Grade 3 with Ms. Mawani

We learned about Orange Shirt Day and the story of Phyllis Jack Webstad. We also read the story, When We Were Alone which was about residential schools.

Today is Orange Shirt Day and our class earned brownie points so students can wear pajamas to school today if they would like.

Our class ran 100 laps altogether to finish Terry's Marathon of Hope today. In class we have been reading Owls in the Family by Farley Mowatt and are practicing the comprehension strategy, visualization. Take a look at some of our learning below: We have also been learning about needs and wants are and will be exploring how this relates to our who we are (our identity) and our quality of life. In Math, we continue to learn how to compare and order numbers to 1000. We discussed when it is necessary to compare and order numbers in our daily lives. We also played some games related to this including place value war and stomp. We will continue practicing how to order numbers to 1000 using number lines and with other visuals.

Please bring in donations for the Terry Fox Run/Walk. Thanks!

We are working on how to get along (communicate respectfully and share ideas) with others in groups.

We are learning how to classify animals the way scientists do. We worked as a class to classify animals by their number of legs:

Here's what we learned this week: Language Arts: - reading and responding to the novel Owls in the Family Math: - representing and describing numbers to 1000, concretely, pictorially and symbolically. - illustrating, concretely and pictorially, the meaning of place value for numerals to 1000. Here's the number 234 represented in different ways:    

Terry Fox pledge forms and book orders in backpacks. Book orders due next Friday, September 27th.

We used Kahoot to check for our understanding of Owls in the Family. We created Wanted and Lost posters to represent numbers in many ways. No School on Friday.

Picture Day will be on Monday, September 23rd. Ask me about what we worked on with librettist, Ms. Valmai from the Calgary Opera.

Please take a look at the  Meet the Teacher Presentation  which was shared on September 12th, 2019. Thanks!

Demographic forms in backpacks. Please review, sign and return. Please return all Student Health Plan, Consent for CBE Use of Student Information and Noon Supervision Expectation forms if you haven't already. Students will need runners for Phys-Ed. Ask me about Owls in the Family.

Today we went to an assembly about the Opera. We watched a soprano sing arias. We also wrote a home journal to our families. Please look for these in your child's backpack.

We are learning about the needs of animals. We viewed The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer and discussed the needs of an animal and how it's natural habitat provides it with the food, water, shelter and space that it needs. Tomorrow we have an assembly to learn more about our involvement with the Calgary Opera .

Please join us for our Welcome Barbeque and Meet the Teacher session tomorrow evening Welcome BBQ at 5:30 pm Meet the Teacher at 6:30 and 7:00 pm

Welcome to Grade 3! We're off to an awesome start to the 2019-2020 school year. Our learning activities have included creating our classroom culture, getting used to routines, observing our mealworms, and participating in building challenges. Our focus for the year will be care and empathy. Stay tuned for more!