A busy week ahead...

Well, it depends how you look at it. Our learning time will be significantly chopped next week due to the upcoming school concert. We will be using up a lot of class time for practicing as a school and there will be quite bit of interuptions throughout each day. Homework may be little and energy may be high. We'll see how it goes.

Reminders...

- students are brining home their math duotang tonight. They will need to be reviewing specifically the questions surrounding months, years, days of the week etc.  They have no assigned math homework but will want to be reviewing for a possible pop quiz tomorrow!
- everyone's homework tonight is to create an acrostic poem using the word FAIRNESS..DUE TOMORROW! 
The best one will win a prize from the bin!

- Scholastic orders for March are due on Monday March 2.
- spelling test tomorrow!
- dance concert next Thursday 5th.

5 Minute Intervals and Elapsed Time...

Oh Boy...it's getting more complicated...But I think we've got it!
Tonights homework reflects what we did today and Friday.  The double-sided page is due back Tuesday (tomorrow) for 2 tickets!

Good News and Bad News...

The good news is we've got the dance choreography saved and can view it any time during the school day! Woo Hoo! The bad news is, the video is too long and cannot be uploaded to the blog.  Waa Waa Waaaaaa.
Not to worry, we still have a couple weeks before we hit the stage.
Ciara - One Two Step is the name of the artist and the song title. You can search out the song from home using YouTube, but her dance moves are not quite what we are doing (phew).  Hopefully you can remember what we are doing at school and apply it at home.   Good Luck!

Spelling list - Week 24

Three cheers for Marcus!

Something new I've started this week is recognizing students for doing outstanding things. Marcus joined us as a returning student in January.  Since his arrival, he has consistently been on top of his class job and often  reminds me or others of the jobs that need to be done. He always follows through with instructions immediately and never argues with the teacher or his peers.  He is always doing what's right and recognizes when someone needs a helping hand. He is the first to offer his assistance if someone is hurting or upset. He is a calm, respectable,  well-mannered individual who is kind to everyone. A very well-deserved award. Congratulations Marcus!

More with quarter time...

Tonight's double-sided come homework is again about quarter time. Next week we focus in on 5 minute intervals and elapsed time! Make sure you're visiting the time telling websites from a previous post for extra practice.

Quarter to or quarter past...that is the question

Today our focus was the quarter hours.
We can say  "it's quarter after or quarter past (:15...15 minutes have past after the hour) or quarter to (:45...45 minutes have past or 15 minutes before the next hour).
Tonight's homework reflects this and is due back tomorrow! 2 tickets!

To be signed...

Please ask your child for todays time quiz. It needs to be reviewed and signed and returned tomorrow.  Thank you!

Homework

As promised, we started time today in math. Homework that came home today will be due back tomorrow! Take a Crack at some of the math games I posted yesterday for a head start.

Looking for something to do?

Hello!! And Happy Family Day to everyone! Tomorrow we are starting 2 new units in math...FRACTIONS and TELLING TIME! See below for some useful game sites to help get those brain juices flowing.

http://www.abcya.com/telling_time.htm

http://mrnussbaum.com/bedtime-2/bedtime/

http://mrnussbaum.com/clockworks/

http://www.lil-fingers.com/games/time/index.html

http://www.abcya.com/fraction_percent_decimal_tiles.htm

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-3 

Report Cards

Now that everyone has had some time to digest term 1's report, I wanted to let you know that I will be available for discussing the reports next week.  All those students who I have concerns for have already been contacted.  If you have not heard from me, I don't feel a meeting is necessary at this time.  I will be available before and after school Tuesday-Friday next week.

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow we will try to write our spelling test at the end of the day.  There is a big possibility that we will run out of time with the chaos of Winter Activity Day.  As such, everyone will need to be prepared to write the test next Tuesday.
Also, Spelling homework is due tomorrow.
Please remember to send in your purple dance concert forms indication how many family members are attending.  Thank you!
 

Valentine's Day

For all those who are wondering, we are not having a V-DAY party. Those who would like to give cards or treats in the coming days, that is fine. Here is a list of names:

Jimmy alishba Olivia Brian Marcus Awo Ty Lavina monica Mahad rowan kemauri alexia mojiz mahira jayla Arjun holly Irie Abby Dina Panos

Hop Hop Dance Concert

You've all heard by now that the MAYHEM brothers are back to teach the WHOLE school dances. That's a differnt dance for every single class. Practices take place at school and coming soon, I'll be posting the choreography to the dance our class will be doing. That way, everyone can practice from home.  Also, please make sure you send back the purple letter which indicates the number of people in your family who plan to attend. We need this back for Thursday. 
We hope all students will be able to come the night of the dance...it will be at our usual concert location ...SATEC.  More specific details will be coming closer to the date.

EQAO homework

The double sided EQAO graphing page is due this Wednesday.

Spelling list week 22

Structures

Cookies for Sale!

Ms. Purvis' class will be raising money for Sick Kids. They will be selling Cookie Grams tomorrow and Monday.  The students who purchase them will place orders like they did for candy grams.  The cookies will be delivered to the recipients on Tuesday, February 10th.  The cookies cost $1.00 each.


They are available outside of the gym at lunch recess.

Testing out the strength of our structures!!

Graphing Homework

A Line graph is tonight's homework.  A table containing a shoe survey can be found in the grid book which should have been brought home. There is a sample line graph in there as well to be referred to.
Two tickets tomorrow!

Another Boats' a float!

Boats that float!

Building BIG! An interactive building site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/

Click on the link above and explore the various places on the website. If you cant click it, copy and paste it in to your address bar. Come to school tomorrow prepared to share what you've learned!

Fun in SCIENCE!

In science we are starting to explore strong and stable structures. Our first task was determining what type of structure we can create with plasticine that will float in water.  AND THE WINNER IS.....boats and bowls!!

Math homework

In data management we are now creating graphs. We have done a couple together so far. Tonight everyone is bringing home their math grid book to create their graph. From their math duotang they are to choose 1 table to convert into a graph. They also have a procedure written out in their grid book telling them the steps to successfully create a bar graph.  This is due tomorrow for 2 tickets. Have fun! Be neat!