April
5
April
4
April Activities
Our Gr.3 students have been very busy with all sorts of activities lately. One of our activities was using various line designs to create textured fur on our bunny rabbits. Students can be seen in the middle of this art task.
Here, students were asked to go on a scavenger hunt in the Bible. They were asked to find 12 different Bible readings all having to do with Lent and Easter. Wonderful work, Grade 3s!
Students presented their social studies projects to 2 different classes. They needed to design a shoebox diorama of either an indigenous community in Canada or an early settler community. They looked so fantastic!
In math we’ve been learning about money. This is always a fun unit for students. We are counting coins, making change, and going shopping in our own classroom!
February
19
Our Little Words
When we came back to school last month, we started off 2026 by reflecting on one word that resonates with each of us. Perhaps it’s a word that reminds us to focus on something we want to achieve within ourselves such as being brave, courageous, kind, understanding, etc.
To help us think about this, we read a book called One Word for Kids by Jimmy Page, Jon Gordon and Dan Britton.
We created bracelets with this word, too! Our words are displayed in our classroom as a visual reminder of the word we chose and the WHY behind it.
Mrs. Sullivan’s word was “Family” because she wants to carve out even more time to spend with them. They are the most important thing in her life.
Have a listen to the book!
February
17
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! We celebrated by passing out Valentines, having a dance-a-thon in the gym with glo-sticks and some rockin’ music. We also had a Valentine’s bingo and Flashlight Friday as well. Phew! What a day.
You all make our classroom a great place to be. I am proud to be your teacher.
🙂 Love, Mrs. Sullivan
January
7
One Word
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
1
Crock a Doodle Do!!
Last Friday, Crock-a-Doodle came to our school and we got to design and create a pottery ornament for Christmas. We painted designs on our ornaments and now we await their return as they are getting put into the kiln to be fired. We will update this post with some pictures of the finished products! Stay tuned!
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!
