January 28th - 31st

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In grade three this week….

Students continued to practice their comprehension skills while reading to self. They also focused on identifying when authors described characters using particular traits or behaviours so that they could do this to make their own writing more interesting. In addition, while going online to research education in Ukraine, Tunisia, Peru, or India, students used text features, such as captions and labels. They used text elements to determine meaning and significance for the pictures they were examining. This weekend, ask your child one fact they learned when researching online.

In writing, students elaborated on their story beginnings by adding detail about their characters and settings. When writing about their characters, they included behavior, appearance, age, and name. When writing about their settings, they included using two of their senses and the time of day their story took place. To write their plan and story beginning, instead of a picture prompt this week, students were given a sound as a way to spark their ideas. This weekend, ask your child to tell you what their story is about and what interesting details they included about their characters and settings.

Students continued working on subtraction. They practiced their subtraction and addition basic facts by playing warm up games, such as “_____ is my sum. What’s under my thumb?” If you have dice at home, try this game this weekend! Students also continued to practice their subtraction requiring regrouping of three and two digit numbers. For example, students worked on questions like 342-116= and 544-27=. So far, we have focused on using manipulatives and visuals as a way to represent their understanding of regrouping. Over the next few weeks, students will practice subtraction using different strategies and then will be encouraged to choose the one they are most comfortable with when solving problems. Ask your child to draw out how they would solve 462-35=.

 Students had an opportunity this week to continue their research focussing in on how communities around the world (Peru, Tunisia, Ukraine, India) access their basic needs. Students examined a collection of images from Ukraine focussing in on how others access education and created a collage documenting what they noticed. Later in the week they chose another country of choice (Tunisia, Peru, India) and created another collage based on the images they collected that connected to education. Students are making connections about the similarities and differences they noticed between the two countries and their own educational experience. 
On Thursday, students had an opportunity to watch a performance called, Flow Factor performed by representatives from Kananaskis in the Classroom. During this engaging presentation students learned about the water cycle, pollutants that affect water, the importance of wetlands and ways in which humans can conserve water. 

 Thank You
Thank to our Parent volunteers that helped out with Fun Lunch today! 

Upcoming Dates
Feb 12 - School Council 7:00 PM
Feb 14/15 - Teachers Convention
Feb 18 - Family Day
Feb 27 - Pink Shirt Day
Feb 28 - Fun Lunch Mar 1-Non-Instructional Day 
Mar 12 - School Council 
Mar 21 - Fun Lunch 
Mar 21 – Last Day of School before break 
Mar 21 - Student Led Conferences 
Mar 22 - Student Led Conferences

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