Over the last week...

We have been very busy over the past week!  I would first like to express how wonderful it was to meet everyone at our Program Night on Thursday!  There was such a positive buzz in the room that evening and I know that it was very exciting for the children to have their families admire their kites, ID Cards and 'Giving Tree' responses.

In Language, we have been continuing our exploration of Recount writing.  We have been 'Word Detectives' finding all sorts of past tense verbs and time order words (first, then, next, finally, after, etc.).  While reading at home, encourage your child to find wwws, time order words, past tense verbs, etc.  Today we completed a shared recount writing of our last gym class.  The children did an amazing job putting everything we have been learning about recounts into our shared writing piece.  Afterwards, the students partnered up with a buddy and started a recount writing together.  I can't wait to see how they develop!  We have also read a few really great stories together such as,

The Giving Tree and Alberts Old Shoes.  While reading these stories we discussed Author's Purpose (Persuade, Inform, Entertain) and Author's Message.  In addition, we are making meaningful connections while we read.
We also have 5 new Word Wall Words this week.  Don't forget to practice your words:).

In Math, we have been continuing to look at Number Lines.  We have been practicing putting numbers on a number line as well as creating number lines.  Today we made number lines on white boards with the markers starting at 0, a middle marker of 50 and ending with 100.  The students were given a variety of numbers and asked to put the number on the number line where they thought it would approximately fit best.  This helped with the understanding of the 'bigness' of numbers.  Some students shared some great strategies on how to place their number more accurately on the number line.  Amazing!  We also practiced representing numbers using Base Ten Pictures (models).
We looked at some of the students' responses and figured out a variety of strategies to organize our work, draw Base Ten models accurately as well as efficiently.  There are so many ways to represent (show) a number.  We created an anchor chart to help remember all of the ways!  

In Religion, the students worked very hard and completed their 'All About Me Kites'.  They are amazing and the students should all be very proud of the effort they put into their work.  There are four sections to the kites and as a class we came up with the four topics to be illustrated 1)Family 2)Gifts/Talents 3)Favourite something 4)Faith.  Kites and Tents are the Religion symbols for Grade 3, so these kites will be soaring all school year in our portable:).

In Physical Education, we have been focusing on warm-ups by running a couple laps in the gym followed by some student led stretches.  Afterwards, we have been playing a variety of games such as Shark Attack, Cat and Mouse, Hulla Hoop Relay and Rubber Chicken Relay.  The students really enjoy our gym time with Mrs. Denyer's Grade 3 class.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Looking forward to another productive and exciting week in Grade 3!