September At A Glance

September has been flying by! We've been busy settling into our routines and creating class expectations. Here's a glimpse of what we've been doing:


Math
We have been focusing mainly on ways to show a number up to 1000. This includes place value charts, base 10 blocks, expanded form and written form. 3B also has our Daily 4 Math up and running with choices in Math by Myself (independent math fact games), Math with Technology (practicing current topics on IXL and then Sumdog to review earlier concepts), as well as Math Writing (ways to show a number). Everyone has great stamina and can work on math the whole time to become better mathematicians! Next, we will be working on skip counting.

Reading

We also have Daily 5 for Language Arts in 3B. Right now we have three choices (Read to Self, Work on Writing, and Listen to Reading). As a class we have been reviewing reading behaviours as well as strategies for building our comprehension, accuracy and fluency. The focuses have been on checking our understanding while we read, cross checking (does the word look right? sound right? make sense?) and always picking good-fit books (watch a video here).

  

Writing
After an unedited personal writing piece about the summer (or birthdays/families/etc.), we have been working to build our stamina for writing the whole time. This means we brainstorm ideas to write about and then work the whole time, adding details and interesting words. We know writing about ourselves and experiences is often a good topic because we know so much about it! 3B has also worked on reviewing capital letters, underlining words that don't look right and using the word wall to help with spelling. The grade threes have also been quite excited about starting cursive handwriting!



Word Work
We've just started looking at short vowel sounds as a whole class. Soon, we will be working on our individual word work for our specific spelling needs.



Social
We learned about our basic rights and responsibilities this month. We know that we all have the right to be happy, to learn and to be safe. After reading books about these ideas, we came up with our own thoughts about how to help ourselves and each other in these areas. Now we have started a small unit on mapping and directions. Check out the compass slide for a fun way to review cardinal directions and enjoy some dancing!



Health
3B has created a class promise about how we'd like to be this year. We brainstormed ideas and agreed upon what we thought was the most important to have a happy, safe class that is ready to learn. We've also been reading stories and discussing the 1st of the 7 Habits, "Be Proactive" and how to be a proactive digital citizen.  Please see our permanent Digital Citizenship blog page for more information.



Physical Education
We share the gym with Mrs. Fesyk's class. She is a great gym teacher with lots of great skill building activities and games!  September's focus has been on gym expectations, being a good sport, building stamina for running long distances (gearing up for Terry Fox), cooperative games, and soccer. 3B has also started swimming lessons at Burman University in Lacombe!  Everyone is learning a lot and it's always hard to get out of the pool at the end.



Assemblies
3B had the opportunity to be leaders at the first welcome back assembly (demonstrating the 7 Habits hand signs) and reading a Terry Fox acrostic poem at the Terry Fox kickoff assembly.

September At A Glance

September has been flying by! We've been busy settling into our routines and creating class expectations. Here's a glimpse of what we've been doing:


Math
We have been focusing mainly on ways to show a number up to 1000. This includes place value charts, base 10 blocks, expanded form and written form. 3B also has our Daily 4 Math up and running with choices in Math by Myself (independent math fact games), Math with Technology (practicing current topics on IXL and then Sumdog to review earlier concepts), as well as Math Writing (ways to show a number). Everyone has great stamina and can work on math the whole time to become better mathematicians! Next, we will be working on skip counting.

Reading

We also have Daily 5 for Language Arts in 3B. Right now we have three choices (Read to Self, Work on Writing, and Listen to Reading). As a class we have been reviewing reading behaviours as well as strategies for building our comprehension, accuracy and fluency. The focuses have been on checking our understanding while we read, cross checking (does the word look right? sound right? make sense?) and always picking good-fit books.

  

Writing
After an unedited personal writing piece about the summer (or birthdays/families/etc.), we have been working to build our stamina for writing the whole time. This means we brainstorm ideas to write about and then work the whole time, adding details and interesting words. We know writing about ourselves and experiences is often a good topic because we know so much about it! 3B has also worked on reviewing capital letters, underlining words that don't look right and using the word wall to help with spelling. The grade threes have also been quite excited about starting cursive handwriting!



Word Work
We've just started looking at short vowel sounds as a whole class. Soon, we will be working on our individual word work for our specific spelling needs.



Social
We learned about our basic rights and responsibilities this month. We know that we all have the right to be happy, to learn and to be safe. After reading books about these ideas, we came up with our own thoughts about how to help ourselves and each other in these areas. Now we have started a small unit on mapping and directions. Check out the compass slide for a fun way to review cardinal directions and enjoy some dancing!



Health
3B has created a class promise about how we'd like to be this year. We brainstormed ideas and agreed upon what we thought was the most important to have a happy, safe class that is ready to learn. We've also been reading stories and discussing the 1st of the 7 Habits, "Be Proactive" and how to be a proactive digital citizen.  Please see our permanent Digital Citizenship blog page for more information.



Physical Education
We share the gym with Mrs. Fesyk's class. She is a great gym teacher with lots of great skill building activities and games!  September's focus has been on gym expectations, being a good sport, building stamina for running long distances (gearing up for Terry Fox), cooperative games, and soccer. 3B has also started swimming lessons at Burman University in Lacombe!  Everyone is learning a lot and it's always hard to get out of the pool at the end.



Assemblies
3B had the opportunity to be leaders at the first welcome back assembly (demonstrating the 7 Habits hand signs) and reading a Terry Fox acrostic poem at the Terry Fox kickoff assembly.

3B Microwave Schedule

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