December in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

Grade 3 learned so much in November!

The learning continues in December, a month of holidays and celebrations!

December Classroom Reminders:

Gym is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Library is Wednesday. Students must always carry their books in a plastic bag.

December Holidays and Special Days:

Friday, December 8 – Ottawa Bach Choir performance

Thursday, December 21 – Holidays at the Creek @ 10:45am

Monday, December 25 – Friday, December 5 – Winter Holidays

Back to School Monday, January 8^th

Literacy

Writing opinion paragraphs

Reading about Life in the Arctic and Arctic animals

(fiction and non fiction texts)

Math

Completing patterning

Beginning Measurement

Measuring in millimetres (mm), centimetres (cm), metres (m) and kilometres (km)

Choosing the best unit of measurement

Comparing measurements

Social Studies

Living and Working in Ontario

Learning about municipalities in Ontario and

the characteristics of Landform Regions in Ontario (Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canadian Shield and Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands)

Have a fun, safe Holiday!  See you in January 2018!!

November in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

November Classroom Reminders:

Gym is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Library is Wednesday. Students must always carry their books in a plastic bag.

November Holidays and Special Days:

November 9^th – Progress Report Cards go home

Friday, November 10^th – Remembrance Day Ceremony @ 10:50am

November 11^th – Remembrance Day

November 15^th – Picture retakes

November 23^rd - Parent Teacher interviews 3:30pm-6:30pm

November 24^th - Parent Teacher interviews 8am-11am (PA Day – no school)

                                                                      

Literacy

Learning and Writing about Remembrance Day.

Math

Data Management: reading and making graphs

Science/Social Studies

Ending our work on Strong and Stable Structures.

Beginning Social Studies – Living and Working in Canada

Learning about life in Ontario, including communities, municipalities, resources and landforms (Hudson Bay Lowlands, Great Lakes/St. Lawrence, and Canadian Shield).

Grade 3 was busy in October!

We read and learned about bats,

 

Stellaluna By Janell Cannon

Screech! A non fiction book about bats

wrote about Autumn,

and created some lovely works of art.

October in Ms. Robinson's Room!

Fall is finally here! My favourite time of year.

Crisp, sunny days, colourful leaves and delicious Thanksgiving dinners!

Classroom Reminders:

Gym is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Library is Wednesday. Students must always carry books in a plastic bag.

If you would like popcorn on Friday, please send $1 to school on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

October Holidays and Special Days:

October 6 – PD Day, no school

October 5 – Family Harvest Dance 6-8pm

October 9 – Thanksgiving, no school

October  16 - Picture Day

Literacy

We will learn about Bats by reading fiction and non fiction books.

Bat Fun Fact: Did you know bats are flying mammals? There are over 1000 species of bats.

We will write about autumn using juicy words to help describe the sights, sounds, smells and feelings of fall.  

Math

Completing Place Value (100s, 10s, 1s)

Next: Data Management –showing and describing information in graphs.

Science

Strong and Stable Structures.

A structure is something that carries a load. Structures can be natural (bird nest, bee hive) or artificial (chair, house, car).

Here’s a link to learn more about famous structures around the world:

https://kidworldcitizen.org/2014/04/01/world-architecture-for-kids/

Art

Students drew amazing monster class photos with names and monster descriptions.

        

     

We will complete autumn art activities. 

Welcome Back to School!

I hope everyone had a great summer!

I’m looking forward to a fun year teaching grade 3!

Each month, please visit this website to find out what’s going on in room 226 and at the school.

I will also post student work and other photos.

School starts at 8:00am, and ends at 2:30pm.

Writing in your child's agenda is the best way to get in contact with me. 

Students will bring home a book and a red 

At Home Reading Folder each night. Please read with your child every night and help them remember to bring the book and folder back to school each day. 

Please remember to send indoor shoes with your child to help keep our school and classroom clean.

Help your child pack a healthy lunch, with no peanut or nut products. 

Summer's Over, It's Back to School!

I hope you had a great summer, filled with lots of fun, sun and family time.

Did you see the La Machine monsters, Long Ma, the dragon horse and Kumo, the spider roaming the streets of downtown Ottawa in July? Wow! What a show!!

Check back this week for information about our new school year! Welcome to a new year in grade 3.

June in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

It’s June!  The countdown to the end of the year is here,

but grade 3/4 still has lots of learning to do!

