Today we practiced editting text by fixing the morning message. There were capitals in the wrong place, missing words, and missing punctuation making it hard to understand the message. We then did a recount in our Journals, focusing on identing, and using time words at the same time thinking about all the things good writing should have.
After recess we did the last round of Math activities.
After lunch we worked on another piece of explanatory writing. Today we explained "How to Brush Your Teeth." When acted out, we saw that many important details were missing. It is important to explain things clearly and with detail. After that we did our literacy activities. One group read with me, one group did penmanship, "Tt, and Ii".
It was very cold so we had indoor recess. After recess was over we did our Lesson 13 spelling test, and had the choice of finishing our Journal, doing Spelling 14 and/or working on Writing Workshop.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 14 ( alpha order, syllables)
Journal: Recount of weekend.
Read.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Thursday December 16 Day 1
Well excitement is mounting, and we are having trouble containing our desire for the winter break. We did the morning message and then we worked on completing our multiplication activities and read more of Matilda.
After recess, we completed Spelling Lesson 14 in class, so that we could have our Spelling Test tomorrow and we won't have to worry about studying over the holiday. Those completed their Spelling worked on Winter and New Year's themed wordsearches.
After lunch we had a Recognition Assembly. Students in each class were recognized for their demonstration of respect and responsibility. In our class, Hannah and Onika were chosen for respect, and Kyral and Ezra were chosen for demonstrating responsibility. The class nominated one student in each category, after we read names and comments from the respect and responsibility post-it wall. Congratulations!!
Last period we used chalk to draw winter scenes. It was hard to focus but many tried really hard to create a wintery picture.
Thanks Mrs. Wagman for mentioning that my posts have not been up since Dec. 10. I had written them and for some reason they did not get to the blog. Oops.
HOMEWORK: Complete Lesson 14 and study for tomorrow's test.
After recess, we completed Spelling Lesson 14 in class, so that we could have our Spelling Test tomorrow and we won't have to worry about studying over the holiday. Those completed their Spelling worked on Winter and New Year's themed wordsearches.
After lunch we had a Recognition Assembly. Students in each class were recognized for their demonstration of respect and responsibility. In our class, Hannah and Onika were chosen for respect, and Kyral and Ezra were chosen for demonstrating responsibility. The class nominated one student in each category, after we read names and comments from the respect and responsibility post-it wall. Congratulations!!
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| Hannah, Kyral, Onika and Ezra show their certificates. |
Thanks Mrs. Wagman for mentioning that my posts have not been up since Dec. 10. I had written them and for some reason they did not get to the blog. Oops.
HOMEWORK: Complete Lesson 14 and study for tomorrow's test.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Friday December 10 Day 2
We began our day off with Gym. Everyone was exhausted afterwards with all the running. Floor hockey will do that, I guess.
When we came back to class, we did the temperature graph, our message on the whiteboard and afterwards we worked on completed questions from the stories we are reading. This seemed challenging, so we will have to work on them again next week.
After recess we did more " Marth." In math we are looking at 3D solids, so today we learned how to draw 3-dimensional shapes, and also learned how to shade shapes to look more realistic. We did a practice round, and then we did the activity again looking more closely at shading. Next week, we will do a good copy, and learn how you can use overlapping to create depth in a picture. We then completed another chapter in Matilda.
After recess, we organized our desks, did some independent reading, and to close the day we had a brief session of Open Mic.
HOMEWORK: Study Spelling Lesson 13
Complete any unfinished cursive letters.
Read daily.
When we came back to class, we did the temperature graph, our message on the whiteboard and afterwards we worked on completed questions from the stories we are reading. This seemed challenging, so we will have to work on them again next week.
After recess we did more " Marth." In math we are looking at 3D solids, so today we learned how to draw 3-dimensional shapes, and also learned how to shade shapes to look more realistic. We did a practice round, and then we did the activity again looking more closely at shading. Next week, we will do a good copy, and learn how you can use overlapping to create depth in a picture. We then completed another chapter in Matilda.
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| Olivia used chalk to add shadow to her drawing of 3d solids. |
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| Samantha's animals examine her use of two colours to create shadow in her drawings of a sphere, cylinder, cube and pyramid. |
After recess, we organized our desks, did some independent reading, and to close the day we had a brief session of Open Mic.
HOMEWORK: Study Spelling Lesson 13
Complete any unfinished cursive letters.
