Week of May 28

Hello 3EV Families, 

Wow! What a wonderful week we had in grade 3. Students have been busy writing and reading poetry, representing data in graphs, and reflecting on their learning in grade 3.

 A huge thank you to all of the parent volunteers who helped out on Wet & Wild day! Students and adults were playing in the mud, collaborating constructively, and having fun!! Please take a look at the class pictures on the blog (many taken by Dominique- many thanks to her!).

 This week begins on a Day 2. There is no school on Tuesday, May 29th due to a public holiday and Friday, June 1 there is no school for students. 

 Our Learning Celebration is this week. We are so excited to share all of our poetry with you! You might want to download a QR code reader on to your phone for this event. This is going to be our last time all together and we will have a short celebration immediately following the learning share in each classroom. Thank you in advance to our GLC and room parents for organizing. Hope to see you all on Wednesday morning.

Reading/Writing: Students will continue their exploration of poetry and share with all of you on Wednesday. Then students will revisit their favorite type of writing (narrative, nonfiction, opinion, fantasy) this year and plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish one last final piece of writing as a third-grade student! We will Skype with Amy Ludwig Vanderwater on Monday- if you have time to look at her blogs with your child this weekend that would be great. If your child has any questions s/he would like to ask they can be added to the document in Classroom. 

Math: This week we will continue reviewing some of the major math concepts we have learned during our year. These include adding and subtraction numbers in the hundreds, multiplication, division, elapsed time, geometry, area and perimeter, and lastly fractions.

 Genius Hour/ Passion Projects: Students will have time to work on their chosen projects. Students are busy writing scripts, building movie sets, create stop-animation movies, creating art out recycled materials, making podcasts, etc. They will have time to find a good ending point for these projects or decide next steps they would like to take outside of school. Please ask your child about their project.

 Home learning is not required the last two weeks, but here are some options to choose from as we say goodbye to our third-grade year together.

Sivert will have his last day of school on Monday (but will be back in August). Arjun, Zara, Vincent, and Maria will all leave ISKL as they move on to the US, Vietnam, Spain, and Russia respectively. Goodbyes are hard, but we are glad that we are continuing to make memories together in these last days and in this age of technology it is easier than ever to stay in touch. It is hard to believe that this is the second to last week of school!