LITERACY Reading: Congratulations to this student for reaching the first pitstop by reading a total of 600 minutes! Handwriting: The students continue to practice a new group of cursive letters...the Hills and Valleys group. The letter "V" was introduced this week. Spelling: At the beginning of the week the grade 3s chose ten Christmas vocabulary words to study during the week. The students got several opportunities to work with the spelling list words including a Word Riddle Scavenger Hunt activity. and were given an informal test at the end of the week. They Practicing these words at home is strongly encouraged. Writing: This week, I read the book Reindeer of the Week by Rosie Greening to the class to serve as inspiration for our persuasive writing project this week. The students are in charge of choosing or creating a reindeer that who they would like to be the winner. On their planning ...
LITERACY Writing: The students started on their first entry of their All About Me book. The first entry is about "My Family".The grade 3s are following the paragraph structure we have been using in class: topic sentence, detail sentences and a concluding sentence. As a class, we brainstormed possible questions they might want to answer when writing detailed sentences about their families. They are learning to edit their own work once they are done writing such as checking for capital letters, appropriate punctuation, spell checking and making sure all of their sentences make sense. Reading: Congratulations to these 3D students for reaching a total of 600 minutes of reading at home!!!! They hopped in their car and drove to the first pit stop - Canada. AND a congratulations to these two students for reaching the second pitstop by reading a total of 1200 minutes!!!! AND a big congratulations to this student for reaching the third pitstop by reading a total...
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP PROJECT For the last two weeks, the Grade 3s have researched and created a presentation on the animals that have been effected by the Australian wild fires. The student groups presented to classes around the school. On Wednesday and Thursday, the Grade 3s hosted a Bake Sale to raise money for the Australia Wildfire Relief Fund. Each item they sold was worth $1. The students had a blast shopping and selling their baked goods. It was amazing to see the support we received from the whole school. I am so proud of our Grade 3 crew. Thank you to all the families that brought in baked goods! LITERACY Book Study: Two weeks ago, I read the book The Most Perfect Snowman by Chris Britt to the class to serve as inspiration for our upcoming writing project starting next week. It is a heartwarming story about a snowman that shows kindness, friendship and the importance of giving. Last week, the students created t...
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