Welcome to our classroom blog!
Welcome to our Grade 3 blog! We are happy you found this page as we will use this regularly through the year to show our learning and communicate about important events and activities in the school.
We are really excited about this Grade 3 year! The first two weeks have been a great success and full of learning. We have started the year by reading a daily read aloud called Boy Called Bat. It is a book that helps students see the differences in each of us and how these differences can be helpful and sometimes challenging. It gives students a different perspective on how people react or view situations, allowing them to grow both empathy and understanding.
In math, we have been reviewing our number sense to 100 to ensure we are feeling confident in our knowledge before we move up to numbers to 1000. We have been noticing patterns in 100s charts and reviewing how these patterns can help us add and subtract easier. We have also been playing solitaire games and dice games to work on our basic facts. Have your child teach you these games! You can also check out three digital games in Google Classrooms to work on these skills. Lastly in math, we have been challenging our brain and working on developing a growth mindset through some open-ended math problems including the "Triangle Problem". Maybe you can try this at home?
Yesterday, we celebrated Dot Day! Many of us wore dots but more importantly we had some time to read the story "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds. On the website, Dot Day is described as:
a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration"The Dot is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to “make her mark”. What begins with a small dot on a piece of paper becomes a breakthrough in confidence and courage, igniting a journey of self-discovery and sharing, which has gone on to inspire countless children and adults around the globe.
We created our own dots and mark on the world by making patterns and choosing colours that reflect our individuality. We have them hanging in our classroom as a reminder to keep trying, believe in ourselves, and know that each of us can change the world for the better. This ties in well with our inquiry on "Identity'! Each of our dots is different, just like each of us!
We also read the story "Chrysanthemum, which is about a girl who learns about her name. You can listen to it here!
This led us to a conversation about their own names - what our names mean, who named us, and how our names contribute to our identity! Students are able to access a Google Doc in our Google Classroom that they can do with you. Go to: Classwork -> Social Studies -> My Name. I hope this is a fun and interesting activity for both kids and parents! All of their log in information is on the bright yellow card that was sent home today.
If you can't access this document, please email me and I will problem solve or send home a paper copy for you:)
Important Items:
- Virtual Meet the Teacher: Sept. 24... More info to come!
- Complete My Name page with your child by Monday
