Mrs. Rowein's Blog

 This week in Language Arts, students continued their Literature Circles. Both groups are set to finish next week. Students also began a cross-cirricular story about a day in the life of an Indigenous person living 500 years ago. They are challenged to use their Language Arts writing skills which including factual information from Social Studies. In Math, grade threes have perfected three multiplication strategies: skip counting, equal groups and arrays. They will have a quiz on Monday. On their quiz, they will have to "prove" their answer using one of the strategies form class.  We had a very fun time in Science this week! Students were tasked with sound-proofing a box. I was quite impressed that everyone managed to make their box somewhat soundproof. Students found that soft materials like fabric and cotton do not vibrate as quickly as easily has hard materials. Therefore, sound waves slow down and do not travel well through them. Reminders: -there is no school tomorrow bec...

 This week in Language Arts we started Literature Circles! Think of it as a book study for kids. Students are organized into small groups that read together. Then, they practice different ways of responding to their reading. Ask your child which book they are reading and how they are liking it! In Math, grade threes continue to learn beginner multiplication strategies. This week we have been focused on multiplying using equal groups. The kids even made their own word problems to show their understanding of equal groups. We started a new unit in Social Studies. Students are investigating two groups of Indigenous people who traditionally lived in very different regions: The Dene People from the Boreal Forest, and the Blackfoot people from the Grasslands. We are almost done our unit on hearing and sound- next week everyone will need to bring a small box or container for a project on sound proofing! There have been some issues with lunch and snack lately. Many students do not eat much ...

 Welcome back to in-person learning! Thank-you so much to all the parents and students who worked hard to keep learning happening online last week. It is very appreciated:) This week in Language Arts students will be working on a final project to go along with the novel they read over the break. They are imagining that their novel is going to be transformed into a movie. They will be writing a review, and creating a movie poster to go along with it. Our writing focus will be on rhyming words, pattern books and poetry. In Math, grade three is perfecting their skills in skip counting as an early multiplication strategy. On Wednesday, they will be assessed on their ability to count by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 10s. In Science, we continue our learning about Hearing and Sound. This week, we will be learning more details on how the human ear works, and comparing our hearing with some pretty impressive animal senses! We started a new unit in Phys. Ed. Students will be learning beginner basketb...