A bunch of forms came home today. Please take the time to check them, as they are quite important. 

Here are some pictures of all we have done the past couple weeks 

Please welcome our new class pets!

On Tuesday, we will be taking a walk down to the Fraser River. We will be leaving the school around 10:15 after a presentation and back by 3pm. Please be sure to pack sunscreen, hat, jacket, water bottle, and steady walking shoes for our outing. If you're able to come with us, please message me to let me know. Merci!

Busy busy busy! Here are a bunch of things we have been doing the past two weeks. 

We finished reading James and the Giant Peach. We watched the movie (while eating peaches of course) and did a comparison activity between the two. Students now have been working on a choice project where the goal is to show me they understood the story. Some are wiring a news report on the events, some are doing a text message conversation between a few characters. 

We have finished our posters and books for our socials project. I’ve been so impressed with the thoughtfulness of the students when working on these. I’ll be sending home pictures and rubrics for these projects. 

With Mme Elizabeth, we have been working on theater! Students have been learning to read with expression and move as they recite their lines. Our goal is to do plays by June! 

We have potatoes growing! How fun to observe them. We will be planting in our garden boxes next week! 

Today we had a work composting workshop. I learned so much, and the students had so many questions!!! Some are coming home with a plan to research and share the answer with the class tomorrow. 

In math, we have finished division. Today we started learning about fractions. There are fractions in our lives every day! Be sure to point them out. 

A quick note that this week's dictée is not one that needs to be studied. We will be doing an activity in class on Friday. Please have students bring their duo tangs on Friday.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone for conferences. I haven't posted too much lately so you have some things to see this week

We spent most of today going over activities for tomorrow. Please be sure to continue reading for important information about tomorrow's field trip.

February 28th is pink shirt day. We will all try to wear something pink tomorrow. If you don't know the origins, do ask your students. They all know it well. We often speak to the students about the importance of not bullying others and treating others kindly. This year, we spoke about being active witnesses - that is, what do we do when we see others being disrespectful to others. We had a great discussion and came up with some great ideas. For valentines day, we made a friendship tree with leaves that describe what it means to be a good friend. We now added pink flowers saying what to do when you see others being disrespectful to others. Be sure to check it out in the hallway.

We also listened to some of the music from the symphony we will be seeing tomorrow. For tomorrow's field trip, students cannot bring pocket snacks or water, as per bus and orpheum rules. Please make sure students have a big breakfast before they leave the house. We will be back at the school before lunch. We will be leaving school at 9:10am so please don't be late!

I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend. What a treat to have some sunshine!

We have been busy in class the past week. I love February because routines are set and we can really get to some serious learning. We have been doing a whole grade 3 Olympic activity. They have been learning the history of the Olympics, and talking about personality traits we admire in Olympic athletes.

We have also been working on a research project on Aboriginal people in Canada. Each group has a different people they are researching and we are learning how to take notes. We have talked about the importance of learning not to plagiarize.

I also sent home a copy of a game we have been playing in math to help with our multiplication skills. The kids really enjoy it in class.

We have been reading James and the Giant Peach in class as a read-aloud. I find this is a great age to read Roald Dahl books, either in English or in French.

Finally, I'll send a list via the remind app of names for Valentines cards just in case you need it.