Historical Fiction Story

Our books have gone to print.  A form to order additional copies has been sent home.  Additional copies are 40,000 cym.  Please sign the form and money shortly as we need to let the printer know how many copies to print.  The books will be available for distribution on the day of our class party and Lets Talk About Green Exhibition. 

The exhibition will demonstrate their investigation and research about various issues about sustainability.  For example, the students have chosen research topics from seven different areas-- About Food, Our Homes and Cities, How We Move Goods and People, Empowering Women, How We Use Our Land, Electricity Use, and Materials & Waste Management.  The students had a strong week of research last week.  They are busy identifying primary and secondary sources of research.  They are taking notes, and some are conducting interviews of primary sources.

In math last week, students continued to work on their mental math and IXL challenges.

Pictures; Art and Sustainability

Sustainability

Understanding that our choices have an affect on the sustainability of the earth's resources is not necessarily an easy concept for students to understand in grade 3.  While students easily understand concepts like waste and pollution, making connections of waste and pollution to world problems such as global warming and climate change are more challenging.   I give credit to your children however.  Their hard work has led to deeper understandings and new knowledge this week.   I know that many have been having discussions at home, and the hope is that they can take further action, to affect change, long after this unit of inquiry finishes.  

Let's Talk About Green!
The final major research project for the school year will culminate on June 12th, the same day as our grade level year-end party.  From 1:00 until 2:00, parents will be able to wander through the grade three classrooms and listen and learn about the students research.  While most are still in the process of identifying their research topics, they are to zero in on them by Monday.  Maybe a final discussion or two at home will help them decide.  

There are 7 broad areas which connect to sustainability, from which they will choose:

1) Food Waste                      2) How We Move People and Goods 
3) Our homes and Cities      4) How We Use Our Land 
5) Electricity                        6) Materials and Waste Management 
7) Empowering Women

From there, the students will "zoom in" on a specific challenge.  For example, they could choose as "recycling plastics and glass" as a zoomed in topic within #6, Materials and Waste Management.

I am very pleased with their thinking and ideas so far.  They have been writing in their journals.  Beginning Monday, they will research their topics in detail from a variety of primary and secondary information sources.  I look forward to having their best work of the year on display on June 12th!

There is a great deal of literacy, writing and research going on for their Unit of Inquiry into Sustainability.  This week students have been putting their final touches on their fairly tale stories, as well as their historical fiction stories.  We are going to print with the historical fiction stories next week.  We  continued our routine math work this past week with work on a multiplication challenge, as well as arithmetic word problems.   

I have been asked to insert two messages this week from our art and drama teachers:


1) Mr. Durin (Drama):

The students have been working on design and playwriting in drama, and have musical pieces as well. Mr Fowler (Music) and I  are going to combine classes on June 3rd (period 4 and 5) so that the classes can perform their work for each other.  Parents are welcome to join if they like.


2) Ms. Lind (Art):

As part of the Sustainability unit in Grade 3, The library and the arts are looking into how we can reuse textile. 

If you have any old t-shirts, shirts, and/or sheets, please consider donating them to us. We will find new uses for them.

Pattern or solid colors doesn't matter. We ask that the donated objects are clean. (stains are OK)

You can send it in with your child during this week and next.

Kind regards and Thank you

Åsa Lind and Sayyora Tairova

Have a great week ahead. 

There will be new pictures uploaded over the weekend, so check back!

Mr Shawn and Ms. Olga

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

                                

Writers at Work!

Pictures from Sports Day!