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?