Week of March 11th - 15th

Dear Parents,

Thank you for your support in your child’s learning. The Student Led Conferences were a great success and we can all agree that our 3rd Graders did a wonderful job in sharing their learning growth and goals.

We have a wonderful week of book week events coming up including a book swap on Wednesday and a visiting author, Matt Smith, on Friday as well as being Character Dress Up. So dress up as your favorite book character!

This week starts on Day 5.

Please note that the home learning set last week is due this Friday.

Week of March 3rd - 8th.

Dear Parents,

This week's update looks a bit different as on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we will be finishing up Student Led Conference (SLC) preparation. Student-led conferences are scheduled for Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8. Your child will be the most important part of this conference, so they are required to attend. As your child leads the discussion by reflecting on his/her learning, sharing his/her goals, and celebrating his/her successes, please be ready to ask follow up questions. These are the type of questions to ask your child as they are leading the conference:

• How did you make this?
• Why did you choose this?
• What does this work show about you?
• What did you learn from this?
• What was the easy or difficult part of this?
• What do you like best about this?
• What more do you want to improve in, or learn?
• Tell me about this.

There will be other conferences in the classroom going on at the same time. Please note that this conference could take up to 40 minutes (but it won't overlap with any sibling conference time). After this time you will go with your child to any specialist teacher you choose to finish off the conference.

We begin this week on DAY 8.

Please note that with the short week, home learning will be for two weeks and will be shared in class on Friday, March 15th.

Weeks of March 6 and March 13. Please complete 2 activities and bring in to share on Friday, March 17.

Math: Teach a member of your family how to find the area of an object.	Language arts: Think about a book club book or a book you have read independently. What was the climax?	Language arts: What are 3 things you learned about writing opinion pieces?
Math: Teach someone a strategy you use to solve tricky multiplication facts.	Social Studies: Choose a civilization and write about the location of that civilization and why it was important.	Other: Organize a section of your room. Could be your bookshelf, toys, stuffed animals, etc.

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

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Week Feb 25th - March 1st

What a week we had last week. We are so proud of all the Grade 3s for their performance at the Grand Opening of ISKL. They sang and performed beautifully.

This week is a relatively ‘quiet’ week and students and teachers will begin to prepare for Student Led Conferences. If you haven’t signed up for your conference time yet, please do so on PowerSchool.

This week will begin on Day 3.

Reading Students will continue to study the characters in the books they read. Students will practice making predictions on what a character will do next, taking into account what they already know about the kinds of things he/ she tends to do, say, want again and again. Students will also continue with book club groups. Students will choose which book their club will read and gather at the end of reading time to discuss what they read.

Writing Students will begin writing fairy tales. During the first part of this unit, students will work on adapting a familiar fairy tale or myth. Students reread the selected fairy tales and/ or myths, deciding upon which story element they will adapt.  From this point on, they see that changing one story element has a domino effect and affects the entire story.

Math  This week we will continue our focus on multiplication and area. We will be using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies We are continuing to look at social structure/government in ancient civilizations and will move on to belief systems and art and architecture.

February 25th-March 1st Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Find the area of something in your house i.e. a book, a rug.	Language arts: Choose a character in a book you are reading. Make (or draw/write about) an artifact they would have.	Language arts: Choose a character from Because of Winn-Dixie. Describe the character including using physical and character trait words.
Math: Teach someone a strategy you use to solve tricky multiplication facts.	Social Studies: Choose an ancient civilization and learn about an artifact from that time and place. Sketch it and write about how and why it would be used.	Other: Random acts of kindness- choose people outside of your family and do at least 3 kind things. What did you do?

Week Feb 18th - 22nd

We have a very exciting event this week!

All of Grade 3 will be singing at the ISKL Grand Opening on Thursday, February 21st. Please make sure that your child comes to school in their school uniform. If your child has PE that, please send their PE kit in for them to change in to.

On Friday the Elementary School will have Chinese New Year Cultural Day. All students are welcome to dress for the occasion.

Also on Friday Grade 3 will have a session with author Richard Sobel.

This week will begin on Day 6

Reading Students are busy reading with their book clubs. Please help your child to remember to read and return the book to school each day. After looking at the "shape" of stories (we discussed a story mountain where main characters go up and down through the story) and readers are now attending to the role secondary characters play. We are also looking at how characters resolve trouble when they are tested in the climax of a story.