Read daily.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Thursday December 9 Day 1
It was very cold today and it is still a struggle to get everyone into their boots and coats and mitts. We are getting there, slowly but surely. Today we graphed the temperature which was the lowest temp. we have had so far this year. We then added missing punctuation to the morning message the Smartboard. We then did our Math activities. Building geometric solids, estimating and measuring objects, and multiplication. In multiplication we are able to draw a picture a math fact, write a repeated addition sentence, and some of us are able to show the multiplication on a number line. Soon our goal will just be to commit the facts to memory.
After recess we had a Music period. We did some singing. We listened to the Beatle's song "Hello, Goodbye" and sang along to the lyrics from a video on Youtube. I was amazed at how much information some students had about the Beatles. Another song we learned was "Gotta Keep Reading." It is a song that uses the music from the Black-Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling." We also used the lyrics to this to practice our choral singing, but also reinforce some reading skills. We also talked about how poets, and people who write music sometimes change words to fit the beat... eg.) " It's gonna be a good book"... instead of " it is going to be a good book" fits the beat of the song.
After recess we went to DPA with Mr.Brutto. Shortly afterwards Emmanuel arrived to do his work with Roots of Empathy. He read a story called "Suki's Kimono". He talked about feelings, and we shared stories about when we were sad. We also discussed strategies we can use to help someone who is crying, angry or mad.
We went to the computer lab. last period and practiced some keyboarding skills. It was challenging for them to get fingers onto the proper keys and use proper posture while using Ultra Key.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 13 to be completed and handed in.
Gr. 3: Multiplication sheet
Reading Response: a book of their choosing, or they can use Suki's Kimono to write
a response
After recess we had a Music period. We did some singing. We listened to the Beatle's song "Hello, Goodbye" and sang along to the lyrics from a video on Youtube. I was amazed at how much information some students had about the Beatles. Another song we learned was "Gotta Keep Reading." It is a song that uses the music from the Black-Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling." We also used the lyrics to this to practice our choral singing, but also reinforce some reading skills. We also talked about how poets, and people who write music sometimes change words to fit the beat... eg.) " It's gonna be a good book"... instead of " it is going to be a good book" fits the beat of the song.
After recess we went to DPA with Mr.Brutto. Shortly afterwards Emmanuel arrived to do his work with Roots of Empathy. He read a story called "Suki's Kimono". He talked about feelings, and we shared stories about when we were sad. We also discussed strategies we can use to help someone who is crying, angry or mad.
We went to the computer lab. last period and practiced some keyboarding skills. It was challenging for them to get fingers onto the proper keys and use proper posture while using Ultra Key.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 13 to be completed and handed in.
Gr. 3: Multiplication sheet
Reading Response: a book of their choosing, or they can use Suki's Kimono to write
a response
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wednesday December 8 Day 5
Today we started off our day in the Library with Mr. Brutto.
When we returned we completed the morning message, our temperature graphs and started a new round of Math activites. One group worked at building 3D structures and looking at how the shapes of faces are different on pyramids and prisms. Then sketched the models in their books. Another group worked on linear measurement. They had to estimate and measure several objects and record their answers in a table. The remaining two groups worked on multiplication activities. One group used bingo dabbers and dice to show multiplication and addition sentences on paper, and one group completed math sheet that reviewed repeated addition and how to use skip counting to multiply.
After lunch we did some cursive writing. We did the letters B and F. These letters were a bit more challenging. Some students are frustrated because their letters aren't perfect. We are just beginning so with practice things will get easier. For some, it is easier than printing.
We then looked at our next form of writing which is explanatory writing. It is writing that explains how something is made, how to do something or how to get somewhere. It can be step by step or in paragraph form. We will be doing a paragraph form to start. Today we wrote how we get from outside the school to the class entrance in the morning.
Ms. Jean was here and she read from Matilda. After recess, we practiced answering comprehension questions in full sentences and adding supporting details. We answered questions from Matilda.
HOMEWORK: Penmanship
Spelling Lesson 13
Read.
When we returned we completed the morning message, our temperature graphs and started a new round of Math activites. One group worked at building 3D structures and looking at how the shapes of faces are different on pyramids and prisms. Then sketched the models in their books. Another group worked on linear measurement. They had to estimate and measure several objects and record their answers in a table. The remaining two groups worked on multiplication activities. One group used bingo dabbers and dice to show multiplication and addition sentences on paper, and one group completed math sheet that reviewed repeated addition and how to use skip counting to multiply.
After lunch we did some cursive writing. We did the letters B and F. These letters were a bit more challenging. Some students are frustrated because their letters aren't perfect. We are just beginning so with practice things will get easier. For some, it is easier than printing.
We then looked at our next form of writing which is explanatory writing. It is writing that explains how something is made, how to do something or how to get somewhere. It can be step by step or in paragraph form. We will be doing a paragraph form to start. Today we wrote how we get from outside the school to the class entrance in the morning.
