Monday, Jan. 23, 2017

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Highlights

In Social Studies, we learned about Arctic Foxes.  We practiced using the “Knew/New” strategy.  Good readers recognize when they already know certain facts (e.g., Arctic Foxes are animals) and they also pay attention to new facts learned (e.g., Arctic Foxes hunt alone).

During math, we worked with ten sticks and ones to make numbers.  For example, 14 is 1 ten stick and 4 ones.

Tomorrow Mrs. Gibson will come back to work with us on peer coaching.  We are learning to help our classmates use their reading strategies to figure out unknown words, instead of telling them the word right away. 

We are also starting Mission Impossible in gym on Tuesday.

Important Information

On Feb. 6 we will be making clay animals with Clay for Kids from 12:40-2:40 pm.  We are looking for 1 or 2 parent volunteers with security clearances to help with this activity.  If you are interested in helping, please email Ms. Bain at lcbain@cbe.ab.ca before Jan. 31. 

Thursday, Jan. 26:  Healthy Hunger lunch: Little Caesars

Friday, Jan. 27:  Report cards go home

Homework

-New spelling lists sent home

-Reading/Raz-Kids  (Don’t forget to sign the reading log sheet)

-Math- practice subtracting numbers

Here is a math website students can use:

www.coolmath-games.com

Ask Me About: 

What is peer coaching?  What questions do you ask your partner?

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2017

Highlights

During Math, we started to work on word problems.  We talked about how we can use different strategies to solve problems, such as drawing pictures or using addition or subtraction.  We also talked about how it may be necessary to read a word problem multiple times to help us understand what the question is asking.

In Science we experimented with combining different liquids.  We discovered that some liquids mix (e.g., vinegar and water) while others do not (oil and water).

In Social Studies we are learning about Arctic animals because we will be making Arctic animals out of clay in February.

Important Information

Scholastic book orders due tomorrow.

Friday January 20:  Gr. 3 Virtue Assembly and Ukrainian dance performance
Thursday January 26: Healthy Hunger lunch: Little Caesars
Friday January 27: Report Cards go home

Homework

-Spelling quiz tomorrow

-Reading/Raz-Kids  (Don’t forget to sign the reading log sheet)

-Math- practice subtracting numbers

Here is a math website students can use:

www.coolmath-games.com

Ask Me About: 

There are 14 birds altogether.  9 birds are flying in the sky.  The rest are sitting in a tree.  How many birds are sitting in the tree?

How did you solve the problem?  Did you draw a picture, or use an addition or subtraction sentence?

Monday, Jan. 16, 2017

Highlights

-Mrs. Goldenberg came to our class to talk about this month’s virtue (perseverance)

This week we are writing our treasure chest stories.

-We are starting gymnastics in phys ed class.

-During Math we talked about using addition doubles to solve related subtraction facts (e.g., 6+6=12, so 12-6=6)

-Students who been completing their home reading were given some extra time on the computer today to work on Raz-Kids or Starfall.

-We are reading “Viking Ships at Sunrise”

Important Information

Scholastic book orders due this Wednesday.

Friday January 20:  Gr. 3 Virtue Assembly and Ukrainian dance performance (1:00PM)
Thursday January 26: Healthy Hunger lunch: Little Caesars
Friday January 27: Report Cards go home

Homework

-New spelling lists sent home

-Reading/Raz-Kids  (Don’t forget to sign the reading log sheet)

-Math- practice subtracting numbers

Ask Me About: 

In Science today we talked about “surface tension.”  We observed that pepper can float on water due to water’s surface tension.  Then we added dish soap to the water, which changed the surface tension.  What happened to the pepper after we added the dish soap?  (The pepper sank to the bottom of the plastic cup.)

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017

Highlights

Yesterday we had a special presentation from storyteller, Denise Miller.  More information about the presentation is on the Panorama Hills homepage.

Today we wrote words, which tell about us.  We will be learning how to type these words into a word document and how to change the size and font.  After we will print our words and put them in our creative journals.  We also painted a page in our creative journals today. 

Important Information

The school newsletter and calendar for January can be found on the Panorama Hills Page homepage under the section titled “school information.”

Scholastic book orders due: Wed, Jan. 18 (cash, cheque or online payment)

Homework

-Spelling quiz tomorrow

-Reading/Raz-Kids  (Don’t forget to sign the reading log sheet)

-Math- practice subtracting numbers

Ask Me About: 

How does knowing 6+4=10 help you figure out 10-4?

What does the word “ancient” mean?

If you can spell Bain, what other words have the same pattern? (gain, main, pain, rain, brain, drain, train, chain, stain, etc.)