March Madness

I feel like I always start these post the same way... busy busy busy - but alas we are always busy while learning and having tons of fun in Grade 3A. Last week's highlight was hosting 9 teachers and principals from the Northern Superior School Board to showcase our school's Learning Commons and Makerspace. We teamed up with Mr. Boddy's class to show our guests just what an effective Learning Commons/Makerspace looks like. Our students showed our visitors how to run a Green Screen, Code Ozobots, Code Dash and Dot, build on our lego wall and cart and the students used our Invention Carts and Craft Carts. I am very proud of the students as they did a wonderful job in each of their respective centres. Our Fridays will most definitely continue including our Makerspace carts during our Library time!

In Language, we continued working on our rough copies of the Non-Fiction Reports. We have teamed up with our partners in Mrs. Whiting's class over the last two weeks to research and work on our rough copies. The students have been following the Writing Process (Brainstorm, Rough Draft, Edit, Revise and Publish. Most of the students are ready to begin their Google Slide Deck that they are able to access through their drive and the Hapara Workspace. There is a link to National Geographic Kids, the Rubric and the rough copies of the report that they are working on. The final copies will be done independently and not with a partner.

Thank you to all the students who have completed and shared the Writer's Briefcase thus far! Don't worry your time is coming soon if you have not yet had a chance to take it home.

We wrapped up our Money unit and wrote a little quiz on Friday. The quizzes will be returned this week. Please continue to challenge yourself when you're out and about shopping with your family. How much change will get? Can you estimate how much your total order will cost?  Some of our students have almost cracked the Case of the Sticky Bank Burglary - we've almost all caught the thief. Let's hope he returns all the money!

Today we started Perimeter and Area. I can foresee some construction sites in our near future! I wonder if we need to buy some hardhats!  

We will wrap up our Forces and Motion Science unit this week! We have been having so much fun teaming up with Mrs. Whiting's class, learning about Magnetism, Gravity and Friction. It is most definitely a favourite part of our day.

 

 

Our Religion table is currently holding all of Lenten Prayer strips. I have asked the students that if there is something special they would like to share with the class to place on our Religion Table they are most welcome to bring it in. Perhaps they have a special rosary, bible or even a letter or card that means a lot to them.

Genius Hour will be worked on every Thursday afternoon, please start to bring in any materials that you will need to start working on you project at school. This Thursday we will continue to focus on the planning  and researching stage. Please remember that this a long and detailed project that may take longer than we expected! All part of the fun!