Ms. Jean was here and she read from Matilda. After recess, we practiced answering comprehension questions in full sentences and adding supporting details. We answered questions from Matilda.
HOMEWORK: Penmanship
Spelling Lesson 13
Read.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tuesday December 7 Day 4
Today we used the ELMO overhead projector to look at each others work and offer some tips as how to make it better. After graphing our temperature we looked at some student work to see if they had all the elements on the graph ( title, labels, scale, key, proper recording of info.). We then completed the morning message that was missing several vowels. Many students have trouble with choosing the correct vowel, or pair of vowels when spelling.
The class then had Gym with Mr. Costa.
After recess we started to look at 3D solids. We reviewed what we had learned in Grade 1 and 2 and named several shapes. We also looked the attributes of some solids and looked at whether they had flat surfaces or curved surfaces, and which shapes could stack and which could roll. We then completed a worksheet that let us create a sorting rule for shapes listed on the paper.
After lunch we used the ELMO again to look at some Journals. I was very impressed that the students were able to identify the form of writing their classmates were using. We are also using the "bump it up" strategy to improve writing. We looked at what Level 4/ A writing should look like. We then looked at some student samples telling what we liked about their writing and what would bump it up to make it better. In general the students noticed that it would be better if there was more writing, and better penmanship. We are also looking at adding detail. The class was very good at identifying descriptive, recounts, letters and opinions.
We then worked really hard at completing our posters that we started a couple weeks ago. After the posters were completed the students had to write about their poster. They had to tell what was the message, who was the poster for, where would they place their poster, and what would grab a viewers attention. I will post some examples later in the week when they are all complete.
After recess, we continued to work on posters and those finished worked on their Spelling Lesson 13 activities.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 13: alpha-order, syllables. sentences
( some students are doing textbook lessons, due Thurs.)
Read.
The class then had Gym with Mr. Costa.
After recess we started to look at 3D solids. We reviewed what we had learned in Grade 1 and 2 and named several shapes. We also looked the attributes of some solids and looked at whether they had flat surfaces or curved surfaces, and which shapes could stack and which could roll. We then completed a worksheet that let us create a sorting rule for shapes listed on the paper.
After lunch we used the ELMO again to look at some Journals. I was very impressed that the students were able to identify the form of writing their classmates were using. We are also using the "bump it up" strategy to improve writing. We looked at what Level 4/ A writing should look like. We then looked at some student samples telling what we liked about their writing and what would bump it up to make it better. In general the students noticed that it would be better if there was more writing, and better penmanship. We are also looking at adding detail. The class was very good at identifying descriptive, recounts, letters and opinions.
We then worked really hard at completing our posters that we started a couple weeks ago. After the posters were completed the students had to write about their poster. They had to tell what was the message, who was the poster for, where would they place their poster, and what would grab a viewers attention. I will post some examples later in the week when they are all complete.
After recess, we continued to work on posters and those finished worked on their Spelling Lesson 13 activities.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 13: alpha-order, syllables. sentences
( some students are doing textbook lessons, due Thurs.)
Read.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday December 6 Day 3
Well it was the first snowy day so we have to adjust our timing in getting in and out of our snowpants, boots, mitts, hats etc. We talked about making good choices in playing in the snow. It is a good idea to keep the snow on the ground and also, not to roll around in the snow and put it on our heads if we are not in proper clothing. It can be very uncomfortable sitting in wet clothes.
We did our morning message and we talked about different festivals of light around the world. We talked that eventhough we may have different beliefs or customs, we all use similar symbols. We talked about how many festivals of light take place during winter when the daylight hours are reduced.
We went to DPA/Drama with Ms. Leung.
After recess we did our Math activities. We completed the final round of activities from last week. We built structures of Lego in specific dimensions, we used calculators to solve addition and subtraction questions, we worked on illustrating multiplication sentences and repeated addition and one group practiced adding skills to 20 on the smartboard trying to see how many correct answers they could get in one minute. It got quite competitive.
After lunch we talked about how we can improve our writing. In our expository writing we talked about how we need to add more details. In general we discussed how many of us didn't like writing and that is why we don't write much. So, in an effort to get more writing on paper, we wrote in our Journals and the goal was to get at least 10 sentences in 40 min. The students could write in any of the forms we have studied so far ( descriptive paragraph, recount, opinion.. some tried narratives). We then had our Spelling test, and some continued to work in their Journals while others began Lesson 13 in Spelling.
