Q1 Final Exam schedule and Study Guides

Q1 Exam Schedule:

Wednesday, October 5 - Art, PE, Chinese

Thursday, October 6 - Christian Living, Music

Friday, October 7 - Health

Tuesday, October 11 - Language Arts and Science

Wednesday, October 12 - Social Studies, Math

Thursday, October 13 - Reading and Phonics

STUDY GUIDES

Math Exam will be on Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Here are the main points of what you should study:

Chapter 1

1)    Place value – ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands (standard, expanded, and word form)

2)   Finding a number pattern

Chapter 2

 1) Comparing numbers – greater than, less than, equal to

                           2) Putting numbers in order – greatest to least, least to greatest                                      3) Rounding – to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand

                                4) Read a bar graph

Chapter 3

                          1) Counting coins and bills – (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar bill)

                          2) Make change – count up to 100 when making change

                           3) Compare money amounts – greater than, less than, equal to

                          4)  Rounding money

Chapter 4

                               1) Addition properties – commutative, zero, and associative properties

                               2) Regroup ones and tens

                               3) Guessing and checking – use strategies to solve problems

                               4) Column addition

                               5)  Adding greater numbers

**There will be problem solving questions from every chapter. Please remember the steps to take when solving a problem. 

Language Arts Exam will be on Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Here are the main points of what you should study:

Unit 1 – The Sentence

    Types of sentences (exclamation, question, command, statement), and the end marks for each one (period, exclamation, question mark).

     Be able to identify the subject and predicate of sentences.

     How to correct run-on sentences.

Unit 2 - Nouns

      1) Common and proper nouns.

      2) Singular and Plural nouns (know the rules of when to add, “-s, -es, or -ies”

      3) Special plural nouns.

      4) Singular and Plural possessive nouns

Writing and Proofreading

     1)   You will need to write a short personal narrative. Please remember how to write a good beginning and ending, and organize your details.

     2)  All spelling words from the spelling tests. You will need to find misspelled words and spell them correctly.

Reading and Phonics 

There will be 2 parts to the Final Exam:

     1)   Written exam on Thursday, October 13, 2016.

     2)  Oral exam throughout exam week – October 6-13, 2016.

   1)  Oral Exam (Reading)

During exam week, you will read a selection and be graded on the strategies we have been learning in the CAFE menu during Daily 5, with a focus on the following:

·        Predict what happens next

·        Connect to the story

·        Name the problem and the solution

·        Recognize the story elements (character, setting, problem)

·        Back up and reread

·        Identify fiction and non-fiction

·        Skip the word and come back to it

·        Name the characters

·        Use the pictures

·        Chunk letters and sounds

I will also use a rubric for how well you read the selection.

    2)  Written Exam Key Points to Study:

-      Vocabulary AND comprehension questions will come from the stories:

a)   A Fine, Fine, School

b)  The Trial of Cardigan Jones

c)   Pop’s Bridge

-      You will also read a short story and answer comprehension questions from that story.

Science Exam will be on Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Here are the main points of what you should study:

Unit 1 – Investigation Questions

Key vocabulary – observe, infer, predict, investigation, experiment, hypothesis, variable, conclusion, model, measure, microscope, temperature, thermometer, length, data, evidence, chart, bar graph, data table, communicate

Also, please remember:  

     - Steps to an investigation, we observe with our 5 senses

     - Different tools are used to measure different things

     - Scientists communicate data

Unit 2 – Engineering Process

Key vocabulary – design process, problem, solution, evaluate, technology

Also, please remember:

    - Steps to the design process

    - Technology has changed through time, and changed society

Unit 3 – Plants and Animals

Key vocabulary – life cycle, germinates, flower, reproduce, cones, pollen, pollination, spores

Also, please remember:

   - Parts of the life cycle and their importance

   - Plants need animals, animals need plants

   - Seeds can be different

Social Studies Exam will be on Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Chapter 1 Key Vocabulary Words

Lesson 1 – community, location, region

Lesson 2 – cardinal and intermediate directions, hemisphere

Lesson 3 – rural, urban, suburban

Chapter 2 Key Vocabulary Words

Lesson 1 – continents, landform, bodies of water

Lesson 2 – weather, climate, elevation, vegetation

Lesson 3 – natural resources, agricultural, industrial, conserve

Lesson 4 – adapt, modify, population

Key Points to Focus on:

CHAPTER 1: Our Communities

Lesson 1

-       What makes a good community?

