Author: tbroomfield

Literacy Update

We spent the past week exploring Pronouns (Subject and Object Pronouns). We will continue with pronouns this week, which will lead to a review to take students into an assessment on Friday June 14th. Students completed their final oral book summary assessment for Grade three, for the next two Mondays students will continue to practice book summary both in writing and oral. Students will be given pointers to look over while they are on summer break so as to not lose what they have grasped so far. No more Spelling Tests for Grade Three, however we will continue to practice Spelling in class and in writing.

Social Studies Update

Students have been working on their traditional song/poem in class, they will begin presentations Tuesday June 11 and those who still need time to work on theirs will continue to do so. Thursday June 13 students will carry out an open book test, this will assess how well students are able use text to locate relevant information. 

Math Update

We were able to wrap up multiplication and division and start Geometry.Students are bringing home their math notebooks so you can assist in their revision for a final summative assessment in multiplication and division on Monday 3, June. They have stuck in their books the two quizzes we did and corrected as well as a Unit test with my feedback and their corrections. Please use this to revise. The test on Tuesday will have questions just like these.

In Geometry we looked at identifying and drawing a point, line, line segment, rays and angles and polygons with up to ten sides.

Science Update

Students worked in class on a project related to the water cycle. Their task was to create a mini booklet imagining that they are a water droplet moving through the processes of the water cycle. Some students were allowed to take it home on Thursday to complete it for Friday 31 May. However, some students may have been given an extension to complete it for Monday 3^rd June.

There will be an assignment due on Friday 7 June. This will help prepare for an assessment in the week of June 11. Please let your child use the power point attached to help with the worksheet.

SCIENCE FIELD TRIP

There will be a Science Field Trip on Thursday 6 June to the Consolidated Water Co. Please sign and return the Company’s waiver form that will be coming home today. We will leave at 9:00 am and return by 10:45 am for the latest.

Happy weekend!  Mrs. Seerattan

Literacy Update

This week we reviewed Capitalization and punctuation, students practiced using commas and quotation marks correctly in a sentence and writing capital letters where necessary. We continue to explore the topic of Informational Writing and students wrote pieces in class and received feedback. We spent time practicing vocabulary words. Students continue to carry out reading comprehension and practice using comprehension strategies. This week students listened to audio readings of the book we are presently reading in class and responded to questions both orally and in writing.

  Reminders                                                                   

Social Studies 

Students continue learning about The Government of the Cayman Islands. This week, students learned about other government systems that influence that of the Cayman Islands, such as that of the British – Her Majesty the Queen. Students began researching and writing their songs/poems which they will perform on June 11. 

Math Update

The end of the school year is almost upon us. We have been robustly learning a variety of ways to multiply and divide numbers. All students should know their x 2, x 5 and x 10 fluently but I notice there are a few that are still struggling, Please work with your child on these. If your child knows all the times tables up to 12 then that is great. However, if not –then do not be dismayed as they have learnt a number of strategies to obtain the answer. They will eventually have to be fluent in all their timetables as they go up the grades.

Here are the strategies we did in class (except the strip diagram)

Science Update

We are focusing on sources of water and the water cycle. The students are required to know the processes involved and a description of what it is. We will be planning a field trip to a water treatment plant very soon so the students can have a real life experience of their learning.

Let your child use this link to revise and reinforce what was taught in class. If your child missed any lessons this week then this will be helpful. Link

Literacy Update

We are reading the book the Secret Garden, we continue to practice using reading strategies while reading: readjust reading rate, use context to determine meaning of unfamiliar words, decode multisyllabic words. Students also carried out comprehension; responding to questions about the chapters they have read from the Secret Garden. Students continue to practice to use comprehension strategies: drawing conclusions using the text as support, compare and contrast settings and characters by using a graphic organizer.  In Grammar we covered Capitalizing nouns, writing book titles correctly, using commas in a series and using quotation marks in dialogue. 

Reminders:    Tuesday May 28:- Spelling Test;  Take two new words to class                            Monday May 27:- Oral book summary

Social Studies

Students continue to learn about Cayman’s culture and how tradition influences modern time. We are presently exploring the topic of Government – what the Government of traditional Cayman was like, compared to now. 

 Update

We spent this week focusing on TerraNova practice for Literacy, Science and Math. For Literacy we spent a lot of time on the areas that some students have the most difficulty with: Possessive Nouns and Spelling. Students received practice work sheets, if you see where your child is having additional difficult, please highlight and send back the worksheets so more review can be done in the afternoon. In Math this week we looked at different strategies for solving division problems, fact families that link multiplication and division, identifying US coins and TerraNova practice. 

