Happy Halloween!

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

We started off the day with our costume contest! For the children Sami Komelli won from Ms. Smith's class! For the teachers Ms. Jasolka won!

There was also a sing off between two Moana's, Ms. Lopez and Mr.Oliver. Who do you think was better?

Mr. Lee-guide also sang as he was dressed up as Belle!

Math: We did some fun halloween multiplication worksheets!
Music: Please see Mr. Oliver's  blog for more information.
Language: Today we continued talking about instructions and wrote our own magic potions! We first made a list of different ingredients that we could put in our potion. Next we made a list of different bossy verbs  (verbs that tell us what to do) that we could use in our potion. We also talked about different transition words that they can use. They worked in partners and had some great ideas!

Lunch/Recess

Gym: Please see Mr. B's blog for more information.
UOI: Today we thought like pioneers! I gave each group a bag of items that they would have during the pioneer time. They needed to think like a pioneer and be creative as to how they could use those items to make a game. They worked together and created something great! They also told me how that game would be different now and why it would be different. They did really well!

John, Vidhi, Zain and Gabriel: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U

Jorvin, Medha, Kareena and Michael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFJZ28sGY7I

Zeeshan, Anthony and Suditi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcpHOILsmqA

Alyssa, Tara and Aarsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uivB6xNyAho

Adam, Andreas, Sanjana and Jordan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04GFrIdntKQ

Lunch/Recess

Dance!

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Raz kids twice before Sunday
*Read 25 minutes
*Spelling due Thursday
*Spelling test Friday
*Math Test signed


*Field trip thursday

Monday October 30th

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Math: Today we talked about using array's to multiply. When we multiply using arrays we first count the number of rows in the array. This is the first number. Next we count the number in each row. This is the second number. In order to figure out the answer we can either skip count (2,4,6,8,10 etc) or count the dots as a last resort.

Reading Buddies: We did reading buddies with Ms. Bancud's class!

Language: Today we continued to read Little House in the Big Woods. We read about their christmas! Next we made a venn diagram in order to compare and contrast the differences and similarities between our Christmas and their Christmas. 

Lunch/Recess

Gym: Please see Mr. B's blog for more information.

Language: We completed the activity from a chapter on Friday in which they had to put instructions in order from the book. We learned that instructions and sentences are very similar. They also have bossy verbs which tell us what to do. They also only have one thing to do at a time. It was a good activity in how to work together.

UOI: Today we learned about different pioneer houses! We read some information and answered some questions in the form of a game. We learned about four types of house: Log cabin, stone house, plank house and a sod house.

Lunch/Recess

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Raz kids twice before Sunday
*Read 25 minutes
*Spelling due Thursday
*Spelling test Friday
*Math Worksheet
*Fix Math mistakes

*Field trip thursday
*Halloween costume/harvest colours tomorrow

Action Star and Star of the Week

This week our Star of the week was Alyssa!

We also had another action star! Sanjana went to the library and got a book on pionersand read some to us! Great work Sanjana!

Friday October 27th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Math: Today we talked about multiplication and the idea that it is the same as repeated addition. We looked at groups of items and how we can add and multiply them. Here are some examples we did.

We also did some examples together on the board.

Music: Please see Mr. Oliver's blog for more information
Spelling: We completed the test and they will be returned on Monday
Language: Today we continued reading the chapter from the Little House in the Big Woods.

Here is the link for the book. You need to click on "pdf (tablet)" in the middle of the page and that will bring you to the file:  http://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20140841

We are going to complete the activity on Monday.

Lunch/Recess

Gym: Please see Mr. B's blog for more information.
UOI: We read a First Nation Creation Story to learn about their views and beliefs with the earth and nature. We compared them to the views of the pioneers and spoke about how much they differ. The students completed a graph that compared and contrasted the two-different point of views. We learned that the First Nations people believed that the land owned them and the pioneers believed that they owned the land and could make any changes they wanted. The First Nations people made minimal changes to the land and prayed and thanked the land when they made changes.