Writing Students are beginning to work on their first fairy tale adaptation. They are storytelling and acting out their story to improve their drafting. Please ask your child to tell you their story. The more times they tell their story the greater detail they will likely include in the written version. Students will work on balancing narration, action, and dialogue.

Math  This week we will continue our focus on multiplication and area. We will be using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Science We are continuing to look at social structure/government in ancient civilizations and will move on to belief systems and art and architecture.

February 18th-22nd  Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Play a math game that helps you practice multiplication and/or division. What game did you play?	Language arts: Choose a character in a book you are reading (or read recently). What is the problem in the story and how would you solve the problem?	Language arts: Would you rather have more math time or more reading time? Write down 3 reasons why. Be sure to say more about each reason.
Math: Teach someone at home about a pattern you notice in addition or multiplication.	Social Studies Choose a problem that someone in an ancient civilization might have had and build something to help solve it (if you can not think of a problem you could use moving water).	Other: Spend some time outside and sketch/write/daydream while you are there. Share something you liked about your time outside.

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

Week of Feb 11th-15th

Week of Feb. 11-15

We finally have a full week of school. The students all enjoyed The Global Day of Play on Friday. They played board games, made forts, and acted like kids all afternoon. It was a joy to watch. Hopefully, they told you all about it. Most of the classrooms are doing some blogging on the day, so at the Student Led Conferences you can check their blogs out.

Have a week!

This week begins on a day 1

After School Activities begin today!

This Thursday is Free Dress Day. Please bring RM5 and dress in Red and Pink…Valentine’s Day Colors.

Reading Students will continue analyzing different fiction books with our class book clubs. We will be focusing on characters and how they change throughout stories. We will begin reading “Because of Winn Dixie,” a wonderful tale of a girl and her dog.

Writing The focus this week will be on the students finishing their persuasive essays and celebrating their writing. We will also be writing an on-demand post assessment seeing all their improvement in persuasive writing. We are beginning our unit on Fairy Tale Writing at the end of the week. So if you have a favorite Fairy Tale from your culture please send it in.

Math We will continue our multiplication and area unit. This week’s focus will be on multiplication and area. We will begin using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies The grade three classes will be looking at how location, social structure, and technology impacted ancient civilizations. This week the classes will be choosing a civilization to study independently.

February 11-15. Choose 2 activities to complete before Friday to share in class.

Math: Roll 2 dice to find the factors (3, 7) Multiply and make an array or area model to find the product. Repeat until your products add to 100.	Language arts: Would you rather be an archeologist or a veterinarian? Give reasons and say more to explain.	Language arts: Write a story where the villain is actually a hero.
Math: Give an example of a home (do it yourself)  project where you would need to know area. Explain the project to someone at home and write some note in your home learning journal	Social Studies Write down three factors that are important to a successful civilization.	Other: Make a grocery list of things needed for a meal your family is eating this week. Then, go and get those items with an adult. After, make that meal!

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.

3JI Weekly News Feb. 7- 8

Week of Feb. 7-8

Good Morning! 

We only have two days of school this week, but we will be working hard throughout those two days. The students all enjoyed watching the rugby on Thursday. Hopefully, they inspired the third graders to compete in IASAS events when they are in high-school. We have two important events this week! The first will be today, Thursday, we will have a Matthew Holm, visiting author and illustrator talking to us about his work. Then on Friday afternoon, we will be participating in the Global School Play Day. Please read the information below about what the kids can bring to use as we participate!

Have a great short week

This week begins on a day 7

Reminder: Global School Play Day on Friday afternoon.

***This Friday afternoon, grade 3 will participate in Global School Play Day. Students can bring a toy or game (no electronic items) to school that they would be willing to share with others: a board game, blankets for building a fort, toys to share that don't have batteries, anything they want, etc. The purpose of the day is raising awareness about the necessity of unstructured play. Please click on the Global School Play Day website to learn more about it!***

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

-Plato

Reading Students will be continue analyzing different fiction books with our class book clubs. We will be focusing on characters and how they change throughout stories.

Writing The focus this week will be on the students finishing their persuasive essays and celebrating their writing.

Math We will continue our multiplication and area unit. This week’s focus will be on multiplication and area. We will begin using square units to measure area, solve real-world problems dealing with area, and continue to reinforce our addition/subtraction/multiplication/division facts. Please continue to help your child practice these at home!

Social Studies The grade three classes will be looking at how location impacted ancient civilizations. This week the students will be choosing a civilization to study independently.