Week of April 2, 2018

Dear Parents,

Hopefully, you and your family had a relaxing and fun holiday. We are now set up for our final stretch of the school year. A time that promises lots of learning and growth, and it will go by quickly. We have several new units scheduled to begin this week! 

If you took a photo of your child reading this break please email it to me and Ms. Suji. 

The Terry Fox Run on March 23rd was quite successful for third graders. They learned more about cancer awareness, participated in an important community event at school, and were inspired to do their personal best for the fun run. 

We begin the week on Day 6. 

Reading

This week begins with a new nonfiction reading unit called Research Reading. Students will start off by looking over their resources and organizing them. They will then identify subtopics within the topic they are studying and begin to synthesise the information to become experts.  

Writing

Students are continuing the fiction writing unit from before the holiday. They will not only continue to write adapted fairytales but also branch out into other fantasy and creative writing choices. 

Math

Students will begin a new unit in math this week titled Representing and Comparing Fractions. They will begin by partitioning shapes into parts with equal areas. They will express the areas of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partitioning a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describing the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape. This is a very important unit with lots of new skills and concepts introduced.

Science

We start the week with a very exciting new science unit called Earth and Space. They will begin the unit by tuning in to prior knowledge and generating a list of wonderings. They will also take a look at technology and try to find out how technology can help us to learn about the solar system. If you have any connections to people who would be good resources for this unit, please let us know.