Toy Show

Hello,
We are having a toy show between 11:30-12:15 tomorrow (Thursday). Feel free to come. :)

This Week in Grade 3...

Schedule: 

Monday: 

Tuesday: Pizza Lunch $1.25; Math Test - Multiplication; Bible Test - Parables; Skating 1:30-3:20

Wednesday: Bring in RAC

Thursday: Spelling Test - List #17; Toy Show 

Friday: Library - Bring Books; Memory Work - 1 Cor. 16:13

If you are available to come skating tomorrow - please send me an email. There is a chance that it could be cancelled due to warm weather. If it ends up being cancelled then I can send a quick email to let you know. :) 

List #17

banking

tanker

cranking

thankful

plank

ankle

blank

sprinkler

blinking

linking

pink

brink

clinking

drink

donkey

trunk

sunken

dunked

spunk

chipmunk

January

blizzard

snowbound

igloo

penguin

Vocabulary:

exaggerate: to go beyond truth

punctual: prompt; not late

demolish: to pull or tear down

Math...

You can ask your child why we had a paper snowball fight in math class today... :) 

Toy Project

We are going to be designing and making toys for our final forces project.

Students can bring in supplies from him such as:
- cardboard
- elastic bands
- springs
- magnets
- scraps
- ping pong balls
- glue
- tape
- wood
- etc.

The toys will be constructed in class. After construction, we will have a toy show in our classroom. This will sum up our forces unit! I will also have various supplies readily available for the kids as well.

Skating

Grades 3-4 are going skating on Thursday, January 21 and Tuesday, January 26. We will leave the school at 1:30pm and skate at the outdoor public skating rink in Dundas called the Dundas Driving Park. Each child is asked to bring skates in a bag as well as a helmet (hockey, bike, etc.) Without skates or a helmet, your child will not be able to skate. Please also ensure that your child has warm outdoor winter clothing with them those days as well.

If you would like to join us to help tie skates and hangout for the afternoon, please feel free to either let me know or just show up at the rink.

This Week in Grade 3...

Brief update of where we are with our learning: 

Bible: the ministry of Jesus Christ 

Math: 0-9 times tables 

Science: Forces

Language: 

• Grammar: Plurals, Possessive words, quotation marks
• Writing: Putting Adjectives into our writing 
• Reading: Finishing Treat Shop - soon we will be starting our first novel study
• Spelling: we have finished 15 full lists so far!

Phys-Ed: Hockey Unit 

Music: Continuing to learning the different pitches on the flutophone as well as music theory

Here's what is happening this week: 

Monday: Read Pages 150-154

Tuesday: N/A

Wednesday: Hotdog Lunch; Bring in RAC

Thursday: Skating - bring skates and helmet; Spelling Test - List #16; Poem Presentations 

Friday: Memory Work - Psalm 147:1; Library 

List #16

knife

knead

knight

knowledge

gnaw

sign

clanging

rang

hanger

things

wings

sting

songs

longer

strongest

belongings

strung

lungs

hung

clung

synonym

antonym

homonym

pair

couple

Vocabulary:

influence: power over others

anticipate: to look forward to; to expect

demonstrate: to show clearly

This week in grade 3...

Here's what is happening this week: 

Monday: Read pages 144-148
Tuesday: 
Wednesday: Bring in RAC
Thursday: Mad Science 9-11am
Friday: Memory Work - Psalm 119:1; Spelling Test - List #14; Library

If you have time, you child can practice the 0-5 times tables at home. We have been using songs, flash cards and other games in class to help us memorize them. 

List #14

broom

toothpaste

raccoon

shook

cookbook

workbook

worse

lightning

mighty

tighten

righteous

basketball

falling

mall

stalk

crosswalk

hearing

shopping

mockingbird

hopping

hasn’t

haven’t

usually

useless

useful

Vocabulary:

necessary: something that is needed

earnest: serious; sincere

advantage: a help or benefit

Bunny Rabbit Sign-Up!

Click this link if you would like to take care of the bunnies for a week/weekend. You will then sign your name up in the appropriate box. :)

This Week in Grade 3..

Hello Everyone, 

I hope you all had a restful and fantastic break. We had a classroom full of excited students today, eager to share about their breaks. 

Schedule: 
Monday: Find a picture of an example of a force
Tuesday: 
Wednesday: Bring in RAC (remember only one hour of reading will be counted); Mission Bake Sale
Thursday: 
Friday: Spelling Test #13; Memory Work - Matthew 6:24; Copy of Poem Due


Here's some special information: 

Poetry Memorization: 
We are spending the first few weeks of this month looking at poetry. This week we are specifically studying Ken Nesbitt's poem New Years Day. Students need to select and practice reciting a 16 line poem for our poetry memorization competition. Students will be assessed on their MEMORY SKILLS (fluency, level of difficulty of poem) DELIVERY OF POEM (speed, volume, enunciation, expression - voice, expression - face, enthusiasm, gestures) and STAGE PRESENCE (posture, hand action - no fidgeting, eye contact, ease of delivery/comfort). There are no props or cue cards allowed. We will have some time in class to memorize poems, but students should be doing so at home as well. 

Please submit a copy of the 16 line poem that your child will be memorizing by Friday, January 8. We will be having our completion on Thursday, January 21. Two students will be selected from our class to present their poems at an even bigger competition on February 11. If you are having a hard time finding a poem, try googling Ken Nesbitt. He has some humorous poetry. Even typing in poetry for kids will show up with lots of great results. :) 

Mad Science Workshop: 
We are very excited to have a scientist come to our classroom on Thursday, January 14 to teach us more about forces. They will be here from 9-11am. It is very beneficial for your child to be at school that morning as this will be a large focus of this unit. 

List #13

purse

purple

purpose

hamburger

hurricane

sweat shirt

birdhouse

hummingbird

sirloin

dirty

point

noise

spoiled

moisten

soil

boiling

joyful

oyster

enjoy

cowboy

camouflage

hibernate

fungi

mold

bacteria

Vocabulary:

accurate: correct

valuable: worth much

purchase: to buy something