This Month:

Character Education Trait: Appreciation

June  Special Days/Events

Jump Rope for Heart – June 16^th

Rooftop Photo  

Primary Fun Day

Last Day of School – Thursday, June 29^th

Literacy

Reading and responding to fiction, non fiction and poetry

Math

Fractions

Mass and Capacity

Science

Grade 3: Plants

Grade 4: Habitats

Thank You for a great school year!

Have a fun, safe summer!

Ms. Robinson

Upper Canada Village Field Trip!

We had such a wonderful day learning about life in the 1860s 

at Upper Canada Village!

In the Printers

Watching the Blacksmith at work

May in Ms. Robinson's Classroom

Spring is finally here, bringing lots of birds, earthworms 

and blooming flowers.

This Month:

Character Education Trait: Integrity

“I will do the right thing even if no one is watching.”

May Special Days/Events

May 4^th - DanceMania!

May 16^th – Upper Canada Village Field Trip

May 17^th – Jump Rope for Heart

May 23^rd to June 5^th – EQAO testing

Literacy

Reading and responding to fiction, non fiction and poetry

Math

Money – names and value of coins and bills; counting money

Geometry – flips, slides and turns

Number Sense

Multiplication and Division – learning how to use arrays to multiply and divide.

Multiplication is “groups of” or “rows of”

5x4 is 5 rows of 4

Division is “sharing”

If you share 12 stickers with 4 people, how many stickers will each person get?

Fractions (fractions are parts of a whole)

Science/Social Studies

Pioneers, Early Settlers and First Nations Peoples in Upper Canada, 1780-1850.

We're Practicing for DANCEMANIA 2017!

Here's the link for our song - Don't Stop Movin' By S Club 7!!

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

Keep practicing - Date of Dancemania Coming Soon!!

April in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

April showers bring May flowers!

As we watch the ice and snow melt and wait for warmer weather, 
learning in room 226 continues!

This Month:

Character Education Trait: Cooperation

I work with others to create a peaceful community

April Special Days/Events

April Fool’s Day - April 1^st

Good Friday – Friday, April 14^th

Easter Monday – Monday, April 17^th

Earth Day - April 22^nd

Literacy

Persuasive Writing:

Writing to make readers agree with you

Poetry

Math

Measurement:

Learning how to tell time to the nearest 5 minutes (eg. 5:40 pm)

Read a thermometer in degrees Celsius  ( ° )

Learn benchmark temperatures (eg. room temperature is about 20°C, water boils at 100°C, water freezes at 0°C)

Probability: the likelihood of events

It is impossible for a dinosaur to be your teacher.

It is very likely you will have gym on Monday.

Science/Social Studies

Pioneers, Early Settlers and First Nations Peoples in Upper Canada, 1780-1850.

It's SPRING!

I hope everyone had an amazing March Break!

This week:

Math: 3D Geometry (nets and 3D solids)

Science: Grade 4’s will learn about Rocks and Minerals.

Grade 3’s will learn all about Soil.

Before the break students were working on designing 

children’s cereal boxes. Here are the finished products!

                          

 

Grade 3/4 Picasso Portraits

March in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

Spring is in the air! We have so much to learn!

This Month:

Character Education Trait: Fairness

March Special Days/Events

Thursday, March 9^th – Primary/Junior Activity Day!

March 13 – March 17 – March Break (no school)

Friday, March 17^th – St. Patrick’s Day

Monday, March 20^th – First Day of Spring

Literacy

Media Literacy

-> Students designed a cereal box and will make a commercial to advertise their cereal

Read Alouds This Month:

Little Red Riding Hood Stories

 

Little Red Riding Hood
Retold by Bernadette Watts

Here are some other versions of Little Red Riding Hood: 

Ninja Red Riding Hood
By Corey Rosen Schwartz

Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale
By Lisa Campbell Ernst

Super Red Riding Hood
By Claudia Davila

Fixed Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood
Fixed Fairy Tales YouTube Video


Math

Continuing 2D and 3D Geometry:

  -> Names and characteristics of shapes and figures.

  -> Angles – right angles, angles greater than a right angle and less

  than a right angle

  -> Congruent shapes (congruent shapes are the same size and

  shape)

  -> Symmetry

Science

Completing (Grade 3) Structures and (Grade 4) Pulleys and Gears

Have a Great March Break!!