![]() We have a fun filled "Canada 150" Spirit Week ahead of us! We look forward to engaging in meaningful activities such as the talking circle and learning more about our history this week. Below is a quick look at what other learning we will be doing across the different subject areas. Religion: Last week students reflected about the importance of celebrating "Kindness Week." The grade three community decided to shower our administrative staff with an act of kindness on Friday morning by singing them a beautiful song called "Proud as a Mountain." The smiles on their faces and on the faces of the students exemplify just how much being kind makes a difference to all involved (the kindness givers and the kindness receivers). This week students will hear and reflect upon the Gospel from this past Sunday where Jesus tells His followers to love their enemies. They will also continue to hear more information about the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Literacy: Students will begin to write procedural texts this week as we ran out of time for this last week. Last week students read a narrative text entitled "Where's Ms. Mitra?" and responded to multiple choice and short answer questions about the text. This week students will be given an opportunity to "bump up" their original answers, as many of them continue to leave out important details from the text, as well as their own ideas in the responses that they are giving. We will encourage students to think about the following questions when incorporating their own ideas into their responses ("What would I do?," "Has this ever happened to me?," "What would I say?" and "What do I know about?"). Last week our word work focus was on reviewing the homonyms from our word wall folders. This week we will focus on compound words. ![]() Math: Last week students completed an "On Your Own" check in that focused on Time Relationships. Some students still require some practice with telling time to five minute intervals. Visiting sites such as "Stop the Clock" and other sites under our Math links will help students. We are noticing that some students are not paying attention to where the hour hand is located and so they are making errors. Through warm up activities in class, students have learned that the closer the hour hand is to the next hour, the larger the minutes become. Asking your child to tell the time on an analog clock at different points in the day is an excellent way to support them in learning to tell time accurately. Later on in the week last week, students worked collaboratively to sort 2D and 3D shapes. This week students will share out their sorting rules and we will begin to explore the different attributes of 2D and 3 D shapes. ![]() Science: Last week students continued to read, record and wonder about Forces. Students gathered in small group knowledge building circles to share out the new knowledge that they had acquired, as well as to seek answers to their wonderings. On Friday, students had the opportunity to create an informative comic strip about "Forces" using "Pixton." This week, students will have an opportunity to do some more reading, recording and wondering about "Forces" and will also engage in some experiments about forces. ![]() Physical Education: Last week students began building their badminton skills and lead up to lacrosse skills using scoops and balls. This will be a continued focus this week. Here is a beautiful song about Kindness to enjoy as a family during this week of Kindness 2017. Your child has heard it many times in our classroom! Have a wonderful kindness filled week!
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