-       People settle in a community because of location.

-       Communities need natural resources.

-       Communities and regions can be different, and they change over time.

-       Generalizations.

Lesson 2

-       Know how to give directions.

-       Be able to use a map.

-       Know that there are different kinds of maps for different purposes.

-       Explain the location of places.

Lesson 3

-       Describe and distinguish rural, suburban, and urban communities

CHAPTER 2: Our Environment

Lesson 1

-       There are 7 continents

-       Landforms: mountain, hill, plains, plateau, island, glacier

-       Bodies of water: ocean, lake, pond, river, stream

-       Regions have different landforms

Lesson 2

-       Tell the difference between weather and climate

-       Bodies of water and elevation shape the climate of places

-       There are different climate regions

-       Vegetation is different in regions because of the climate

-       Read an elevation map

Lesson 3

-       There are different natural resources we use for our needs

-       Difference between agricultural and industrial regions

-       We need to protect our natural resources

Lesson 4

-       Tell how the environment affects people

-       People change (modify) environments

-       Populations affect the environment

-       How can people help and harm the land?

Sept. 30, 2016

This is the last day of September, and the time keeps on flying.

This morning we had our usual spelling test, and then we followed that up with practicing for Monday's assembly as we are doing a little skit to show Friendship.

In Math, the students added greater numbers on the whiteboard and in games.

The students got to explain that pollination must occur for flowering plants to reproduce. We also watched a short video about bees.

Also, Dennis was very generous and kind to give all the students a nice gift from Japan. Thanks for sharing, Dennis.

 

New Spelling Words:
September, stretch, desert, beautiful, foggy, Wednesday, balancing, listen , thirty, twenty, country, disappears

HOMEWORK:
1) Science p. 99-100
2) LA - Personal Narrative - please complete your first draft. Remember to double space.
3) Reading Log

NOTICES:
- please remember to hand in your permission slip on Monday for the field trip
- also, please remember to bring your Library books
- students have received study guides
- Exam week begins on Monday - please check the exam schedule. I have also added a separate link for Final exam study guides and schedule

Have a splendid weekend!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Sept. 29, 2016

Hopefully all of your homes and families stayed safe during the scary typhoon.

It was a busy day trying to catch up on missed lessons, but the students responded very well and we got many things accomplished today, such as:

Language Arts/Reading - began writing the draft for a personal narrative, identified the problem and solution of stories, and made special nouns plural.

Social Studies - distinguished between agricultural and industrial regions. The students held a debate and had to describe which region would be the best to move to.

  

Math - added three or more addends using columns.

ECA - half was used for Science in which the students described the plant life cycle and the other half was preparing for our presentation of Friendship for Monday's Assembly.

  

HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 23
2) Eng. p. 29
3) Reading Log

NOTICES:
- Spelling test tomorrow
- it's Friday tomorrow, please wear your House shirt so your team can have the most!
- reminder to hand in your permission slips for the field trip. Due date is tomorrow.
- quarter 1 final exams begin next week (Chinese, PE, Health, Art, Music, Christian Living, Computer). Study guides will be handed out tomorrow.

Have a wonderful evening!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Sept. 27, 2016

Despite being a half day of school, we still got many things completed in our busy morning.

In Language Arts, the students began writing a plan for their personal narrative draft, and also made some nouns that end in 'y' into plural nouns.

