Upcoming Events: - No school Thursday 29 March through Monday 2 April - Student-Led Conferences Friday 6 April Check out our new unit - How the World Works!! Home learning task choices are linked into the overview document. Each week, students are to complete one reading response and one choice learning activity. There's always something to chose!! This week we started digging in to our new unit by exploring informational texts, both how and why we read them. We used that process to reflect on how we take notes and remember the important information we've learnt. In Math, we're sharing what we know about time and how to read a analog clock. We visited our Reading Buddies on Wednesday and they presented their puppet plays for us. All week long, we practiced for assembly and on Friday - we were awesome!! Thanks for joining us for our show!! Check out our compost video and Lucja & Jan's 5 Why's Video Happy Friday!!!
Student-Led Conferences- Friday, April 6th
The Elementary will host Student-Led Conferences on Friday, April 6th. What can you expect?
Things to keep in mind: All parents and students are expected to attend their conference time. We will not have regular school on April 6- although attendance at the scheduled conference (during the times you sign up for) is mandatory. Teachers (and students!) will not host Student-Led Conferences outside of this already- established day. As was mentioned at Back to School night in August, parents are welcome to schedule other times to meet with teachers regarding their children. The conferences scheduled on the ES Calendar- when students are not attending a regular school day- require student and parent presence to ensure we meet our collaborative learning goals. Sign-Ups are Now Open! DIRECTIONS FOR SIGNING UP: Signing up is simple via PowerSchool. Please view this short video for a tutorial. If you have questions or need help signing up, please contact our Tech Director: [email protected] Upcoming Dates: - Grade 3 Assembly Friday 23 March - No school Thursday 29 and Friday 30 March - Student-Led Conferences Friday 6 April This week in 3D: This week we got back to regular PE classes, we continued working on equivalent fractions, we created our persuasive speeches on the changes we wanted to see in the world, and we started preparing for our assembly presentation. From Lucja - My favorite part of this week was reading during snack time. From Michela - I helped Vera learn something new during Art class. From Oliwia - I learned new things in Enrichment Class Happy Friday!!!!!
Upcoming Dates: - Grade 3 Assembly, Friday 23 March at 8:45am - Tentative Grade 3 Field Trip, Wednesday 28 March, all day; more info to come asap. - Student-Led Conferences, Friday 6 April. No school for students; student only on campus for conferences. This week in 3D: - We deepened our morning community time by addressing our every day conflicts and 'stepping into shoes' to see other perspectives and brainstorm solutions. - We decomposed speeches to better understand what makes a persuasive argument. We used that knowledge to write a persuasive letter to Ms. D for our role in the upcoming assembly. - We continued our work with fractions by 'playing' with fraction tiles to explore equivalent fractions. - We continued our character analysis in reading by documenting evidence for our understanding of character traits. - We practiced reading with expression with our Grade 1 Reading Buddies and we helped them pinpoint the beginning, middle, and end in their stories. Happy Friday!!!
Upcoming Events: - Storyteller on Tuesday, 6 February - Carnival on Friday, 9 February 3D will be dressing up as jobs or professions on Friday. If you will be joining us on that day, you're welcome to join us in costume. We will be parading in costume around the school beginning at 9:10. We have started our new unit - Sharing the Planet. Please find more information attached here and it will be continued to be linked in the column to the right. Happy Friday!!!
Upcoming Events: - Friday, 26 Jan - Star's last day - Friday, 26 Jan - End of Unit-Who We Are - Monday, 29 Jan - Two new students join us - Monday, 29 Jan - Begin new unit-Sharing The Planet - Tuesday, 6 Feb - Storyteller visits - Friday, 9 Feb - Carnival!! 3D Students have chosen to dress as jobs, careers, or professions Highlights from this week: From Oliwia My favorite part of this week was the composting lesson where we got to breakdown the soil because we got to see the worms and make soil for the plants. P.E. was great too because we got to swim and that's my favorite! From Jan My favorite part of this week was when the High School basketball players came to talk to us because we could ask them a lot of interesting questions and I really like basketball. I really liked Art this week because I could make my sculpture of my snowman. From Denis I liked swimming this week because I learned how to float on my back! In Art, I made a sculpture of David. During our research, I learned that the eye is a muscle. From Lucja I really like the Prodigy website because it's fun but it's also educational; it challenges us with Math. My research is almost finished; I've written 4 pages about the digestive system. Happy Friday!!!!
Check out Lucja's YouTube Channel! Thanks to our class photographer - Marcelo! Unfortunately, all his great photos were lost when our iPad crashed. Highlights from this week! Jan - My favorite part of the research was using the ASW databases. My system is the skeletal system. I have learned that joints are when two bones come together. This week in music class we played the song for our orange belt. We will get them next class time. Gabriela - This week we went to the library and did research. Mine is the Respiratory System. I learned that we breathe automatically. Star - My favorite part of the week was making our robot finger because they are pretty funny and they teach us how our finger moves. My research on the circulatory system is going very well. I learned that your heart connects to every other system because it pumps blood to every part. In the blood are cells that carry oxygen. Michela - I was excited to come back to school because I missed my friends. My favorite time this week was swimming because it's my favorite sport. This week in art class we used clay to make sculptures. Happy Friday!!!
Swimming begins in January! 3D has swimming on Monday and Thursday - this will begin the first day back, please help students get ready. Below is a letter about what they need.
Goodbye, Ingrid!! We'll miss you!! Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday! Stay curious! Grade 3 & 4 Concert - Tuesday, 12 December, at 15:45 From Vera: My favorite part of the week was our body project where we researched different body systems. We used non-fiction text in books and online with PowerKnowledge and BrainPop. My system is the skeleton system because I want to learn how we get bigger and change. From Yeonwoo: My favorite part of the week was when we did concert practice because I love singing. When I grow up, I want to be a singer! I am looking forward to our concert. From Sophie: My favorite part of the week was the shopping at the holiday bazaar because it was interesting and there lots of fun things to look at and my friend got me a present. From Marcelo: I liked all our practices for our concert - we're ready!! Happy Friday!!!
This week we began our new unit Who We Are and we dug into our different body systems. Students are inquiring into the seven different body systems and how they are connected. We explored the features of non-fiction text and how features like Table of Contents, Glossary, Headings, and Index help us find information. Ms. Sheehan came and helped us explore online databases. We also began our partnership with the HS Service Learning group for Ja Wista and are now composting three days a week. Author Marissa Moss joined us on Thursday and we had our class party on Friday. |
Important Links
Unit Overview with link to Home Learning Tasks ES Tech Blog - a guide to apps and resources aswestech.weebly.com/apps-and-tools.html Ms. Brewster's Blog http://msblearningsupport.weebly.com/ Ms. MacKenty's Blog http://asweal.weebly.com/ Counselor's Corner http://aswarsawelementary.weebly.com/counselors-corner Growth Mindset in Maths https://www.youcubed.org/ ASW Library Database https://sites.google.com/a/aswarsaw.org/asw-library-databases/ Raz-Kids www.kidsaz.com/main/Login Teacher = kdunevant1 Mathletics http://eu.mathletics.com/ Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ ASW Website www.aswarsaw.org Archives
August 2018
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