It’s hard to believe
that it’s already October! The first month of Grade 3 has flown by! We’ve been
working hard on learning routines and have jumped into all our beginning
units. Here’s a quick peek at what’s
been going on and what’s coming in the four cores!
LA:
Home reading book mark challenge: Check out the What's New sidebar link to our One District One Book coming March 2019!
Reading
Strategies: Read like books are gold! / Choose within reach books/Set goals
Writing
Strategies: Crafting True Stories/ I remember/Map it out/ think about
someone important
Math: Patterning Unit/Math Number Games coming soon
Science: Scientific Method/ Hearing and Sound Unit
Social: Mapping Unit
Themes: BFG, Fire Prevention Week, Thanksgiving, Halloween
7 Sacred Teachings: Respect
Spelling Program
We started our
spelling patterns program this month called Words Their Way and spelling lists will
come home every other Monday in agendas and will be practised for 2 weeks. The
students will be working on these words in school but will also need to
practise at home. Please take 10-15
minutes each night to help your child cut apart word lists and sort them
according to the pattern.
Spelling tests will happen every other Friday (unless there is no
school, then we will have it on Thursday). I have completed a spelling
inventory of your child’s strengths and weaknesses in relation to spelling
patterns and have grouped them so each child is getting instruction on the
patterns they struggled with. We do word sorts and hunts with these patterns
throughout the two-week rotation with the goal to help your child recognize
these spelling patterns and to apply them to other words rather than just
memorizing for the test. The goal is to
apply the patterns during real world writing or typing.
Thanks so much for
your help getting this program up and running! Your time at home is greatly
appreciated and I hope to see some great gains for our spellers this year!
Important Dates to Remember
Oct. 1- Fall Fundraiser Kick Off/ ORANGE SHIRT DAY
Oct. 8 NO SCHOOL
Thanksgiving Holiday
Oct. 9 NO SCHOOL Professional Learning Day: Literacy Day
Oct. 10 Walk to school day
Oct. 11-16th Scholastic Book Fair 8:00 – 4:00 / except
Friday 14th 8:00 – 11:40.
Oct. 16 Deadline for Fundraiser orders
Oct. 18 Dismissal at 11:40 today/NO SCHOOL in afternoon Professional Learning Day
Oct. 19 Professional
Learning day: NO SCHOOL
Oct. 22 Deadline for Booster Juice orders
Oct. 23 Hot Lunch
Oct. 24 Picture retake day
Oct. 25 Spirit Assembly 12:30 Wear Blue and Gold
Oct. 30 1:00 Fieldtrip to Helen Schuler Busses will be
provided-supervisors needed see attached
Oct. 31 Halloween Parade 12:30 (kids change into costumes at
lunch) (Thanks for volunteering to send treats for our party, if you signed up
you will be receiving an email/dojo soon! We have 19 students and no nut
allergies.
October 1, 2018
Dear
Parents,
The Grade 3
Team has decided to take the kids to Helen Schuler to the Sounding Off
presentation as part of our Science curriculum. Mrs. Payne’s and Mrs. Moore’s
class will be going on Tuesday, October 30th from 1:00-2:20.
We have
booked and paid for busses to transport the children therefore parent drivers
are NOT required. However, we will still
need a couple of parents to either ride the bus with the class or simply meet
us at the Nature Centre to help supervise.
If you are
able to meet us at Helen Schuler to help with supervising students please
return the bottom portion of this letter to your child’s teacher or send a
quick message on Class Dojo.
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(Please return this portion of this
letter by Friday, October 12th)
Student Name: ________________________________________
____ I can
supervise children at Helen Schuler and will meet you there.
____ I have
already filled in a driver’s form this year.
____ I can supervise children at
Helen Schuler and will ride the bus with you.
______________________________
(Parent’s
name & phone #)