We did some problem solving in Math, but this time we used the guess and check method to find answers.

HOMEWORK:
1) Eng. p. 28 (please complete #1-6, and for the bottom part, please just choose 3 words, make them plural, and write a sentence - you do not need to write a riddle)
2) Journeys p. 44
3) Reading Log
4) Personal Narrative plan (if you didn't finish in class today)

NOTICES:
- permission slips for our Field Trip were handed out yesterday. Please return it by this Friday, September 30 along with $200 if you would like your child to attend.
- short quiz on Thursday on making singular nouns int plural nouns
- PE day tomorrow, please wear your casual uniforms

Enjoy your half day holiday, and please be safe!

Mr. Y

Sept. 26, 2016

We have now entered the last week of school in September. Final exams are right around the corner.

After Assembly we had Reading/Phonics and began the new story in Journeys: Pop's Bridge. The students were introduced to some new vocabulary words.

In Math, the students regrouped ones and tens to add. They also played games very well together.

Social Studies the students had a short quiz on the first two lessons in Chapter 2. We then discussed the kinds of natural resources that people use in USA.

We began a new unit in Science - Plants and Animals. We will not finish this unit before the final exams, but we will get a good start on it. We observed the first stage of a plant's life cycle as we planted 3 bean seeds into cups. The students also made predictions of what might happen to the bean seeds in the next week.

The K2 class came to G3 today for reading buddies in ECA.

HOMEWORK:

1) Math p. 21

2) Eng. p. 27

3) Reading Log

4) Typhoon Day homework - Use the 4 squares of events you have in your notebooks and write 2-3 details about each of them for your Personal Narrative. Please see the picture for an example. 

NOTICES:

- please hand in your Scholastic order forms tomorrow or Wednesday

- short English quiz on plural nouns on Thursday

Have a great evening, and if there is a typhoon day tomorrow, please stay safe!

Mr. Y

Sept. 23, 2016

Welcome to the weekend!

Today we began with a spelling test and then wrote the new spelling words into our Daily 5 binders. We ended Language and Spelling class by listening to another chapter of The Wizard of Oz.

In math we regrouped ones to add. The students played different addition games. It's great to see how well every student plays the games.

    

Science was more of an ECA class today, we reviewed some homework, read our play that we will do for the Student Showcase (Language Festival) in November.

New Spelling Words: 
addition, flower, climate, trouble, weather, favorite, germinate, their, October, Saturday, sentence, seedling

HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 20
2) Picture Dictionary - please choose 6 spelling words to write a sentence and draw a picture for
3) Reading Log

NOTICES:
- Social Studies quiz on Monday - please study Chapter 2, Lesson 1 and 2 only (p. 46-61) - here's the main points that we studied: continents, landforms and bodies of water (know the different kinds), regions, weather and climate, regions are affected by the climate, elevation maps.
- English quiz on Wednesday - singular and plural nouns
- there is a correction to the Health final exam date. Mr. Yanna said it will be on Friday, October 7.

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Sept. 22, 2016

Good evening, everybody!

Today in Language Arts/Reading, we only had 2 sessions of Daily 5 as we were busy with creating two beginning sentences for the personal narratives, reviewing how to connect with the text, making plural nouns with words that end with x, ch, sh, s, and z, and also reviewing the quiz on Cardigan Jones.

In Social Studies, we read and interpreted elevation maps of Taiwan, Canada, and USA, and began to make an elevation map of Taiwan as well.

 

We estimated sums by rounding or using compatible numbers in Math, as well as played some addition games.

ECA was an exciting time to test the straw towers the students designed and built for Science. Each tower was designed differently, so it was great to see how each of them performed. Each group's tower was able to support some books, but the tower that supported the most books was Georgia's and Victoria's. Congratulations on building a tower that held 20 books!! But a really, really great job to all students for using the design process to design, redesign, build, and test their tower. The best way to complete the tower was by having exceptional teamwork, which is what each group did. Way to go!

