Month: September 2010

Math– Place Value.  Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and thousands.Reading – Comprehension focus is finding the main idea and sequence of events.  Children working in their guided Reading groups.Writing– All children to be writing on our Blog.  Other writing focus is writing instructions.  This will be linked to identifying sequence of events within our Reading program.Science – How do landforms change slowly/quickly?  Textbook p292-315 and accompanying experiments.Bible – What is the second commandment and what does it teach us?  Bible Memory verse John 4:24  “God is spirit and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”  If children can recall the verse by Friday, they will get a sticker on our Bible Memory Verse chart.  Children that can recall each verse, each week for the entire year, will get a medal at our graduation ceremony at the end of the year!  Additional prizes will also be given each month.

Literacy – Children have started working in their guided reading groups and are rotating through a variety of activities that are at their level.  This week in writing, I would like to have all children start writing posts on our blog.  Could parents and children ensure they have accepted the blog invitation and sent a copy of their username and password to Miss Hurst so that the children can start writing on the blog.Mathematics – We continue our focus on Place Value and Statistics.  Children will be reading and analysing a variety of graphs.  They will also have an understanding of place value up to at least six digits.Inquiry (Science) – We investigate the different type of landforms to learn that processes on Earth can change Earth’s landforms and that some of these changes happen slowly while others happen quickly.

Grade 3 learns how fun spelling can really be when using Spellodrome! http://www.spellodrome.com/Racing against each other to correctly spell the word first.Learning to paint by using the color wheel and mixing colors.

Literacy– all beginning of the year Reading and Writing assessments will be completed and marked this week.  They will be sent home in the children’s portfolio’s and need to be signed by their parents.  If you have any questions regarding the assessments please don’t hesitate to contact me.Math – This week children will be learning how to conduct a statistical investigation.  For homework, they have been asked to gather information from their family about favorite things.  This information has been glued into their Math book and written in their agenda.  For extra details about this weeks homework, please click on the homework page link.Science Inquiry – This week we will be learning about Fossils.  Children will be making their own fossils, learning how fossils are formed and we will also be reviewing the different types of rocks.  Homework connected to our fossil study will be sent home on Thursday afternoon.  Please see the homework page for more detail.Here is a great interative website relating to our Rock focus in Science http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/

Math – Children will start working on Place Value activities.  This weeks particular focus is on place value to 1,000.  Children will also be sitting the STAR Math test this Tuesday morning.  A copy of their results will be sent home in their Portfolio.  The result sheet will need to signed by their parents before being returned to the class by the end of this week.Literacy (Reading) – Children will be sitting the Storytown Benchmark Assessment this week.  The test covers Reading Comprehension, Reading Vocabulary, Oral Reading, Proofreading and Writing.  This assessment will be marked by the teacher and will be given back to the children next week.  This assessment will go in their Portfolio, be sent home and again needs to be signed by their parents and returned to school.Literacy (Writing) – Children will complete their Auto-biography poster.  These should be on display on our bulletin board outside our classroom by the end of the week.  The children will also be introduced to our Class Blog.  Can I ask all parents that have not yet given permission for their child to use the Writing Blog, to email me about it so I can set up your child’s account so that they may have access to write on the Blog.Inquiry (Science) – We will be learning about different rocks, how rocks are formed and will start building up use of key Earth Science Vocabulary.