Reports & Conferences

After studying States of Matter, and Air and Water in the Environment we used what we learned to create and clean up an oil spill.  

First we created a pond....

 

 Then we added oil.  We tried to clean it up by removing it with cotton....

 We tried to absorb it with a sponge...

We tried scrubbing the wildlife clean with soap...

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!

WESTERN ART

To see our conclusions you will have to take a look through our portfolios during Student Led Conferences - March 18-19.

Reminders this week:

Student Led Conferences - it's not too late to sign up - March 18-19

Spring Supper - March 22 - donations are due Tuesday.  Last day to buy tickets is Tuesday.  A notice went home with a suggestion of what to donate based on what class your child is in.  Those ideas are just suggestions.  Any items you choose to donate can be placed in the box outside of the office.

If you have any cardboard egg cartons at home that you are not using we would love to use them for an upcoming Art project.  Please and Thank you!

March

Artist in the School

Last week we had the privilege of learning African drumming.  The artist: Mr. Coffie, challenged the students to write, paint or draw about their experience and bring it in to school to share with the class.  I can't wait to see who took him up on this challenge.

This past week we did an art contrast and compare project.  We looked at illustrations of fish in various storybooks and tried out a couple of the techniques.  We tried using paper cutouts to create fish.  We also used oil pastels and paint.  You can see our work on our bulletin board in the hallway.

I Love to Read Month comes to an end

All good things come to an end.  This past week we blogged about our experiences during I Love to Read month.  Each student has a blog page they can post on at Kidblog.org.  The link is on the sidebar of this blog.  Student blog entries can only be viewed by logging in.  Each student knows the password to get in.  Please ask them to show you their work.  We are using these pages to learn about online etiquette and safety.

Spelling Homework

Each week each student is given a new word sort.  The expectation is that they practice their word sort every day at least once.  On Friday they write a spelling test based on those words.  The spelling test results have been sent home numerous times in the past couple of months.  If you have any questions about this routine please let me know.

Wind Devices - Science

This month:

No School this Friday, March 7.

Reports are being sent home March 14.  Student led conferences are March 18-19.  I look forward to seeing you then!

Spring Break begins March 28.

Artist in the School

I Love to Read Month is coming to a close this week.  It sure has been an exciting month full of many different learning opportunities and new experiences.  I do hope your child has been sharing some of their memories with you at home.  Thank you for being supportive of all the activities this month as well!

This past week CLWR came to collect the We Care Kits that our class put together during the month of January.  Again, huge thanks to everyone who helped out with this project.

For Valentine's we did a devotion series on God's love.  Here are some of the thoughts that our devotions were focused on.

A couple more pictures from 100 Day.  Using groups of 10 to represent 100.

Some of the pictures from the Boat building project last week were missed.  Here are the rest:

This past week we worked on more story telling strategies.  Here is our class vine that we created.  The students all made their own vines as well.  It was a great way for them to identify the most important events in a story (beginning, middle, end) and put them into the correct sequence.

This week in the Technology Lab we created our own Tagxedos.  Students explored the many options available to using words and graphics to create a poster, card, or sign.  All of the websites that we use during Technology classes can be found in the side bar of this blog.  Please feel free to explore them further at home.  Some of them have excellent activities for extra practice at home.

Coming up this week:
~Artist in the School Week~
Spelling - as usual
Grade 3 - math test on Fractions - Thursday
Science - Wind Device Due Wednesday
Boston Pizza Orders Due Monday at 9am - pizza day is Wednesday
Rainbow Loom Club begins Monday - Grade 3 and up
Chess Club and Intramural's on Tuesday
Book Club on Thursday
Last week of I Love to Read Month - pink reading ticket sheet due Friday

Festival Week!

What an exciting week we had!  During I love to Read Week we wrote our About the Author pages...

We performed a skit about Jesus Calming the Storm...

We shared our 100 Day collections....

We also tested our boats (in Science) to see what shapes, designs and materials are best for floating and holding a load.