Monday June 25th 2018

Highlights:

We started our morning with a brain dump and a class jeopardy game. The student's were excited to play this game and it got quite competitive. The winning team included William, Grace, Japneet, Talia and Zeenat. We had gym and a classroom desk clean-up. Before lunch we had music. After lunch, we walked with our grade 2 buddies to the park by St. Jerome's School. We played basketball, on the playground and did some cooperative games with our buddies. 

PLEASE dress to be outside all day tomorrow! Wear a hat and sun screen. Bring a water bottle and extra snacks. 

A note was sent home today about a popcorn and a movie day (Wednesday, June 27th) that the students have earned this year for collecting enough 'character cubes' to fill our giant jar. If you do not want your child eating popcorn for a snack at school, please let us know! 

Important Information:

• Sport's Day - June 26th (All Day) 
• Last Day of School - June 27th (Full School Day)

Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Highlights:

The field trip presentation from Scientists in School was re-scheduled and the students learned about life cycles yesterday! Please talk about what they learned. They loved dissecting owl pellets! 

A note was sent home today about a popcorn and a movie day (Wednesday, June 27th) that the students have earned this year for collecting enough 'character cubes' to fill our giant jar. If you do not want your child eating popcorn for a snack at school, please let us know! 

Also, the students will be walking to the park near St. Jerome's school on Monday afternoon (June 25th) with their grade 2 buddies. Please ensure your child dresses for the weather and brings an extra snack for the afternoon. Students will return to PHS at the end of the school day and will be dismissed as usual. 

Important Information:

• Grade 2 Buddy Walk/Park/Snack - June 25th (PM)
• Sport's Day - June 26th (All Day) **In need of many volunteers please!**
• Last Day of School - June 27th (Full School Day)

Monday June 18th

Volunteers are needed for our Life Cycle presentation next Thursday. Please let us know if you're interested in helping out. Thursday, June 21 from 8:15-11:40am. We need 2 volunteers!

***We are looking for any egg cartons you may have. These will be used to make a Tunisian game called Mancala. If you have any extra egg cartons please send them with your child to school.***

Highlights:

We started our morning with our test on geometry. We will finish it tomorrow. We had music and gym. After gym, we had Daily 5. After lunch, we had social studies and continued to learn about Tunisia. We also played Mancala. 

The below pictures are from Friday. The student's were challenged to make a roller coaster that would carry a marble from the top to the bottom. They were given paper plates, cups, tape, scissors and a marble. 

Important Information:

• In School Field Trip (FREE) - Scientists in School: Life Cycles - June 21st (8:15-11:40am) **In need of 2 volunteers please!** 
• Sport's Day - June 26th **In need of many volunteers please!**
• Last Day of School - June 27th

Thursday, June 14th, 2018

Volunteers are needed for our Life Cycle presentation next Thursday. Please let us know if you're interested in helping out. Thursday, June 21 from 8:15-11:40am. We need 2 volunteers!

***We are looking for any egg cartons you may have. These will be used to make a Tunisian game called Mancala. If you have any extra egg cartons please send them with your child to school.***

Highlights:

This week the students finished our math unit on fractions. Next week we will give the students quizzes on geometry and fractions. Please remember to turn in those homework pages! 

We have been working on different writing tasks throughout the week and are sending home some Father's Day writing to share with our awesome dad's! Happy Father's Day! 

The year is wrapping up quickly with just a few days remaining. We are finishing up most projects and activities in science and social studies and the kids are getting super excited for summer break! 

Important Information:

• In School Field Trip (FREE) - Scientists in School: Life Cycles - June 21st (8:15-11:40am) **In need of 2 volunteers please!** 
• Sport's Day - June 26th **In need of many volunteers please!**
• Last Day of School - June 27th

Monday June 11th 2018

***We are looking for any egg cartons you may have. These will be used to make a Tunisian game called Mancala. If you have any extra egg cartons please send them with your child to school.***

Highlights:

We started our morning with a brain dump. The students all had a busy weekend. Our math lesson focused on naming and writing fractions. We had music and gym. After gym, we completed a fun writing activity. At random, student's selected a character, setting and problem and they had to write a story including what they selected. The students we excited to share their finished stories with the class. 

After lunch, we finished sharing our stories and then had social studies. We're continuing our unit on Tunisia. We started with an informative video about a boy named Tarek, who's a camel racer. We continued learning about the geographical regions of Tunisia. We ended our day with art. We had a guided drawing activity. Today we drew a camel. 