Grade Three TerraNova Schedule May 6th – 10th

Monday

Reading Part 1: 9:00 – 9:30

SNACK 9:30-9:45

Math Computation: 9:45-10:05

In-View Analogies: 10:15-10:25

Tuesday

Reading Part 2: 8:30 – 9:00

SNACK 9:00 – 9:15

Language Mechanics: 9:15 – 9:30

Brain Break 9:30-9:35

Bible: 9:35 – 10:00

Break: 10:00 – 10:05

Word Analysis: 10:05 – 10:20

Wait Time: 10:20-10:25

Wednesday

Math Part 1: 8:30-8:45

SNACK: 9:00-9:115

Science: 9:15-9:55

Break: 10:00-10:10

Vocabulary: 10:10-10:25

Break: 10:25-10:30

Spelling: 10:30-10:45

Thursday

InView – Quantitate Reasoning: 8:30-9:00

SNACK: 9:00-9:15

Math Part 2: 9:15-10:10

Friday

InView Verbal Reasoning – Context: 8:30-8:50

SNACK: 9:00-9:15

Language: 9:15-9:50

Break: 9:50-10:00

InView Verbal Reasoning Words: 10:00-10:20

Break: 10:20-10:25

InView  Sequences: 10:25-10:40M

We don’t grow when something is easy. We grow when something is challenging.  Matt Swaby 

Happy Weekend! 

Wow, what a way to end the week. Science Fair was a huge success and I received great feedback from the judges! The kids should feel so proud of themselves for following through on their scientific process, experimenting and trying something new. 

We hope you have a great weekend of rest and for some, we’ll see you bright and early tomorrow at South Sound Stride! 

Also, if anyone was able to visit Grade 3 projects and took photos, can you email me? We would love to create a collage and share on the blog of our Science Fair day. 

Thank you all again for your support with your child’s learning and exploration in science!

Math 

 We worked on Terra Nova worksheets which I have in class and will send home next week. Here is a link to help with PRACTISE click on Grade 3 Science or Math or Reading. The second test on Time will be given on Wednesday April 17. It will test elapsed time using number lines and some simple word problems on time.

SCIENCE

We did a summary revision on soil. All students should have their science notebooks and workbooks to study from. We also did some Terra Nova practice in Science. Will complete it next week.

Test Reminder :

TEST on soils Tuesday April 16, 2019.

Literacy

Students carried out a Grammar test this week. Students spent literacy sessions this week doing Terra Nova test past papers, which we are also reviewing in class. These papers will be sent home next week, for continued review. 

Social Studies 

Monday April 15, students will begin writing their heritage essay, this essay will be written over a period of  2-3 days. Students are required to take the response received from their family interview. They can take along notes to help with writing the essay, but not a pre-written essay.

Grade three visited the Bodden Town Mission House and gained a wealth of knowledge about Cayman’s traditional houses, food, folklore, education, travels and religion. The Grade three class was also visited by a local entertainer (Michael Blackburn) from the Pauze Entertainment Group – a local christian rap group. He spoke about his life growing up in Cayman, the differences in his childhood and Cayman today, what aspects of Cayman folklore led to him pursuing music and the importance of being a christian in a changing world. 

Photos – Social Studies and Science

Hope you find some time to relax and enjoy your children this weekend. Here are the updates for the week of April 1, 2019.

Literacy Update

Students learned about adverbs that tell how. We reviewed the topic of adjectives: adjectives that tell what kind and how many, comparing with adjectives and special kind of adjectives – called, articles. Students will not be carrying out an oral book summary using their words in sentences, instead, we will spend Monday and Tuesday reviewing for the Grammar test, on Wednesday April 10, 2019. Students 

Students also practiced for Terra Nova, using past papers found online.

Social Studies Update

Students continue to learn about the heritage of the Cayman Islands. This week students learned more about the national symbols and housing of the Cayman Islands; how houses were built, what was used to build houses, and the types of houses that were built in traditional Cayman, compared to now.

Field Trip reminder:

Please be reminded of the Field trip to the Bodden Town Mission House on Thursday April 11, 2019. Students are required to make a payment of $8 by Tuesday, April 9. 

Math Update

Some students worked on the unit-TIME.  A test on time will be given on Tuesday-April 9, 2019. This will test the following:

1. Writing the digital time when given an analogue clock.
2. Drawing the hands on a clock to show the given time.
3. Matching the time with digital and analogue clocks
4. Telling time two ways using past the hour and to the hour.

All students practiced for Terra Nova using past papers found online.

There were some topics that we have not covered as yet but I was able to use the opportunity to teach those topics in a way that would allow them to choose the correct answer. I will be teaching the simple multiplication and division this week so they can be better prepared. Feel free to assist where you can.

A Terra Nova worksheet was sent home for the students to work on for next Friday. They are already working on others in class with similar skills and knowledge.

