Whew! What a busy week we have had so far! I have been challenging the student with tougher work and higher expectations as we inch closer and closer to grade 4 (can you beleive we are almost at the end of the year?!) 

The students have been working so hard, and seem to be extremely motivated on our writing project. So far we have focused on developing our main character and the setting of our story. Tomorrow we will work on the 'villans' and then start to get to the problem/solution and storyboard stage of our writing! Also, thank you for helping your students remember to bring their writing books to school every Monday. I LOVE reading what they write. A reminder that it is ok to make mistakes in their writing. We are all learning and developing as french speakers and mistakes are a normal part. Encourage the students to write as much as they can in french - mistakes and all - and just google translate only for individual worlds instead of a whole sentence. 

In math we have started fractions. If you are doing any cooking or baking at home, it could be great to incorporate this into it!

In socials we have been learning more and more about Canadian territories and provinces. Today we learned surface area and population. You can find the most current population facts here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_provinces_and_territories_by_population

In science, we just planted our potatoes and are patiently waiting for them to start growing!