Friday, June 25, 2010

HANDWRITING
We did one final riddle, answered it, and wrote the date.

MATH
The students worked on a cumulative review of questions from the entire year.

LUNCH
Cargill treated the students and staff to a hot dog lunch, which included pop or juice, chips, and a popsicle. After lunch the Cargill staff put on an informational session on this year's crop - Canola. This included letting the students see plants from the field, seeds, and products made with Canola oil.

CLEAN UP & FUN
The students packed up their desks and then we went to the gym and built and flew gliders. Then the students and Miss Riddell walked down to the ice cream shop for a treat. Upon returning to the school the students got everyone in grade three to sign an autograph sheet. We read a bit more of our 39 Clues book but didn't quite finish it before it was time to head out to the buses or home.




* Remember to pick up your report card between 9:00 and 12:00 on Wednesday, June 30th.

Thursday, June 25, 2010.

SARAH PLAIN & TALL
The students watched the video of the book this morning.

MATH
The students did the Show What You Know section in lieu of a test for Geometry. Tomorrow we are doing a cumulative review of the whole year.

HANDWRITING
The students wrote out the entire alphabet and the phrase "A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

SOCIAL
The students had some time to work on their Social reports as only two people got their homework done!

*Tomorrow we are going for a hotdog lunch at Cargill if it is not raining. If you can't eat hotdogs or it is raining you will need to bring your lunch. Bug spray will also be a good thing to have.

* One more day of grade three for this year!

Wednesday, June 23, 2010.

MATH
The students worked with toothpicks and marshmallows to build skeletons of pyramids and prisms. They learned that the toothpicks were edges and the marshmallows were vertices.

AWARDS DAY
Congratulations to all our winners!

ART
We decorated envelopes for our Cheer Up Cards that will be delivered to the Cancer Clinic this summer.

*Tomorrow is Spelling so remember your study sheet for an extra sticker.

Monday, June 21, 2010.

HANDWRITING
The student's copied today's riddle, answered it, and wrote the date.
"How many apples can you put into an empty box?"

FRENCH
The students finished reading a story about the insects and a raindrop.

MATH
We reviewed what edges, faces, and vertices are in pyramids and prisms.

SCIENCE
We read about composting and learned that fruits, vegetables, bread, grass clippings, leaves, and other organic material can be composted. You shouldn't put meat or fish in your compost pile as this can attract rats and mice. When the peels and other materials have been acted upon by bacteria and fungi they turn into humus. Humus can then be added to your garden and this will help the soil to provide nutrients for plants. Composting is like recycling in many ways.

* The answer to today's riddle is: "Only one because then the box isn't empty."
* The mosquitoes are exceptionally bad on the playground so you may wish to send bug spray with your child.

Friday, June 18, 2010.

HANDWRITING
The students copied the following riddle, answered it, and wrote the date.
"What goes into the water pink but comes out blue?"

MATH
We are working with pyramids and prisms. Pyramids have one base while prisms have two bases and bases are also counted as faces. Both shapes are made up of faces (shapes), edge or sides, and vertices or corners.

COMPUTERS
The students made cheer up cards for patients at the Cancer Clinic.


* Have a great weekend!
* The answer to the riddle: "A swimmer on a cold day!"

Thursday, June 17, 2010.

HANDWRITING
The students copied the following riddle, answered it, and wrote the date.
"How do you stop squirrels playing football in the garden?"

FRENCH
We did our quiz on insects and their hiding places.

SWIMMING
We had grey weather but it didn't rain and the mosquitoes weren't too bad.

SCIENCE
We proofread a section on dirt. We also read about soil in the Arctic regions of Canada. The students did a final comparison of all the soils in Canada.

MATH
We finished up some Math corrections on polygon questions.

*Tomorrow is the SCC Free lunch.
*The answer to today's riddle was: "Take awya their ball."

Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

HANDWRITING
The students copied the following riddle, answered it, and wrote the date once.
"Why didn't the dog want to play football?"

MATH
The students did pages 214 & 215 on sorting polygons by the number of sides on each polygon.

LANGUAGE ARTS
As Mrs. Soloski was away on the grade 6 field trip Miss Riddell taught Language Arts. The students practiced their Spelling words using the SmartBoard. They then did a listening activity which involved hearing a backwards word and then reversing it and matching it to a picture. For example: nip N-I-P becomes pin when turned around.

The students then read Chapter 6 of "Sarah Plain and Tall." In the chapter Sarah tells the children about the sea and Anna and Caleb tell her about winter. The students did questions on the chapter. Many students also had time to think of things from nature that would remind them of Unity and that they would take with them if they moved. Some examples were leaves, acorns, and special rocks.

SCIENCE
The students corrected a letter about the bedrock layer of the soil. This layer is the bottom layer of rock beneath the soil, which may eventually be turned into soil through erosion. We also read about the Canadian Shield and learned that the soil there is very shallow, eventually too shallow for trees to survive.

MATH
The class watched a BrainPop on polygons. We learned a 7 sided polygon is called a heptagon and a 10 sided polygon is called a decagon. Polygons with lots and lots of sides are called by the number of sides and gon. So, a 25 sided polygon would be called a 25-gon.

* Remember your Spelling and French study sheets for extra stickers tomorrow.
* Remember your bathing suit and towel, and any parents coming to the pool will want to bring bugspray.
* The answer to today's riddle is: "It was a boxer."