    

 
 
 
 
  
 
 


HOMEWORK:
1) Social Studies p. 59
2) write 2 beginning sentences for your personal narrative (one will be a question, and the other one sets the stage - be sure to use adjectives). You can refer to p. 272 in your English book.
3) Correct your quiz on Cardigan Jones, and return with a parent's signature

NOTICES:
- spelling test tomorrow
- PE tomorrow, please bring your casual clothes

Have a nice evening!

Mr. Y

Sept. 21, 2016

Today the students spent a lot of time outside of the homeroom as they had PE, double Art, Chinese, and House Team Building during ECA as the teachers had a Professional Development meeting.

For Language Arts and Reading, the students continued to work on writing important details about their personal narrative topic, and then organizing them. The Cafe menu lesson was how to use the pictures in texts to improve reading accuracy, build vocabulary and comprehension. We also briefly learned about singular and plural nouns.

Finishing the straw towers was the goal for Science class. All groups are now finished and we will test the towers tomorrow to see which one can hold the most books. I have to say that each group worked very well together. Great work Grade 3's.

HOMEWORK:
1) Reading Log
2) English p. 26
3) Word Work worksheet - choose 4 spelling words and complete the worksheet like the pictures below. You should use your word in a sentence that tells how you connect to that word.






NOTICES:
- study guides for PE and Health were handed out today. Yes, that means exam week is just around the corner. Minor subject exams will be during the week of Oct. 3-7, and Major exams Oct. 11-14.

Have a nice evening!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Sept. 20, 2016

Today the students were involved in small group work, learning new vocabulary and building!

To be more exact, here's what happened in Grade 3 today:

• Language/Reading - students decided on a topic to write for their personal narrative, wrote a quiz on Cardigan Jones, and played with rhyming words
• Math - used addition properties to add, played adding games
• Social Studies - described how weather and climate affect living things
• Science - all groups are nearly completed the tower, and others are working on written portion of the building project

 

Toward the end of the day, we were invited to watch the Grade 4 do a Social Studies presentation.

 

HOMEWORK:

1) Social Studies p. 57, only do #4 and #5

2) Math p. 18

3) Reading Logs

NOTICES:

- PE class tomorrow, please wear your casual clothes

- Spelling test on Friday - you can start studying by choosing 4 words today and focus on them

- I sent out a message on Dojo regarding a Parent representative for G3. More information was in the last newsletter that was passed out at the beginning of September. If you are interested in being the G3 Parent representative, please let me know. 

Thank you.

Have a wonderful evening.

Mr. Y

Sept. 19, 2016

Welcome back from a long, long weekend. I sure hope everybody is safe and sound from strong Typhoon Meranti.

Just like every Monday morning, we began the day in the gym for Assembly. We had a guest speaker come to describe a new Art contest the students will be participating in.



After Assembly we introduced ourselves to a new student, Joshua. He is already fitting into our class very nicely and he will be a great contributor. We are happy to have you, Josh. We also reviewed Cardigan Jones as we will have a quiz tomorrow.

In Social Studies, we recognized that weather and climate vary from place to place.

During Math, the students completed a quiz on making change. Each student had a list of items they are selling in their "store" and they got to choose items from each other's stores and make the correct change.

   

The entire Science period was dedicated to working on the straw towers, and they are getting close to finishing. Awesome job so far, students!

   

We also got to read to our reading buddies during ECA.

 

HOMEWORK:
1) 6 spelling word sentences - each sentence must be at least 6 words long
2) Journeys p. 23
3) Reading Logs - back to normal where you get 20% for each day read this week (max of 5 days), plus one Dojo point!

NOTICES:
- quiz on Cardigan Jones tomorrow - please study vocabulary words and practice retelling the story in 5-6 sentences (remember to only choose the important details)
- spelling test on Friday

Have a great evening!

Mr. Yaremchuk