Moving!!!

We are moving!!!

We have some exciting news to report in Grade 3D!!  We are moving into the school.

Our classroom will now be in the Blue Pod. 

This week we will be eating our lunch inside and over the course of this week and next, we will be slowly moving in as the space becomes available. 

Our schedule otherwise will remain the same.  If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me.

GRIT!

We have been talking about collaboration, character, community and the importance of GRIT when faced with challenging learning tasks.  Mistakes in learning are important because it means we are growing as learners.  Here is a great video all about GRIT!  Love it! 

Enjoy and I hope everyone is outside and soaking in this beautiful Fall weekend.

We Scare Hunger!

Our 'We Scare Hunger' campaign begins on Monday!  Please bring in non-perishable food items so that we can scare hunger away. 

The Grade 6s at St. Cecilia are leading this initiative and can use all of our support.  Thank you in advance for supporting this important cause.

Picture Day!

Reminder:  Individual Photos will be taken this coming Thursday Oct. 5th

Gym Days

Our Gym Days are Tuesdays and Fridays during second block.

On those days it is suggested that students wear comfortable clothes suitable for active games and running shoes that can be tied safely.

RazKids and Dreambox

Good Evening 3D!  I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the school year.  I really enjoyed my day and loved getting to know each one of you better today.  I am looking forward to a year full of learning, wondering and discovering.


The usernames and passwords for both Raz and Dreambox went home today in your child's agenda (plastic front pouch).

In order to sign into the accounts, please use the links on the right hand side of the blog.  The Raz link is under Language Links and the Dreambox link is under Math Links.  You will need to scroll down some and you will find all of your blog links beneath the Twitter Feed.  Once you click on the link, you should see our classroom and then the passwords will work from there.

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Mrs. Caluori

Welcome to Grade 3D!!!

 I am so excited to begin a new school year and I look forward to meeting all of our new grade 3 students on Tuesday!

On the first day of school, the students will be getting to know each other, myself and their new learning environment.

The focus of our first week of school will be on establishing routines, developing strategies that will help enhance our learning environment and classroom culture as well as getting to know each other a little better.

Please keep an eye out on the first day of school for our Classroom Newsletter, verification form, technology agreement, school calendar and concussion protocol, etc.  A lot of important information will be going home on the first day of school!

Student Agendas will also be coming home on the first day of school.  Please look through the agenda for more detailed information regarding school policies and procedures.  The Agenda will be an important communication tool throughout the school year.



Allergy Alert

In our classroom this year we have the following life threatening allergies.  Please check all food items carefully when packing food for school.

Peanuts, All Nuts, Fish, Eggs, Chickpeas and Lentils.




IMPORTANT DATES:

September 5th, 2017 - First Day of School - Class Lists will be posted outside by 8:45 a.m.
September 21st, 2017 - Meet the Teacher Night begins @ 6:30 p.m.
October 5th - Picture Day
November 2nd - Picture Retake Day


Home School Communication

On our classroom blog, there are a variety of links.  Please explore and have fun learning!  I will also post our weekly WWWs and a link to our homework once it gets started.  Homework and WWWs will also go home in the agendas and in a Homework Duotang each week.  On the right hand side of our classroom blog (you may need to scroll down some) you will find our Classroom Twitter Feed.  If you have Twitter, you can follow our learning and daily happenings by searching our Twitter Handle @lcaluori or if you do not have a Twitter account, you can still view everything we do via the live Twitter Feed on our Blog.

Also, please feel free to call me at the school or write me a note in your child's agenda.  I will get back to you as soon as I can.

I hope to meet many of you on the first day of school and to those that I don't get a chance to speak to, I will be making a phone call home to introduce myself in the next week or two.

I look forward to working with you this year to ensure your child has a successful school year.

Your Partner in Education,

Mrs. Caluori

Library Books and Upcoming Dates!

This week is the last week for Book Exchange.  All library books are due back on Monday.

 Also, just a reminder that this Friday is a PD Day.


Thank you to everyone who has sent in materials for building!
The students are having so much fun building their structures for Birch and Susie.  Students are using recycled materials to build strong and stable structures that can withstand force (wind and muscular force) as well as hold weight (hamsters).  We will finish up building this week and will start testing our purposeful structures next week.

The students are also designing a cereal box!  They are using a lot of advertising techniques that they have learned to persuade their target audience to buy, buy, buy!  Afterwards, we will film short commercials which highlight their fabulous cereals.  So fun, so creative and SO innovative!!!



JUNE:

June 9th - PD Day
June 14th - End of Year Mass (9:30 a.m.)
June 20th - Ottawa Public Library presentations to students
June 20th - Last day of Pizza
June 22nd - Upper Canada Village Field Trip
June 23rd - Grade 6 Leaving Ceremony
June 26th - Report Cards go home
June 28th - Last Day of School for students - Have a WONDERFUL Summer Holiday Grade 3D!!