After recess, we talked about air and water pollution and in specific the garbage in the ocean. We talked about the plastic continent in the Pacific and how it impacts animals. We watched a video on the effects this is having on many habitats. We then looked at what causes air pollution and looked at a picture and identified different sources of air pollution. The Gr. 3's did step one of an activity that will look at erosion of soil.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 13 alpha order, syllables
Journal : Write at least ten sentences on a topic of your choice, in the form of your choice.( descriptive, expository, recount etc.) The goal is ten sentences!!
(Almost 60 min. was given in class, and only 5 students completed the goal.)
Food Drive: bring in donations... our class is currently at 33 units. Thank you.
We did our morning message and we talked about different festivals of light around the world. We talked that eventhough we may have different beliefs or customs, we all use similar symbols. We talked about how many festivals of light take place during winter when the daylight hours are reduced.
We went to DPA/Drama with Ms. Leung.
After recess we did our Math activities. We completed the final round of activities from last week. We built structures of Lego in specific dimensions, we used calculators to solve addition and subtraction questions, we worked on illustrating multiplication sentences and repeated addition and one group practiced adding skills to 20 on the smartboard trying to see how many correct answers they could get in one minute. It got quite competitive.
After lunch we talked about how we can improve our writing. In our expository writing we talked about how we need to add more details. In general we discussed how many of us didn't like writing and that is why we don't write much. So, in an effort to get more writing on paper, we wrote in our Journals and the goal was to get at least 10 sentences in 40 min. The students could write in any of the forms we have studied so far ( descriptive paragraph, recount, opinion.. some tried narratives). We then had our Spelling test, and some continued to work in their Journals while others began Lesson 13 in Spelling.
After recess, we talked about air and water pollution and in specific the garbage in the ocean. We talked about the plastic continent in the Pacific and how it impacts animals. We watched a video on the effects this is having on many habitats. We then looked at what causes air pollution and looked at a picture and identified different sources of air pollution. The Gr. 3's did step one of an activity that will look at erosion of soil.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 13 alpha order, syllables
Journal : Write at least ten sentences on a topic of your choice, in the form of your choice.( descriptive, expository, recount etc.) The goal is ten sentences!!
(Almost 60 min. was given in class, and only 5 students completed the goal.)
Food Drive: bring in donations... our class is currently at 33 units. Thank you.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday December 3 Day 2
The class was very excited today to have Gym after missing their Gym last week for the puppet performance.
After returning to class we read the morning message which was written in cursive. It was challenging, but we did it. We then practiced working on cursive letters, E,L,K and H. We are doing letters with similiar strokes and starting with the simple letters.
After recess we did our Math activities. We did the same as yesterday, with one group practicing number skills on the computer and whiteboard on http://www.coolmath-games.com/. You might like to try these games at home.
After lunch we finished our "Marth" which looked at Kandinsky's artwork and focused on geometry concepts covered this term. The rules of the art was that they were to contain at least one circle, have acute. obtuse or right angles, there must be parallel lines, have other geometric shapes and there must be overlapping. Today we finished painting, added chalk pastel and traced our pencil lines with black crayon.
HOMEWORK: Study Spelling Lesson 12
Complete Penmanship letters
Read.
After returning to class we read the morning message which was written in cursive. It was challenging, but we did it. We then practiced working on cursive letters, E,L,K and H. We are doing letters with similiar strokes and starting with the simple letters.
After recess we did our Math activities. We did the same as yesterday, with one group practicing number skills on the computer and whiteboard on http://www.coolmath-games.com/. You might like to try these games at home.
After lunch we finished our "Marth" which looked at Kandinsky's artwork and focused on geometry concepts covered this term. The rules of the art was that they were to contain at least one circle, have acute. obtuse or right angles, there must be parallel lines, have other geometric shapes and there must be overlapping. Today we finished painting, added chalk pastel and traced our pencil lines with black crayon.
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| "The Relaxing Jewel Ride", by Jewel |
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| "The Starbright" by Jonah |
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| "The Rainbow of Happiness" by Hannah |
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| "Darth Vader's Victory" by Samantha |
Complete Penmanship letters
Read.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Thursday December 2 Day 1
As usual, we graphed the daily high and low temperature and today Mikayla lead the morning message. Students added missing punctuation to message. After we completed that we did our Math activities.
One group focused on repeated addition and mulitiplication sentences, one group did questions from the Math textbook on multiplication, one group practiced using a calculator for addition and subtraction and the final group used lego to build simple structures of given dimensions. e.g.) Build a structure 8cm high and 6 cm wide. They then drew scale drawings on centimetre grid paper in their math books.
After recess, each student wrote a persuasive letter to a friend that declined an invitation to a party they were hosting. We focused on letter form, persuasive writing (reasons and support) and proper writing conventions.
