March 30-April 3, 2026

                       

Thank you for your support with regard to helping your child prepare as best as possible for the provincial testing in May. The first booklet went home on Friday, March 27th. Please remind your child to return booklet #1 by Thursday, April 2 so we can take up & review before the weekend. A new homework package will be sent home Thursday.

Language: We will be working our narrative stories this week and will use book creator for our final copy. April is also Poetry month - we will be reading and writing different forms of poetry all month!

Mathematics: We will begin our unit on fractions this week. It is a short unit so we will finish it by Thursday. After that we will begin to learn about telling time. Gr. 3 students must know time to the hour/minute/second. Terms like quarter hour, half hour, half past, quarter past and quarter to, will all be a part of our learning.

WWWs: excite, with, wear, where, we're

Science: We have finished our unit on forces. Our next Science unit will be about plants.

Looking Ahead:

Thursday, April 2nd: Wear Blue for Autism

Thursday, April 2nd: EQAO prep booklet #1 - due

Friday, April 3rd: Good Friday (No School) 
Monday, April 6th: Easter Monday (No School) 

Monday, April 27th: PD Day (No school for students)

March 23-27, 2026

                                 

                                  

In Language, we will finish up learning about the key features of a narrative story (characters, setting, problem, solution, and plot). We hope to begin working on our own narrative stories this week. 

Mathematics: We started our division unit before the break. Practicing times tables (as well as division facts) everyday will help us know our facts and be more prepared to continue our learning in grade 4! 

Science: This will be our final week learning about forces. Our next Science unit will be all about plants. 

WWW: confusion, I'm, vacation, question, that's

In preparation for EQAO, as mentioned before the break, we will be sending work packages home each Friday that must be returned the following Friday (we will be taking them up as a class so students learn where extra review is needed). We encourage children to complete 1-2 pages per night. If they are unable to answer a few of the questions, please do not worry as we will review and explain them fully on Fridays. Booklets must be returned - finished or not- on the due date, so students can write down or correct their answers when we take the questions up as a whole group.

The first EQAO package will be sent home on Friday, March 27 and will be due back to school on Thursday, April 2 (this is a change from above as we will not be at school on Friday, April 3).

Thank you for your support in helping us to prepare your children for the provincial test that will occur in May.

Looking Ahead:

Friday, April 3rd: Good Friday (No School) 

Monday, April 4th: Easter Monday (No School)
Monday, April 27th: PD Day (No school for students)

March 9-13, 2026

                         

Thursday, March 12th will be St. Patrick's Spirit Day. Dress in green and white!  

The weather is slowly warming up and we are getting more and more sunlight. While it may be getting warmer, the ground is still wet and muddy around the school yard. Therefore, students still need to dress appropriately for the weather with proper boots, splash pants and jackets. 

While we constantly warn students to stay out of puddles to avoid wet feet, this seems to make it even more enticing for them and even more of a guarantee that they will jump into the puddles. Please, pack a few extra pairs of socks for your child to wear in case their feet get wet.

***Orders for subway, pizza and popcorn are due March 12th***

Please support our Lenten initiative by sending in money for your child to participate in the "Guess the number of eggs in the Jar" contest. The cost is $2 for 1 guess, $3 for 5 guesses!

In language we continue to work on our narratives. Once they are finished we will begin persuasive letter writing and exploring how best to convince someone to think the way we do! We often publish our works using the Book Creator website. This week's WWWs: another, its, it's, through, threw

In math, we are almost finished our learning about multiplication. Practicing times tables everyday will help us know our facts and be more prepared to continue our learning in grade 4! Division is next on our learning adventure.

Science: We are learning about hurricanes and droughts this week. 

Drama: We have been learning how to use facial expressions and body language to communicate thoughts and feelings. 

Health: When we return from March Break, we will be learning about concussions - what causes them and what we can do to prevent them.

This Week:

After March break we will be starting weekly homework to support our preparation for EQAO that will be happening for all Gr. 3 students in May. Students we receive their homework package usually on a Friday and it will be due the following Friday. This will then be taken up as a whole class so it is imperative that booklets (even if they are not finished) be returned on the due date highlighted on the cover sheet.

We continue to share in Lenten prayers and readings, looking forward to Easter. 

March Break - March 16th to the 20th - enjoy your week with your family!