Category: Assignments/Projects

Literacy – We spent this week reviewing verbs in the tenses (present tense, past tense and future tense). Students have an upcoming test on Friday February 8th, this will cover verbs in the tenses. The following week students will start learning about helping verbs. 

There are no spelling words for this week, instead, please use the time to practice with your child for the test on Friday. Each child has worksheets in their folder that you may use to practice at home. 

Students have been carrying out opinion writing in class. They are encouraged to practice writing at home. You can give your child a topic and discuss it orally before he/she begins the writing process. 

Reminder – Students will present their oral book summary on Monday. As your child reads, please have him/her write down two words from the book being read. Words must be written in the small booklet provided. Students should take their booklets to school on Tuesdays. 

 MATH:  Students completed 2 summative tests. Corrected papers will be returned to students next week and placed in their portfolios. Students learnt how to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator. A test on this will happen next Thursday.

We will be starting the unit on DATA next week and this should be completed in two weeks.

SCIENCE: Students learnt to identify and explain a compound machine. We also revised for the Science test next week.

Here are the revision prompts for next week:

1. Definition of the terms- fulcrum, inclined plane, lever, pulley, screw, simple machine, wedge and work. See glossary on workbook.
2. Examples of simple machines. The homework sheets that were returned would have these. Here are a few:

screw driver-wheel and axel

Shovel-lever

Jar lid-screw

• Students will do pages 432-436 in their workbook, to be returned on Monday for correction in preparation for the test on Wednesday.

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO MEMORIZE THEIR BIBLE VERSES AND CHECK THEIR AGENDA TO SEE THAT IT IS SIGNED AS AN INDICATION THAT THEY SAID IT.

Literacy: This week students learned about verbs in the future tense. We will review verbs in the tenses (past, present and future) next week.

Please use the following link to work with your child at home.  ComprehensionPractice   You can choose  the most appropriate level for your child. When doing comprehension, please have your child adhere to these comprehension strategies: Adjust reading rate (don’t read too slow, don’t read too fast – meaning of what was read will be lost and notable expressions will be missed), discuss what is read, reread, use text/story as support, use a dictionary. 

Here is a way for students to have fun with Words 

Please see your child’s folder for their vocabulary words, to be studied for Spelling test Friday February 1st. 

Reminder: As students read their library books, they are required to write down two words (these can be words they have never met before, or words that they have met, can spell but do not know the meanings of). They are also required to write the meanings of the words, this must be done in the the small booklets provided. Booklets must be taken to school on Tuesdays, words are used in class to make sentences. 

Social Studies – Students continue learning about resources- Human resources – this week we explored industries and how these use renewable and non-renewable resources; this will take us to Producers and consumers next week. 

Students who will be selling their goods at school, will get an opportunity to do so on February 11th, 1:10-2:30 pm – Grade three Market Day. Employees/volunteers you may come by to help your employer with sales. We will set up along the Breeze Way close to Wee Care. 

Reminder: Phase 2 of the Social Studies Project is due February 15th. 

We have been doing fractions every Monday to Thursday since the start of the term and are now ready for testing. On Fridays we focus on math computations, and word problems.

 In Science we have been learning about simple machines and the students will have a project coming home soon (will send information next week so as to avoid information overload).

See table below for information on testing dates.

Math HW will be sent home since they will help the students practice and prepare for the test. The more practice the more confident the student will become. Please work with your child. If there are any concerns you come across while doing this please let me know.

Math Homework: Homework book-pages 171-172, 189-190, 199-200, 205-208

Previous updates have detailed information on what we focused on in Math in the last weeks so please refer to those. I am still including some help links for the students.   MathWork    work assigned on mathletics website 

Please use this link-  Science

Rational: to help students develop a love for reading poetry.

Objectives: to analyze parts of a poem (e.g. rhyming words, main idea, symbolism), to clearly and confidently present information to the class.

How it will work: Each student will be required to research and select a poem they would like to share with the class.  They will then complete the poetry assignment sheet and hand it in to Mrs. Morgan by their scheduled Friday.  Mrs. Morgan will then go over the poem with the student, to ensure the student is ready to teach the class about the poem.  Mrs. Morgan will also photocopy the poem so each student can have a copy. Then on Monday during our normally scheduled poetry time, the student will present and teach their poem to the class.  Please see your child’s agenda for the poetry assignment sheet and the schedule for when they are to present their poem.