After recess we did DPA with Mr. Brutto, and read more of Matilda. Baby Teagan came today. We observed her and noticed how happy she was today. We also sang a lullaby to see how it soothed her. We measured her and found that she had grown 2cm and is now 63cm. We also noticed that in 3 weeks since her last visit that she is able to hold her head up without much support.
After recess we went to the computer lab. and used Word to type the letters we composed this morning. We practiced saving a document into our own file, change font and use conventions like two spaces after a period. We need some more practice with keyboarding. One finger typing takes a really long time!
HOMEWORK: Gr.3: Math: Pg. 147 and 148... #1 to #7 ( mulitiplication intro)
Spelling Lesson 12: rhyming words or complete lesson.
Read.
Circle group: Math complete worksheet. ( repeated addition)
One group focused on repeated addition and mulitiplication sentences, one group did questions from the Math textbook on multiplication, one group practiced using a calculator for addition and subtraction and the final group used lego to build simple structures of given dimensions. e.g.) Build a structure 8cm high and 6 cm wide. They then drew scale drawings on centimetre grid paper in their math books.
After recess, each student wrote a persuasive letter to a friend that declined an invitation to a party they were hosting. We focused on letter form, persuasive writing (reasons and support) and proper writing conventions.
After recess we did DPA with Mr. Brutto, and read more of Matilda. Baby Teagan came today. We observed her and noticed how happy she was today. We also sang a lullaby to see how it soothed her. We measured her and found that she had grown 2cm and is now 63cm. We also noticed that in 3 weeks since her last visit that she is able to hold her head up without much support.
After recess we went to the computer lab. and used Word to type the letters we composed this morning. We practiced saving a document into our own file, change font and use conventions like two spaces after a period. We need some more practice with keyboarding. One finger typing takes a really long time!
HOMEWORK: Gr.3: Math: Pg. 147 and 148... #1 to #7 ( mulitiplication intro)
Spelling Lesson 12: rhyming words or complete lesson.
Read.
Circle group: Math complete worksheet. ( repeated addition)
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Wednesday December 1 Day 5
We started the day off with a visit to the Library for a book exchange.
When we returned to class we read the morning message and identified all the mispelled words. We then watched a breif video from the Jewish Children's Museum on the story of Hannukah. We then returned to our desks and made new temperature graphs for December.
After recess we introduced the idea of multiplication. Looked at repeated addition, and we also looked at the "x" as a symbol. In the number sentence 3x4... we read it as 3 groups of 4. We drew pictures to show what this means. The first number is the number of groups... the second number is how many things in each group. We then added a repeated addition sentence. 3x4= 4+4+4 . I also introduced the term
product, more for the Grade 3's.
After recess we read the story Oonga Boonga and did drawing to go with it for our visit with Baby Teagan tomorrow. It was about what maked a baby cry and how we can understand that babies cry and it can get frustrating for people.
Ms. Jean popped in to say hi, and while we were doing our Literacy Groups so that was a nice help today.
We also read another chapter of Matilda. She added peroxide to her fathers hair tonic and his jet black hair is now a dusty grey colour.
After recess we talked about Traditions and Celebrations. we completed a sheet to the best of our ability and the sheet was sent home so that parents could add some more detail in terms of geographic heritage, languages, cultural foods, religion etc.
HOMEWORK: Social Studies sheet.
Spelling Lesson 12 rhyming words
Read
When we returned to class we read the morning message and identified all the mispelled words. We then watched a breif video from the Jewish Children's Museum on the story of Hannukah. We then returned to our desks and made new temperature graphs for December.
After recess we introduced the idea of multiplication. Looked at repeated addition, and we also looked at the "x" as a symbol. In the number sentence 3x4... we read it as 3 groups of 4. We drew pictures to show what this means. The first number is the number of groups... the second number is how many things in each group. We then added a repeated addition sentence. 3x4= 4+4+4 . I also introduced the term
product, more for the Grade 3's.
After recess we read the story Oonga Boonga and did drawing to go with it for our visit with Baby Teagan tomorrow. It was about what maked a baby cry and how we can understand that babies cry and it can get frustrating for people.
Ms. Jean popped in to say hi, and while we were doing our Literacy Groups so that was a nice help today.
We also read another chapter of Matilda. She added peroxide to her fathers hair tonic and his jet black hair is now a dusty grey colour.
After recess we talked about Traditions and Celebrations. we completed a sheet to the best of our ability and the sheet was sent home so that parents could add some more detail in terms of geographic heritage, languages, cultural foods, religion etc.
HOMEWORK: Social Studies sheet.
Spelling Lesson 12 rhyming words
Read
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