May 17, 2016

On this busy Tuesday, here's what the Terrific Third Graders were involved with:

• Language Arts and Reading - shared ways to evaluate and revise a persuasive essay, listened for rhyming words in poems and wrote an acrostic poem
• Math - identified equivalent fractions, and compared fractions, and played fraction games to practice the new concepts
• Science - explained the scientific meaning of work, and described wheel-and-axle, pulleys, and lever simple machines. We also made a pencil see-saw to show how a lever can work
• Social Studies - reflected and discussed how the business went yesterday. The students calculated their profits and tried to find ways of how they could improve their business to make more profits next time. 

HOMEWORK
1) Math p. 128
2) Science p. 413 and p. 414 (do not do #2)

NOTICES
- Christian Living and Music exams are on Thursday
- Friday's exams are PE, Computer, and Chinese


Have a nice evening.

Mr. Y

May 16, 2016

Welcome to Monday, and I hope everyone had a great weekend. This is our last full week of classes, and it will be a busy one.

This morning during assembly, we held our awards presentation. Students earned many different awards. Here's the list of winners from our Terrific Third Grade classroom:

Music - Marianne
Christian Living - Fiona
PE - Fiona
Art - Yoko
Chinese - Reila
Computer - Grace
Library Book Report - Fiona

Grade 3 Classroom Awards:

Most Helpful - Yoko

Most Cooperative - Katie

Most Responsible - Grace

 

Congratulations to all the recipients of the awards! (pictures at the bottom of this blog)

Following Assembly, we had some time to talk about our weekend activities and left Reading and Phonics for ECA time. 

During Math, we used different fractions to name the same amount (equivalent fractions). We watched a short video, and played some fraction games. 

For Social Studies, the students were eager to open their store and sell their product. They were given 15 minutes to get the supplies they need and make as many products as they could.  Following this production time, each student was given $5 to buy the products from each other's stores, and we also had two teachers purchasing items as well. It was interesting to see how the supply/demand worked out, along with the competition.  (pictures at the bottom of this blog)

ECA/Reading and Phonics - we began putting our persuasive essays into paragraphs using the ideas from last week. There was an emphasis on writing with more "voice" in a way that the words in the essay sound like the author. Also, it is encouraged to make the sentences sound positive.

HOMEWORK:

1) Math p. 125

2) Producer Worksheet in the My Future booklet

NOTICES

- Chinese and Music final exams are this Thursday

- PE, Computer, and Chinese final exams will be on Friday

Have a great evening!

Mr. Y

 

Social Studies Business

May 13, 2016

It's Friday the 13th with a full moon! Don't walk under any ladders, cross the path of a black cat, or break a mirror, otherwise you'll have some bad luck. Ha, superstitions are funny.

On this Friday the 13th, our classroom time was minimal as we began the day with our final Mass of the year. The gym smelled amazing from all the lovely flowers present to honor Mary and all you Mother's for Mother's Day.

Following Mass, we completed the spelling test and reviewed yesterday's fraction homework.

The rest of the day was specialty classes and electives.

HOMEWORK:
1) Math worksheet - a review sheet from yesterday's lesson
2) Persuasive Essay - please have your Opening paragraph and Closing paragraph completed (if you haven't already finished it). We will continue to work through the rest of the essay next week. For a guide, you can refer to p. 437 in your English text.

Spelling Words for the last Spelling Test
lever, inclined plane, pulley, fulcrum, compound machine, wheel-and-axle, wedge, screw, equivalent, length, halves, bookmark, fortune, width, poetry, grasshopper, summer, vacation, graduation, Canada

NOTICES:

• Final Exam schedule and study guides have been handed out (some guides are double-sided)
• Monday - Awards Presentation for each class during Assembly 
• Final exams will begin next Thursday
• May 25 and 26 are half-days where students will write 2 exams in the morning, and go home at lunch time
• We have one last test before finals, but it is the spelling test next Friday.

Have a great weekend. Enjoy the sunshine.

Mr. Yaremchuk

May 12, 2016

Today, the students had a fun morning in the following lessons:

1) Language Arts and Reading - writing an opening and closing paragraph for the persuasive essay, introduce the students to poetry.

2) Math - found fractional parts of a group

3) Science - explained the scientific meaning of work

HOMEWORK
1) Language Arts - Picture Dictionary - please choose the remaining 10 spelling words and write a sentence, and draw a picture
2) Math worksheet

NOTICES:
- I have uploaded the students advertisements for the product they will be selling next week in Social Studies. You can find the videos in yesterday's blog. Awesome job, students!
- Mass begins at 8:30am, please arrive before 8:24am
- it is casual clothes Friday, but with the Mass in the morning, students can bring their casual clothes to change into, but they also need to bring their PE clothes
- spelling test tomorrow

Enjoy your night.

Mr. Yaremchuk

May 11, 2016

Half way through the week, and our Terrific Third Graders continued to work hard, as usual.

In Language Arts/Reading, we took the next planning step for the persuasive essay by supporting our reasons with facts, and not opinions. The students wrote a quiz on Aero and Officer Mike.

For Math, we began the new unit on fractions. Today we read and wrote fractions to name parts of a whole and a group.

Science consisted of a quiz on Matter.

The last period, Social Studies, was the one all students were looking forward to. Each group chose a company name and product yesterday, and today they marketed their product with an advertisement.

Company Name: Magic Fortune Tellers - Selling Fortune Tellers

 Company Name: Cute Animal Bookmarks - Selling Bookmarks

Company Name: Future - Selling Fortune Tellers

HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 122
2) Reading notebook - Picture Dictionary - please choose 10 words and write a sentence (at least 7 words long) with the word, along with a picture.

NOTICES:
- Library tomorrow, please bring your ID
- please return your corrected quizzes
- Friday will be our Closing Mass beginning at 8:30am, parents are always welcome to attend

I wonder if we'll have another lightning show like we did last night. Have a great evening.

Mr. Y

May 10, 2016

It was a fun day doing many different activities today..........

• Language Arts/Phonics - Explored the goal in the persuasive essay, and drew a cartoon with reasons for the goal. We also learned how an author can use an onomatopoeia in books.
• Math - quiz 
• Science - completed our lesson inquiry from the experiment we completed last Friday. We also reviewed for the test tomorrow.
• Social Studies - students were made into groups, and began their business. They had to choose a company name and the product they will sell. They also began a marketing plan and planned an advertisement for their product which they will show tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:
1) Word Work - letter trail. Ex. dskljfractionmweoxunwhistlepdmweWednesdaymlwe
2) Science quiz
3) Journeys quiz

NOTICES:
- Final exam schedule and study guides will be handed out by the end of the week
- reminder that exam week runs from May 19-May 26.

Have a wonderful evening!

Mr. Yaremchuk

May 9, 2016

Another week has begun, and just a reminder that final exam week starts later next week.

Assembly this morning had one of our Terrific Third Graders crowned the new Angel of the Week. Congratulations to Katie!  Her leadership and sense of humor is always giving the class a big smile.



Reading and Phonics kicked off the lessons for today. Students did some Word Work for Daily 5 and also chose a topic and supporting details for their persuasive essay.

Math was some review time (quiz tomorrow), but we still focused on finding the volume of figures.

In Social Studies, we explained the concept of a free enterprise, and reviewed some vocabulary to prepare for the students to open their own business tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 120
2) Social Studies worksheet - Supply and Demand

QUIZZES THIS WEEK:
Tuesday - Math
Wednesday - Aero and Office Mike, and Science
Friday - Spelling

Have a great evening.

Mr. Yaremchuk