

• Math page for homework
• UOI Science Sheet
• Toy and Food Drive
• Re-registration Packages
• Read 25 minutes
• Spelling due tomorrow 

Have a wodnerful evening!

Ms. Glover 

Tomorrow in Math...

Here is what we are doing in math tomorrow! We are continuing with our lessons on telling time but we are moving on to using words to tell time:

Happy Tuesday Parents!

We began our day with math where we started by taking up the work from yesterday’s class! I let the students use my red pens and they were very excited about that! We then worked on telling time, most students remember how to tell time from previous years but some are still having trouble with the minute hands! As a result I am dividing the lesson into two parts and tomorrow we are discussing telling time in a different way (half past, quarter to etc.).

In language we discussed inferencing or making conclusions based on evidence from the text and using our own background knowledge. We read a story and answered a couple questions as a class on the carpet and then students read riddles and guessed a place that the author is trying to describe. This is going to help them while they are reading stories on their own!

After recess and lunch we had a very exciting UOI where we were able to work on the tablets to complete a scavenger hunt! We were all inquirers and researchers and used our resources to answer questions and come up with some amazing facts about forces and motion to share with the class. I am so proud of all of their hard work and they LOVED having access to the technology!

After French, second lunch and recess, we watched some really amazing videos that were brought in by a student in Ms. Ross’s class about forces and motion to help us gain a better understanding of key concepts such as gravity and friction.

We ended the day with gym and agendas before heading off to kiss and ride

Important reminders:

• Math Worksheet Homework for tomorrow
• Read 25 Minutes
• Spelling Due THURSDAY
• Toy and Food Drive
• Re-Registration as soon as possible
• Aftercare/Book Orders/After School Programs due

Have a wonderful evening,

Ms. Glover

Basket Auction and Candy Grams!

Hello Parents! Please see the attached flyer for the first of many amazing baskets being auctioned off at the Christmas Concert next week by the Parent Guild to raise money for technology!

The MYP students are raising money for a student in Africa to go to high school by selling candy grams for the holidays! 

Happy Snowy Monday Parents!

We had a great day here in third grade! We began our day learning more about the calendar! This was our first lesson for our unit on measurement for time, money, temperature, and calendars! The students learned how calendars are very important for scheduling different activities.

We then had a brain break before writing our spelling words in our agendas! Some students haven't been completing all of their spelling work each week and as a result the spelling work will now be due on Thursday's so I can ensure that the students have finished all of the work!

Afterward we had time to practice the Christmas Concert! It is coming along very nicely! Again if students will not be at either performance next Wednesday please let me know so that I can make alternate arrangements for them! They all have such important roles!

After lunch, recess, and French we had UOI! We learned about balanced and unbalanced forces by exploring balances (or scales). Students used the scales to balance objects. They were very good inquirers and came up with amazing definitions to add to our UOI word wall for unbalanced and balanced forces!

We ended the day with Music, Gym and agendas before heading off to kiss and ride!

Important Reminders:

• Math Homework 112-113
• Read 25 Minutes 
• Spelling due Thursday 
• Lunch forms (December 16th)
• Aftercare Fees Due 
• Toy and Food Drive 
• Re-registration Packages due!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Ms. Glover

Happy Friday Parents!

We had a great day in grade 3! We began our day with Math where the students completed a pre-test for our next unit on Measurement of Time, Money, Temperature, and Weight. Afterward students had time to have some fun completing a Christmas present where they had to think about thier favourite holiday memory or what they would like for Christmas! We then put them on our door to match our tree!

In language we practiced our Christmas concert play! I am very excited with how it is all coming together and I couldn't be more happy with all of their hard work!

After lunch, recess, and French we had our spelling test on Lesson 13 in the spelling workbook! We then moved onto UOI where we began by brainstorming as a class how forces can be used to change the shape of different objects, how we can push or pull and manipulate objects. We came up with wonderful ideas including ice and snow! We then had the opportunity to change the shape of play-dough using push and pull forces!

After second lunch and recess we completed a much needed classroom clean! Students cleared out their notebooks and we started fresh for our new units and the work we have completed thus far! We ended the day with gym before completing agendas and heading off to kiss and ride!

Important Reminders:

• Reading Comprehension due Monday! As I mentioned in interviews I am re-testing students next week and completing reading comprehension work really has helped students progress! (to help you can ask prompting questions throughout reading and encourage students to reflect on what they have read!) 
• Math and spelling tests signed and returned for Monday 
• Toy and food drive 
• Afterschool activities and lunch forms due 
• Re-registration packages were sent home! Get yours in as soon as possible to ensure your spot! :) 

Have a wonderful weekend!
Ms. Glover

Happy Thursday Parents!

We had a wonderful (and busy!) day here in third grade! We began the day with our math test on number sense and numeration, the students all worked really hard at completing the test with their best effort and were reminded to read each question over and check their response! Most of the errors made on tests are simple counting errors!

After our test we took a quick brain break and marched around the school like soldiers, when we came back in we were more focused and ready for language! Our next focus in language will be letter writing, specifically reporting through letter writing. Students completed the OWA pre-assessment today so that I can gauge their understanding and steer the lessons in a way that meets their needs.

After language, lunch, and recess, students completed a special adjectives task! They all drew themselves on a sheet of paper and the whole class wrote down an adjective to describe that person on their sheet! We ended up with some beautiful, and meaningful pieces of work that show how much our class cares for one-another and how special each person is!

Afterward we watched a video on forces and motion filled with many different visual experiments for the students to learn more of terminology! Students also completed a worksheet to go along with the video!

We ended the day with music, and gym before agendas and heading off to kiss and ride!

Important Reminders:

• ·         Spelling Test tomorrow (lesson 13)
• ·         Toy and food drive is still being held.
• ·         Lunch and afterschool activity forms and fees due
• ·         Re-registration packages were sent home! Please sent them back to reserve your spot at SJA!! J
• ·         Read 25 minutes (our reading challenge is going really well we have some really good readers in our class who are close to winning a prize!).

I am looking forward to seeing each and every one of you at interview time!

Ms. Glover