SEASON'S GREETINGS

I can't believe we are on our last week before the winter break starts! I want to take this time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing holiday with their family and is able to take some time with each other to play games, watch a movie, get outside and just enjoy time together. It has been a wonderful year in Grade 3 so far and I can't wait to see what kind of learning and adventures the new year will have for us.

REMINDERS:

Monday, December 13th - Formal Christmas Wear

Tuesday, December 14th - Casual Day ~ Wear Christmas Colours

Wednesday, December 15th - Casual Day ~ Wear Christmas Hats/Antlers

Thursday, December 16th - Casual Day ~ Wear Christmas Sweaters

Friday, December 17th - Casual Day ~ Wear Your Pyjamas

Carolling for our class is on December 15th and 16th! Bring your singing voices.

LIBRARY:

Please have ALL library books returned this Wednesday, December 15th. THANK YOU!

HOMEWORK:

Homework is not due until January 7th.

November 25th

 SCHOLASTIC BOOKS

We are set up for book orders ONLINE ONLY. Your child is bringing home a flyer today. You can also go online and look at the flyers or search books of interest. If you or your child would like to order, please do it online, do NOT send cash/cheques to the school. You can order and the books will be sent right to your house. Please use the following code when you order... RC202932 

By using this code, you will save money on shipping and it will help us build our classroom library. THANK YOU!

OUR CLASSROOM CODE IS: RC202932

CONFERENCES

I am looking forward to meeting with each of you to discuss your child's learning. Please come prepared with questions you might have.

FOOD DRIVE

The grade three students will be hosting a food drive and the Food Bank boxes will be delivered early next week. We will be collecting non-perishable food items until Dec. 14th. Please note that making a donation is completely optional. We will focusing on Global Citizenship (Social Studies) and completing various Math tasks in connection with our food drive (i.e. 3D shapes, graphing). 

Thank you to the friends who have already made a donation.

REMINDER

No school tomorrow.

November 18, 2020

It was so great to have everyone back this week and learning face to face. It was a wonderful week full of risk taking, exploring and persevering.

Hip Hop

Tomorrow the students can come dressed in casual wear - if possible, dressed and ready for a hip hop dance! We will be recording what we learned this week.They can add some accessories such as a hat, toque or sunglasses! Make sure they can still dance in their outfit. 

Conferences

We have virtual conferences next Thursday evening and Friday morning. If you have not yet booked, please do so right away. Spots are filling up quickly. Thank you!

Food Drive

The grade three students will be hosting a food drive and the Food Bank boxes will be delivered early next week. We will be collecting non-perishable food items until Dec. 14th. Please note that making a donation is completely optional. We will focusing on Global Citizenship (Social Studies) and completing various Math tasks in connection with our food drive (i.e. 3D shapes, graphing).  More information will follow in Mrs. Taylor's weekly emails. 

Yesterday, students wrote in their Author's Notebook about the importance of the food drive. They were asked to list various items that could be donated, what a food drive is, who a food drive helps and why they are important (i.e. helping others, showing kindness, giving hope).

Thank you to the friends who have already made a donation.

Show and Tell

While we were working online last week, students were asked to write a descriptive paragraph about something that is special to them. I told them they could bring it in as a show and tell item. If it is too special or too big, they can bring a picture instead. I will have students read their paragraph and show their item. It will take some time to get through all of the students, we will be doing 3-4 per day when time permits. 

Math

This week we worked on a Math problem together in class. The students found it challenging to take risks and make mistakes - try, try again! We are learning that sometimes a mistake is a great time to learn. It is also ok if the answer doesn't just pop into our head. There might be times where we have to make a few attempts before getting the answer or answers correct. We have also started sharing our math thoughts in class through Math talks. Students have been sharing their answer and explaining how they got it!

Homework

Homework is due tomorrow. We will also be having our spelling test with a focus on the long u sound.

Updates - November 4, 2021

HAPPY DIWALI! 

Students worked on Rangoli artwork and a special elephant art piece this week to celebrate.

ACORN ART

 Acorn art will be sent home today. Please read the message sent from Mrs. Taylor regarding how to order because it is all online this year.

OUR LEARNING

This week, we have been focusing on descriptive writing. We have been talking about using descriptive words and showing vs. telling to make our writing more interesting for the reader. Ask your child to show you what happy, sad, excited or angry looks like. We introduced this concept with a game of charades!

HOMEWORK

Next week is a short week, so homework will be posted as usual, but not due until November 19th (the following week).

NO SCHOOL

Please remember that we will not have school next Thursday (Remembrance Day) or Friday (PD Day).

REMEMBRANCE DAY

The grade 2 students will honouring Remembrance Day with a virtual assembly on Wednesday. If your child is a member of Brownies, Guides, Scouts or Cadets, they are invited to wear their uniforms on this day. Otherwise, we are asking that all students come in FORMAL uniform this day.

SCHOLASTIC BOOKS

We are set up for book orders ONLINE ONLY. You can go online and look at the flyers or search books of interest. If you or your child would like to order, please do it online, do NOT send cash/cheques to the school. You can order and the books will be sent right to your house. Please use the following code when you order... RC202932 

By using this code, you will save money on shipping and it will help us build our classroom library. THANK YOU!

OUR CLASSROOM CODE IS: RC202932

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Have a safe and happy weekend. We had some pretty amazing costumes in our class today.

Spelling tests will be sent home on Monday.

Homework will be posted on Sunday!

Tuesday, October 26th

We are planning on doing a community walk with our class at one point over the next week depending on the weather. Please ensure that your child is coming to school prepared and dressed for the weather each day. 

*Please note, we are hoping to go on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 28th), but again, this can change based on the weather.

LIBRARY: Tomorrow is library day, please remember your books so you can take a new one out.

HALLOWEEN: We will have our Halloween celebration on Friday. Please send your chid dressed in their costume as we do not have the time or space to do it in the school. We are asking that you send a special treat with your child to have on Friday, but please do NOT send a class treat (edible) as we are unable to hand it out to all the kids. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Fun Project

 Ask your child about their SPOOKY HOUSE! 

How did they use Math and Art together to create their picture? What shapes were used? Can they explain what the next steps will be next (i.e. collect data and graph)?

Once we are done the Art and Math piece, we will extend out learning by creating a DESCRIPTIVE writing piece about our house.

The students have been engaged in this activity and should be excited to share!