December in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

This Month:

Character Education Trait: Empathy

I will try to understand what another person is feeling.  

I will try to see the world through someone else's eyes.  

I will try to help people to get along better and to feel better.

Special Days/Events:

Random Acts of Kindness at Sawmill Creek

December 19^th – December 23^rd: Spirit Week! 

Monday, December 19 - Holiday Colours Day
Tuesday, December 20 - Crazy hat/Hair Day and Craft Day
Wednesday, December 21 - Holidays at the Creek @11am
Our class will perform The Santa Claus Rock with Mrs. K's grade 1 class (Oh ya! Uh huh!)
Thursday, December 22 - Beach Day
Friday, December 23 - Pajama Day

Winter Holidays: December 24^th – January 8^th, 2017

Literacy

In November, we watched the Pixar short, For the Birds, then discussed anti-bullying. Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYTrIcn4rjg

Students created Anti-Bullying posters inspired 
by For the Birds.

  

  

  

Literacy

We will be reading about Empathy – putting yourself in the place of someone else.

The Sweetest Fig By Chris Van Allsburg

Students wrote poems from the point of view of the 2 main characters, and performed silent tableaux showing 3 scenes from the story.

We will also be reading fiction and non fiction texts about the Arctic, including texts about Arctic animals like polar bears.

Math

We will complete our Patterning unit and begin working on Measurement including linear measurements (cm, mm, m, km) and perimeter and area.

Students also completed Winter Coordinates activities: 

Social Studies

The grade 3’s will finish working on Living and working in Canada, and the grade 4’s will finish Canada’s provinces, territories and Regions.



Visual Art
We also learned how to draw cute penguin pictures for art: 

Have a safe and Happy Holiday! See in January 2017!

November in Ms. Robinson's Classroom

This Month:

Character Education Trait: Responsibility

Be reliable and dependable. Don’t make excuses or blame others.

November 21- November 25: Anti-Bullying Week

Special Days/Events:

Remembrance Day: Friday, November 11^th

P.A. Day: Friday, November 18^th

Literacy:

*We are learning to find information in text to answer comprehension questions and to use our own ideas to give our opinions about the text and write responses.

Some November Read Alouds:

          

*We are using prompts to write paragraphs with 4-5 sentences.

A paragraph has a topic sentence, 3-4 descriptive sentences and a closing sentence.

Math:

Patterning: students will create and complete repeating, growing and shrinking patterns using shapes and numbers.

               

Social Studies:

Grade 3: Living and Working in Ontario

Grade 4: Canada’s Provinces, Territories and Landforms

Wonderful Autumn Writing!

Amazing Autumn Art Work!

Autumn Inchies

  


Monster Class Photos!

      

 
     

October in Ms. Robinson's Classroom

THIS MONTH:

Character Education Trait: Optimism

Choose to see goodness. Look on the bright side of things.

Special Days/Events: 

P.A. Day - Friday, October 7
Thanksgiving - Monday, October 10 

Halloween - Monday, October 31

LITERACY


We are going to learn all about BATS, just in time for Halloween. 
It will all begin with Stellaluna By Janell Cannon.

We will also read non fiction texts to learn more information about bats.


It's Autumn, so we are reading books about fall to get great ideas for Awesome Autumn writing. 

MATH
Data Management

Grade 3 
Venn diagrams, tally charts, pictographs, bar graphs, mode
Writing statements about data/information in graphs


Grade 4 
Pictographs, bar graphs, circle graphs, mode
Writing statements about data/information in graphs

SCIENCE


Grade 3 - Forces
Forces make objects move. A force is a push or pull.
Friction, gravity, magnetism, static electricity


Grade 4 - Light and Sound
Light is natural or artificial. It travels in straight line. Different objects can absorb or reflect sound (take in light or light bounces off it).
Sound can be natural or artificial. Different objects can absorb or reflect sound  (make it softer or louder). 

VISUAL ART

Autumn Art lessons using crayons, paint and paper.