Wednesday, June 3

Highlights

• This morning, we read some of our novel, The One and Only Ivan. Ask me what happened!
• We played Boom City during P.E. Ask me how to play!
• In Math, we practiced solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division algebra equations. Ask me to show you how to solve the questions below!

• During Literacy, we wrote about Ivan's live and how it changed throughout his life. Ask me to tell you about his life while he lived in Africa vs. with Mack. 
• In Science, we talked about the different things Indigenous people did in spring. Ask me to tell you about the different things that they did. Tomorrow we will be writing our ideas down and adding them to our journals. 

Reminders:

• No reminders today. 
  
  

Tuesday, June 2

    Highlights

• This morning, we read some of our novel, The One and Only Ivan. Ask me what happened!
• We had Music today! Ask me what we did. 
• In Math, we did a SWYK for measurement. Ask me how I feel about it. 
• During Literacy, we reviewed nonfiction text features and finished our feature hunt. Ask me to show you some text features in a nonfiction text at home!

• We have some new reading rotations! Ask me to tell you about them.  
• For Social Studies, we talked about actions that can improve quality of life for ourselves, others, and our community. Ask me to tell you about some actions that can make a difference. 

Reminders:

• The weather is supposed to be rainy for the next few days. Please bring proper clothing as we will be going outside for the rest of the week. 

Monday, June 1

   Highlights

• This morning, we worked on finishing up our science and Social Studies work.
• We did art project about the food chain. Ask me to show you.
• Some of us had our Alex Manroe presentation today. Ask me how the presentation went. 
• In Math, we did a quick angles check in and then work on converting measurements. Ask me to show you how to do it below. 

• During Literacy, we did a nonfiction text feature hunt. Ask me what a text feature is and how it helps me while reading nonfiction books. 

• In Science, we started learning about Indigenous connections with animals and the land that they live on. Ask me to tell you about some of their food sources. 
• For Social Studies, we learned about quality of life. Ask me to tell you ways you can feel safe, healthy, and happy. 

Reminders:

• The weather is supposed to be rainy for the next few days. Please bring proper clothing as we will be going outside for the rest of the week. 

Tuesday, May 26

Highlights

• This morning, we read our class novel. Ask me what happened!
• We had our first day of gymnastics today in P.E. Ask me what skills we worked on.
• In Literacy, we finished writing the first copy of our Diary of an ____ book. In the afternoon, we used the computers to start making the online version! Ask me to tell you what I added so far.
• During Math, we used measuring tapes to see how close our estimates were when we used our referents. Ask me to tell you about my estimates versus the actual measurements. 

Reminders:

• No reminders for today!

Monday, May 25

Highlights

• This morning, we worked on finish up and were reminded about Grade 3 expectations. Ask me to tell you about them. 
• We had Music today. Ask me what we did!
• During Math, we talked about using benchmarks and referents to estimate measurements. Ask me to estimate the size of the objects below!

• In Literacy, we started writing our Diary of an ____ book! Ask me to tell you what I have done so far!
• We have two new reading rotation tasks. Ask me to tell you about them. 

• In Social Studies, how learned about ways we can make positive impacts on the community, school, and at home. Ask me to tell you some examples!

Reminders:

Friday, May 22

      Highlights

• This morning, we finished labeling our nature picture in Science. Ask me about my sentence labels. 

• We did Freedom Frenzy in P.E. Ask me about the different activities we could do after Gagaball. 
• During Math, we finished our end of year number check-in. Ask me how I feel about it. We also started learning about algebra. Ask me to tell you about the = sign!
• We made impermanent art durning Field Study. Ask me to tell you about my art. 

• We ended our day with some finish up time. Ask me what I worked on. 

Reminders:

• No reminder today!

Thursday, May 21

     Highlights

• This morning, we read some of our novel and had a cultural walk in the upstairs hallway! Ask me if I participated in the walk and to tell you about the different outfits I saw. 
• We continued to play volleyball games in P.E. Ask me how it went!
• During Math, we started an end of year number check-in. This includes all the skills that we have been practicing throughout the year. Stay tuned to find out more! 
• We finished our research plant or animal today and are ready to turn it into writing! Ask me what learned.

• In Science, we looked at a nature picture and talked about how it relates to our learning in living systems. Ask me to tell you about it. 

Reminders:

• No reminder today!