Important Information:

• In School Field Trip (FREE) - Scientists in School: Life Cycles - June 21st (8:15-11:40am)
• Sport's Day - June 26th 
• Last Day of School - June 27th

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 

~ Science-in-a-Box: Click here for more information regarding Science-in-a-Box and the schedule! 

Ask Me About:

What two countries share a boarder with Tunisia?

Thursday, June 7th, 2018

Highlights:

This week the students have been busy! It is an exciting time of year and there are only 14 school days remaining. 

We are looking for 2 volunteers on Thursday, June 21st from 8:15-11:45am to help us with our last in-school field trip. This is a free presentation that was given to us by Scientists in School due to the scheduling mix-up this past week. Please let us know via email if you'd like to volunteer. Please ensure you have proper volunteer security clearance (amlodhar@cbe.ab.ca). 

We have also started our last unit in Math this week. The students are finishing the year learning about fractions. This is another very short unit. Please help your child complete the homework pages that are being sent home after each lesson is taught. 

Important Information:

• June 8th - Library Books Due
• BOOK ORDERS DUE - June 11th
• In School Field Trip (FREE) - Scientists in School: Life Cycles - June 21st (8:15-11:40am)
• Sport's Day - June 26th 
• Last Day of School - June 27th

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 

~ Science-in-a-Box: Click here for more information regarding Science-in-a-Box and the schedule! 

Ask Me About:

~ A fair test (Testing Materials in Science) HINT: How many variables are allowed to change when testing? 

Wednesday June 6th

We had a wonderful day of learning in Grade 3 today!!! Here are some pictures from the events of the day.

A special thank you to our amazing volunteers. Without you, we couldn't have these educational programs visit our classrooms. Thank you to our parent volunteers; Mrs. Shirley, Mrs. Cindy, Mrs. Sharlee and our other special classroom volunteer Mrs. Linda and Mrs. Penny. 

Here are some pictures from Scientist in Schools - Structures-Stable and Strong
The students gained knowledge of structural strength and stability as junior engineers. We investigated forces and their impact on structures. We discover that the strength of a given material can be altered by its shape. We also applied these concepts to design and build a stable bridge.

Here are some pictures from Teacher's Pet - Tunisia. We will look at artifacts directly from Tunisia and we learn traditional games like Mancala. Students discussed Tunisian goods and services as they spent some Tunisian Dinars. We discovered facts about daily life, geography, imports and exports and so much more. We also created a mosaic to take home. 

Monday June 4th 2018

VOLUNTEER NEEDED FOR Wednesday afternoon! PLEASE HELP US. 

On June 6th, we will have a full day of in-school field trips, not ideal but it's the only day they had available. The morning will be building and in the afternoon we will be learning about Tunisia. 

We're looking for volunteers for the 6th. We have 3 volunteers for the morning and 2 for the afternoon. If you're free and have security clearance we'd love to have you. 

Highlights:

We started our morning with a brain dump. The student's love this time. We get to hear all the exciting things they were up to on the weekend. We had math and started our lunch into fractions. They had music and gym. After gym, we finished our math lesson and had writing. During writing, students worked on their persuasive writing piece. This has been a fun writing unit for the students. 

After lunch, we continued with writing and social studies. We are learning about Tunisia and today we studies it's geographical location and it's national symbols. At the end of the day, students shared their animal research slides. 

A few pictures from Twin/Triplet day:

Important Information:

• Wednesday June 6th - In school field trips 
• June 8th - Library Books Due
• BOOK ORDERS DUE - June 11th

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 

~ Math: Please return all math homework sheets from the unit on geometry

~ Science-in-a-Box: Click here for more information regarding Science-in-a-Box and the schedule! 

Ask me about:

What is a numerator and a denominator?

Thursday May 31st

IN-SCHOOL FIELD TRIP Cancelled tomorrow! 

(Don't worry, there's still school 😀)

We’ve had to cancel our in-school field trip for tomorrow. Something has come up with the company and they’ve had to reschedule for the morning of 6th. On June 6th, we will have a full day of in-school field trips, not ideal but it's the only day they had available. The morning will be building and in the afternoon we will be learning about Tunisia. 

We're looking for volunteers for the 6th. We have 3 volunteers for the morning and 2 for the afternoon. If you're free and have security clearance we'd love to have you. 

YESTERDAY - We had the final draw for the weaving for water pillows. Japneet in our class won one! There were only 7 pillows made because it takes about 12-15 weaving boards to make one pillow. As a school we raised $1400 for Ryan's Well. Way to go PHS! 

