January 29 - February 2

This week we will be going through both the Little Red Riding Hood stories, and will be having our Puppet Comedy show for drama.  In math, please continue to practice your multiplication facts!

Small reminder as well that this Friday is a PD day, so there will not be any classes that day.

January 22 - 26

 Very short post today!  Not much to update, but here are a few:

• Math:  We are still working on our multiplication and division.  It would be very help to keep practising the multiplication facts to x9 to help put them to memory!
• Language: We are working further with quotation marks and will be presenting our Little Red Riding Hood stories late this week.
• Science:  We are finishing up some work on forces.  Today, we discussed balancing forces and even centre of gravity came up!
• Drama: On Thursday, we will present our jokes with our puppets or teddy bears in our "Comedy Special".  Each student has found 5 jokes they like, and they will try to tell these in a loud, clear voice while showing some "body language" with their puppets.
• There are two presentations this week!  On Tuesday morning, we will have a Mad Science presentation (thank you parent council!) and on Wednesday afternoon there will be a school presentation at the end of the day from Quincy Mack called "Be an All-Star"

January 15 - 19

Over the next few weeks, we will be having some Jersey and Jeans days.   So, wear your jeans and jersey on any of the Ottawa Senators home game days.

In Math, we are still going through multiplication and division strategies.  It is important for children in grade 3 to learn their multiplication to x9 and division to 81 divided by 9.  In class, we go through strategies, use arrays and number lines to model what it means.   We will be continuing this to the end of next week.

In Language, we are looking at narrative writing.  We have been listening to different versions of Little Red Riding Hood, and starting last week we have been making our own versions by changing the character, setting and even the problem (and how it is solved!).  This has been done in class, using Book Creator.  We are going to have a lesson looking at quotation marks, so this week as part of the editing process, we will be looking to see where these quotation marks go.

Update: January 8 - 12

 Happy New Year!!  It was nice to see everyone back and hear all about their holidays!  A school newsletter will be sent home today, but there is one important notice to be shared here as well:

• Pizza Day resumes this week, but Subway Days do not resume until next week.

This week, we will be continuing our work with multiplication and division.  Again, it is important for the class to learn their number facts up to x9.  Perhaps pick one of the facts, and practice that at night.  Keep an eye in their workspace for our lessons.

In Language, we will be working on our New Year's Resolutions tomorrow.   Today, we looked at picking a single word to represent what we would like to change or do better this year. 

We will also be working in these areas during the next two weeks:

• Language: We will be starting some work in narrative writing soon (learning about the parts of a story, and creating our own as well)
• Health: Working in Book Creator to display a balanced meal plan for one day.  
• Drama: We will be continuing work with expressions and body movements through games and activities.
• Science:  We will be continuing to work on our Forces unit
• Family Life: We will be having some discussions about brothers, sisters and good friends
• Physical Education: Practice with badminton and handball over the next month.