Literacy
Read Aloud- We continued to read The Trouble With Chickens last week and finished it today. We were thrown a few curve balls as we approached the end of the book! The students really enjoyed the ending of the story. They learned to closely listen to the narrator's voice when I was reading and appreciated JJ's wicked sense of humour!
Read to Self- I am super proud of 3C students for being such voracious readers! They enjoy their time reading each day which provides me with the opportunity to work with struggling readers one on one. During this time of targeted reading intervention, I am able to model and practice specific reading strategies with students. I have already witnessed positive change in their reading ability but most importantly, their reading confidence!
Words Their Way- Students had a successful week with WTW. During the week, we work with our word sorts each day at school and students are expected to complete the same activity at home. At home practice is necessary to ensure that the students are grasping the spelling patterns. Thank you for your cooperation with this each week!
Writing- After reviewing several journal entries and other samples of writing, I have formed writing conference groups. Similar to reading conferences, I will be targeting certain writing skills in a small group setting. We have also continued our focus on paragraph writing using our Back and Forth Communication activity in addition to other guided writing activities.
Numeracy
We have finished up our patterning unit with an abundance of SUCCESS!!! I have never, in my many years of teaching grade three, made it through the unit so quickly and with such amazingly high marks on the unit final! The JUMP Math program is proving itself daily in our class!
We have also been taking some time to work on our quick recall of basic facts. This past week, we focused on learning our DOUBLES. I taught the students some fun ways to remember these facts!
Ask your child to tell you and show you our doubles tricks!
We are going to continue onto our Number Sense Unit in math starting with a focus on place value.
Social Studies
This past week we worked on learning about the 7 continents and 5 oceans. We watched a very memorable video to help us remember the names of the continents!
How To Remember the 7 Continents for kids!
Art
Over the past two weeks, we created a spider web masterpiece using watercolour paper, white glue, watercolour paint and salt. The students did a fantastic job!
Gym
Recently in gym, we have been focusing on throwing and catching skills. Students have been practicing underhand and overhand throwing. Proper form has been reviewed and we are making gains for sure. Throwing and catching is something adults take for granted and don't think too much about. For kids, it's a whole other story! We have also been focusing on the progression to throwing and catching for sport. It isn't enough to be able to throw a ball...can you throw it so that the receiver can catch it? Did you get their attention before you threw the ball? Did you aim it properly? During gym class, we focus on these skills individually before trying them out in a game setting. The students quickly realize how important these skills are when they are trying to work together as a team.
Halloween
Due to a drumming presentation in the afternoon on Friday, we will be having our Annual Costume Parade first thing in the morning. Please have your child dressed and ready when they come to school on Friday. If you want to supply a change of clothes for later in the day, that would be great. Students often get tired and uncomfortable in their costumes all day.
Our party snack schedule was shared earlier this month. There is a copy on the blog under VIP.
We will be having our party snacks in the morning after recess at 10:30am. I will supply juice, plates and napkins.
On the schedule I have:
Madeleine - sausage/meat tray
Devon - cheese and crackers
Rachel - sweets
Kayden - fruit tray
Ryce - veggie tray
If there are any problems with these assignments, please let me know asap.
Parent Teacher Meetings
Parent Teacher Meetings are being held on Tuesday, November 3rd and Wednesday, November 4th.
Please use the following link to sign up for an appointment time.
Parent Teacher Meetings
There will be a book fair running in the library from November 2 to 4th.
Farewell to Mrs. Becker
We are having a special farewell assembly on Wednesday at 2:30pm to give the students an opportunity to say goodbye to Mrs. Becker. Parents are welcome to attend!
Fieldtrip to Tin Soldier
The students enjoyed the Alberta Opera's performance of The Tin Soldier! They were very impressed with the singing, quick costume changes and set design!
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