Feb. 18-22

Week Feb 18th - 22nd

We have a very exciting event this week!

All of Grade 3 will be singing at the ISKL Grand Opening on Thursday February 21st. Please make sure that your child comes to school in their school uniform. If your child has PE that, please send their PE kit in for them to change in to.

On Friday the Elementary School will have Chinese New Year Cultural Day. All students are welcome to dress for the occasion.

Also on Friday Grade 3 will have a session with author Richard Sobel.

This week will begin on Day 6

Reading Students are busy reading with their book clubs. Please help your child to remember to read and return the book to school each day. After looking at the "shape" of stories (we discussed a story mountain where main characters go up and down through the story) and readers are now attending to the role secondary characters play. We are also looking at how characters resolve trouble when they are tested in the climax of a story.

Writing Students are beginning to work on their first fairy tale adaptation. They are storytelling and acting out their story to improve their drafting. Please ask your child to tell you their story. The more times they tell their story the greater detail they will likely include in the written version. Students will work on balancing narration, action, and dialogue.

Math  This week we will continue our focus on multiplication and area. We will be using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Science We are continuing to look at social structure/government in ancient civilizations and will move on to belief systems and art and architecture.

February 18th-22nd  Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Play a math game that helps you practice multiplication and/or division. What game did you play?	Language arts: Choose a character in a book you are reading (or read recently). What is the problem in the story and how would you solve the problem?	Language arts: Would you rather have more math time or more reading time. Write down 3 reasons why. Be sure to say more about each reason.
Math: Teach someone at home about a pattern you notice in addition or multiplication.	Social Studies Choose a problem that someone in an ancient civilization might have had and build something to help solve it (if you can not think of a problem you could use moving water).	Other: Spend some time outside and sketch/write/daydream while you are there. Share something you liked about your time outside.

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

Feb. 7-8

Week of Feb. 7-8

We only have two days of school this week, but we will be working hard throughout those two days. The students all enjoyed watching the rugby on Thursday. Hopefully they inspired the third graders to compete in IASAS events when they are in high-school. The most important event this week will be Friday afternoon Play Day. See below.

Have a great short week

This week begins on a day 7

Reminder: Play Day on Friday afternoon.

***This Friday afternoon, grade 3 will participate in Global School Play Day. Students can bring a toy or game (no electronic items) to school that they would be willing to share with others: a board game, blankets for building a fort, toys to share that don't have batteries, anything they want, etc. The purpose of the day is raising awareness about the necessity of unstructured play. Please click on the Global School Play Day website to learn more about it!***

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

-Plato

Reading Students will be continue analyzing different fiction books with our class book clubs. We will be focusing on characters and how they change throughout stories. We will continue reading “Because of Winn Dixie,” a wonderful tale of a girl and her dog.

Writing The focus this week will be on the students finishing their persuasive essays and celebrating their writing. Then the students will be convincing the school and their families to: get them a pet, bring shade to the playground, buy them a new phone, a class pet, etc…

Math We will continue our multiplication and area unit. This week’s focus will be on multiplication and area. We will begin using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies The grade three classes will be looking at how location impacted ancient civilizations. This week the students will be choosing a civilization to study independently.

January 29th- February 2nd. Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Roll 2 dice to find the factors (3, 7) Multiply and make an array or area model to find the product. Repeat until your products add to 100.	Language arts: Would you rather be an archeologist or a veterinarian? Give reasons and say more to explain.	Language arts: Write a story where the villain is actually a hero.
Math: Give an example of a home (do it yourself)  project where you would need to know area. Explain the project to someone at home and write some note in your home learning journal	Social Studies Write down three factors that are important to a successful civilization.	Other: Make a grocery list of things needed for a meal your family is eating this week. Then, go and get those items with an adult. After, make that meal!

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

Jan. 28-Feb. 1

Week of January 28th-Feb. 1

We had a fantastic week of learning in grade 3! As we launched our Ancient Civilization unit, students took on the role of archaeologist and looked at many different ancient artifacts trying to uncover information about the item. What were they used for? How does it help us understand more about the people from that time period? Students were asking great questions, making connections, and creating stories to explain their reasoning. We had a welcome assembly for the 40 new students in elementary school. The teachers danced while the students cheered. We also heard from a very interesting author named Matt Dickinson. He hiked to the top of Mt. Everest and told us all about it. He is a great story-teller.

Our mathematics unit on Multiplication and Division ended and we are beginning our unit on area.

This week begins on a day 3

Reminder: No school this Friday.

Reading Students will be continue analyzing different fiction books with our class book clubs. We will be determining what makes a quality children’s book. In addition to that all of grade three are reading “Because of Winn Dixie,” a wonderful tale of a girl and her dog. We will be learning all about characters by studying the main character, Opal.

Writing Students will continue writing persuasive speeches. The focus this week will be on gathering and organizing information about their opinion. We will also working on elaborating our writing by proving through showing rather than telling their reader.

Math We will continue our multiplication and area unit. This week’s focus will be on multiplication and area. We will begin using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies As we dive deeper into our ancient civilizations unit we will take a closer look at the different features of successful civilizations. The classes will be looking  at how location impacted ancient civilizations. Then students will be choosing a civilization to study independently.

January 28th- Feb. 1st- Choose 2 activities to complete before Thursday to share in class.

Math: Create a math game to practice multiplication and division facts AND teach someone at your house how to play!	Language arts: Write a short persuasive essay on why it is important to study ancient people and civilizations.	Language arts: Create a comic or write a short story that takes place long, long ago.
Math: Take a walk with a family member this week. Make up some multiplication problems with what you see on your walk. Write them in your home learning journals when you get home	Social Studies Make a timeline of the important things that have happened in your life.	Other: Try building  an object (using household materials) that does not float, but does not sink all the way to the bottom of the container. Write observations in your home-learning journal and/or take pictures and email them  to your teacher.

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.