Dec. 17, 2015

Almost there!

This morning was full of rehearsals - Mass and Christmas Performance, and they both look great (not to spoil anything).

 






In the afternoon, we enjoyed watching a movie while stuffing our bellies with pizza, snacks, and a birthday cake for Alpha!  Happy Birthday Alpha!!

The students also got small gifts and even got a surprise visit from Santa!!



 




REMINDERS:

1. For tomorrow, Mass will begin at 8:20am, so please have students arrive to school before 8:15am. 
2. Girls, please bring long stockings and a long sleeved shirt to wear with the costume.
3. Parents - the Christmas performance will start at 9:45am, so please arrive earlier. The performance will finish shortly after 11am, and then students are dismissed immediately after. 

 Thank you, and have a great evening.

See you all tomorrow!!

Mr. Y

Dec. 16, 2015

Good afternoon everybody!

We had such a great day today unwinding from the final exams.

We went for a nice brisk walk in the morning all the way to the Art Museum. We had a scavenger hunt in the park, and the Yellow House was the quickest to find all the objects, but all teams did a great job searching.

  



Snack time was followed by some time in the sand searching for house team colored shapes. Again, the Yellow House found theirs first, but it was fun for everybody playing in the sand.

 


We then went into the museum to see a couple of exhibits, share some laughs, and enjoy each other's company.

 


  

In the afternoon, the students attentively watched "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," presented by our Student Council.





***Parents should have received a gift from DISK today, as it was sent home with one of your children.***

HOMEWORK:
1) You should keep on reading books and keeping track of it in your log, however, you do not need to hand it in until January.


REMINDERS:

• we will have our Pizza Party tomorrow
• Mass and Christmas performance rehearsal is tomorrow morning
• Friday's Christmas performance should begin around 9:45am, please come if you can! You may arrive around 9:40am
• Please bring your school bag tomorrow as we will be doing some cleaning.
• Please return your spelling test booklet.

IMPORTANT:  I have just been informed that the girls will need to wear a white long sleeve shirt and white stockings under their costume for the Christmas performance. Sorry for the short notice.

Have a wonderful evening!



Mr. Yaremchuk

Dec. 15, 2015

Congratulations students on completing all your exams!!  You have all worked very hard since we began in August and soon you can relax for two weeks.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

1) Field Trip tomorrow - please bring your national health insurance card, and a healthy snack if you want. We will return in time for lunch. Students can wear their PE clothes tomorrow.

2) Newsletter has been sent home today reminding you of the agenda for the next few days.

In a nutshell, here's the rest of our week:

• Wednesday - Field Trip in the morning, Movie in the gym in the afternoon. Remember to bring $70 for your movie ticket (includes a drink and popcorn) if you haven't bought yours yet.
• Thursday - Mass and Christmas performance Rehearsal, then pizza birthday party, classroom party, and other things. We will have library on Thursday, so please bring your ID to take out new books for the holidays.
• Friday - Mass and Christmas performance, dismissal at 11:00am.

Again, great job on completing your finals, and excellent work in the first half of the year.

Have a great day!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Dec. 14, 2015

Monday's exams are now complete, and only 2 more to go!!

Tomorrow's exams will be Math, and then Reading and Phonics. Please arrive in the classroom before 8:25am so we are all prepared to write the exam.

For Thursday and Friday morning, we ask that the students arrive no later than 8:20am as we will be practicing Friday morning's events (Mass and Christmas performance).

HOMEWORK
1) you  can do the Think Tac Toe that was passed out on Friday. Again, this is used as a study tool and is optional. You will receive Dojo points if completed.

Happy studying!!


Mr. Yaremchuk

Dec. 11, 2015

Welcome to the last day of classes! 

The students have been working hard all week finishing up some new material, but mainly reviewing and completing the Final project in Science (which they did amazing in).

This morning we began with the presentations of their ecosystems. To review, this quarter we studied plants and animals, as well as ecosystems and interactions. The students had to choose an endangered animal and create an ecosystem using clay that will show how this animal can survive. Their ecosystem needed to include what their animal needs to survive, different populations in its community, a food chain, and one thing that threatens the survival of this animal. They needed to present this information and explain it in its entirety, as well as answer any other questions. Again, a job well done by every member of each group.

GIANT PANDA

 


SAOLA
 


RED PANDA
 


POLAR BEAR
 


HOMEWORK:
1) Think Tac Toe - This is basically a study tool for the exams and it is optional. A Dojo point will be rewarded for completing one task (to a maximum of 3). It can be handed in on Tuesday if you wish to do it.

EXAMS:

Monday - Language Arts and Social
Tuesday - Math and Reading/Phonics

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• please bring all notebooks/workbooks to school on Monday 
• exams will be in the morning only, and students will be dismissed at 11:45am. Please arrange to have your child picked up at that time.
• movie tickets will still be available for sale next week to the Student Council Movie Day on Wednesday
• Grade 3 will have a Christmas pizza party on Thursday at lunch time!
• friendly reminder - Friday will consist of Mass and the Christmas performance and then earlier dismissal at 11:00am

Have an excellent weekend!  Study hard!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Dec. 10, 2015

Welcome to a rainy day (don't say that too often in December).

Today the students completed making their final projects in Science. These ecosystems look amazing! Preparing for tomorrow's presentation to explain everything about their ecosystem was also on this morning's agenda. It will be a big task presenting their final exam, we're all looking forward to it.

* No Science Exam tomorrow as the students will be doing a presentation on their ecosystems. A combination of the ecosystem, presentation, and individual conference will be combined as their final exam grade.*

For Language Arts and Math, we took turns reviewing in small groups, working on writing a letter to Santa Claus, or preparing for the Science presentation.

