Friday May 21st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 and 2 -Red light, read aloud, Reader's/Writer's workshop.  In attempt to keep engagement going, starting this Friday, I'm going to open up 'word games'.  Today I'll show them a few of my favourites...we'll go over how to play.  

https://www.factmonster.com/games/hangman

http://20q.net/

https://thewordsearch.com/cat/kids-puzzles/#google_vignette

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Period 3 we're going to combine art and probability by colouring in squares based upon the number we roll while using a die.  

Period 4 is Mr. D for Health. 

Period 5 and 6 is Art, but I'm going to see if we can get the other Grade 3's to go outside for a bit and join us for a giant game of 'chuck the chicken' or something sort of like that...TBD.  For art we'll doing some colourful art in the style of Todd Parr.

Have a great weekend...Remember, next Wednesday NO swim 2 survive...YES Crawford lake!

Thursday May 30th

I'm not sure whats crazier....it's the second last day of May...OR...we're back to a regular teaching day, no swimming or eqao or track???

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Read aloud, reader's workshop - focus on the difference between plots and themes...to help us gain a deeper understanding of fiction.

Period 2 -writer's workshop.  We'll look at revisions, specifically using 'editor's marks' to help us correct our own work and the work of others.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is math.  We'll review some 2D and 3D shapes and answer some questions on prodigy.

Period 5 is computer buddies

Period 6 is free time...I hope to get them outside if it's nice.

Wednesday May 29th

 Another whacky day...2 days of EQAO followed by a day of swimming??

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -red light, read aloud, reader's workshop.

Period 2 -Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 3 - Science, we will look at the life cycle of a plant. 

Period 4 -we'll snack before we head to Aldershot pool at 1pm.

Period 5 and 6 we'll be swimming to survive!

Reminder...no swimming next Wednesday as we'll be on our field trip to Crawford Lake!

Tuesday May 28th

 Pretty similar day to yesterday...

Period 1 & 2 we'll finish the English portion of EQAO

Period 3 & 4 we'll finish the Math portion of EQAO

Period 5 I was hoping to practice Ball throw, but I don't think the weather is going to cooperate.  In which case we'll do reader's/writer's workshop.

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Reminder, tomorrow is Swim 2 Survive.

Monday May 27th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 & 2 is  Language EQAO - Reading and Writing

Period 3 & 4 is Math EQAO -Stage 1 & 2

Period 5 French with Madam Coffin.

Period 6 we'll watch episode 5 of Read All About It and relax.

Friday May 24th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, and Reader's / Writer's workshop -student choice.

Period 2 is long jump practice. 

Period 3 is ball throw practice.

Period 4 is Health with Mr. D. 

Period 5 Mrs. McHaffie is coming in to do something fun with the class.

Period 6 Math...we'll use the chromebooks to answer some measurement questions on Math Prodigy.

Thursday May 23rd

 Yikes...Swim to Survive took up most of yesterday, I forgot to post...sorry!

It was an amazing day...lots of fun in the pool.  

Today, no pool...but here is what we are doing.

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop - focus on really remembering what we've just read by pausing and testing ourselves/retelling.

Period 2 all the Grade 3's will go outside and we'll be practicing for either the Long Jump or Ball Throw...just need to talk to the team to figure out which one.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is Math...we'll work on fixing code.  

Period 5 is buddies...we'll continue on from last week...subtraction fun, then some Dojo fun.

Period 6 I am hoping to get the class to practice logging in onto the EQAO website using the Ontario Education Number (OEN)...it's a bit of process, but I just want them getting comfortable logging on and navigating the website.

Tuesday May 21st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud, Weekend Round Up.

Period 2 - Reader's/Writer's workshop -student choice.

Period 3 we'll head to the edible garden to transplant the tomatoes we're growing in the library.

Period 4 is Math -we'll look at some more EQAO questions and do some coding work.

Period 5 is supposed to be French but Mrs. Coffin is away so I'll probably keep the kids outside for some extra time.

Period 6 we'll finish up our social studies (Metis) work and maybe jump onto Math Prodigy.

NOTE - TOMORROW IS SWIM TO SURVIVE...WE'LL BE WALKING TO ALDERSHOT POOL RAIN OR SHINE.

Friday May 17th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 and 2 is red light, read aloud,  reader's/writer's workshop, student choice you can work with a friend.

Period 3 is Math.  We'll look again at some more EQAO questions from previous years and do the 'coding' math work from yesterday we never got to.  EQAO Grade 3 Questions Sorted by Strand

Period 4 is gym/health with Mr. D.

Period 5 is Art...we'll be designing our own Pop Can labels. 

Period 6 is the final lesson from our CYC worker, Wafa...we will celebrate completing the 'chill club' with some tasty treats.  

Have an amazing long weekend everyone.

Thursday May 16th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 Was red light, read aloud, and we learned a little bit about the musical performance 'Stomp' (thanks Yasmeen).

Period 2 was writer's workshop.  We continued on with our 'silly' recipes.  

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is math.  We'll look at some old EQAO questions, then do a small coding activity (taken from the EQAO questions)...hopefully get outside for a little bit.

Period 5 is Computer buddies.  We'll be playing some fun subtraction games with our buddies.

