Week 3 in Room 3

Important Dates Ahead:

Monday, September 23 - Return Library Books

Thursday, September 26 - Cooking in the Classroom - Candy Apples

                                        - Terry Fox Run Day

Friday, September 27 - Professional Development Day - NO School

Monday, September 30 - National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - NO School

Tuesday, October 1 - Terrace Road Observes Orange Shirt Day - Wear Orange

Wednesday, October 10 - Picture Day

 Hello Room 3 Families!

Happy Friday! 

This week in Room 3 we continued our exploration of letters in the alphabet, their letter sounds, practiced printing these letters, and being able to identify words that begin with the letter of focus. Letters we looked at this week were: A, G, D, S and E.

As we prepare for the first day of Fall on September 22, We have been discussing what kinds of things we have been noticing have been changing as Summer nears its ends. We read the book If Winter Comes, Tell it I'm Not Here by Simona Ciraolo. This is a beautiful book about what we can expect when Summer leaves, and the season change from Fall to Winter. It compares and contrasts signs of Summer Vs. Fall and Winter and the activities we do in each. The students did some writing:

 "I will miss _______________ most about Summer" 

and 

"I am looking forward to _________ most about Fall". 

In Math, we have been exploring Canadian coins. We have so far explored the Nickel, the Dime, the Quarter and the Loonie. We have discussed their differences, how to recognize each coin and how much each coin is worth. We have continued to learn and play new Math Games. Each day we also solve a Problem of the Day where we look at a Math word problem and solve it together.

With Technology this week, we did a Quiz Game called Kahoot! This is a fun way for us to practice using a computer while also reviewing things we are learning in class! It was a lot of fun.

In Art, we worked together to paint a large tree and also used marbles on a tray to paint leaves. It was different but the students enjoyed rolling the marbles through paint and trying to keep their marble on the tray.

Science is something our class looks forward to each week. Our Science experiment this week was interested and fun! We coloured coffee filters, hung them in a clear cup and slowly poured water into the cup. It was neat to see our water magically turn the colour we coloured the coffee filter. 

The long anticipated end of Summer celebration at Abbey's Ice Cream was a big success. We enjoyed our walk to Abbey's, practiced ordering, paying and receiving our change. The weather was beautiful and it was a nice way to say good bye to Summer until next year! Thank you for sending your child with money in support of this special activity.

Thank you for making time to come to our Open House. It was nice to meet some of the families of our Room 3 students at the Open House on Thursday evening. 

I have enjoyed getting to know all of your children so far and learn about all of their unique gifts and talents. We have so much fun every day. Ms. Bradley (our amazing EA) and I feel so fortunate to work with your children each day. It's going to be a wonderful year of learning, fun and growth! 

Wishing you a lovely weekend!

Sincerely, 

Miss Karly