Week 3!

Fall is in the air! :)

Last week during our literacy block, we started working on a mini writing project about summer holiday memories.  The graphic organizer we are using divides the writing process into a few different steps, and most of the students are done drawing their sketches and writing key words about the summer holiday memory they have chosen to focus on.  We will be continuing to work on this assignment this week.  We also started right into the Daily 5 last week as well (see "Week 2" for more information), and the students worked independently on their daily 5 assignments. One component of the Daily 5 is word study, and students will be given 10-12 words that they will focus on learning for the week. We will be doing a Dictée each Friday with these words as well.  

In Social Studies, we are working on mapping/globe skills, specifically discussing legends and symbols on maps, and some differences between rural and urban communities. 

In Math, we are still in Module 1 (it is a long one!) and we have been looking at base 10 numbers (i.e. How many Hundreds, Tens, and Units does the number 457 have? What about the number 38?), and we have also been continuing to look at patterns.  Tomorrow, we will be looking at patterns/skip counting in number grids bigger than 100 (i.e. Counting from 744 to 769 by 5s), and I am assuming that will be a challenging concept for some.  We will do as much practice as possible in class. The grids will be provided on the sheets of independent work.

We had a special "fitness week" last week at Woodroffe, in which different fitness instructors came to teach our students during the physical education blocks.  On Wednesday, we played Gaelic football (a mix between soccer and handball), on Thursday we danced (which was very fun for all the students as the instructor incorporated music from Star Wars!), and on Friday we played basketball.  The students really seemed to enjoy these 3 days of Phys. Ed. 

Thursday morning this week is the Terry Fox run, from 9-10 a.m.  Please encourage your child to come to school dressed in Woodroffe's school colours (blue and green)!  Pledge forms have gone home, and any child who brings back the form completely filled out will be entered into a draw to win a free bike! I believe the forms are due October 4th. 

Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is "Meet the Teacher" and it will be happening right here in portable 7 from 6:30-7:00 or 7:00-7:30.  Please choose the time that best suits your schedule.   If you are interested in purchasing a pack of newspaper compost bin liners that the grade 3s have worked hard to create, please bring some change with you.  I believe it will be $5 to purchase a pack of 10.  Again, these are being sold to fundraise for a clean water project in India.  

Hope to see you tomorrow night! :)