Period 6 is Free time...if we continue to earn it.

Wednesday May 15th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: following procedures mini lesson

Period 2 -Writer's workshop - we'll continue working on our recipes.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll finally get to the pre-algebra work I've had sitting on my desk for 3 days now.  Hopefully a little prodigy and outside time too.

Period 5 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 if the Relay runners are back, we'll watch the 3rd episode of Read All About It...

Good luck Relay Runners (Finn, Lennon and Brooke).

Monday May 13th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -We'll do our red light activity, weekend round up and finish the last 10 minutes of the Holes Movie.

Period 2 will be reader's writer's workshop - student choice. 

Period 3 and 4 is Math.  We'll look at some older EQAO questions from previous years and discuss...feel free to look at home too! EQAO Grade 3 Questions Sorted by Strand

After that we'll continue with pre-algebra questions and try to find the missing variables in subtraction and addition questions ( e.g., 5 + p = 10 ...what is the value of p). I'll put some questions on prodigy too for the early finishers.

Period 5 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 I'm leaving open...it may be social studies (Metis), Science (plant parts) or free time (if we deserve it).

Friday May 10th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 Red light, Holes Blooket, Finish Persuasive Paragraphs

Period 2 Reader's/Writer's workshop - Student choice

Period 3 we'll start watching the movie 'Holes' now that we finished the book.

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 we'll continue to watch Holes...If the students wish to make a card for their mom's for mother's day, that will be an option as well.

NOTE: Happy Mother's Day to all you amazing mothers!

The Grade 3's are coming home with another permission form today.  This is for a field trip to Crawford Lake on June 5th (quite some time away).  The cost is $24...please sign and return soon!

Thursday May 9th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud then we'll start writing our opinion paragraphs.

Period 2 -Wafa is coming in I believe to run the 4th session of the Chill Club.

Period 3 -Mr. D has them for gym

Period 4 -we'll do some more 'pre algebra' in math finding out the value of variables. 

Period 5 we have buddies with our Grade 1 friends.  We'll be playing some addition games with them.

Period 6 is book exchange/free time (if we deserve it)!

Wednesday May the 8th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Read aloud (we'll finish Holes) and we'll finish the second episode of Read All About It.  The class will answer the comprehension questions afterwards.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll begin writing our persuasive paragraphs on whether we think computers in the classroom is a good or bad thing.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll look at balancing equations (addition and subtraction) trying to find the missing variable.  I've got some work to do then afterwards I have some prodigy questions for them to answer. 

Period 5 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 I am hoping we get to the social studies from yesterday (learning about the Metis). 

Tuesday May 7th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop - focusing on finding similarities within groups of words (e.g. and=synonyms / but=antonyms).

Period 2 is writer's workshop - focus on persuasive/opinion based paragraphs.

Period 3 and 4 I'm hoping to get to the probability experiment from yesterday (we never got to it as I was solving a recess issue most of the period).

Period 5 is social studies...we're going to look closely at the Metis people/culture.

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday May 6th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, weekend round up.

Period 2 - We'll have reader's / writer's workshop - student choice.

Period 3 and 4 is math...we'll do a fun probability experiment using 2 dice.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/activity/dice-experiment-2.html

Period 5 is French with Madam Coffin.

Period 6 I'm hoping to start some science...we'll look at the different parts of a plant.

Friday May 3rd

 Happy Friday.  Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 Red light, read aloud, and Holes blooket as a class.

Period 2 we'll watch a Canadian gem, called Read All About It...a TVO show from my childhood that kids seem to still love...don't let your kids go ahead of us on Youtube!!  We'll watch and episode and answer questions in a booklet.  This really prepares the kids for EQAO and life by getting them to state part of the question in their answer.

Period 3 We'll play more probability SKUNK.

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 we'll do some Art in the style of Kenojuak Ashevak.

Thursday May 2nd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud and reader's workshop - we're going to dig a little deeper into the EQAO practice test we did yesterday...we'll take it up and get a chance to assess our selves.

Period 2 is writer's workshop - I'm hoping the EQAO marking doesn't take too long and we get some time to 'free write'...we shall see.  If we have some time I'd like to show them some more Heritage Minute commercials. https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes.  They seem to be really interested in it yesterday.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is Math.  I'll teach the kids a really fun probability game called SKUNK.  We'll play a few rounds of it before lunch.  

Period 5 is tech. buddies.  Today we'll help the Grade 1's build a 3D shape (of their choice) and divide it into equal parts (fractions).

Period 6 we'll head to the library for book exchange and enjoy a bit of free time...hopefully.  

Wednesday May 1st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Reader's workshop - our mini lesson focused on using the dictionary to help us understand words...and picking the most appropriate definition (when there are multiple ones).

Period 2 -we're switching the schedule around to help the Grade 6's....so we have music.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We have a few different probability experiments to conduct....we'll continue to discuss theoretical vs experimental probability.

Period 5 we'll do writer's workshop.  Our mini lesson will focus on looking at older EQAO booklets and using part of the questions to help us answer short answer questions.

Period 6 I'm hoping to look at the Heritage minute commercials that re-enact out Canada got it's name: https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes