The Week of May 13-17

This week in 3P was very intensive, particularly in terms of writing and assessments.  The students spent much of their language time writing and editing their fairy tale stories, as well as their historical fiction pieces.  Much of the focus on their fairy tales was incorporating dialogue and voice into their stories.  Most students began to bring their stories from the page, into a fairy tale story board creator application, which will allow the students to create an animated video production of their fairy tale.  Of course they are very eager and we are looking forward to the final production.  Similarly, the students are putting their final touches on their pictures for their historical fiction stories.  We expect and hope to send them to the printer late this week.  They are so looking forward to being published authors!  Each student will receive one copy at no charge.  Additional copies may be purchased. I will be able to let parents know the cost of additional copies shortly. 

In math this week, our focus has been on multiplication.  Building quick basic multiplication knowledge is important in preparation for grade 4. But it is always good to make it fun, which is evident from the videos:

We topped off this week with MAP testing for both reading and math.  Parents will receive the results of the tests by the school shortly.  We continued our investigations about our Unit of Inquiry, Sharing the Planet.  We have been exploring food waste, sustainable transportation, and sustainable homes and cities so far.  There is more to come over the next 3 weeks as the students prepare for their final research projects of the year.  More about this later!   Have a great week ahead!

Best regards,

Mr. Shawn and Ms. Olga