Assessment: Mrs. Morgan will assess their presentation skills (speaking to the class and answering any questions) as part of their Oral Language grade.  Mrs. Morgan will also assess the written poetry assignment sheet to see how well the student has analyzed the parts of the poem.  This will be used as part of the student’s Reading grade.

Places to find poems

Look through our school library for a book on poems.  Ask Ms. Galvao (our librarian) or Mrs. Morgan where to find these the next time we are at library.

Check out the Georgetown Public Library for any poems for kids.

Check out these websites

http://www.poetry4kids.com/

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do

This afternoon the children doing their Cayman Heritage Inquiry PowerPoint presentations showed their work to the class and a group of parents.  I was so proud of their hard work and presentation skills.  These are the children of the 21st century!

Inquiry Project

To help us better understand Cayman Heritage, each student will be inquiring into a certain aspect of Cayman.  The children have now chosen their topics and written questions to guide their Inquiry.  In class, research time will be given on Monday and Wednesday afternoon.  The rest of the research will need to be completed at home as part of their weekly homework or during the coming long weekend (8 – 11 November).  All research must be completed by Tuesday 12^th of November.  Students will start working on their presentations from the week of the 12-15^th of November.  The style of presentation is up to each student.  It can be a poster, diorama, Power Point, drama sketch, research report etc.  We will use class time on Wednesday 13^th of November and Friday 16^th of November to work on the presentations.  But presentation work must also be completed at home so children get the best results.  Students will present their work on either the 18^th or 20^th of November.  I can inform parents about the time and date their child will present their work so that you can come and view the presentations.

Some tips on how to make certain presentations:

1. General information on how to conduct research or how to do a research paper.

http://arts-humanities.squidoo.com/k12interactiveresearch

1. How to make a diorama:

http://jimmie.squidoo.com/shoebox-diorama

If children make a diorama, they must also present an oral report where they state the questions they asked and the answers they found.

1. How to make a poster. The poster should be large enough so that all questions and answers are written out and can be read during the presentation.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Poster

1. How to make a Power Point

http://voices.yahoo.com/teaching-children-create-simple-powerpoint-presentations-618038.html

http://www.actden.com/pp/ This gives step by step instructions for creating slides etc.

1. A research report should be typed up probably on Microsoft Word and then printed out and bound together to be like a booklet.  The booklet should have a title page with subsequent pages headed up with their questions and answers written underneath the questions.  Pictures should also be included in the report.

1. A drama sketch is like an oral report, except the student may dress in a costume that relates to their area of study.  They can act out different parts of their research.  They will also need to state their questions and answers they found out just like any other oral report.

Final note to students:

Aim to spend at least 20 – 30minutes a day between now and when the research is due, Tuesday 12^th of November.  You will not be able to complete all your research in one or two nights so use your time wisely. You can answer your questions in any order.  Make sure you write the information in your own words and that you record where you got the information from.  Always go back and check the Inquiry rubric to make sure you are meeting the criteria for an aim.  Always aim high and do your best!

Final note to parents:

Children generally do need help to complete research projects, particularly at this young age.  You can help them by maybe finding an appropriate internet site or putting them in touch with a local Caymanian who might have some “expert” knowledge.  You can definitely also by helping them understand what they are reading.  It’s important to break the research time into manageable time amounts otherwise it will seem too overwhelming.  The written work should be in the child’s own words.  You can help with presentation ideas but please let the work be the child’s work.

We made traditional Caribbean houses using mixed media.

We looked at a variety of Caribbean houses and then did a pencil sketch of a Caribbean house.  Next the students used bright colors to paint their house.  Then the students outlined the house with black marker.   The students then cut out the house and glued it onto hard cardboard pieces to make the house pop up on it’s blue backing.  Finally the students used construction paper to cut out palm trees,  a sun, shutters and stairs for their houses.

The students worked really hard and I’m very proud of how well their art work turned out!  Come on into Open House this evening (6:00 – 7:30pm) to have a look at the finished project.