Friday April 29th

 Happy International Dance Day!

Sorry to legions of fan...I haven't been too regular with the posts this week, I'm sorry.  

As you may have heard, both the Cross children tested positive for Covid this week.  Mrs. Cross and I are testing regularly and continue to be negative (thank goodness).  Hopefully next week we'll all be up and running as per usual.

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 and 2 -we'll do a little desk clean out (to get ready for our desk swap on Monday).  We're going to do some 'shared reading' about the International Day of Dance.  We'll also start a new read aloud, A Boy Called Bat.  Then the rest of the time will be used for 'reader's/writer's workshop'.  Student choice.  I'll be conferencing with each student about 'peers' they'd like to work with for next year (to help facilitate class building).  

Period 3 and 4 is a tasty mask break, followed by math.  We'll continue the work Ms. Findley did yesterday with mixed numbers, and we'll look at how they relate to improper fractions.  There is a worksheet they'll do as well.

Period 5 is Mr. Butt for library/technology.

Period 6 I'm hoping we can end the week strong with round 2 (and possibly round 3) of our Connect 4 tournament.  

Have a great weekend everyone!

Wednesday April 27th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 we'll start our new read aloud.  Then it will be reader's/writer's theatre.  We'll continue to work on 'fluency' using reader's theatres scripts from this website: http://www.thebestclass.org/rtscripts.html

Period 2 is French.

Period 3 and 4 after a mask break we'll use the chromebooks to practise the EQAO sample tests independently, getting used to all the tools. Any extra time we have we'll use to play more fraction games on Google Classroom.

Period 5 we'll have a mask break. Then we'll continue on with social studies. We'll listen to Buffalo Bird Girl, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNhUrTA09nc.  Then they'll work in small groups or on their own to answer some questions based on the book.

Period 6 we'll use to hopefully finish 'round 2' of our Connect 4 tournament.

**GRADE 3 -Swim to Survive permission form coming home today.  Please sign and return by May 3rd!**

Friday April 22nd

 It's Friday...and sunny...yes!!!!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1/2 -it's reader's/writer's workshop.  Our mini lesson will focus on changing the voice of our writing from first to second person...for a 'fresh' perspective...

Period 3/4 we'll do math after a mask break (with the other Grade 3 classes).  For math, we'll be looking around the room for a fraction scavenger hunt that I've set up.  If there is time after that we'll create our own fractions using materials around the room (e.g., 3 yellow lego bricks, and 1 white show 3/4).

Period 5 is Mr. Butt for library/tech.

Period 6 is going to be round 1 of our connect 4 tournament...should be exciting!

Have a great weekend everyone, remember, Monday is a PA day (no school for kids).

Thursday April 22nd

 ugh....rainy (most likely indoor recess) day!

Here is the plan for the day:

Period 1 Ms. McHaffie is in my class paying back a missed prep, and she and the class have decided to do some art...which I'm sure will be more amazing than anything I could come up with!

Period 2 I'm thinking we will do 'reader's/writer's' workshop-with a mini lesson on looking for verbs that tell us tense...however, there is a good chance Ms. McHaffie's art may run into this period???  We shall say.

Period 3/4 -is Math /Finish Up

In math we'll be looking at comparing and ordering fractions with same denominators...

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/fractions/comparing-fractions-like-denominators_HHAYS.pdf

https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/math/grade-3-comparing-fractions-like-denominators-a.pdf

After we're done our fraction work, we'll use the rest of the time to finish any of our outstanding work (plastercine art, McHaffie art, math work)

Period 5 is Music with Mrs. Haynes

Period 6 is Gym...we'll try to play the 'sink the ship' game we played last week that was a lot of fun.

Wednesday April 20th

 OK...so it's Wednesday...but it's a Monday schedule...last switch day this week!  Phew.

Here is the plan:

Period 1 is reader's workshop.  We're going to look at clues in the book which tell us when the story is happening (past tense=flashback, present tense...etc...). 

