Wednesday 7 December 2016

SECRET SANTA!

The some of the students in the class came up with the idea of having Secret Santa with the class this year and the rest of the class liked the idea.  I agreed that we could do this with a $2 limit. Today, each child wrote their name and at least 2 of their interests on a post-it note to help their Secret Santa out. The children will receive the person they are a Secret Santa to tomorrow.  We will exchange gifts on the last day of classes before holidays, but I would love for wrapped gifts to come in by next Thursday. 
Thank you very much for your participation!


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Sunday 4 December 2016



Happy Second Week of Advent! 

As a class we are investigating and will continue to investigate the questions: why is the season of Advent important, what does Christmas mean to us Christians, and what does this season tell us about God.  We are also thinking of ways we can prepare ourselves as we await full of hope for the coming of our Saviour!
 Over the past few weeks we have been focusing on a few different things in Literacy:- skimming and scanning for key words to answer reading comprehension questions and look up or ask about difficult or new words- when we use capital letters in our writing other than at the start of sentences- writing lists with commas, an and before the last item and the purpose of a colon- the importance of editing and rereading our work- persuasive writing (We are currently writing a letter to Santa) Over the past few weeks we have focused on the following things in Math:- patterns with more than on attribute- identifying the pattern core- identifying and writing the pattern rule- addition with regrouping
 This week we will be continuing to focus on persuasive writing and then begin looking at story writing. We will also continue practicing when to use capital letters and using our editing skills.  In Math we will be beginning subtraction without and with regrouping.
 The next two weeks will be busy ones! The children are in full gear practicing for the Christmas concert.  Their Biblical time period costumes can begin to come in this week. Please have them in a bag labeled with your child’s name. Here are some examples. The concert will be on December 13th at 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

 
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Tuesday 15 November 2016

Precious Blood’s Annual Parish Bazaar
Saturday, November 26th  
9 am to 2 pm


We are all very excited that our parish bazaar is coming up in less than two weeks!  


Saturday 29 October 2016

Good morning!
It has been another great week! God blessed us with sunshine and a beautiful day at Westminster Abbey yesterday.  A huge thank you to the parent drivers and supervisors for helping make this day the wonderful success that it was. I have included a few pictures below forwarded to me by parents.

In literacy this week we reviewed genres, which we will continue with again next week.  We also focused on using adjectives, similes and prepositions to write detailed sentences.  For example: The tiny, grey mouse ran across the marble floor as quick as lightning. We will continue to work on this goal in our writing next week.  We will also look at using interesting vocabulary and adding adverbs fto their writers toolkits.

In math, we continued looking at patterns.  We worked on identifying a pattern rule, continuing a pattern and using a pattern rule to write a pattern.  We will continue on with this next week for a final week before we begin addition and subtraction. As well as this, we have been practicing counting in threes and will be moving on to practicing counting in 4s.

New Club: We have started up a Praise and Worship club. Parents, students, and staff are invited to pray together through song every Monday after school in Sister's room from 3pm to 3:30pm .  It is one of my favourite ways to pray. I hope to see you there!

Up coming events:
- Monday, October 31st: Painting pumpkins with their grade 6 buddies
- Tuesday, November 1st:  To celebrate All Saints Day, the children are asked to dress up as a saint of   their choice
- November 10th and 11th: No School
- November 18th: Grade 3 adoration
- November 22nd: Report cards go out
- November 23rd - 25th: 3 way conferences
-November 27th: First Sunday of Advent

Have a blessed weekend!

 







Thursday 20 October 2016

Hello,
It's been a short, but good week. There have been a few new topics introduced to the class in the past few weeks:
1. We have started exploring the idea of Growth Mindset with our Grade 6 buddies.  I shared the videos of Mojo who is learning about Growth Mindset on class dojo.  It is a great topic to discuss with your child.  We talked about how our brain becomes stronger when we work hard and don't give up.  We also talked about what we might say to ourselves instead of "I'm not good at this" or "I give up."
2. We have also begun using the zones of regulation in the class.  This is a good way for the class to become more aware of how they are feeling physically and mentally.  They then think about what tools they might use to help themselves stay on task in class. Check out the document link under important notices for more details.
3. The Genius Hour/Passion Project idea has been introduced to the class.  They have been sent home with a sheet to fill out with a Minimum of 2 things they are passionate about.  They have then been asked to think of any questions they have or what they are curious about  pertaining to those topics.
Eg. Passion - painting
       Questions- Does using different materials to paint on make a difference to the final product?
                       - Watercolour vs. Acrylic   How are they similar and different?

In Language Arts the children have been looking at prepositions and similes to describe this week.  In Math they have been focusing on rounding to the nearest 10s, 100s and 1000s.

