Weekly Times
February 8, 2013
Headlines
Units of Inquiry
EARN, SPEND, SAVE, GIVE - How We Organize Ourselves
Class Economy with Single Subject Sterling - salary paid for going to classes
Class Economy with "salary" and "bills" in Euro as well as converting Single Subject Sterling to Euro
Class Shops - selling, buying and reflecting on the process
Grade 3 Market - hand-made craft market by and for Grade 3
- purchasing raw materials
- making products
- selling products from their shops and purchasing from others at the "market"
- figuring out profit or no profit and diving their income based on amount of investment
- reflecting on the process
Field trip to Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - goes along with "Dig It" from earlier this year, but we were lucky to get the reservation!
Language
Spelling - words that end in -"n" spelled -an, -en, -on
Writing - reflecting on units
Grammar - apostrophes with possessives and plural possessives
Read alouds: Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
Typing practice on Thursdays for half an hour
Peer Leader -
Skits on feeling jealous at school and how to resolve those feelings
Maths
Making change at the shops
Adding up and converting with money
Recognizing coin equivalencies
Measuring cm and mm - more practice
Measuring with kg and g - using a balance
Reviewing subtraction strategies
Mad Math - quick check of facts
ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES
- Weekend Assignments: -
- Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG - children should have logged some reading at least 5 times this week with two being their banded books aloud to an adult - as usual
- Reading Journal - letter - this week it is the same letter for everyone, printed out and pasted in with questions to answer
- Field Trip Reflection sheet
THE FIELD TRIP
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GRADE 3 MARKET PREPARATIONS
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MARKET DAY!
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| Our shops |
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| Waiting for shoppers |
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| Come shop at our shops! |
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| Getting change at the bank |
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