Our First Week in Grade 3!

What an Exciting Week!

It is hard to believe but the first week of school is almost over!  Wow!  It was so fun getting to know each other this week and building our classroom community.  The children worked so hard all week and it is very evident that they are excited and engaged in their learning.  

This week the students came up with all the important 'Look Fors' in our class e.g., what snack, lining up, and participating in a school assembly looks like.  

We also shared our favourite thing about grade 3 so far.  There were a lot of wonderful responses!  Way to go 3D!  

In Language, we read one of my favourite books called "First Day Jitters".  This is such a fun story that both the children and myself could connect with.  Ask your child about the surprise ending!  

In Math, we have started graphing data.  We learned how we all come to school and graphed our data.  We also learned a new fun game called "Race to 100".  All you need is a pair of dice, a partner to play with and a paper to add up the totals!  The children had a great time playing with their partners.  

In Religion, we have been talking about how special and unique we all are and that we are each one of God's children.  We learned a new song called the "Song of Gathering" and the children really enjoyed singing and dancing to this song!  It is sure to be a class favourite this year.  We have also been very busy making a name tag and decorating it with all the things that we love and that represent us.  We certainly have some artists in our class!!!  

Lastly, we got together with all the other grade three classes and practiced our Grade 3 Song!  There is nothing more wonderful that hearing children sing!  It was pretty amazing and we were all so impressed with how quickly they learned the lyrics.  We have a pretty amazing group of grade 3 students at St. Cecilia!!!  

I hope everyone had a wonderful first week of school and that you all enjoy the upcoming weekend.

(Click on the link below to listen:)).

Our Grade 3 Chant!

We're In Grade Three!

We're in grade three.

Starting Today

We're gonna do our best

Each and every day.

(Repeat)

We're in grade three.

And we're first rate!

There's lots of learning to do.

And we can't wait.

(Repeat)

We're going to spread God's love.

We'll let our gifts shine through!

We'll restore each other

By what we say and do.

(Repeat)

We're in grade three.

Starting Today

We're gonna do our best

Each and every day.

(Repeat)