Literacy – This week we focused on Opinion Writing, we explored topics, discussed how we felt about each topic, wrote our ideas, organized our ideas, stated our opinion, wrote our reasons and an example or examples and restated our opinion by rewording it. Students had the opportunity of hearing how each other stated what they wanted to write, and helping to properly compile information, as we carried out three of four Opinion writings together.
Please have your child practice writing at home. As reading week is approaching, a possible topic statement to explore could be “It is better to read fairy tales than comic books.”
We also reviewed verbs in the tenses in preparation for the Verb test which students carried out today. Students continue to enjoy reading and having the BFG read to them.
Social Studies – Students continue learning about Human Resources. This week we explored Producers and Consumers – The importance of each, how they contribute to each other. Students were able to identify who makes and sells goods and who buys the products. Next week we will integrate Social Studies and literacy. Students will be making items based on the stories we will be reading. For each item, students will identify the different natural resources that were used as ingredients.
Reminder: Jr. Apprentice Project is due February 15th. – The grade three market day is for students to sell the products they made as part of their Jr. Apprentice Project. We go from 1:10-2:30 pm.
Science Test 2 on Simple and compound Machines- This will focus on explaining how the simple machine works.
This week in Science was spent doing the test, correcting homework and revising. Next week we start a new Unit on Soil. The students will be given a hard copy of their Science project next week. This will be due on March 15th, 2019.
Math this week covered collecting, tallying and representing data as a pictograph. Students used data to draw pictographs. They also interpreted pictographs. Here is a brief look at a pictograph.
We also did Math computations where we are using subtraction to fine the missing number. Example, 84 + □ = 145 . Questions were given to cater for varying abilities. Students copied this from the board to be completed for homework-due next Friday 15th. Kids are allowed to do questions that are to their ability. Some students counted up and some used the column subtraction method.
Please pay attention to the following as next week is going to be a busy one.
- We hope to see you on Valentine’s Day for Open House (10 am-2 pm) and lunch with your child/children and your favorite teachers! 😉
Just to entice you to spend a little more time with us, lunch options are:
– Oxtail
– BBQ Pork Ribs
– Roast Chicken
Sides: Rice and Beans/Mashed Potatoes
This is all offered to you at the student rate of $5.50. Ms. Lavern from Jump Start Cafe can be contacted in the canteen every morning for those of you who still wish to order lunch.
OPEN HOUSE is an opportunity for you to:
Learn about your school, spend time in classrooms and experience what we do best in ACTION.
Enjoy lunch with your child and look forwardgetting a taste of; a day in the life of a FBCS student.
Looking forward to seeing you next week.
| 11Feb | “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” |
| 18-Feb | Was it not you who dried up the sea, ….who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over? |
| 25-Feb | “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. |
| March | Memory Verse |
| 4-Mar | Mid-term Break |
| 11-Mar | God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. |
| 18-Mar | “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| 25-Mar | The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. |
| April | Memory Verse |
| 1-Apr | God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. |
| 8-Apr | Dear friends, let us love oneanother, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. |
| 15-Apr | Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. |
| 22-Apr | Mid-term break |
| 29-Apr | You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you. |
| May | |
| 6-May | But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. |
| 13-May | Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. |
| 20-May | And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, |
| 27-May | God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. |
| June | Memory Verse |
| 3-Jun | Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. |
| 10-Jun | For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithfulin all he does. |
| 17-Jun | A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. |
| 24-Jun | Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; |
| School’s Out |