December has gone by so quickly!

December has been very busy in Ms. Robinson's grade 3 classroom!

So much learning, and so much fun!

Please look for January's classroom blog soon.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year to you and yours!

See you back at school Monday, January 7, 2019!

It's November in Ms. Robinson's Class

November Classroom Reminders

Gym: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

Library is every Tuesday.

Please make sure your son/daughter carries his/her books in a clean, plastic bag.

Students must have indoor shoes to help keep our classroom clean.

November Holidays and Activities

November 8^th – Progress Report Cards go home

   - Picture Retake Day

Sunday, November 11^th – Remembrance Day (observe 2 minutes of silence at 11am)

Monday, November 12^th – Remembrance Day Assembly 10:30am

Monday, November 19^th – Swim to Survive Session 1 at Sawmill Creek Pool

Thursday, November 22^nd – Parent/Teacher interviews after school

Friday, November 23^rd – Parent/Teacher interviews in the morning

                         - P.A. Day – no school for students

Math

Ending Data Management

Beginning Patterning

Shape and number patterns that grow (increase), shrink (decrease) and repeat

Science/Social Studies

Wrapping up Strong and Stable Structures

Beginning Social Studies – Living and Working in Ontario

It's October in Ms. Robinson's Classroom

Hello October!

October Classroom Reminders

Gym: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

Library is every Tuesday.

Please make sure your son/daughter carries his/her books in a clean, plastic bag.

Students must have indoor shoes to help keep our classroom clean.

Agendas have arrived! Please send $5 for your child’s agenda

October Holidays and Activities

Friday, October 5^th – P.A. Day No School

Monday, October 8^th – Thanksgiving No School
Thursday, October 25th - Family Dance 6pm-8pm

Wednesday, October 31^st – Halloween

More info to follow about Halloween in the classroom

Literacy

Reading Fiction and Non Fiction about BATS

Summarizing stories and information about bats

Students will write their opinions

(eg. What kind of candy is the best)

Math

Ending Place Value

Beginning Data Management

Sorting and organizing using charts and venn diagrams

Creating and analyzing bar graphs, pictographs, circle graphs

Science

Strong and Stable Structures

What is a structure? What makes a structure strong and stable?

Bridge Facts and Investigation

Famous Structures and Bridges

September in Ms. Robinson's Classroom

Grade 3 students have been working hard at school for 2 weeks!

During these 2 weeks we have:

            - read and responded to read alouds in Literacy:

            - learned about place value and base 10 blocks in
            - skip counted by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s up to 1000 Math

- started investigating what make a structure strong and stable in Science

- created art work

Please continue to read with your child every night and help them 

practice skip counting!

See you for Meet the Teacher Night on

Thursday, September 27^th, from 4:30-6:00pm.

Welcome Back to School!

WELCOME BACK!

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 200 and at 

Sawmill Creek Elementary School.

I will also post student work and other photos.

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

We do are not handing out agendas this year. Students will have an Agenda Notebook. 

Writing in this 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.

Please pack a healthy lunch, with no peanut or nut products, for your child each day.

Meet the Teacher Night is Thursday, September 27^th.

Welcome to Grade 3! Let’s make this a wonderful year!

June in Ms. Robinson's Classroom

Hello June!

June Classroom Reminders

Gym: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Library books are now due in the library. Please make sure your son/daughter has returned his/her library book and paid any damage fees.

Please make sure your child has comfortable outdoor shoes that they can run in. Students must have indoor shoes.

June Holidays and Activities

Friday, June 15: Eid-al-Fitr

June 19: Sawmill Creek Variety Show

Last week of June: Report cards go home

June 28: The last day of school

Literacy

Read Alouds

Reading and Writing Poetry

Math

Review of concepts learned this year.

Problem Solving activities

Science

Plants and Soil

Our bean plants are growing!!

   

Thank you for a wonderful year of learning and fun!

I wish you a safe, fun, relaxing summer!!
Ms. Robinson ❤

See you in September!

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

May Classroom Reminders

Gym: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Library Wednesdays. Students must carry their library books in a plastic bag at all times.

Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Layers are great even in May.

Students must have indoor shoes.

May Holidays and Activities

Friday, May 4: DANCEMANIA!! Parents are welcome to watch the dancing!

EQAO Provincial Testing begins at the end of the month. More details to come...

Literacy

Writing: continuing to write paragraphs with a topic sentence, 2-4 sentences explaining, describing and a closing sentence

Poetry writing

Math

Transformations: flips, slides, turns (reflections, translations, rotations)

Mass (measuring in kilograms - kg and grams- g) and 

Capacity (measuring in millilitres – mL and litres - L)

Multiplication using arrays and Division using pictures

Fractions – parts of a whole

Social Studies

Completing Pioneers and Early Settlers in Upper Canada

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

April showers, bring May flowers!

