3JI Weekly News: September 18-21.

Good Morning Parents,

I hope you are enjoying another long weekend! This past week students celebrated Hari Raya and Merdeka Day at school on Friday. In writing, students worked hard on their descriptive language and participated in a writing celebration with all of grade three. Thank you to all of the parents that have been sending in pictures of their child’s favorite reading spots, please continue to share them with me.

PE Swimming begins next week. Please see the swimming schedule from Mr. Pettis here to see which day on the 8 day cycle your child has PE swimming. Our next Free Dress Day will be next Friday, the 21st of September. If your child wants to participate, don't forget the 5 RM donation. Students will go to the library on Tuesday

This week we begin on Day 6.

Reading: We will continue to work on making connections based on our prior knowledge, making predictions based on evidence from the book, and asking questions before, during and after we read. We will look at problem-solving strategies when words or passages are tricky and how we need to really work hard to make real meaning from what we read.

Writing: We continue working on choosing and writing about a small moment. Once students have the small moment they will work on writing as if they are telling a story, not just telling what happened; instead say exactly what happened first, then next, and next, adding descriptive details and dialogue. So readers of our small moment can actually make a mind movie of that story as they read it.

Math: While we continue to work on elapsed time we are also introducing units of mass and liquid volume. Next week students will learn about mass and the importance of a standard unit when finding out how heavy something is. In this unit, we will be using the metric system: grams and litters.

Social Studies: We are beginning to talk about distances on a map and how to use the map “scale” to tell the distance between places. Students will create a map of an imaginary place adding a scale to tell the distances between places on their map. We will also look at different types of maps and how we use them.

Have a great week ahead! Thanks in advance for reminding your child to return home learning on Friday!

Good Evening Parents,

I hope you all had a relaxing long weekend. Sorry, the newsletter is a little late this week, I have been away.

Map testing went well this past week; students were focussed and demonstrated lots of perseverance. 

Friday, September 14th will be our Hari Raya Culture Day and  Merdeka celebration.

Your child has been doing typing.com at school most days for the past couple of weeks. This is part of an intense typing "boot camp" to help them to keyboard efficiently.  You child is encouraged to continue this practice at home, they can log in with their panther username and password, then it will save their progress. It works best if they just do it in 10-15 minute periods.

This week will begin on a Wednesday, day 3 .

Reading

Students will learn that readers give themselves comprehension check as they read, asking themselves questions to make sure they understand what is going on in books. They will follow the steps:

1.     Give yourself a comprehension check about each chapter.

2.     Ask yourself or write a post-it about:

a.        Who was in that part?

b.        What was happening?

c.        How does this part connect to the rest of the story?

Writing

Students will learn that writers don’t wait to edit (adding punctuation and capitals); they take a minute as they write to make sure their writing is as clear as possible for their readers. Students will also learn how to write a lead for a story by using detail, action, sounds, or dialogue that introduce the characters and setting.

Math

Students will begin to explore weight and the need for standardized units. Students will then transition from nonstandard to standard unit of measurement and use grams to measure weight.

Looking for more ways to help your child practice math facts? Try these games!

Want to look at telling time with your child? Maybe these videos can help.

Here is the vocabulary they will encounter:

a.m.	analog clock	decompose	capacity	digital clock	elapsed time	gram
hour	hour	interval	kilogram	liquid	liter	mass
minute	p.m.	solid	volume

Social Studies

Students will continue to learn how to use map keys, a compass rose, and a scale to interpret and gain information from various maps.

When you ask your child, “how was school today?” does your child often answer with one-word answers such as “good”? If so, consider these 15 questions to replace “How was school today?” (Edutopia) 

Week of Sept. 12th-21st. Please complete 3 activities and bring to share on Friday, Sept. 21st.

Math: School starts at 8:00 and finishes at 2:45. Bjorn says we are at school for 6 hours and Dola says we are at school for 6 hours and 45 minutes. Who is correct? Prove it with words, pictures, and/or numbers.	Language arts: Write a personal narrative story about a recent small moment you have had with a person or animal that is important to you.	Language arts: Watch 10 minutes of your favorite TV show with your mom or dad, but turn the sound off and practice storytelling to each other what is happening.  Make sure you include: dialogue, details, actions and inner thinking.
Math: Practice your fact fluency (addition or subtraction numbers 1-20) · Flashcards, online, games, worksheets, cards. Or play the clock game (go to the home learning section of the class blog to click on the link).	Social Studies: Create a map of your neighborhood or condo area. Don’t forget to include a title, compass rose, map key, and symbols.	Other: Play a board game with your family.

Remember: Reading for at least 20 minutes is just what we do. It is expected each night.