In Reading, we played a review game to get ready for the final exam.

HOMEWORK
1) Spelling Tic Tac Toe - choose 1 task from the column you haven't done yet
2) Parent and Student Reading Log surveys - tomorrow is the last day to hand the surveys back. Thanks again for your input.

NOTICES

• The invoice for tuition was stapled into your child's green Communication book a few days ago.
• Tomorrow is the last day of classes, ending with a Final exam in Computers and then relax time in electives.

REMINDERS

1. Monday and Tuesday is early dismissal at 11:45am.
2. Wednesday morning is our Field Trip, and Movie Day put on by our Student Council (purchase your ticket for only $70 and that includes popcorn and a pop - tickets on sale now)
3. Thursday is Mass and Christmas performance rehearsal
4. Friday is Mass and Christmas performance and dismissal at 11:00am.
5. Saturday is Happy Holidays!

'Tis all for today. Enjoy your evening.

Mr. Yaremchuk

Dec. 9, 2015

Good day everybody! Only 2 more days of classes left until our final week!

Tomorrow exams: Christian Living and Music

Today in Language Arts we practiced using to, too, and two properly in sentences, and we also reviewed adverbs.

The students listened very attentively to the story of The Lorax, and we discussed how he should have conserved and ways he polluted the environment.

In Math we wrapped up the multiplication unit by learning special properties to multiply when 0 or 1 is the factor.

Reading and Phonics consisted of practicing au/o/al/aw sounds, and also reviewing Young Thomas Edison.

Towards the end of the day, the students worked on their Science Final Projects. They will be completed tomorrow, and then plan their presentations which are on Friday.

To end the day we took to the garden plots and broke some clumps of clay, watered the soil, and helped to make the compost pile (as we continue our year long garden project).

 

 

 

HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 54
2) Spelling Tic Tac Toe - please choose 1 task to do again (from a different column)
3) Study

NOTICES:
The DISK Student Council have organized a MOVIE DAY!!  Next Wednesday afternoon, December 16th, the Student Council will show a Christmas movie in the gym and serve popcorn. A ticket to this awesome event is only $70NT! The Student Council is currently selling tickets to this event at lunch time, so please bring in $70 and buy your ticket. It will be a great afternoon to relax after finishing the exams the day before.

That is all for today. Have a wonderful evening!

Mr. Y

Dec. 8, 2015

Today is Tuesday, and we got a lot accomplished.

In Language Arts we identified adverbs that tell when and where. 

In Math, we used an organized list and multiplication to solve problems.

We reviewed for the Final Exam in Social Studies.

Together with the grade two class, the students made beautiful Christmas cards in Reading and Phonics. The cards will be mailed to their new Pen Pals in Canada, to a school that Mr. Y went to for 12 years! Hopefully they get them before the Christmas break. Our Canadian pen pals wrote us letters and we will be responding to them in the new year.

 




Finally, the students continued working hard on their Final Projects in Science and ECA.

 

 

 

HOMEWORK:
1) Spelling Tic Tac Toe - only complete 1 task from one column.
2) Study for the Chinese final exam

EXAMS TOMORROW:
Chinese and PE


Thank you for returning your surveys so far. We appreciate your help.

Have a great evening.

Mr. Yaremchuk

Dec. 7, 2015

Welcome to the week of December 7-11!

This is the start of exam week, and the students have already completed one exam - Health.

In our other doings today, we:

- worked on our Science Final Project, and there are some really good animals made with the clay.
- used different ways to multiply when 10 is the factor.
- finished reading Young Thomas Edison, and made connections to the text and compared his education with our education.
- explained how human processes affect the environment. More specifically, we learned about conservation and what humans need to do to help climate change. The students had a debate of whether or not climate change was real.




HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 52
2) Social p. 42


NOTICES:

• a revised Exam Schedule has been sent out, my apologies for any errors on the last one.
• attached to the exam schedule are the study guides for next week's exams. If you have any questions, please ask.
• The DISK teachers are involved in some ongoing action research on several topics this year. One research is on Reading Logs. Two surveys have been sent home (one for the student, one for the parents). If you could please participate in the research and complete the survey before Friday, December 11, that would be great, and appreciated very much. You do not need to put your names on the surveys. Thank you.

NEXT EXAMS:
Wednesday - PE and Chinese

Have a wonderful Monday evening.

Mr. Yaremchuk

Dec. 4, 2015

Happy Friday!!

One week of December is in the books and that means one week closer to............Final Exams!!

Today the students had a spelling test and then identified adverbs that tell "how." They got to act out their adverbs for some good laughs.

We continued to learn multiplication in Math and used different ways to multiply when 5 is the factor.

The construction of the Final Project began today. There will be pictures taken throughout to monitor their progress, as well as for assessment purposes. It's going to be a fun week of Science for sure!

 
 


Looks like the kids are almost ready for the Christmas performance as they looked really good in Dance today.

Here are the food chains the Terrific Third Graders made last week:

 

HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 51
2) Reading Response p. 1 - please complete the second part

New Spelling words - awful, invention, always, crawl, food chain, strawberry, shoulder, gadget, iceberg, snowman, electric, flood, signal, snowflake

NOTICES:
- next week is Exam week. Students received their Exam Schedule today. 
- an early reminder for December 18th - we will have our Christmas Concert on this day, followed by early dismissal for students at 11:00am
 
That shall be all for this week, so have an amazing weekend! 

Mr. Yaremchuk