Here is the story we read.

Here is another if you are interested.

Lunch/Recess

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross


*Raz kids twice before Sunday
*Read 25 minutes
*UOI Worksheet if not done
*Math Worksheet

*After care due October 28

Action Star!

We have our first action star of this unit!

Suditi went on our padlet and found some information about pioneers! Great work Suditi!

Take a look here: https://padlet.com/SJAMissRoss/Grade3

We are going to go over how to use padlet but if you would like to find out before then here is a list of instructions.

Step 1:









Step 3-5

Thursday October 26th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Math: Today we did a math pre-assessment for our new unit in multiplication and division! It was a tricky test so some of the children were feeling stressed but they need to remember that it is only a pre-test so I can gather information about the unit.
Language: We started by completing a comprehension sheet based on yesterdays chapter. They had to draw what the front and inside of the house looked.

Next we read the chapter 2! They are loving this book. We completed a task in which they had to answer some questions based on the work and activities they complete in the winter. We will be finishing it tomorrow.

Here is the link for the book. You need to click on "pdf (tablet)" in the middle of the page and that will bring you to the file:  http://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20140841

Lunch/Recess

Gym: Please see Mr. B's blog for more information.
UOI: Today we learned about we practiced our mapping skills. We showed on a map where the pioneers came from and where they settled. They came from France, England and Spain and settled in different parts of Ontario. We practiced our mapping skills by creating a legend!

Lunch/Recess

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Raz kids twice before Sunday
*Read 25 minutes
*Spelling test tomorrow

*After care due October 28
*After care progreams due October 27
*Scholastic due October 27

Wednesday October 25th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Math: We did the math test. Hopefully I can get the math test marked for Friday. I will do my best!
Music: Please see Mr. Oliver's blog for more information.

Math: We finished the math test.
Novel Study: We started reading our novel "The Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is such an amazing book and the kids are already loving it! We read the first chapter of the book.

If you would like to read the chapter again here is a copy. Please do not read ahead
file:///Users/Mackenzie/Downloads/20140841-a5.pdf

Lunch/Recess

Gym: Please see Mr. B's blog for more information.
Novel Study: We continued to read chapter 1
UOI: We started learning about who the early settlers were. We read a page of writing and learned more about the pioneers. We learned that they came from France, England and Spain as they were searching for a better route to the Indies and Asia; as well as searching for gold. They came on a ship and had unpleasant experience living in small and crowded conditions and many people died. Next they answered questions together in partners.

They are finding this unit so interesting already! I encourage the students to take action outside of school and further their own learning whether this is teaching other people about pioneers, going to the library to get books or teaching the class about something they learned online.


Lunch/Recess

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.
UOI: We finished off our presentations!

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Raz kids twice before Sunday
*Read 25 minutes
*UOI Sheet if not done.

*Picture day tomorrow---FULL UNIFORM PLEASE!!

*After care due October 28

*Food Drive food for tomorrow
*Bake Sale tomorrow

Tuesday October 24th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Math: We took up the review and corrected our answers. This gave them a chance to see some aspects that they were making silly mistakes and missing out on easy marks. Next we did some more review from the textbook.
Language: Today we started talking about 2A sentences! 2A sentences help teach the children where they can put adjectives in their writing. We did some examples together and then we did some with a partner. Here is a poster explaining a 2A sentence.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: Today we started off our new UOI by talking about what we already know about pioneers! Then we went for a walk in a near by path and did a scavenger hunt! We put some pictures and facts around the path and they had to find them and fill in the blank on their worksheet and learn something new about pioneers! We had so much fun!

Lunch/Recess

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Math test tomorrow
*Raz kids twice before Sunday
*Read 25 minutes


*Picture day October 26th

*After care due October 28

*Food Drive October 26th
*Bake Sale tomorrow
*Casual Day tomorrow
*Casual Day October 25th