Sawmill Creek Winter Concert!

We've been preparing for our Winter Concert in December. The grade 3's will be dancing to "What Christmas Means to Me" by Stevie Wonder.

Here is a link to the song on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtgGBgpNcIo

More details on the date and time of our Winter Concert!

November Student Work

Grade 3s have been hard at work learning about why we honour Remembrance Day.

Sawmill Creek Elementary School Chapters Night!

Where: Chapters South Keys

When: Thursday, November 21 from 6:00-9:00pm

Highlight: Mr. Pearson will be reading aloud to students in the children's section at 6:30!

Something fun: Students are invited to wear their pyjamas to the event.

It's November in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

November Classroom Reminders Please remember students need indoor and outdoor shoes  that they can run and play in.  Gym is Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Library is Wednesday	November Activities/Holidays Thursday, November 7: Class Photos; Report Cards go home Monday, November 11: Remembrance Day Thursday, November 14 after school and Friday, November 15 am - Parent/Teacher Conferences (no school)
LITERACY Writing: super sentences Remembrance Day Read Alouds and Writing Reading: Responding to read alouds, learning to read with fluency
MATH Completing Data Management. Patterning Patterns have a pattern rule. Repeating patterns have a pattern core that repeats (eg. AB, ABC, AAB, ABB etc) The numbers in growing patterns get bigger and bigger: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9... Pattern Rule: Start at 1, add 2 each time. The numbers in shrinking patterns get smaller and smaller: 100, 90, 80, 70, 60… Pattern Rule: Start at 100, subtract 10 each time.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES Completing: Strong and Stable Structures Beginning: Living and Working in Ontario Learning about different cities, towns and landmarks in Ontario.

It's October in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

October Classroom Reminders Please remember students need indoor and outdoor shoes  that they can run and play in.  Gym: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

October Activities/Holidays Friday, October 11 - P.A. Day no school Monday, October 14 - Thanksgiving no school Wednesday, October 23 - Take Me Outside Day Thursday, October 24 - Halloween Family Dance (6-8pm) Thursday, October 31 - Halloween

LITERACY Writing: super sentences * using adjectives * Fall Writing Reading: Fiction and Non Fiction texts about Bats

MATH Data Management:  - sorting information into charts and graphs (venn diagrams, tally charts) - bar graphs, pictographs, circle graphs Addition and Subtraction strategies

SCIENCE Strong and Stable Structures A structure is something that carries a load.  Structures can be natural (tree, shell, bird nest) or artificial (chair, school, bike).  Here’s a link to a YouTube Video featuring Landmarks Around the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D55Cl0uP7zk

Welcome Back to School!

It’s September in Ms. Robinson’s Classroom!

September Classroom Reminders Welcome to a new school year! I hope you’ve had a fun, restful summer and are ready to begin a new year of learning! Please remember students need indoor and outdoor shoes  that they can run and play in.  Gym: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

September Activities/Holidays Tuesday, September 3rd - The First Day of School! September 15 - International Dot Day Thursday, September 26 - Picture Day Thursday, September 26 - Meet the Teacher Night 5-7 pm

Literacy Writing: → All about me → Writing proper sentences Reading: → Answering questions and writing responses to read alouds

Math Place Value up to 1000 Skip counting by 2s - even and odd, 5s, 10s, 100s Addition and Subtraction strategies

Science Strong and Stable Structures A structure is something that carries a load.  Structures can be natural (tree, shell, bird nest) or artificial (chair, school, bike).  Here’s a link to a YouTube Video featuring Landmarks Around the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D55Cl0uP7zk

It's April in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

March flew by in a flash!

April Classroom Reminders

Gym: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

Library: Tuesday

Please make sure your son/daughter carries his/her library books

in a clean plastic bag.

Spring is here, but it's important that students continue wear warm clothing to be able to play outside for recess in our unpredictable spring weather. They need outdoor and indoor shoes to help keep our classroom clean.

April Holidays and Activities

Friday, April 12 – P.A. Day (no school)

Friday, April 19 – Good Friday (no school)

Monday, April 22 – Easter Monday (no school)

Monday, April 22 – Earth Day

Tuesday, April 30 – Arts Night @ 5:30pm

Talent Show, band, art displays, bake sale

Literacy

More Spring writing

Creative stories based on “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”

Math

Probability

The chance or likelihood of an event occurring and the fairness of games

Transformational Geometry

Flips, slides and turns (reflections, translations and rotations)

Social Studies

Settlers in Early Canada, 1780-1850

Learning about the pioneers who settled in Upper Canada from other countries and the First Nations communities who were in Canada when the settlers arrived.