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