Homework for the week of November 29 - due on Thursday, December 3!

 Hello Everybody!

This week our homework is going to be due on Thursday, December 3. 

Spelling Tasks: We can recognize and spell words with ore, oar, air, are, and ure patterns. 

Thursday, December 3 will be the day of our next spelling test. The words can be found below:

1. Read your spelling word list and make sure you understand the meaning of each word.
   
   
2. Write each word on your spelling list using the secret code below. Try your best, I know that some of the symbols are a bit complicated. 
   

   
   

   
   
   For example: if your word is soar, you would draw: 

   

   
   

   
   
3. Choose 8 of your spelling words, and write a sentence for each word. Put a circle around the spelling word in the sentence. Try to challenge yourself and see if you can use two words in one sentence. 

Reading Tasks: We can read silently with increasing confidence and accuracy. 

1. 10 minutes of reading is expected to be completed every night. 
   
   
2. Continue to explore the Epic! reading website at home. 

Math Tasks: We can describe and apply mental mathematics strategies for adding two 2-digit numerals. We can demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction of numbers with answers to 1000 (limited to 1-, 2- and 3-digit numerals), concretely, pictorially and symbolically.

1. Practice some of the addition strategies we have learned in class to solve the following questions. Please show your work. I took off marks last week if you just simply wrote the answer. Use your favourite strategy for the following questions: 
   
   348 + 434 = ______________
   
   678 + 233 = ______________
   
   836 + 12 = _______________
   
   63 + 38 = ________________
   
   490 + 211 = ______________

   
   

   
   
   
2. Please solve the following word problems. Show your work and answer with a number sentence, picture and a word sentence. 
   
   
   
   
   
   

As per usual, please let me know if you have any questions, and have a wonderful week!!

Miss. Shevchuk

November 27 - Learning Update

 Hello Team,

What a fabulous week! I for one, am very glad that Mr. Kenney has allowed us to continue our in-person learning until our winter break. There will be more news and information to come about this from Mrs. Taylor so remember to check your e-mail inboxes.

One major event that happened this week involves our class helping to create the school's first character assembly of the year. Our assembly revolves around the story Be You by Peter H. Reynolds. If you are interested you can find a link to the story read by the author himself here. The link to our virtual assembly was emailed to you earlier this week. 

Here is our classroom learning update for the week!

Language Arts - This week in language arts we focused on similes. We practiced writing similes and created writing pieces about our dream dessert using similes, triple scoop words, and our 5 senses. 

Math - We finished learning several strategies for completing two-digit addition this week. We began to apply our skills and knowledge to three-digit addition.  

Science - This week we continued with our Rocks and Minerals unit. We performed several experiments on the rocks to test and see how hard they are, if they are magnetic, what type of streak they leave, and if they have any carbonates in them. We will continue with our experimenting on the rocks next week as well. 

Social Studies - This week we continued learning about services in our communities. We are almost done creating our community service maps.  

Health - In health class, we continue to look at the area of wellness choices.

Remember to wear your formal uniform on Monday next week. Next week is also another short week, with no school for students on Friday, December 4. Have a lovely weekend, stay safe out there! 

Miss. Shevchuk

Homework for the week of November 22 - due on Friday, November 27

Hello Everybody!

This week our homework is going to be due on Friday, November 27. 

Spelling Tasks: We can recognize and spell words with contractions. 

Friday, November 27 will be the day of our next spelling test. The words can be found below:

1. Read your spelling word list and make sure you understand the meaning of each word.
   
   
2. Write each word on your spelling list 3 times. Then I would like you to write the contraction as the two words that make it up 3 times. The following list might help you out. An example can also be seen below: 
   
   

   

   
   

   EXAMPLE:
   

   isn't     isn't     isn't                         is not     is not    is not 

   
   
3. Choose 8 of your spelling words, and write a sentence for each word. Put a circle around the spelling word in the sentence. Try to challenge yourself and see if you can use two words in one sentence. 

Reading Tasks: We can read silently with increasing confidence and accuracy. 

1. 10 minutes of reading is expected to be completed every night. 
   
   
2. Continue to explore the Epic! reading website at home. 

Math Tasks: We can describe and apply mental mathematics strategies for adding two 2-digit numerals.

1. Practice some of the addition strategies we have learned in class to solve the following questions. We are going to be learning one more addition strategy on Monday, so you may want to wait until then to start your math homework. 
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
2. Miss. Shevchuk had a farm. On the farm, she had chickens, bumblebees, and cows. Altogether Miss. Shevchuk counts 20 legs. How many of each animal might she have?
   
   

   Remember, cows have 4 legs, chickens have 2 legs, and bumblebees have 6 legs. 

   
   Try and find at least two different solutions to this problem. Please solve this problem using pictures, a word sentence and a number sentence. 
   

   
   
   
3. I have recently added Mrs. Hull's blog link to our blog on the Resources page. Take some time to explore the different games and activities that she has posted on her blog. 

