February 26

February This & That

It’s hard to believe that the month of February is coming to a close. This year is a leap year. Do you know why we have a leap year? Check out Mystery Doug’s video explaining leap years.

Click here to watch the video.

Check out some snapshots of Valentine’s Day, cursive writing practice, our math project involving perimeter and area, and reading practice using Lexia (we aim for 60 minutes per week).

 

February 15

Grammar

This year, we’ve been practicing a lot with writing sentences. We’ve learned about making our sentences varied and more complex, bumping up our sentences with juicy words, and much more! Many students get confused with where to put punctuation which affects the flow and comprehension of their piece.

Every morning, Mrs. Sullivan leaves a message on the Smartboard riddled with ‘mistakes’ that students must then have to correct. Today, we learned what must be a part of a sentence which is 2 things: a subject and a predicate.

We watched this video to help us understand these words and followed up with some independent practice. 

 

Can you figure out if these are sentences or not?

  1.  Mrs. Sullivan’s class decided to
  2. Where in the world
  3. The squirrel in the tree
  4. Under my desk is some dirt
  5. The puzzle on the table
  6. Sam is wearing a red top

 

February 11

Fun in February

The recent weather we’ve been having has given everyone more reasons to get outside! We did just that on Friday and enjoyed the sunshine while playing on the school yard. 

Recently we’ve enjoyed some watercolour painting and preparing ourselves for Valentine’s Day and Lent. 

How do you like to spend time outdoors?

 

February 11

Marvelous Measurement

Measurement is all around us! We use it in so many different ways.

When we began our measurement unit, students brainstormed many things that we can measure some of which included:

  • time
  • distance
  • speed
  • length
  • width
  • height
  • depth
  • mass and weight
  • temperature

What other things can we add to our list?

What sorts of careers or jobs would require you to use measurement?

We’ve been busy bees measuring all sorts of classroom items. Have a look!

The metric system uses units such as meterlitre, and gram to measure length, liquid volume, and mass. The metric system is based on 10s, and some of the different measures for length include kilometer, meter, centimeter, and millimeter. Notice that the word “meter” is part of all of these units.

Did you know that there are only 3 countries in the world that have not adopted the metric system? These include the US, Myanmar, and Liberia.

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February 4

Welcome to February!

January has come and gone and the learning continues in our classroom. Students are hard at work learning about nonfiction text features, how reading nonfiction differs from reading fiction, and more. We are being encouraged to explore nonfiction text both online and on paper. Miss Jeffries, our librarian, came in to teach us about an online database called Britannica School. It is a great way for students to research topics of their choosing. The articles can even read to the students! 

We’ve wrapped up our Social Studies unit on communities in Ontario and played a review game called “Quiz Quiz Trade” to help prepare us for our final test. 

Our Snowglobe stories are published and hanging on display in our classroom for all to admire. They are a fun read! We have such imaginative students in our room.

In math, we learned about movement on a grid along with cardinal directions (N,S,E,W) as well as directional turns (clockwise, counterclockwise, quarter turns, half turns).  Our current unit is all about measurement, including telling time! Stay tuned for another post about that.

Feel free to leave us a comment and ask us any questions about our learning.

We hope you all have a great day!Happy Groundhog Day Gif

 

 

January 21

Geometry Exploration

Since our return after Christmas, we have been exploring geometric concepts in both 2D and 3D shapes. Exploring 2D and 3D shapes by manipulating them and being about to feel the faces, edges, and vertices will help us better understand these terms and concepts. We enjoyed using Tangrams to create pictures using all 7 pieces. Have you used Tangrams before?

We built a cube out of meter sticks and tried to fit inside 🙂

Do you know how many meter sticks we needed? What part of the cube did the metre sticks represent?

Using toothpicks and mini marshmallows we built 3 3D shapes…and maybe had a marshmallow or two in the process. Yummy!

We see different shapes all around us. What shapes can you find in your own home?

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December 22

Merry Christmas!

It’s a most holy and special time of year! The 4th Advent candle (another purple candle) will be lit this Sunday which means that Jesus’ birthday is right around the corner! On December 25, we celebrate the birth of our King.

Our Grade 3s and myself wish you and your families a blessed, beautiful, and wonderful Christmas! Gather with the ones you love, and remember the true reason for the season.

God Bless and have a Happy New Year!

Mrs. Sullivan


December 22

A Fully Packed December

We’ve been quite busy preparing for Christmas but also working hard on our school work at the same time. Have a peek into a few of our classroom activities…

December 7

Christmas Concert

Last night, our church was filled with the sound of music as our annual Christmas concert took center stage. Students have been rehearsing for quite some time and the night had finally arrived.

While there may have been some nerves, all students did a wonderful job singing the songs they know so well while having fun onstage.

Congratulations to all!

A big thank you to Ms. Young for preparing us for this special evening.

Super work, Grade 3s! You looked wonderful up there and you made us proud.

 

December 2

Patterning in Math

We are well into our Patterning unit in math and the paparazzi managed to snap a few photos of our class in action. We have been learning how to extend patterns, predict a certain term number (e.g., Find the 35th term) in a repeating pattern, we’ve been using pattern blocks to create and identify changing attributes in a pattern, and so on!

Have a peek into our learning!

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