Weekly News - 25th Feb

Week Feb 25th - March 1st

What a week we had last week. We are so proud of all the Grade 3s for their performance at the Grand Opening of ISKL. They sang and performed beautifully. They also loved taking part in the Chinese New Year activities and building their Shadufs. Check out the photos from the week here.

This week is a relatively ‘quiet’ week and students and teachers will begin to prepare for Student Led Conferences. If you haven’t signed up for your conference time yet, please do so on PowerSchool.

This week will begin on Day 3.

Reading Students will continue to study the characters in the books they read. Students will practice making predictions on what a character will do next, taking into account what they already know about the kinds of things he/ she tends to do, say, want again and again. Students will also continue with book club groups. Students will choose which book their club will read and gather at the end of reading time to discuss what they read.

Writing Students will begin writing fairy tales. During the first part of this unit, students will work on adapting a familiar fairy tale or myth. Students reread the selected fairy tales and/ or myths, deciding upon which story element they will adapt.  From this point on, they see that changing one story element has a domino effect and affects the entire story.

Math  This week we will continue our focus on multiplication and area. We will be using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies We are continuing to look at social structure/government in ancient civilizations and will move on to belief systems and art and architecture.

February 25th-March 1st Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Find the area of something in your house i.e. a book, a rug.	Language arts: Choose a character in a book you are reading. Make (or draw/write about) an artefact they would have.	Language arts: Choose a character from Because of Winn-Dixie. Describe the character including using physical and character trait words.
Math: Teach someone a strategy you use to solve tricky multiplication facts.	Social Studies: Choose an ancient civilization and learn about an artefact from that time and place. Sketch it and write about how and why it would be used.	Other: Random acts of kindness- choose people outside of your family and do at least 3 kind things. What did you do?

Weekly News - Feb 19th

Week Feb 18th - 22nd

We have a very exciting event this week!

All of Grade 3 will be singing at the ISKL Grand Opening on Thursday, February 21st. Please make sure that your child comes to school in their school uniform. If your child has PE that day, please send their PE kit in for them to change in to.

On Friday the Elementary School will have Chinese New Year Cultural Day. All students are welcome to dress for the occasion.

Also on Friday Grade 3 will have a session with author Richard Sobel.

This week will begin on Day 6

Reading Students are busy reading with their book clubs. Please help your child to remember to read and return the book to school each day. After looking at the "shape" of stories (we discussed a story mountain where main characters go up and down through the story) and readers are now attending to the role secondary characters play. We are also looking at how characters resolve trouble when they are tested in the climax of a story.

Writing Students are beginning to work on their first fairy tale adaptation. They are storytelling and acting out their story to improve their drafting. Please ask your child to tell you their story. The more times they tell their story the greater detail they will likely include in the written version. Students will work on balancing narration, action, and dialogue.

Math  This week we will continue our focus on multiplication and area. We will be using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Science This week students will be looking into the technology used by ancient civilisations. They will be given the challenging of designing a piece of technology that can be used to transport water.

February 18th-22nd  Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Play a math game that helps you practice multiplication and/or division. What game did you play?	Language arts: Choose a character in a book you are reading (or read recently). What is the problem in the story and how would you solve the problem?	Language arts: Would you rather have more math time or more reading time. Write down 3 reasons why. Be sure to say more about each reason.
Math: Teach someone at home about a pattern you notice in addition or multiplication.	Social Studies Choose a problem that someone in an ancient civilization might have had and build something to help solve it (if you can not think of a problem you could use moving water).	Other: Spend some time outside and sketch/write/daydream while you are there. Share something you liked about your time outside.

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

Weekly News - Feb 11th

Week of Feb. 11-15

We finally have a full week of school. The students all enjoyed The Global Day of Play on Friday. They played board games, built forts, and acted like kids all afternoon. It was a joy to watch. Hopefully they told you all about it.

This week begins on a day 1

After School Activities begin today!

This Thursday is Free Dress Day. Please bring RM5 and dress in Red and Pink…Valentine’s Day Colors.

Reading Students will continue to analyze different fiction books with our class book clubs. We will be focusing on characters and how they change throughout stories. We will continue reading “Because of Winn Dixie,” a wonderful tale of a girl and her dog.

Writing The focus this week will be on the students finishing their persuasive essays and celebrating their writing. We will also be writing an on-demand post assessment seeing all their improvement in persuasive writing. We are beginning our unit on Fairy Tale Writing. So if you have a favorite Fairy Tale from your culture please send it in.

Math We will continue our multiplication and area unit. This week’s focus will be on multiplication and area. We will begin using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies The grade three classes will be looking at how location, social structure, and technology impacted ancient civilizations. This week the students will be choosing a civilization to study independently.

February 11-15. Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Roll 2 dice to find the factors (3, 7) Multiply and make an array or area model to find the product. Repeat until your products add to 100.	Language arts: Would you rather be an archeologist or a veterinarian? Give reasons and say more to explain.	Language arts: Write a story where the villain is actually a hero.
Math: Give an example of a home (do it yourself)  project where you would need to know area. Explain the project to someone at home and write some note in your home learning journal	Social Studies Write down three factors that are important to a successful civilization.	Other: Make a grocery list of things needed for a meal your family is eating this week. Then, go and get those items with an adult. After, make that meal!

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

Weekly News - 7th Feb

Week of Feb. 7-8

We only have two days of school this week, but we will be working hard throughout those two days. The students all enjoyed watching the rugby on Thursday. Hopefully they inspired the third graders to compete in IASAS events when they are in high-school.