Music Task:

1. Please practice the song at the following link for our Grade 3 November assembly. https://musicplayonline.com/?s=I+believe&meter_stat . This song will be filmed tomorrow.

As per usual, please let me know if you have any questions, and have a wonderful week!!

Miss. Shevchuk

November 19 - Learning Update

Hello Team,

What a fun short week we had here in Room 8. Here is our learning update for the week! 

Language Arts - We have been continuing our work with questions, but transferring our knowledge to focus on this month's character book Dylan's Questions. This week we completed a collaborative team project based on the book. 

Math - We learned several new strategies for completing two-digit addition this week. Next week we will look at applying these strategies to three-digit addition. 

Science - This week we began our Rocks and Minerals unit. We took a look at describing objects and then transferred these skills to some of the cool rocks in our classroom.  I was finally able to get a good picture of our new class pet (our mealworms turned into darkling beetles) and I have posted it below. 

Social Studies - This week we continued learning about services in our communities. 

Health - In health class, we continue to look at the area of wellness choices.

Remember to wear your formal uniform on Monday next week, and be ready for a full 5 days of Grade 3 fun! Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss. Shevchuk

Homework for the week of November 15 - due on Thursday, November 19, 2020

 Hello Everybody!

This week our homework is going to be due on Thursday, November 19, as there is no school on Friday, November 20.

Spelling Tasks: We can recognize and spell words with ir and ur sounds. 

Thursday, November 19 will be the day of our next spelling test. The words can be found below:

1. Read your spelling word list and make sure you understand the meaning of each word.
   
   
2. Write each word on your spelling list 3 times. Once with a pencil, once with pencil crayon, and once with a marker. If you do not have these tools at your house you can just use different colours. 
   
   
3. Choose 8 of your spelling words, and write a sentence for each word. Put a circle around the spelling word in the sentence. Try to challenge yourself and see if you can use two words in one sentence. 

Reading Tasks: We can read silently with increasing confidence and accuracy. 

1. 10 minutes of reading is expected to be completed every night. 
   
   
2. Continue to explore the Epic! reading website at home. If you have an iPad you can download the application for your student to use there. Some families might find this easier. 

Math Tasks: We can compare and order numbers to 1000, represent and describe numbers to 1000, concretely, pictorially and symbolically, and illustrate, concretely and pictorially, the meaning of place value for numerals to 1000.

1. I would like you to try and guess my number. There is more than one answer that fits my clues. I challenge you to try and find all of them. Please answer the question using a word sentence. 
   
   Clue 1 - My number has 3 digits in it. 
   
   Clue 2 - My number is larger than 200. 
   
   Clue 3 - My number is smaller than 500. 
   
   Clue 4 - My number has a 6 in the tens place. 
   
   Clue 5 - My number is even. 
   
   Clue 6 - My number has an odd number in the hundreds place. 
   
   What do you think my number could be? 

   
   
2. Write your own series of clues for me to guess your number. You must have at least 4 clues. Try to stump the teacher!
   
   
3. Continue to work on Mathletics.

Music Task:

1. Please practice the song at the following link for our Grade 3 November assembly. https://musicplayonline.com/?s=I+believe&meter_stat . This song will be filmed on Monday, November 23 (hopefully our Covid-19 guidelines will allow for singing at this time). 

As per usual, please let me know if you have any questions, and have a wonderful week!!

Miss. Shevchuk

November 13 - Learning Update

 Hello Le Roi Daniels,

I will begin posting learning updates on the last day of every week to keep you updated as to what we have been learning in our busy classroom. 

Although it may be dreary, grey and gloomy outside, at Le Roi Daniels we always cheerful and full of brightness. On Monday, November 16, we are going to bring colour and joy to our school by having a casual day where students can wear ANY colour of the rainbow.

This is one way to show our joy and remember we have a “ RAINBOW OF POSSIBILITIES” in our school. Be as creative as you would like! I can hardly wait to see what people wear to school. 

Language Arts - We have been focusing on questions, question words, surface, deep questions, and different question formats. We have been working on creating our own quiz about the short story "The King's Taster", which we finished this week and were able to quiz our friends in the class. 

Math - We have been working on estimating this week. We have also been working with Mrs. Hull twice a week on math centres, focusing on number sense. Next week we hope to move on to two-digit addition. 

Science - This week in science, we wrapped up our first unit of the year, Animal Life Cycles. Next week we will begin learning about Rocks and Minerals. 

Social Studies - This week we began learning about services in our communities. The students have been tasked with a chapter-long project that involves them creating a map of a made-up community that would provide a "good quality of life" for its residents. We will continue to work on this unit for the next two weeks. 

Health - In health class, we continue to look at the area of wellness choices. This week we investigated unique body characteristics. 

