Today we started off our day doing the temperature as usual and in the morning message we filled in missing vowels, and reviewed some of the rules for vowels, to help us decode word and help our spelling.
Mr. Costa then took the class to Gym.
After recess we did our Math activities. Today one group reviewed addition and subtraction, on group started to look at perimeter of shapes, one group built 3d solids from an net. A net is the flat version of the solid that allows one to see the shapes of all faces before it is put together. The final group sorted objects and recorded the categories and made a tally chart to record the objects in the bag.
After lunch we worked on editting our explanatory writing assignment from yesterday. Some students already completed their final drafts! We are finally picking up speed in completing our activities. After that, we worked on Literacy activities. The Grade 3's read a nonfiction text and had several questions to answer while reading the text. The remain groups worked on completing their Verb Books, and one group did some cursive writing, letters R and J.
After recess we looked at the community around the school using Google Maps and streetview. Our virtual community walk allowed us to see the residential, commericial, and recreational areas in our own neighbourhood. We even identified some of our own houses. After we continued to work on our illustrations of the areas of the city we discussed yesterday.
HOMEWORK: Grade3: Caves and Caverns + questions.
Spelling 15 sentences
Read.