Reminders:

• Twin and Triplet Day – TOMORROW - Dress up like one another.  This is optional.  You can also wear your Panorama Hills clothing or our school colours (blue and gold). 
• Library Books due June 8th
• Our annual Sports Day on Tuesday, June 26^th is quickly approaching! Our Comprehensive School Health Committee has been working hard to put together fun filled events for students to enjoy. Every year, we have multiple stations set up that students rotate through ie. relay races, team building activities, organized sports, and much more! We are asking for volunteers to help run stations on June 26^th. If you are available, please email your child’s classroom teacher. All volunteers must have current security clearance. We are looking forward to another successful Sports Day!

Monday May 28th 2018

***Volunteers needed for In-School field trips***

Friday, June 1st from 8:10am-11:40am (Scientists in School: Structures, Stable and Strong) and Wednesday, June 6th from 12:45pm-2:45pm (Teacher's Pet: Tunisia). 

So far we are looking for 1 more volunteer for June 1st and 3 volunteers are still needed for June 6th. 
If you're available and have your security clearance please let us know by email: amlodhar@cbe.ab.ca and skbruce@cbe.ab.ca! 😀

Highlights:
We started our day with a brain dump. We had math. Today's lesson focused on describing prisms and pyramids. We had music and gym outside. Gurbani presented her science-in-a-box on crystals. We had writing. We will be focusing on persuasive writing for the next few weeks. 

We continued with writing after lunch. We also watched a video on Tunisia. This is the last country we will be learning about in social studies. At the end of the day, we went outside with our grade 2 buddies and sketched parts of the playground. 

Important Information:

• Weaving for Water is a service learning project by the Grade 3 students at Panorama Hills School. Our creative students have chosen to raffle their handiwork in support of clean water projects around the world.
  
  
  When you buy raffle tickets from our Grade 3 students, you are helping to improve the quality of life of families who do not currently have local access to clean water. Raffle tickets are $2 each. 
  
  (This is a picture of one of the completed pillows)
  Every ticket you purchase helps us reach our goal of raising $1000 in support of Ryan's Well Foundation and gives you a chance to win a decorative pillow woven by the artistic hands of our amazing students.
  Tickets: 1 for $2, 5 for $10 or 10 for $20
  Check it out here: https://weavingforwater.com

• Twin and Triplet Day – June 1st - Dress up like one another.  This is optional.  You can also wear your Panorama Hills clothing or our school colours (blue and gold). 
• Library Books due June 8th
• Our annual Sports Day on Tuesday, June 26^th is quickly approaching! Our Comprehensive School Health Committee has been working hard to put together fun filled events for students to enjoy. Every year, we have multiple stations set up that students rotate through ie. relay races, team building activities, organized sports, and much more! We are asking for volunteers to help run stations on June 26^th. If you are available, please email your child’s classroom teacher. All volunteers must have current security clearance. We are looking forward to another successful Sports Day!

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 
~ Math:
Lesson 1 - Name and describe polygons.

Lesson 2 - Sorting polygons 

~ Science-in-a-Box: Click here for more information regarding Science-in-a-Box and the schedule! 

Ask me about:

What is persuasive writing?

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

***Volunteers needed for In-School field trips***
Friday, June 1st from 8:10am-11:40am (Scientists in School: Structures, Stable and Strong) and Wednesday, June 6th from 12:45pm-2:45pm (Teacher's Pet: Tunisia). 

So far we are looking for 1 more volunteer for June 1st and 4 volunteers are still needed for June 6th. 
If you're available and have your security clearance please let us know by email: amlodhar@cbe.ab.ca and skbruce@cbe.ab.ca! 😀

Highlights:
This week we are focused on finishing up some tasks that are planned for the celebration of learning. We look forward to showing you our work on Thursday evening!

Please return all math homework pages for this new unit. Lesson 1 homework was sent home today. 

Important Information:

• Weaving for Water is a service learning project by the Grade 3 students at Panorama Hills School. Our creative students have chosen to raffle their handiwork in support of clean water projects around the world.
  
  
  When you buy raffle tickets from our Grade 3 students, you are helping to improve the quality of life of families who do not currently have local access to clean water. Raffle tickets are $2 each. 
  