The next few days before school ends for this term, we will be diligently practicing for the standardized Terra Nova test in May.

Science Update

We continued developing knowledge and skills in understanding and learning about soil. A test on this will be given on Monday 15 April, 2019.

It will test the following: (see the following pages in their workbook for the information)

What is soil? Pg 266, Importance of soil. Pg 267. Layers of soil and its properties- humus, topsoil, sub soil, parent rock, bedrock pgs 268-269 and note book. Types of soil and its properties. Pgs 270-271. What is loam? Pg 272

SCIENCE WORKBOOKS WILL BE SENT HOME ON MONDAY APRIL 8.

We would like the students to take more of an active role in remembering their homework and being responsible for their learning so we will not be posting up the homework but relying on them writing it down in their Agendas. Please remind them to pack this in their bags daily.

If you need more information about the homework given for the week and you feel that what your child wrote down is unclear then, please feel free to email us and we can clarify.

Literacy Update

Students continued to learn about Adjectives – this week we explored special adjectives; called articles (a, an, the). We reviewed what are vowels and consonants, hence painting a clear picture for students to understand when to use a and an. 

Students continued to practice story writing in class. Students are enjoying reading the book “The Boxcar Children.” They have come up with interesting predictions about the story’s ending and we look forward to seeing who came closest with their prediction.

Reminders: –

• Monday, April 1 – Oral book summary 
• Take two new words to class – Tuesday
• Spelling Test will be on Monday April 8 due to Inter-primary being on Friday April 5th and the Science Fair on April 12, the following Friday.
• Grammar Test – April 10 on Adjectives  

Social Studies Update

This week students learned about the National Symbols of the Cayman Islands. Students were made aware of things that were indigenous to Cayman and why National symbols came to be named as such. 

•  Field Trip to the Bodden Town Mission House – April 11th
• April 15th – Heritage Essay to be written in-class.

Math Update

During the week of Inspection we were finishing up DATA and we started the unit on TIME. The students have been practicing telling time using both an analogue and digital clock. They also learnt how to calculate elapsed time in increments of 1 hour.

The areas that needed the most work was telling time in words using the analogue clock. For example, 3:50 can also be said as fifty minutes past three or ten minutes to four.

Using a number line helped students calculate elapsed time.

In Math computation we started division by using manipulatives (counters) to group large numbers into smaller ones. The division equation was also introduced.

36 ÷ 4 = 9

The terms dividend, divisor and quotient were introduced.

No Math homework this week.

Science Update

We completed the unit on Soil and have been practicing howto answer questions related to the topic. In addition students have been working on different ways to show what they understand about the topic.

In the upcoming week we will continue to practice and a formative test will be given to inform me what further intervention might be needed. A test on Soil will be given on Tuesday April 9.

PLEASE USE THIS WEEKEND TO WORK ON SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS. FOLLOW THE LINKS THAT WERE SENT IN A PREVIOUS EMAIL, TO GET SOME IDEAS.

TEST PAPERS WILL BE RETURNED ON MONDAY 1 ST APRIL.

Literacy

This week students learned about Adjectives – they learned what an adjective is, different types of adjectives; that tell what kind and how many. 

The writing type students are learning about this half of the term, is Descriptive Writing (Fictional Story). 

We also practiced using the dictionary, please allow your child to continue doing so at home. They can practice dictionary use by searching for the words from their spelling lists. 

There are no new words this week. In your child’s folder you will find two lists of vocabulary words. Students received those words on previous spelling lists, students need to review them. I will choose words at random from both lists for the next Spelling Test on March 29, 2019.

Social Studies

For this half term, students will be learning about the Cayman Islands and the contribution of other nationalities. Students will be exploring their lives presently and what is accessible to them in present day. This week students started learning about history (the past), as the past helps to shape the present.  

Project

Students were given a project and an essay preparation outline this week. 

There will be no test for this half of the term, instead students will write an essay in class. In order to write this essay students will need to collect as much information from their families. This essay will be written in class on May 3, 2019. You can help your child prepare to do this, by having him/her practice writing the essay at home. Whatever is written at home must not be taken to class, it is merely practice. 

Reminder

Students have a Bible Test on Monday March 18, 2019. Review notes were given.

Math Update

Students practiced solving problems in drawing and interpreting pictographs and bar graphs. They will be tested on Friday 22^nd Mar.

Math Homework

 Do Mathletics . New work have been assigned yesterday afternoon. So do not be fooled by the comment “I do not have any, I finished all at school.”

SCIENCE Update

Students learnt about the three types of soil and their properties. 3B was able to design an investigation to find out which type of soil plants grow best in. They used models to help plan and visualize the process. 3A will do the same activity on Monday. Here are some pics in the attachment.