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

Monday May 14th 2018

***Volunteers needed for In-School field trips - June 1st (8:10am-11:40am and June 8th (12:45pm-2:45pm)

If you're available and have your security clearance please let us know 😀

Highlights:

We started our day with some catch-up time. Student's were given time to work on their Peru cubes. Miss. Passion was in teaching us about goal setting. We had music and gym outside. After gym, we had spelling. This is the last spelling list of the year. We will continue to do spelling but we will be doing review in class. We had math. Tomorrow is the math test. We finished our in-class review and discussed some possible questions that may be on our test.

After lunch, we had computers/science. We began working on our google slide animal research project. Student's completed the first 2 slides of their presentation. They will continue to work on this throughout the week. We also had social studies. We are learning all about the different layers of the rain forest. We will be working on a class collaborative project starting on Wednesday. 

Important Information:

Volunteer Appreciation Celebration

• at
  Panorama Hills School
  
  
  in the Gym,
  on Tuesday May 15^th, 2018
  from 1:30PM – 2:30PM

• 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.
  
  
  Check it out here: https://weavingforwater.com

• Yearbook Order Forms - Due May 15th. They are $25 each. 
• 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). 

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 

~ SPELLING - This is the last week for spelling tests. 

Monday - communities, rural, transportation, buy, airplane

Tuesday - goods, wants, deliver,  sell, train

Wednesday - services, needs, produce, map, truck

Thursday - Quiz

~Math: Return all Math homework for this unit! 

Lesson 1 - Investigating Equals
Lesson 2 - Relating multiplication and repeated addition
Lesson 3 - Using Arrays to multiply

Lesson 4 - Relating multiplication sentences 
Lesson 5 - Represent division as making equal groups.
Lesson 6 - Represent division as relating shares.
Lesson 7 - Represent division as repeated subtraction.

Lesson 8 - Identify related multiplication and division facts using arrays.
Lesson 9 - Use groups to relate multiplication and division.
Lesson 10 - Interpret a problem and select and appropriate strategy. (No homework page)

TEST -Tuesday May 15th 

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

Ask Me About:

The layers of the rain forest

Thursday, May 10th, 2018

Highlights:
*There will be a Math Test on Tuesday, May 15th. A set of review questions will be sent home tomorrow. We will also be sending back all homework pages tomorrow for you to review and for the students to make corrections to ensure their understanding before the upcoming test. Please study over the weekend! 

Spelling quizzes were marked and sent home today. There are only a couple more weeks of spelling left for this year! 

The students worked on two reading comprehension pages this week. Please see their work in their green folders. If it says 'homework', please work with your child to complete it at home and bring it back to school. Check out this link to see the size comparisson of Earth to the rest of the galaxy! 

The students are busy working on writing/drafting their slides for their rainforest animal research presentations! They can't wait to show you their work at the Celebration of Learning! 

Happy Mother's Day!! 

Important Information:

Volunteer Appreciation Celebration

• at
  Panorama Hills School
  
  
  in the Gym,
  on Tuesday May 15^th, 2018
  from 1:30PM – 2:30PM
  
  
  We would like to thank the many volunteers for their support and contributions to our school this year.  Please join us for some refreshments and entertainment
  
  
  Please note we are unable to provide supervision for children, and refreshments may contain allergens such as nuts and gluten.

• Yearbook Order Forms - Due May 15th. They are $25 each. 
• 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). 

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 
~Math: Return all Math homework for this unit! Those that finish and return all homework pages by tomorrow, will win a prize! 

Lesson 1 - Investigating Equals
Lesson 2 - Relating multiplication and repeated addition
Lesson 3 - Using Arrays to multiply

Lesson 4 - Relating multiplication sentences 
Lesson 5 - Represent division as making equal groups.
Lesson 6 - Represent division as relating shares.
Lesson 7 - Represent division as repeated subtraction.

Lesson 8 - Identify related multiplication and division facts using arrays.
Lesson 9 - Use groups to relate multiplication and division.
Lesson 10 - Interpret a problem and select and appropriate strategy. (No homework page)
~ Science-in-a-Box: Click here for more information regarding Science-in-a-Box and the schedule! 

Ask Me About:

~ Multiplication Facts up to 5x5 (i.e. 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x5, 2x1, 2x2, 2x3, etc.)