Monday, March 23, 2015
"Shell"ters
Today we made shelters for our Costa Rican shells. Noah came up with the term "shellter." We were asked to make a shelter using up to 16 base ten blocks with a partner. We counted by ones, tens and hundreds to come up with our "shell-ter" address. Please take a look at the shelters we created below. Each student created their own and should be bringing a shell home tonight!
Thank you to who ever nominated me for a 'Star' award with the SCDSB. It was a very nice surprise!
Friday, March 13, 2015
Happy March Break
Just a quick message to say Happy March Break! I hope you all enjoy the time off with your families.
Cheers to warm sun and the disappearance of the snow!
Ms.Rogers
Cheers to warm sun and the disappearance of the snow!
Ms.Rogers
Sunday, March 8, 2015
MARCH BREAK
This week is going to be warmer....right? I'm hoping that the brunt of winter is behind us and we can look forward to warmer, spring like temperatures. A girl can hope anyways!
March Break is almost upon us... but this will prove to be another busy week. Just to re-cap some of our school events before the week blurs into Friday.
Grade 3 students go to their first 'Swim to Survive' lesson on Thursday. Parents- this is a free program provided to all grade three students across Simcoe County. It is aimed at all abilities and NO previous swimming background is necessary. I sent a permission form home early last week- did you get it? It needs to be returned by Wednesday. We will leave around noon and be back in time for dismissal. Students will need to bring their bathing suit and towel in a plastic bag on swimming days. We will be sure to include a note in the agenda the night before to remind you. Any questions or concerns please contact me at the school, or via email.
Friday is PJ Day.
Math- we are wrapping up our 2D & 3D geometry units. We will move into Number Sense. More details to follow, but if you are looking for something to have your child practise over the break- Mental Math (quick adding and subtracting) and double digit adding and subtracting with and without regrouping is always a good place to start!
Language- look for our dinosaur reports to come home. I also have been collecting and making videos using the green screen with the class. I'm hoping that in May we can arrange a time for parents/guardians/grandparents to come in and view all these videos! Students are working on creating a Mixed Beast as another written project that allows them to to go through the writing process.
Enjoy the week!
Ms.Rogers
March Break is almost upon us... but this will prove to be another busy week. Just to re-cap some of our school events before the week blurs into Friday.
Grade 3 students go to their first 'Swim to Survive' lesson on Thursday. Parents- this is a free program provided to all grade three students across Simcoe County. It is aimed at all abilities and NO previous swimming background is necessary. I sent a permission form home early last week- did you get it? It needs to be returned by Wednesday. We will leave around noon and be back in time for dismissal. Students will need to bring their bathing suit and towel in a plastic bag on swimming days. We will be sure to include a note in the agenda the night before to remind you. Any questions or concerns please contact me at the school, or via email.
Friday is PJ Day.
Math- we are wrapping up our 2D & 3D geometry units. We will move into Number Sense. More details to follow, but if you are looking for something to have your child practise over the break- Mental Math (quick adding and subtracting) and double digit adding and subtracting with and without regrouping is always a good place to start!
Language- look for our dinosaur reports to come home. I also have been collecting and making videos using the green screen with the class. I'm hoping that in May we can arrange a time for parents/guardians/grandparents to come in and view all these videos! Students are working on creating a Mixed Beast as another written project that allows them to to go through the writing process.
Enjoy the week!
Ms.Rogers
Monday, February 23, 2015
I like winter, but this is getting a bit harsh...
Hello...Brrrr...this is starting to become too common. I know we live in Canada, but I can't remember a year that we have had soooo many indoor recesses. Poor kids (poor teachers :)). We are all surviving though...and it can and must eventually get warmer, right?
I hope that you had a chance to take a look at your child's report card. I've been impressed with this class. We continue to work on giving our best at all times, becoming more independent and staying focused. But, for the most part we are en route to achieving our best and it seems as though everyone is happy to be at school. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Our words of the week are contractions this week. Students will be working with their words in small literacy groups. We have also been using the tool "Power Paragraphs" to organize our ideas into detailed paragraphs. Today we read a book that informed us about animal habits and comparisons to humans. Students were asked to take information from the book and practise writing their response in Power Paragraph form.
In Math we are working with 2D and 3D shapes. Students worked on designing a floor tile using triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagons. They were to colour in their design using a chromatic colour scheme.
Zumba finishes up this Friday- we have had a great time groovin' with Louise. She really is a fantastic and engaging instructor.
Thursday is Crazy Sock Day for House Points. Our class has taken on the responsibility of calculating and counting all the points from the classes. Its a great leadership opportunity for the kids and it is a great numeracy task. On Thursday we will also have a Character Assembly in the morning.
Ms. Rogers
I hope that you had a chance to take a look at your child's report card. I've been impressed with this class. We continue to work on giving our best at all times, becoming more independent and staying focused. But, for the most part we are en route to achieving our best and it seems as though everyone is happy to be at school. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Our words of the week are contractions this week. Students will be working with their words in small literacy groups. We have also been using the tool "Power Paragraphs" to organize our ideas into detailed paragraphs. Today we read a book that informed us about animal habits and comparisons to humans. Students were asked to take information from the book and practise writing their response in Power Paragraph form.
In Math we are working with 2D and 3D shapes. Students worked on designing a floor tile using triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagons. They were to colour in their design using a chromatic colour scheme.
Zumba finishes up this Friday- we have had a great time groovin' with Louise. She really is a fantastic and engaging instructor.
Thursday is Crazy Sock Day for House Points. Our class has taken on the responsibility of calculating and counting all the points from the classes. Its a great leadership opportunity for the kids and it is a great numeracy task. On Thursday we will also have a Character Assembly in the morning.
Ms. Rogers
Thursday, February 19, 2015
100th Day Celebrations
I'm sorry it took me a bit to post these gems. Students created pictures on Feb.6th using the number 100. Again, their creativity is awesome! It was a fun day and I have to say that the costumes and 100 year old get ups were hilarious. Thanks for helping your child out with their 100 year old self! I won't post their pics but here's one of the 100 year old teacher.
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| Photo courtesy of Ashley P. |
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Castle Builders Beware- Budding Builders!
Today while the grade threes were outside enjoying Carnaval, the grade twos and I were inside designing and building castles. Wow! What fun! I am over the moon excited about their ability to talk about 3D figures and to create such masterpieces. If I was Queen, I'd be happy to live in one of their castles. Check them out- don't be afraid to ask questions of your child. What figure did you use most? Which figures stack, roll, slide? Find/point out different 3D shapes and their edges, faces and vertices.
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