Today we have Matt Holm visiting. He is the author/illustrator or Baby Mouse and Squish.

Have a great short week!

This week begins on a day 7

Reminder: Play Day on Friday afternoon.

***This Friday afternoon, grade 3 will participate in Global School Play Day. Students can bring a toy or game (no electronic items) to school that they would be willing to share with others: a board game, blankets for building a fort, toys to share that don't have batteries, anything they want, etc. The purpose of the day is raising awareness about the necessity of unstructured play. Please click on the Global School Play Day website to learn more about it!***

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

-Plato

Reading Students will continue to focus on characters in fiction stories and how we get to know different characters. We will start reading “Because of Winn Dixie,” a wonderful tale of a girl and her dog.

Writing The focus this week will be on the students finishing their persuasive essays and celebrating their writing. Then the students will be convincing the school and their families to: get them a pet, bring shade to the playground, buy them a new phone, a class pet, etc…

Math We will continue our multiplication and area unit. This week’s focus will be on multiplication and area. We will begin using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies This week we will be investigating timelines and how they help us to understand the events that have happened in the past. Students will be plotting important events from their chosen Ancient Civilisation on a timeline.

Weekly News - Jan 28th

Week of January 28th-Feb. 1

We had a fantastic week of learning in grade 3! As we launched our Ancient Civilization unit, students took on the role of an archaeologist and looked at many different ancient artifacts trying to uncover information about the item. What were they used for? How does it help us understand more about the people from that time period? Students were asking great questions, making connections, and creating stories to explain their reasoning. We had a welcome assembly for the 40 new students in elementary school. The teachers danced while the students cheered. We also heard from a very interesting author named Matt Dickinson. He hiked to the top of Mt. Everest and told us all about it. He is a great story-teller. Here are some photos from the week.

Our mathematics unit on Multiplication and Division ended and we are beginning our unit on area.

This week begins on a day 3

Reminder: No school this Friday.

Reading Students will continue to analyze different fiction books with our class book clubs. We will be determining what makes a quality children’s book. In addition to that all of grade three will soon begin reading “Because of Winn Dixie,” a wonderful tale of a girl and her dog. We will be learning all about characters by studying the main character, Opal.

Writing Students will continue writing persuasive speeches. The focus this week will be on gathering and organizing information about their opinion. We will also be working on elaborating our writing by proving through showing rather than telling their reader.

Math This week’s focus will be on multiplication and area. We will begin using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies As we dive deeper into our ancient civilizations unit we will take a closer look at the different features of successful civilizations. The classes will be looking  at how location impacted ancient civilizations. Then students will be choosing a civilization to study independently.

January 28th- Feb. 1st- Choose 2 activities to complete before Thursday to share in class.

Math: Create a math game to practice multiplication and division facts AND teach someone at your house how to play!	Language arts: Write a short persuasive essay on why it is important to study ancient people and civilizations.	Language arts: Create a comic or write a short story that takes place long, long ago.
Math: Take a walk with a family member this week. Make up some multiplication problems with what you see on your walk. Write them in your home learning journals when you get home	Social Studies Make a timeline of the important things that have happened in your life.	Other: Try building  an object (using household materials) that does not float, but does not sink all the way to the bottom of the container. Write observations in your home-learning journal and/or take pictures and email them  to your teacher.

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

Weekly News - Jan 21st

Week of January 21st-25th

Happy New Year! It was so much fun seeing all of the kids this past week and reconnecting as a class. I hope that you all had a relaxing and rejuvenating holiday. All of the kids were excited about seeing their friends, sharing stories, and getting back into a class routine.

With a new year, we talked a lot about setting goals and resolutions.

We started our persuasive writing unit and the kids are all excited to convince others in the class, in the school, and perhaps at home. So please be prepared for all of the persuading that might be happening this month. We are all very excited for a fabulous second semester and we welcome many new families to our third grade community…especially the 5 new students in 3JH. Please reach out and help them all feel welcome!

Here are some photos from our archeology cookie challenge.

This week begins on a day 6.

Reading We are starting a whole class book club this week and will be learning all about what a book club is. We will be discussing all the different jobs there are such as Summarizer, Questioner, Predictor, Connector, Artist, etc…

Writing Students will continue writing persuasive pieces. We will be looking at different strategies to collect ideas. We will consider our audience to include our most persuasive reasons. As we get back into our writing routines, we will focus on editing and revising as we go to ensure our readers understand.

Math We will continue our multiplication and division unit. We will continue to work with multiplication and division using real world stories and events.  Please continue to reinforce your child’s addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies We are launching our People of the Past Unit, which is a study of ancient civilizations. We will be taking a deeper look into how we learn about the past and how the past continues to influence us today. If any of you have any expertise in this area, we would love to have you share this with the kids!

January 21st-25th - Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Make up one division story and one multiplication story using the numbers 36, 48, 8, 6, 9, or 3.	Language arts: Write an opinion piece about your favorite book. Be sure to include examples, facts, and reasons to support your opinion as to why this book is THE BEST BOOK EVER!	Language arts: Write a creative story or poem and include the word artefact in it.
Math: Practice your math facts (Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).	Social Studies Look around your house, find something from long ago. Take a picture and be ready to share with the class…or take a picture of anything and pretend it’s from long ago and be ready to tell the class a fun story about it.	Other: What can you create using a recyclable water bottle? Make something or draw some of your ideas in your home learning journal.

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.