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  Still looking at tenses, we'll practise when to add -ed (past), -ing (present) and "will ___ (future) to verbs in our writing.

Period 3 and 4 is mask break/art...we'll be doing some Barbara Reid Plastercine inspired art. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYWqT7bRa1I

Period 5 is math.  We'll continue with our fraction work from yesterday playing 'I Have, Who Has' and the math work from yesterday we never got to.

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.  

Tuesday April 19th

 Happy Tuesday...which is really following a Friday Schedule!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 and 2 -Reader's /Writer's Workshop

-we'll begin with a 'spot the difference' red light activity.  Then we'll share highlights from our long weekends.  Then I'll read 'And Then It Happened'.  We'll go through the sample EQAO language booklet as a class...just to see (NO PRESSURE).   They'll have the rest of the time read or write on their own.

https://d3d9vqrpii4nuo.cloudfront.net/#/en/student/primary-assessment. -EQAO sample

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We're going to do an 'I Have, Who Has' game all to do with fractions.  Then I have some 'easy' work where the kids name and draw fractions.  

Period 5 (since it's a Friday Schedule) they'll have Mr. Butt.

Period 6 we'll ease in to the last day by finishing 'HOP' and talking about the connect 4 tournament that will happen soon.

Extra, Extra -Read All About It!

 Check out this link to the latest edition of the Fake News:

Cross Fake News

Happy Easter...stay safe!

April 14th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 Reader's workshop-keep focusing on finding out who's telling the story (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)

Period 2 Writer's workshop-last call for the Cross Fake News...finishing our stories.

Period 3 and 4 we are going to do some ART/Movie watching.....  We will attempt to make this bunny:

https://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-the-easter-bunny/. While we watch the movie 'Hop'.  

Period 5 is Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 is Gym. We're going to try a new game called 'sink the ship'.  Should be fun.

Happy Easter long weekend everyone....

April 13th

 Here is what we did today:

Period 1 we did some fun riddles for Red light.  Then we did reader's workshop. 

Period 2 was French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3/4 was mask break/EQAO discussion/math.  After our Mask Break we talked about EQAO and went through one of the 'math' sections from the EQAO website, sample test.  After, I introduced the concept of Fractions.  We watched this video and did some questions on Math Prodigy.

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-third-grade-math/imp-fractions/imp-fractions-intro/v/fraction-basics

Period 5 was writer's workshop.  We continued working on our newspaper articles.

Period 6 was social studies and we discussed life in the 1800's.  I had a few discussion questions posted on the Smartboard and we talked as a class what we thought life was like way back then.

Tuesday April 12th

 Here is the plan for today...

Period 1 -Mr. Butt -Library/Tech

Period 2 -Reader's workshop -our mini lesson will focus on points of view (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Person). 

Period 3 and 4 -we'll do a nice mask break because it's beautiful outside.  We're actually going to plant some radishes in our learning garden.  Then Period 4 we'll do the math from yesterday that we never actually got to (location using a grid).  

Period 5 is Writer's workshop.  As our 'Fake Newspaper' is starting to take shape, more and more kids are interested in having their articles 'published'.  We'll continue working on answering the 5 W's and using 3rd person to write our fake news.  I'm hoping to send out the 'fake news' on Thursday (before the long weekend).  

Period 6 is gym.  If we stay inside, we'll play a fun new game called 'sink the ship'...but if it's nice, we may vote to go outside instead...

Monday April 11th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -we'll start the day with this activity:

https://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/starter_April12.asp

Then we'll share highlights from our weekend during weekend round up and read a bit of 'And Then It Happened'.

Period 2 is reader's/writer's workshop...student choice.  Hopefully some more students will chose to add to our 'fake newspaper'. 

