We can’t believe that we are about to finish our first month of school! The month of September went by in the blink of an eye. The Grade 3 students have had a great few weeks together and we look forward to seeing what October holds in store.
***Parents - please check the school-cash on-line site as you are now able to order pizza and subway****
*** The Terry Fox run for St. Isabel will take place on October 3rd. We won't be using cash online this year, instead we have a link already set up with our school. All money collected will go directly to the foundation!
Please click the link below to add your donation to fight cancer today!***
This coming Friday., Sept 26th is Franco-Ontarien Day. This day officially recognizes the Francophone community's contributions to the cultural, historical, social, economic and political landscape of our province. Please wear green and white on Friday!
Tuesday, September 30th is Orange Shirt Day and National Truth and Reconciliation Day. We shall commemorate it here at St. Isabel by learning what we can about the past and how we can make the future better for those who have suffered unjustly. It is a day created by Phyllis Webstad in recognition of the effects of residential schools and as part of Truth and Reconciliation. You can check out her story here:
On Tuesday Sept. 30th, please wear an Orange shirt to show solidarity with Phyllis and all Indigenous people.
What we’ve been up to & where we are going:
In Math we continue to work on data management - we have learned about vertical and horizontal bar graphs, how to ask a survey question, collect data and graph the results. Pictographs will be next on our learning adventure. Students are encouraged to practise their counting (forward and backwards) by 2's, 5's, 10's and 100's to 1000. They also must be able to count by the same numbers starting with a different number on the 100 chart (i.e. start at 27 and count up by 2's: 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, etc.).
In Language we have been working on paragraph writing, determining important ideas to share orally with others and writing in complete sentences (starting sentences with uppercase letters and ending with proper punctuation). This week, we will begin working on answering questions using full sentences and developing our reading strategies to help decode unknown words. Please review our weekly WWW (word wall words) that are written in our Hapara workspace slide deck (each Monday) every day. These are words that students should be able to spell and read independently in grade 3!
New Grade 3 WWW: into, off, very, want, who
In Gr. 3 Science, we are continuing our unit on Soil. Towards the end of the week, ask your child about the different layers that make up soil and what three types of soil, along with humus create loam (the best soil for many plants to grow in).
Last week we discussed how each child got their name (please return the name sheets that was sent home on Tues.) in Family Life.
Upcoming important dates:
September 25th: Photo Day
September 26th: Franco Ontarien Day - wear white and green!
September 30th: Orange Shirt Day (Nation Day for Truth & Reconciliation) is an opportunity for First Nations, local governments, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.
September 30th: School Council Meeting: 7 p.m. in the Learning Commons
October 3rd: Terry Fox Run at St. Isabel
October 10th: PD Day (no school for students
October 13th: Thanksgiving Day (no school for everyone)
Responsible Use of Technology form - please complete today and fill out the permission to post as well as it needs to be done every year.
HOMEWORK
Language:
Read for 30 minutes out loud every night. Ask your child a question about what has been read that cannot be answered with a yes/no statement. All answers should include the word because ("I know this because....).
Daily review of WWW in preparation for our Friday S.W.Y.K.
Math:
Practise reviewing double sums - ie. 2+2=, 4+4=, 5+5=, all the way to 10+10! Nightly practise of counting by 2s, 5s, 10s to 1000.
