Weekly Times April 25, 2012

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Units of Inquiry-
Sharing the Planet - Home Sweet Home

Homes Presentations - see the page above to see the videos I have uploaded
Self assessment

Field Trip to Pigorini Museum - Prehistory

Who We Are - Bodyworks
Gathering prior knowledge
Brief readings on Bones and Muscles
Making a skeleton

Language Arts
Pen Pal letters - from the Virgin Islands, writing back, illustrating
Spelling -irregular plurals

Reading - The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark - Chapter 3

Literature Circle jobs - Agile Actor

Maths
Math review and assessment
Looking over corrected assessment

Spring Break Assignment - the students have been given a small journal to use as a diary of their vacation.  They should write three times.  Also, they should continue to review their multiplication facts and read!  Wishing everyone a lovely break.

Weekly Times April 15, 2012

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Units of Inquiry-
Sharing the Planet - Home Sweet Home

Bringing in model homes----they are beautiful!

Finishing Power Point Presentations

Next week:
Presenting their houses

Beginning our new unit BODYWORKS, starting with the skeletal-muscular system

Field trip Friday to the Pigorini Museum

Language Arts
Writing - paragraph about the weekend,

Pen Pal letters - from the Virgin Islands, read letters and wrote back

Spelling -plurals

• most words add -s at the end
• most words that end in -fe and -f change the -f or -fe to -v and add -es
• words that end in -ff just add -s

Reading - The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark - Chapters 1 and 2

Literature Circle jobs - Discussion Director, Connector and Artful Artist

Maths
Fractions- review

Decimals - one tenth is the same written 1/10 or 0.1, related it to ten cent coins, the decimal point

Review for the assessment which will be next week

mathletics (fractions)

Weekly Times April 5, 2012

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Dear 3B Parents and Students,
Have a lovely weekend and Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it.

Units of Inquiry-
Sharing the Planet - Home Sweet Home

Examining the book Wonderful Homes Around the World to find information (scavenger hunt) - finishing up and correcting

More readings on climate
Story about the house that Jack built (http://www.nationwideeducation.co.uk/sustainability-education/students/07-11_sustainable-houses/index.php)
Lesson with Mr. Ronen - eco homes
ICT - setting up power point presentations

Working on reaserch packet for house project

Next week:
Houses should be brought to school, the power points will be completed, students will have a chance to practice then present thier power points and houses

Language Arts
Writing - paragraph about the weekend with sharing

Spelling -plurals

• most words add -s at the end
• words that end in the hiss sound (s, z, x, ch, sh, ss) add -es
• words that end in a consonant and -y, you drop the -y and add -ies

Grammar - continuing to review irregular past tense

Reading - a book about the three little pigs told from the wolf's prespective

Maths
Multiplication of 2 digit by 1 digit numbers
Word problems with multiplication and division
Bar charts
Fractions -

• parts of a whole and parts of a group,
• describing them as "out of" - ex. one fourth is one out of 4 (total)
• equivalent fractions using shapes
  

mathletics (fractions)

This week there was an assembly in which the primary school shared about their field trips and/or other things they have been doing. Here is the power point that Grade 3 presented. Aidan, Marco, Rosa and Leila E were risk-takers who volunteered to present for 3B. Great job!