Reminders for the Week
Please join us for our Writing Celebration this Thursday at 8:05am.
READING
WRITING
This week and the Third Grade writers continue to work on their original fairytales, we will take a closer look at how their characters act around objects that are important in their story. We will also look at 'Telling Sentences' like "A princess stood outside, but the storm had left her in a terrible state". We will compare these to 'Showing Sentences', "water streamed from her hair and her clothes, it ran in the toes of her shoes and out at the heels, but still she said she was a real princess."
Later in the week we look at how we can vary the pace of our stories. We will look at places and ways we can slow down our stories. Why we need to and for what purpose.
Our On Demand writing assessment for this unit will take place Tuesday, February 20th.
Come and join our writing celebration on Thursday at 8.05am in your child's classroom. Be prepared to listen to original and adapted fairytales that students have written.
MATH
This week our mathematicians will continue building fractions that are greater than one whole and begin comparing unit fractions using different sized models. Through real-world examples students will begin to see that the size of the whole must be considered when comparing the size of a fraction.
Students will begin to explore how a fractional part can change depending on how a whole is defined. For example, a cake in two pans might be considered 2 wholes or 1 whole. How we define the whole will change how we talk about the size of the fractional parts.
In the middle of the week, our mathematicians will have the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of fractions on the mid-module assessment. Please encourage your learner to review their problem sets and homework to be prepared and feel confident.
Students will finish the week using their knowledge of the size of fractions to begin placing fractions on the number line.
Key vocabulary:
-greater than ( > )
-less than ( < )
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 3 Guidance Update
Please join us for our Writing Celebration this Thursday at 8:05am.
READING
This week, our Character Studies unit is coming to an end. Third grade readers will continue to develop debatable ideas about characters across books by exploring a big question with no right answer. They will use mini-arguments to share their ideas, supporting these with evidence from the text. At the same time, they will realize that authors often explore similar themes. When readers compare books, they can think about these themes, asking themselves, “What big issues were resolved in each story?” and “What big lessons did each character learn?” Trying to answer these questions will provide readers with opportunities to compare themes and lessons across books.
WRITING
Later in the week we look at how we can vary the pace of our stories. We will look at places and ways we can slow down our stories. Why we need to and for what purpose.
Our On Demand writing assessment for this unit will take place Tuesday, February 20th.
Come and join our writing celebration on Thursday at 8.05am in your child's classroom. Be prepared to listen to original and adapted fairytales that students have written.
MATH
This week our mathematicians will continue building fractions that are greater than one whole and begin comparing unit fractions using different sized models. Through real-world examples students will begin to see that the size of the whole must be considered when comparing the size of a fraction.
Students will begin to explore how a fractional part can change depending on how a whole is defined. For example, a cake in two pans might be considered 2 wholes or 1 whole. How we define the whole will change how we talk about the size of the fractional parts.
In the middle of the week, our mathematicians will have the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of fractions on the mid-module assessment. Please encourage your learner to review their problem sets and homework to be prepared and feel confident.
Students will finish the week using their knowledge of the size of fractions to begin placing fractions on the number line.
Key vocabulary:
-greater than ( > )
-less than ( < )
SOCIAL STUDIES
This week in Social Studies each class continues to research into their class country. As a class, students will review the notes they have taken for each cultural area. They will then think about the big ideas of how culture has shaped that community.
Later in the week, students will be grouped into the project groups and then will chose a country from the options available. The practice from the class research will help them to create research questions. They will use the essential question 'How does culture shape communities around the world?’ to help form their questions and guide their own research. All the way through this unit we are using the 'Big 6' model.
Grade 3 Guidance Update
In Guidance students are learning ways to manage peer conflicts and prevent/respond to bullying. We began with a focus on healthy versus unhealthy friendship groups and the difference between normal peer conflict and bullying. This unit is designed to prevent all forms of bullying, including physical/verbal, relational and cyber-bullying. Through the use of the Second Step curriculum, various read-aloud books, videos, discussions and role-plays, students will:
Recognize the difference between normal peer conflict and bullying:
- Learn and practice assertiveness skills
- Identify caring adults to talk to about conflicts
- Demonstrate ways that bystanders can help stop conflicts and bullying
- Recognize the difference between a group of friends and an exclusive clique
- Learn and practice specific assertiveness skills to refuse the exclusion of peers
- Recognize the difference between “just joking” and hurtful teasing.
- Define cyber-bullying and demonstrate steps for dealing with hurtful messages online.
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