February
17
January
25
January Deep Freeze
January
11
Our First Week Back
We started the school year with a few fun Minute to Win It games and chatted about our holidays during our morning meeting. It was so nice to see everyone once again, ready to learn. Welcome back!
We understand the importance of knowing our math facts and so we continue to practice this skill using a deck of cards. We make 2 piles. If we don’t know a fact in 3 seconds or less, we put it in the “I don’t know this yet” pile. It’s a good idea to keep practicing our math facts at home, too. Even just 5 minutes per day!
January is an exciting time in our classroom, as it marks the introduction of cursive writing with Mrs. Sullivan. Each student received a practice book to apply and reinforce their learning. We begin each lesson together on the carpet, using our whiteboards to practice forming new letters. Every morning, we also read a cursive morning message to strengthen our recognition skills. Grade 3 is when we begin formally learning to write in cursive, and so far we have learned the letters a, c, d, o, e, and l.
Can you spell load, lace, decal, deal, and ace?
December
29
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Christmas has come and gone…and the New Year is almost here. I hope you’ve had time to relax, enjoy one another’s company, and take time for you!
In preparation for Christmas, we completed some crafts including our nativity scene painting, nutcracker, and a simple ornament with our picture on the back. We also got to take home our wonderful Crock-a-doodle ornaments which will surely look fantastic on the tree.
We wrote stories about being trapped in a snowglobe, complete with evil snowmen, gingerbread houses, and candycane trees.
We performed our mirror image drama skits which we had practiced for quite some time.
Finally, we opened our gifts from one another for our Book Swap. Who doesn’t love the gift of reading at Christmas time?
I can’t wait to see all your fresh faces in January.
Big hugs,
Mrs. Sullivan
We have lots to be thankful for this Christmas.
What are YOU most thankful for?
December
12
Christmas Concert
December
12
Grinch Day
Today was Grinch Day! We celebrated with all things green and grinchy. Many students came to school in their finest and Grinchiest accessories including green eyeshadow, green leg warmers, Cindy Loo Who hair, Grinchy socks, and more!
We started the day with a Grinchy I Spy activity to get us warmed up. Then we moved into some grinch math playing a game called “Less or More”. Next, we listened to the classic song “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch” from 1966 sung by legendary Thurl Ravenscroft (who was also the voice of Tony the Tiger, by the way). We really enjoyed the delicious lyrics! What’s your favourite lyric from the song?
We drew a Grinch face (either mean or nice) and made it into a headband. They looked so great! Next, We logged into our Google drive and clicked on some grinchy links Mrs. S sent to us. Finally, we watched the Grinch (at least part of it) and may have indulged in a Grinchy drink and treat.
Happy Grinch Day, everyone!
Stink! Stank! Stunk!
December
10
Christmas Kahoot!
November
13
We Remember
November 11 is a special day where we remember and honour the men and women who have served and sacrificed in wars both in the past and present.
War is an ugly thing. It is difficult to explain to children why humans fight in war. How does it all begin? How does it end and why does it continue even now?
A few years ago, Turkey Jay and I traveled to France and visited Normandy. We walked several of the beaches so famous from D-Day including Juno and Omaha beach where so many brave men met their fate. Even to this day, items from the war continue to wash ashore from WW2. We visited the Canadian and American cemeteries and paid our respects to the fallen soldiers.
We learned a little bit about D-Day and how Canadians were involved in coming to France, landing on Juno Beach to help fight the Nazis in occupied France.
What is D-Day?
D-Day was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, during World War II, which marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied Western Europe. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history and involved a massive combined air, sea, and land assault on five beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
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- map of the beaches where Americans, Canadians, and Brits landed
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- Mrs. S on Juno beach
This past week, we’ve been spending quality time using literature to help guide us through what Remembrance Day truly means. We enjoyed reading a gorgeous book called A Bear in War by Harry Endrulat and Stephanie Innes. It is told from the perspective of a teddy bear that belongs to a little girl named Aileen. Her dad goes off to war and she ends up mailing him the teddy bear to keep him company and remind him of home.
There are wonderful illustrations mixed with photographs of real life items as this is a true Canadian story! Students are always amazed that you can actually visit the real teddy bear at the National War Museum in Ottawa! Who wants to go?
We also read a very colourful book called The Peace Book by Todd Parr. In simple ways, it shares different ways that we can think about what peace is. We then brainstormed some of our own thoughts about what peace means and created our own class book.
We were also busy this week preparing for our Remembrance Day assembly in our school gym along side Ms. Myers’ class. Way to go, Grade 3s! You were so wonderful.
Have a look at some of our messages about peace. Enjoy!
October
31
Happy Halloween!
There’s been lots of excitement in the air this week as Halloween was fast approaching.
We’d like to share our art with you. Have a look at these cute cats!
We carved some pumpkins in class and worked very well in our teams to predict the number of seeds inside and the we had to count the actual number. As you can see, our predictions were quite a ways off!
October
24
