Language

We are already in the middle of May with Mother’s Day behind us and a holiday hot on our heels.

We have wrapped up our persuasive letter writing unit and are on to one of my favourites…poetry!

Our focus this year is on free-verse poems where there are NO RULES and no stress to follow any form.  Today, we focused on looking at everyday objects with fresh eyes. We read a poem called Pencil Sharpener by Zoe Ryder White. It was very interesting how she observed this object in a new way!

Art

This month, we had some silly fun with paint and an acrylic board. We painted portraits of our friends in class! Once we painted our friends’ face, we took a piece of paper and put it over top. When we pulled off the paper, we had created a print! Have a look at the process! There was no shortage of laughter with this one.

For Mother’s Day we created a 3D waterlily. We studied the works of Claude Monet and noticed the way he focused on light and he really liked flowers, especially waterlilies!

We completed our art in a series of steps, painting our petals a magenta colour, traced 3 sizes of petals, then we cut them out. We painted our water a glittery blue colour, and made a lilypad out of tissue paper and cardstock. Next, we glued our petals down in a pattern from largest to smallest. Finally, we used yellow felt in the centre.

Math

Measurement, telling time, fractions…and now we have moved on to probability which is an extension of fractions! We see probability when we talk about the weather, when we play any lottery, when we roll a dice, and so on!

We’ve been playing different games called PIG and Horse Race. We also have been using spinners to help us learn about chance.

Grade 3s–do you remember why so many students who chose horse #7 kept winning the horse race game? Can you explain it using math terms?