April Classroom Reminders

Gym is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Library is Wednesday. Students must carry their library books in a plastic bag at all times.

Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Layers are great for April weather changes that throughout the day.

Students must have indoor shoes.

April Holiday and Activities

Mondays April 9, 16, 23 Swim to Survive Sessions

Wednesday, April 18 – MacSkimming Pioneer Village Field Trip!!

April 22 – Earth Day

Literacy

Creative writing stories

Persuasive writing – writing to persuade or convince someone to do something

Learning about life in a tropical rainforest

Math

Money up to $10

Students will name coins and bills, count money and begin to make change

Probability

Determining the chance of an outcome using probability vocabulary:

certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely, impossible

Determining if games/spinners are fair

I've also added some new links for online money games, so students can practice recognizing coins and bills and counting money

Social Studies

Pioneers and Early Settlers in Upper Canada

Learning about life for Early Settlers in Ontario. Students write about how pioneer lives were the same and how they were different than our lives today

Have a Happy Easter! Enjoy the 4 day weekend!

         

         

Marvelous March Work!

Here are some of the St. Patrick's Day leprechauns the grade 3's

 made before March Break!

Happy March Break!!

We have one week off to have fun, rest and review!


Please help your child finish the one page of weekly math homework.

Here are some links to websites where he/she can practice and review time.

ABCYa Time Travel Game

ClockWorks - A Time Telling Game

Read and Write Clock Times - IXL.com


Have a great March Break!

Ms. Robinson

March in Ms. Robinson's Classroom

We can look forward to the arrival of spring this month!

March Classroom Reminders

Gym is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Library is Wednesday. Students must carry their library books 
in a plastic bag at all times.

Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. Layers are great for March weather that changes throughout the day.

Students must have indoor shoes.

March Holidays and Activities

March Break -> March 12 – March 16

 St. Patrick's Day - March 17

First Day of Spring - March 20

Literacy

Working on writing paragraphs with a topic sentence, 

2-3 describing sentences, and a closing sentence
Read Alouds: Folktales and Fairy Tales

    

Math

3D Geometry
Telling time to the hour, half hour, and nearest 5 mins
Reading temperature in ºC on a thermometer
Temperature Benchmarks: room temperature, water freezing, water boiling etc. 

Science

Forces Causing Movement

A force is a push or pull that makes objects move

Friction, gravity, magnetism, static electricity

Beginning Social Studies
Communities in Canada, 1780-1890


After watching performers from Côte d'Ivoire, grade 3's created their own versions of Senufo masks using symmetry. 

February in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

February is the shortest month of the year, but one of the busiest!

There’s a lot to learn and to celebrate in the month of February.

February Classroom Reminders:

Gym is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Library is Wednesday.

Students must always carry their books in a plastic bag.

Students need to dress for cold weather, including snowpants.

Students must have indoor shoes.

February Holidays and Activities

February is Black History Month

Visit the Greenboro Library to find books about interesting people in history 

who helped change the world

February 2^nd –> Groundhog Day

February 9^th –> 100’s Day Activities

February 9^th – 25^th  –> Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea

February 14^th –> Valentine’s Day

February 16^th –> Chinese New Year

It’s the year of the Dog

February 19^th –> Family Day (no school)

Literacy

Reading: Martin’s Big Words,  

Writing: Imagine you are in a snowglobe

Math

2D and 3D Geometry

Polygons are closed shapes with 3 or more sides

Quadrilaterals are shapes with 4 sides 

(square, rectangle, trapezoid, rhombus, parallelogram, kite)

Social Studies/Science

Science- Forces that make objects move

*push, pull, magnetism, gravity, friction, static electricity*

January in Ms. Robinson's Classroom!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  It’s 2018!

It’s the beginning of a new year, but the learning continues in grade 3!

In December, we learned all about Arctic animals like polar bears:

January Classroom Reminders:

Gym is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Library is Wednesday.

Students must always carry their books in a plastic bag.

Students need to dress for cold weather, including snowpants.

Students must have indoor shoes.

January Holidays and Activities

January 1^st – New Year’s Day

January 8^th – Back to school

January 26^th – PA Day - No school for students

January 31^st – Book Fair Browsing

Literacy

Reading: All about winter, snowglobes, snowmen

The Snow Globe Family By Jane O'Connor 

Snowmen at Night By Caralyn Beuhner

Writing: All about winter; The life of a snowman; Imagine you are in a snowglobe;

Students will memorize and present winter poems

Math

Completing: Measurement

Social Studies/Science

Completing: Living and Working in Canada

Beginning: Science- Forces that make objects move

*push, pull, magnetism, gravity, friction, static electricity*