Upcoming events:
- School photo retakes are on Monday, October 24th.
- Abbey Trip: We will be going to Westminster Abbey in Mission on the 28th of October. If you have not yet returned the permission form please do as soon as possible.
- Pumpkin painting-  We would like to Paint pumpkins with our grade 6 buddies on the 31st of October.  Could you please send your child to school with a small pumpkin no earlier than the 28th?
- All Saints Day- Dress up as your favourite saint to celebrate All Saints Day!

Wednesday 5 October 2016

Tomorrows Trip (Thursday, Oct. 6th) has been cancelled due to lack of drivers. 

Our next possible trip:

We are hoping to visit Westminster Abbey in Mission on Friday, October 28th with some other grades depending upon parent drivers. Why now? We would have the opportunity to go through the Abbey's Door of Mercy (one of only two in B.C.) during this Year of Mercy, which will conclude with the end of the liturgical year in November. It will also be a nice, peaceful day with an opportunity to explore the Abby grounds and the Abby itself.

Are you available to Drive and Spend the Day with us on Friday, October 28th? We are thinking we'd leave after school Mass-ish and return by 3pm. If you are available and interested, please let me know and if you could kindly include the number of children you can transport, that would be great! :)
Thanks!

P.S. if you'd like to learn more about the abbey/seminary, click here:
http://www.westminsterabbey.ca/

Monday 3 October 2016

Possible Trip Cancellation:
We do not have enough drives for the class to go to Campbell Valley on Thursday.  At the moment there are only enough drivers for 12 students.  Without more volunteer drivers we will have to cancel the trip. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to drive. I will make a final decision at the end of the day tomorrow.

A couple upcoming events:
1. It is the grade 3 class mass on Friday.  A few children will be chosen on a voluntary/draw basis to participate as readers and gift bearers tomorrow.

2. Fitness-a-thon on Friday. The children will  be dismissed at noon.

Saturday 1 October 2016

It's been a busy week! In literacy we have been focusing on reviewing the use of capital letters and punctuation correctly in our writing.  We have also used this topic to inform our reading; especially stopping where there are full stops to end a sentence and using expression when reading sentences that end with exclamation marks. We also had our first spelling test today.  The children will be receiving their new sorts on Monday.

In Math we continued looking at place value and focused on the different ways to write a number.  This includes standard, expanded, base ten and word form. The children really enjoyed challenging themselves by attempting numbers in the thousands and ten thousands.

New:
The follow by email link has been added to the blog for those who are interested.

Next week:

Wednesday
1. Cross Country Championship meet
2. Walk-a-thon assembly and pledge collection check in

Thursday
1. Trip to Campbell Valley park

Monday 26 September 2016

I now have the follow by email link on my page for those of you who are interested!

Friday 23 September 2016

Happy Friday!

We had another great week in Grade 3. We have been working on summarizing in Literacy by picking out the main ideas and writing them in our own words.  It would be great if you could ask them what the main events or ideas in their book is when they read.

In Math we have been reviewing place value to 10, 000.  The children have done very well overall.  They sometimes need reminders about using 0 as a place holder. They are also beginning exchange extra amounts where it is needed. For example if there are 13 ones they are exchanging 10 ones for 1 ten. We will continue with this and other places value activities next week.

New:

Spelling- The children received their first spelling sort today.  They will have a spelling test next Friday.  Ask them what rule they are working on and how to sort the words into the correct categories.   They will practice these words everyday at school.

Class Dojo- Dojo has been set up for the class.  Please send in the signed notice you received this week.  Without it I will not put up picture and/or video updates of your child's learning in class.  I will not be using the Class Dojo for behaviour, but to create an online portfolio of your child's learning.

Change of Trip Date:

Due to some conflicts the date of the trip has to be changed.  We will update you on the new finalized date next week.  We will also send out new trip forms with the changes.  Sorry about this!


Friday 16 September 2016

Hi!
It has been a great week! The children are starting to settle in well.

A few reminders:
1. Picture day is on Monday! Please make sure your child is wearing their school sweater or sweater       vest.

2. Raz kids is now up and running for the class. It is a great resource. Please remind your children not to rush through the work and answer the questions carefully. This will help them with their comprehension of a text.
If you would like to receive updates from Raz kids about the work you child is doing on the sight, you can! Any information you need to do this should be on the notice sent out are the start of the week.

3. I have received a few scholastic book orders. if you are interested in ordering please send the orders in by Tuesday, September 20th.

New:
The children have been given their Mathletics usernames and passwords. They are taped to the front plastic pocket in their planners.  There are some great activities on the sit for the children related to the topics we have been learning in Math.


Have a wonderful weekend!