Beautiful Fall

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 Mr. Beechey was in our class yesterday and today they had a new teacher to the school, Mrs. Holt. I will be back as soon as I can and am missing all my kid-os!


Yesterday they started to talk about 'community' is Social Studies. They listed everything that makes up a community: houses, schools, grocery stores etc. They then began to construct their own community with using paper, glue and markers for labeling. They continued this project today with Mrs. Holt. 


In Math, they continued to go over representing numbers in different ways. They each got a math sheet that was at their own level of learning. They worked with expanding numbers and representing their number using place value charts. For students who were done early, they were given basic fact questions to complete in their Math books. 


Yesterday, they did some basic fact review of adding and subtracting double digit numbers. Mr. Beechey went over a couple of different strategies, as well as asked students what they do to solve these. Many students worked with borrowing and carrying. 


They finished the novel "The Hero of Third Grade." They then got their journals out and answered 4 questions about the novel. 

-Write about what would happen next. What would the sequel be?

-Write about what you would do if you could have one of the characters over for a playdate.

-Tell me your favourite and least favourite part of the book and why. 

-Write a 'blurb' for the book (a summary).


Today they practiced their weekly spelling words. 

Spelling words: 

Red: am, in, as, if, is
blue: sport, Calgary, like, said, want
green: Beddington, community, mountain, forecast, recycling 

In Science, they discussed the '3 R's' and completed writing about this topic. Ask your child what those are and how they practice them in their daily lives. 

This month we will not be having a 'Pillars of Care' celebration in the gym. The winners will be sent home with a congratulatory letter for the fridge!

I hope to see everyone soon! 

-Mrs. Craig 

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