Just a reminder that tomorrow THURSDAY APRIL 18 is early dismissal, students are finished at 12:00.
Also, there is no school on Friday or Monday. See everyone on Tuesday.
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Please see the list above for our words this week. Our sight words are: didn't, car, morning, body, upon A big thank you to the volunteers who helped out with TInker School last week! It was a fantastic week and our students and parents learned a lot about Scratch, 3D printers, Makey Makey, microbits and designed thinking. We watched some of the Harry Potter trailers that Mr. Neiger/Miss Kowal's class created last week. Alot of time and planning went into making these trailers. We started learning about Rocks and Minerals today. We will be going on a field trip on May 2nd to the Glenbow Museum to further our learning about rocks and minerals. We are continuing our research and writing a biography on Google Slides about an extraordinary person that each student chose to research. In math, we are continuing to practice our skills in division and reviewing multiplication using multi step word problems. We have been learning strategies for making inferences when reading. We started a book today called, "Two Bad Ants" . It's a great book for making inferences. We have learned that when we make inferences we think about our schema(prior knowledge), evidence in the text to make logical conclusions(inferences). While your child is reading at home, have them start practicing making inferences and explaining what they know and the evidence they read to make the inference. REMINDER: Thursday April 18th is a half day so students will be dismissed at noon. There is no school on Friday April 19th and Monday April 22nd. As Mrs Cooper's class will be away all week at Tinker School our class will be working on some special projects. Students have been working in groups to plan for a 'Harry Potter movie trailer' that they are going to be creating. Students planned in their groups a list of props that they are going to look for around the house to bring to school for the week. PLEASE do not feel obligated to purchase anything new at the store, we are happy to adapt, share and create whatever we need. Students may be looking for white button up shirts, ties, cloaks/capes/large black sweaters, broomsticks, etc.
We are looking toward to a fun and exciting week. REMINDER: Thursday April 18th is early dismissal at 12 pm, no school on Friday April 19 and Monday April 20
The students are back to work and ready to continue with their learning after Spring Break. They got new words last week which are posted below. We have been working on our question, "How can you change the ordinary to extraordinary" and have been exploring people that have done extraordinary things to make a difference. Each student has chosen one person to research and then will be doing a slideshow to make a biography. Ask your child who they are researching as their difference maker. In writing, he students are writing about what they would like to be able to do to make a difference. In math we are continuing to focus on doing multi-step problems using multiplication and division. In art, the students are learning about the 7 elements of art and this week they are creating a color wheel in their visual journal to show the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. Miss Kowal/Mr Neiger's class will be walking to the pond across the street on Thursday afternoon with our Grade 1 Buddy Class. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately. Mrs. Cooper's class is going to Tinker School April 8-12. Please return the completed field trip forms that were handed out before spring break by Friday. Payment for the field trip must be made by Friday, April, 5th. Please see our list of new words for this week. Mrs. Cooper's class worked on sort and record, alphabetical order, and LOOK SAY COVER WRITE CHECK today while Mr. Neiger/Miss Kowal's class had some time to work with robotics. Tomorrow we will switch and Mrs. Cooper's class will work on robotics while Mr.Neiger/Miss Kowal do their word work.
Just a reminder that Parent/Student/Teacher conferences are Thursday evening and Friday morning. Please sign up online to book your time to meet with your child's teacher. We will be setting goals in IRIS during this conference so we are asking that the students please come to share their work and choose their goals. Thursday will be a half day and there is no school for students on Friday. Mrs. Cooper's class will be going to Tinker School shortly after spring break on April 8-12. We will require 5 volunteer for each of these days. Please email Mrs. Cooper if you are able to volunteer on any of these days. Field trip forms for Tinker School will be coming home soon. We have been working on researching the weather and climate for India and Peru. The students are taking the information they discover and are creating a slide show in google slides. Some students need to finish the title page and the slide for India. They are working with a partner but both partners should have access to it on their google slides. Our next round of Conferences are coming up next week. The conference manager goes live Sunday at 6am. Please schedule a time with your child's teacher. If in Kowal/Neiger, please search under KOWAL. At this conference students are required to be apart of the conference so please plan accordingly when scheduling your time.
Please see the new spelling list below for this weeks words.
Our sight words this week are: turned, learned, point, city, toward The students have been working on opinion writing and this week their topic was: Is it better to be an adult or a child? We have been working on making a plan and then writing detailed paragraphs to support our opinion. The students have been using rubrics to self-assess their work and help them choose writing goals to improve their writing. If your child did not complete this task, it is homework for tonight. Please help your child remember to return their journal tomorrow with the writing task completed. Thank you
Please see the new word list below for this week. Our sight words for this week are: answer, room, sea, against, top
We have been working on opinion writing and today the students started a plan to write their opinion about if it's better to be an adult or a child. Ask your child what they choose and the reasons why. The students are working on developing 3-5 ideas to support their opinion. During Math, we are working on understanding Multiplication in a variety of ways, such as, repeated addition, equal groups, skip counting and arrays. We are applying these strategies to problem solving and to number talks to work on explaining our thinking. Students researched 'Traditional Clothing' in the 4 countries we are studying (Peru, Tunisia, Ukraine and India) using Google Images. Students took jot notes and drew pictures to show the clothing in each region. Some students have 1-2 more countries to complete tonight at home. Please ensure they return their Social Studies book tomorrow.
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AuthorsMr. Neiger, Miss Kowal and Mrs. Cooper teach grade 3 at Auburn Bay School. Archives
June 2019
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