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*