Grade Three Blog

Good Evening Grade 3 Families! We hope you had a cozy weekend inside staying warm and spending time with your families!  With the snow in full swing, please remember to send appropriate outdoor wear for your child and an extra pair of socks. Last week we enjoyed taking part in the Terry Fox Run!  Thank you to all the families that came by to participate in the run and donate toonies for Terry. Orange Shirt Day On Monday we will recognize the orange shirt day along with CBE and everyone across the country.  This day symbolizes that every child matters and stems from the experience and journey of residential school survivors.  Please send your child to school in an orange t-shirt or somthing orange (socks, hat, scarf) , which is the symbol of this day. SLA's This week we will be learning how to take student learning assessments from Alberta Learning. These assessments are completed on the computer and cover the grade three mathematics and literacy.  Later on this week we

Good Morning Grade 3 Families! We hope you had a restful long weekend filled with fun and family time! The book fair was very well attended this year. Thank you to all the families that donated books to our classrooms - they are already well loved. This week we will continue to expand our knowledge of patterns and move into increasing and decreasing patterns with numbers. Ask your child to create an increasing pattern for you, they loved this! We will be moving the focus of Social Studies from us and our community to Peru very soon! The grade 3's are very excited to see more lama's like they did on the introduction video we watched. We noticed both similarities and differences about Peru compared to Calgary! Please continue to read 10 minutes a night with your child, as we are already noticing growth during literacy time and hope to continue this trend! If you did not order a year book, and would like one, we have some extras available in the office for $20. They loo

Good Morning, Grade Three Families, Last week we established some new routines including music on Tuesday/Thursday and choir on Friday.  We will we also visited Ms. Dorothy in the learning commons for a story and will continue this practice throughout the year.  Children will be able to sign out books through the week and can keep them for up to two weeks.  As children are building up their stamina to read at school and at home during quiet or partner reading, we encourage them to keep one book at school and take one home. Last week started to explore rocks and minerals in science, the parts and whole of numbers in math and a map of my heart in social.  Literacy was discovered through centers as well as in other curriculum areas. This week we will learn about the layers of the earth in science, a map of my community in social and increasing and decreasing numbers in mathematics. Reminders Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday 3:30pm-7:30pm Friday 8:00-12:30 If you haven&

Good Morning, Grade 3 Families! We hope you have enjoyed the first week back to school as much as we have. As we are now settling in to our new classes we will begin Literacy centers every morning, and starting into Rocks and Minerals this week! Some of our favorite things w e enjoyed this week were learning new Math card games, mindful sketching in the courtyard and a game called "Who is It?". Your children took home a new folder on Friday, containing a "Feedback Friday" sheet with basic math facts and some writing where we were able to get to know a bit more about them! They were given 30 minutes to get as much done as they could and taken home to share with their family. These will be done every Friday to show you what we are working on, what you can assist your child with, as well as how your child is improving throughout the year. Starting this week, we will be asking parents/guardians to sign the Feedback Friday page and return with the folder, to ensure t

Welcome to the Grade Three Blog This is where you will find information for the grade three classes including: -reminders -upcoming important dates -what we are up to in class -pictures We look forward to a wonderful year of learning with your child and can't wait to see how they grow and progress over the year. Here are some sneak peeks into your year ahead!  .