March 18th

 Dear Families,

We have made it to Spring Break!  The students had a wonderful week, celebrating St. Patrick's Day and Holi!  School is now out for Spring Break and I look forward to seeing all their little faces again when we return back to classes on Monday March, 28th.  I hope everyone has a wonderful and rejuvenating break.  

In school we are...

Math:

Working on Math Fluency: Adding and Subtracting numbers within 20,  Multiplying and Dividing numbers up to 5X5 with speed and accuracy

Representing multiplication and division through arrays, number lines, groups and repeated addition and subtraction.

Solve mathematical word problems 

Use standard and non-standard measurement tools to measure height, length, width, perimeter and mass

Language Arts:

Exploring writing techniques to add interest to our stories.  Including Bold beginnings, Eventful endings and "Show Don't Tell"

Planning and writing climbing stories

Science:

Finishing up our Hearing and Sound Unit and will be moving onto animal life cycles and building

Social Studies: 

Finishing up economics and moving into Global Citizenship.

Have a wonderful Spring Break!!

Monday March 14th

 Dear Families,

It was wonderful getting to touch base with you last week during conferences, I hope after our meeting you felt proud of all the successes your child has made so far in Grade 3!  It is hard to believe we are approaching Spring Break!  Students will be off from March 21-25th, with school resuming Monday March 28th. There will be no homework over Spring Break.  Please ensure, your child has returned their library books to school before Friday March 18th.

Friday March 4th

Updates: 

Next week is parent teacher conferences, please sign up for a time to discuss  your child's progress with me.  These will be online conferences, and take place Thursday Evening and Friday AM.  

This Week...

We used elastics and a bucket to make low and high tones- Feras

We did the Gummy Bear Fitness run- Sophia

I learned about Hertz, they measure sound frequency, how fast or slow the sound waves travel -Aaradhya

I enjoyed doing division arrays- Diti

I liked multiplication war- Feras

We researched the range of Hertz an animal can hear, and I learned that the Greater Waxed Moth has the best hearing in the animal kingdom.  They can hear pitches up to 300,000 Hertz- Sebi

I had fun doing math minutes- Makar

I had fun doing the scavenger hunt inside and outside measuring decibels, this measures how loud or soft a sound is.  The air horn was really loud- Abi

A Beluga Whale can hear up 123,000 HZ- Yug

I enjoyed learning and researching how many HZ animals can hear- Mahi

I learned that a human has a range between 20-20,000 HZ

You can prevent hearing damage by; wearing ear protectors and don't stay near loud noises for too long- Aarav