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Grade 3B Info., Updates, News

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October 20th, 2016

10/21/2016

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As students' independence has been growing, we have been adding more and more independent work centers to our classroom. Today we added one of my favourites - Tynker. Tynker is a website that allows students to learn the basics of computer programming and coding. This is done through more simplified visual blocks that aim to build students computational thinking and problem solving skills. As students progress, they are able to move into more text-based coding. What can you make with Tynker? Probably some of the most exciting things for students are the ability to make and play mobile games or the ability to learn how to modify Minecraft. My favourite part of the program is knowing that the class is developing important 21st century thinking skills. 

In Math today, we started our new unit on Patterns and Equations. Today we were learning to describe patterns and to write pattern rules. As a class we modelled patterns on the board with counters. I was so impressed with how involved all the students were. Students were helping one another to build the next term of each patterns, sharing ideas, and communicating. It was a great way to start a new unit! 

In Language Arts today, we began to publish our paragraphs from our paragraph books. I shared a Google Doc with students and asked them to type out their finished paragraph. This gives students the chance to create a third draft and to edit spelling and grammar mistakes. Students were also able to add a video or a picture that they wanted to include with their paragraph that was related to the topic. Why practice typing in a Google Doc first? Well, it allowed us to get more practice using and organizing our Google Drives. Today we reviewed where to find documents that have been shared and how to add and organize these documents into students' Drives. Next, we learned how to copy a document that was "View Only" so that we could edit our own copy of the document. I also like typing paragraphs as a Google Doc first so that when students are learning how to use their blogs, they don't have to worry about losing their work. They have a hard copy saved! 

In Social Studies, students continued to work on learning some of the major waterways that can be found in Canada. Today we added lakes to our growing repertoire. We also mapped oceans, bays, rivers, and lakes in our Social Studies binder, as well as added legends to our maps to differentiate between the different types of waterways. Keep reviewing your geographic features at home! Remember, you can play all the games we play in class by using a computer at home. We only have one map feature left before we move on to regions. Stay tuned for our learning about scale next week.

In Science, we have completed looking at clouds. So far we have studied the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, saturation, and precipitation), looked closer at precipitation (rain, snow, freezing rain, hail), and now we have learned about four common types of clouds (cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus). We have one more experiment to conduct on the dew point to help us to prove that their is water vapour in the air, then we will be moving on to the sun and daily and seasonal weather changes! 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes

Math:
- Review 12x Tables

Science:
- Cloud Observations (due Monday) 

French:
- Quiz (Tuesday)

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Monday)

Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Grade 5/6 Volleyball - Mondays and Wednesdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Recycling Leaders - Thursdays (lunch recess)

Halloween Family Dance - Thursday, October 27th (6:00-8:00 pm)

Parent Teacher Interviews - November 2nd and 3rd (register at Christina Gordon) 

Spirit Week for United Way - Monday (Wacky Tacky Day) 
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4 Comments
Dhruvi
10/22/2016 05:29:43 pm

Hi Ms.Barrington,I wanted to set some personal and physical goals this week and they are
1.Do my best
2.Have fun
3.Work on paragraphs
This week that just last was really fun and enjoyable O will hopefully see the same thing for this week.Something funny that happened at home was when I showed my pictures to my parents they said"we should frame it"lol.Something that at school was funny was when I was talking with kadin we were talking about the earth and that mud is poop from the earth and rain is pee.So that was my goals for this week amd I hoped you would notice that I tried to write very thing correct and with proper punctuation

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rukaya
10/28/2016 03:44:54 pm

😊😁😝🐼

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Dhruvi link
10/22/2016 08:37:40 pm

Hi Ms.Barrington,I wanted to let you know some of my goals for this week so
1.Have fun
2.Do my best always
3.Never give up
These are my goals for this week and a lot of these goals to keep me motivated and happy.This past week was very fun and I hope the same for this week as well.Some stuff that I would personally like to work on is
1. My French ,so I can improve
2.Work on paragraphs
3.Work on my typing
Something funny that happened this week was when we were drawing or sketching the pictures from the art room and Yasmine and I was talking ,we almost laughed out loud.So this was my little reflection of this week.By the way I hope you noticed I tried to use proper punctuation and proper spelling in this email

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Ms. Barrington link
10/24/2016 03:55:13 pm

Great goals Dhruvi! I'm glad you had a good week at school.

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    • Language Arts >
      • Reading
      • Writing
      • Word Work
    • Math >
      • Statistics and Graphing
      • Patterns
      • Whole Numbers
      • Addition And Subtraction
      • Measurement
      • Fractions
      • Geometry
      • Multiplication and Division
    • Science >
      • Rocks and Minerals
      • Building and Materials
      • Hearing and Sound
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      • Communities in the World
      • Global Citizenship
    • Health
    • Leader in Me
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    • Video Yearbook
  • Links
    • FMPSD Website
    • Christina Gordon Website
    • Art for Kids Hub
    • Code.org
    • Dance Mat Typing
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    • Epic!
    • EverFi
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    • GoNoodle
    • Kahoot!
    • LearnAlberta
    • Math Makes Sense
    • Math 5 Live
    • Mathletics
    • PBS Kids: Math Games
    • Spelling City
    • TumbleBooks
    • Tynker
    • Wonderopolis
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