  (This is a picture of one of the completed pillows)
  Every ticket you purchase helps us reach our goal of raising $1000 in support of Ryan's Well Foundation and gives you a chance to win a decorative pillow woven by the artistic hands of our amazing students.
  Tickets: 1 for $2, 5 for $10 or 10 for $20
  Check it out here: https://weavingforwater.com

• PHS CELEBRATION OF LEARNING - May 24th - 6:00pm-7:30pm 

On May 24th we will be having an evening event to celebrate and share what the children have been learning about recently. You will have an opportunity for your child to show you around to see different projects that they have been working on. The opening will be from 6:00pm-6:20pm with performances from Handchimes and the Grade 1/2 Choir. Classroom learning celebrations will be from 6:30pm-7:30pm.

• Twin and Triplet Day – June 1st - Dress up like one another.  This is optional.  You can also wear your Panorama Hills clothing or our school colours (blue and gold). 
• Library Books due June 8th
• Our annual Sports Day on Tuesday, June 26^th is quickly approaching! Our Comprehensive School Health Committee has been working hard to put together fun filled events for students to enjoy. Every year, we have multiple stations set up that students rotate through ie. relay races, team building activities, organized sports, and much more! We are asking for volunteers to help run stations on June 26^th. If you are available, please email your child’s classroom teacher. All volunteers must have current security clearance. We are looking forward to another successful Sports Day!

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 
~ Math:
Lesson 1 - Name and describe polygons.

~ Science-in-a-Box: Click here for more information regarding Science-in-a-Box and the schedule! 

Thursday, May 17th, 2018

***Volunteers needed for In-School field trips***
Friday, June 1st from 8:10am-11:40am (Scientists in School: Structures, Stable and Strong) and Wednesday, June 6th from 12:45pm-2:45pm (Teacher's Pet: Tunisia). 

So far we are looking for 1 more volunteer for June 1st and 4 volunteers are still needed for June 6th. 
If you're available and have your security clearance please let us know by email: amlodhar@cbe.ab.ca and skbruce@cbe.ab.ca! 😀

Highlights:

Today we took part in a presentation in the gym. We listened to a string trio called, Infinitus Music. They perform using a cello, viola, and violin. It was very entertaining! 

We have begun our next unit in math: Geometry. Today we started looking at several types of basic polygons: triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, octagon. There is no homework this weekend, but please return all homework pages for this unit beginning next week. 

We took our last spelling quiz for grade 3 today! Please see their work in their green folders. 

The grade 3's have been working on an art project that will be showcased at the celebration of learning next Thursday evening. 

All library books are due back on June 8th. Our last library exchange will be on May 31st. 

We ended the day grouping all of the grade 3s together to watch a video about Ryan's Well. Please remember to buy tickets if you'd like to be part of the weaving/pillow raffle! 

Important Information:

• Weaving for Water is a service learning project by the Grade 3 students at Panorama Hills School. Our creative students have chosen to raffle their handiwork in support of clean water projects around the world.
  
  
  When you buy raffle tickets from our Grade 3 students, you are helping to improve the quality of life of families who do not currently have local access to clean water. Raffle tickets are $2 each. 
  
  (This is a picture of one of the completed pillows)
  Every ticket you purchase helps us reach our goal of raising $1000 in support of Ryan's Well Foundation and gives you a chance to win a decorative pillow woven by the artistic hands of our amazing students.
  Tickets: 1 for $2, 5 for $10 or 10 for $20
  Check it out here: https://weavingforwater.com

• PHS CELEBRATION OF LEARNING - May 24th - 6:00pm-7:30pm 

On May 24th we will be having an evening event to celebrate and share what the children have been learning about recently. You will have an opportunity for your child to show you around to see different projects that they have been working on. The opening will be from 6:00pm-6:20pm with performances from Handchimes and the Grade 1/2 Choir. Classroom learning celebrations will be from 6:30pm-7:30pm.

• Twin and Triplet Day – June 1st - Dress up like one another.  This is optional.  You can also wear your Panorama Hills clothing or our school colours (blue and gold). 
• Our annual Sports Day on Tuesday, June 26^th is quickly approaching! Our Comprehensive School Health Committee has been working hard to put together fun filled events for students to enjoy. Every year, we have multiple stations set up that students rotate through ie. relay races, team building activities, organized sports, and much more! We are asking for volunteers to help run stations on June 26^th. If you are available, please email your child’s classroom teacher. All volunteers must have current security clearance. We are looking forward to another successful Sports Day!

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 

~ Science-in-a-Box: Click here for more information regarding Science-in-a-Box and the schedule! 

Ask Me About:

~ Ryan's Well