Period 3 and 4 is art.  I'm hoping to do a little 'paint scrapping' after our mask break:

https://www.artycraftykids.com/art/scrape-painting/

Period 5 is math.  We'll be looking at using grids for movement, and hopefully creating our own maps.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/using-grid-zoo-map/

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Special thanks to the parents who were able to donate connect 4 boards to the class!  That's amazing.  Thank you so much.

Friday April 8th

 TGIF!

Here is the 'plan' for today:

Period 1 and 2 is readers/writers workshop.  Fridays and Mondays the kids get to choose.  I'm hoping some of them will continue on with their 'fake news stories'...

Period 3 and 4 we'll have a mask break, then we'll do math.  I'm hoping the kids will make their own maps and use the location and movement language we've learned about make their own paths through their maps. (e.g., go up(north) 5 squares, and right(east) 5 squares to find the treasure)

Period 5 is Mr. Butt.

Period 6 I'm going to leave as finish up/free time/connect 4.  

HELP?  Does anyone have any extra/old connect 4 boards laying around the house?  They don't have to be in pristine condition or anything...just hoping to collect enough boards to have a connect 4 tournament soon.  I have about 6...but 3 or 4 more would be amazing!!

Thursday April 7th

 Another great day almost in the books.

Period 1 and 2 was reader's/writer's workshop.  We continued to discuss the 5 W's in newspaper articles.  We checked out this New York Times webpage, found cool pictures, and wrote our own fake news stories. 

`https://www.nytimes.com/column/learning-whats-going-on-in-this-picture?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap

Period 3 we stayed outside with the other Grade 3 classes...it was beautiful (weather wise, and watching the kids play).

Period 4 was math.  We did some more location and rotation work.  

Period 5 (now), is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 we have gym, we'll play a game called 'zap' to warm up and finish with Bench-ball Soccer.

Wednesday April 6th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Reader's workshop - which was mostly interrupted by our practise lockdown drill.  The kids were actually amazingly quiet and serious during this practise...very proud.

Period 2- French with Mr. Woolley.

Periods 3/4 -Math - We'll have a little mask break.  We're going to finish our Location and Movement assignment on Google Classroom, then I have a short quiz for the class to 'show what they know'.  After that they'll be able to choose whether they want to play prodigy or other location/movement games.

http://ferrarisgrade3.weebly.com/unit-8--motion-geometry.html - here is link (another teacher's website) to some of the things we've been covering in class.

Period 5 is writer's workshop.  We'll continue working on answering the the 5 W's when writing newspaper articles.  

Period 6 is social studies.  This will be an introduction to our next unit (life in the early 1800's in Canada).  Today we're going to look at a timeline of historical events (e.g, dinosaurs, invention of iPhone) and see where in relation the 1800's are...and how life was different.  Early Settlers -timeline

Tuesday April 5th

Period 1- computers with Mrs. Haynes

Period 2 - Reader's Workshop -mini lesson will focus on who's telling the story (1st, 2nd or 3rd Person).

Period 3 and 4 - Mask Break and Math.  We're going to learn about location and movement on a grid (e.g., up 2 squares, to the right 2 squares).  I've got an assignment posted on google classroom.  When they're done that they can play on prodigy.

Period 5 is Writer's Workshop:  We're going to keep working on writing 'fake news' answering the 5 W's when writing an article.

Period 6 we have gym.  We'll play a little 'spaghetti and meatballs' tag and then some benchball soccer. 

April 4th

 Oh man!

My triumphant return to blogging...and I'm not even at school today.

Unfortunately something came up, but I fully plan on being there tomorrow.

Ms. Pinnington is in for me today.  She'll be teaching the class reader's/writer's workshop period 1 and 2.  

Period 3 and 4 we're going to be drawing some beautiful spring flowers, using whichever medium the students prefer (e.g., pastels, crayons, markers)

Period 5 is math, they'll learn about symmetry and practise doing some work on symmetry.

Period 6 Mrs. Haynes has them for music.

Hopefully I will see everyone tomorrow.