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!