Things have been super busy in 3C!
LITERACY
Over the past two weeks we finished the book Frindle and the students LOVED IT! They became so invested in the character's journey through the book! They loved making predictions using the title for the upcoming chapter! Their comprehension skills have really developed nicely through our read alouds. I can't wait to introduce them to my favourite book in the world in the next few weeks! They are almost ready for it!
This week we started reading a new series called Key Hunters. I like to introduce them to new series to encourage them to try new books. You never know which book or series is going to strike a chord within you until you try it. They really enjoyed the first chapter today but were very frustrated when Chapter Two was "just called Chapter Two!" LOL!
We finished up our focus on organization last week! I am so proud of their growth as writers! This is the first time that I've used this resource and I am loving it! As a final project, using the skills that they learned between the lessons on IDEAS and ORGANIZATION, students first came up with a topic that they felt they knew a lot about. Then they chose what type of paragraph they wanted to write and planned their writing accordingly:
- They used a point form list if they were writing a paragraph giving step by step instructions.
- They used a web if they were writing a detailed paragraph on one topic.
- They used a Venn diagram if they were writing a paragraph that was comparing two things.
They were then given time to write a proper paragraph, making sure to start with a topic sentence. The students did a great job on this assignment!
This week we started our focus on WORD CHOICE! This is going to be awesome! I always spent a considerable amount of time on word choice using JoAnne Moore resources. I was lucky enough to work along side JoAnne Moore and have her personally coaching me on teaching writing. Her resources and my experience with them are going to be perfect along side the Traits resource that I've been using. Stay tuned for some amazing writing!!!
NUMERA CY
The students are super proud of their ability to add multi-digit numbers with or without regrouping using the traditional algorithm (stack and add)! They are all becoming more accurate with their calculations. By starting with the place value side of things, the students really grasped the concept of regrouping quickly...it just made sense to them! Woohoo! We are going to be moving on to multi-digit subtracting this week! Wish us luck!
SOCIAL STUDIES
The students of 3C fell in love with India over the past three weeks! We learned so much about their country, people, culture and way of life! The students were very respectful in discussing their observations in regards to the similarities and differences between our two countries. We talked about everything! I hope that our conversation about Indian style toilets didn't surface at dinner time for you! They were amazed by the conditions that people lived under in certain parts of the country. It amazed them how different India is from region to region!
We really enjoyed our cultural celebration of India Day last Friday! A huge thank you to the handful of moms that made it in to lend me a hand with the henna! I couldn't have done it without you! Our culture days are always so much fun as we immerse ourselves in a culture that we have all come to respect and love!
PE
Another HUGE thank you goes out to all of the parents that were able to come to the arena to help out with tying skates and supervising on the ice! Special thanks to Marie Murray for showing up every day to tie skates and be out on the ice! The kids all enjoyed their ice time and their skills progressed very nicely! We have one more skating week coming up in February!
STAR STUDENT
We all sure enjoyed getting to know Mr. L a bit more during his Star Student week! He is such a sweet boy... we just love him!
We loved sharing in Miss P's Star Student week!
She was super excited to introduce us to her new little puppy Lady Punk!
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our super Student of the Weeks!!! You girls make me proud every day!!!
I think that's all for now!
Just two reminders/notes:
- If you haven't logged on to PowerSchool to pay the $8 fee for Culture Days, please do so asap. The $8 covers all four Culture Days.
- Students brought home the first two units from our writing books (Ideas and Organization). Check their backpacks for them...they should be in there.
Take care everyone!
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