This week we also looked at Remembrance Day and Diwali. We created a beautiful Remembrance Day bulletin board which can be seen on the Student's Work page of the blog. We also partook in the creation of the Remembrance Day assembly. For Diwali, we created several masterpieces to help celebrate the festival. Some of these will remain on display in the classroom for another week or two. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss. Shevchuk

Homework for the Week of November 7, due on Friday, November 13

Hello Everybody!

This week our homework is going to be due on Friday, November 13th. This week is a little bit different from other weeks so I have a few reminders. Due to Remembrance Day being on Wednesday, we will have no school that day. We will also have a formal dress day on both Monday and Tuesday this week. 

I would also like to send out another reminder to the grownups that the students have started to use their headphones in class every week, so if you are able to send them to school with a pair of headphones as soon as possible, that would be lovely.

Friday, November 13th will be the day of our next spelling test. The words can be found below:

Spelling Tasks: We can recognize and spell words with er and or sounds. 

1. Read your spelling word list and make sure you understand the meaning of each word.
   
   
2. Write each word in your homework notebook and circle the part of the word that has the "er" or "or" sound in it. Challenge: find 3 words, not on any of the spelling lists with these sounds in them. 
   
   
3. Choose 8 of your spelling words, and write a sentence for each word. Put a circle around the spelling word in the sentence. Try to challenge yourself and see if you can use two words in one sentence. 

Reading Task: We can read silently with increasing confidence and accuracy. 

1. 10 minutes of reading is expected to be completed every night. 
   
   
2. Continue to explore the Epic! reading website at home. The link can be found on the Resources page of the blog.  

Math Tasks: We can represent and describe numbers to 1000, concretely, pictorially and symbolically.

1. Represent each of the following numbers in 3 different ways. Remember our anchor chart from the classroom, some possible ways you could represent your number could be in words, with dice, using a picture, base ten blocks, a number story, expanded form, on a number line, or some other creative ways you may think of. 
   
   

   15, 984, 384, 87, 2, 700
   
   
   
2. Are the following numbers represented correctly? If they are not represented correctly, fix them. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Continue to work on Mathletics.

Music Task:

1. Please practice the song at the following link for our Grade 3 November assembly. https://musicplayonline.com/?s=I+believe&meter_stat 

As per usual, please let me know if you have any questions, and have a wonderful week!!

Miss. Shevchuk

Homework for the Week of November 1 - 6th, due on November 6th

   Hello Everybody!

This week our homework is going to be due on Friday, November 6th. Your students will get their homework folder and book back on Monday. If they want to work on their homework ahead of time, please just glue or staple the pages with their work into their homework notebook. 

I would also like to send out another reminder to the grownups that the students will begin to use their headphones in class more often, so if you are able to send them to school with a pair of over the ear headphones over the next few weeks that would be lovely. 

Friday, November 6th will be the day of our next spelling test. The words can be found below:

Spelling Tasks: I can recognize and spell words with short vowel patterns using i, o, and u. 

1. Read your spelling word list and make sure you understand the meaning of each word.
   
   
2. Write each of your spelling words forwards 2 times, and then backwards once.
   
   
3. Choose 8 of your spelling words, and write a sentence for each word. Put a circle around the spelling word in the sentence. Try to challenge yourself and see if you can use two words in one sentence. 

Reading Task: I can read silently with increasing confidence and accuracy. 

1. 10 minutes of reading is expected to be completed every night. 
   
   
2. Continue to explore the Epic! reading website at home. The link can be found on the Resources page of the blog.  

Math Tasks: I can compare and order numbers to 1000, and I can represent and describe numbers to 1000, concretely, pictorially and symbolically.

1. Find 5 different 1, 2, or 3 digit numbers around your house. You could find them on food labels, in books, anywhere. Choose if you would like to write your numbers in order from smallest to largest, or largest to smallest. I have put some examples of places you could find numbers below:
   
   This cereal box has the number 100 on it, among other numbers on the side (Nutrition Panel), and bottom where it says the weight of the box contents. 
   
   
   
   
   
   

   A measuring cup has several different numbers on it that you can use for this activity. 
   
   

   
   
   
2. Label the following numbers as even or odd. Remember, you only need to look at the digit in the ones place value spot to determine if the entire number is even or odd. 
   
   

   102, 847, 394, 33, 393, 476, 90, 108, 836, 331. 

   
   
3. Write the following numbers in expanded form. I have shown 2 examples below:
   
   Examples: 387 = 300 + 80 + 7
                       609 = 600 + 9
   
   

   394, 940, 87, 982, 28. 
   
   
4. Continue to work on Mathletics. I highly encourage the students to log in to Mathletics and attempt some of the activities, to practice and reinforce some of the concepts that we have learned in class. 

Optional Tasks:

1. Check out the blogs for both Music and French. I have placed the links on the Resource page of this blog. 

As per usual, please let me know if you have any questions, and have a wonderful week!! P.S. Do not forget to set your clocks back an hour today!

Miss. Shevchuk