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⛄ December 6 - December 10 ⛄
Math:
- Connecting items found in nature and 2-D shapes
- Connecting the food we collected for the Food Bank and 3-D shapes
Social Studies - Learning about celebrations in Peru, Tunisia, Ukraine and India
❅November 29 - December 3❅
Math - connecting 2-D and 3-D shapes to items we see in nature
Science - conducting our first few science experiments. The fizz test (testing for limestone) and learning about Mohs hardness test.
Social Studies - sharing our cultural celebrations and discussing similarities and differences using a Venn diagram
November 22 - November 25
Leadership - Our donations to the Calgary Food Bank
LA - Simile booklet and Bio poetry
Math - Learning about 3-D shapes and finding these shapes in the real world...(including the food we have collected for the Calgary Food Bank)
Science - Rocks and Minerals .... seeking out information in
non fiction books and classifying rocks into different categories.
Art - Drawing 3-D shapes and connecting these 3-D shapes to food we have collected for the Calgary Food Bank
November 15 - November 19
MATH - building numbers using base ten blocks and figuring out increasing and decreasing number patterns using our hundred booklet.
Using playing cards to help us with our addition and subtraction facts.
LA - learning about similes and how similes can enhance our writing.
Guided Reading station fun including... Reading and Responding to create a funny creature, discovering new information in non-fiction books and spelling our words using play-dough.
November 8 - November 10
LA - Writing about Peace and connecting it to our senses
Science - Animal Riddles
Social Studies - Beginning our research about Peru
November 1 - November 5
Diwali - learning about this celebration and designing beautiful Rangoli art.
Math - practicing increasing and decreasing number patters (using our hundred book to help)
Art - beginning to create PEACE art honouring the importance of Remembrance Day.
🎃 October 25 - October 29 🎃
Art - creating colorful art that reminds us of our experiences feeding the birds in front of our school. This art work will be coming home soon (Acorn Art School Fundraising)
Math - estimating stations including weight and height of our pumpkin, how many spiders and goggly eyes
Sit Spots - Appreciating nature, focusing for 15 minutes, using our senses and recording observations (and of course feeding the birds!🐦)
Social Studies - Learning about Diwali - Rangoli Art
Halloween Activities
🎃 October 19 - October 22 🎃
Art - teamwork..... helping make our hallway look bright and cheerful
Math -shape patterns (increasing and decreasing)
Math - Polygon Art.....How many different polygons can you see?
Adventure Running -following directions on a map
🍁 October 12 - October 15 🍁
Mapping Skills - creating maps, symbols and key/legend
Representing Numbers using Base Ten
Polygons - Reviewing the names of different polygons and learning about characteristics of polygons such number of sides
Writing - What do you see, hear, touch, smell and taste during the Fall season?
Jamboards - learning about Jamboards and creating a Jamboard displaying things we are grateful for.
Classifying Animals - body covering
October 4 - October 7
We Are Thankful...
Observing Fall.....We were very excited to see a bird eating our bird food
PE - Please dress for outdoor PE...it is pretty chilly at 8:10AM
September 27 - October 1
Appreciating The Land (rock pictures with nature).
Learning about Orange Shirt Day - making a web (mind map) and taking notes. Remember to watch the Grade 3 Orange Shirt Day assembly...the students did a fantastic job!!
Art Appreciation/Evaluation - answering questions such as:
What is the story you see in this art piece?
What patterns or shapes do you see?
What title would you give this art piece?
Science - classifying animals
September 20 - September 23
Teacher's Pet - Learning about Peru, Ukraine, Tunisia and India
A BIG thank you to our parent volunteers for your help!
📖💜 Pass on your LOVE of READING (see my home page for details about this fundraising opportunity).
Mrs. Howell buying a book at Chapters (Chinook Mall)
Appreciating Nature:
Pass on your 💛LOVE💛 of Reading (ask your child about our beautiful bookmarks and who will be receiving them)
Pass on KINDNESS
Observing Nature - I see...
Sit Spots - select a special spot in nature, connecting with nature, making observations, sketching and labelling.
