Week 8: October 24- 27

 In literacy, this week we continued with our writing cycle of Plan-Draft- Revise, with a focus on our experience In-Line Skating.  The grade 3's did a wonderful job revising their writing, adding, erasing or replacing words they were not happy with or wanted to change to make their writing sound more interesting. 



In math, this week we did Pumpkin math activities.  On Monday, we estimated how many seeds were in each pumpkin before cutting them open and pulling out all the seeds.  Once the students saw the seeds, they decided they needed to write a new estimate.  Then on Day 2 we counted the seeds.  Each group decided if they would count y 2's, 5's, or 10s.  On our last day, we discussed our findings and compared the number of seeds that would found in each pumpkin and graphed our data.  The grade 3's had lots of good questions about why the pumpkin with the most lines, which means it was on the vine the longest, didn't have the most seeds.  One student said, "well, you can't judge a book by its cover."  Which is very true about pumpkins as well.






In Social Studies, this week we began our travels around the world.  Our first stop was to visit India and it just so happens that Monday was the last day of Diwali, a celebration that originated in India.  We created some Rangoli art to learn about more about this important celebration. We also read and discussed the caste system in India and how it is very different from the social society system in Canada.


Halloween Activities on Monday:  Students are welcome to wear their costumes all day to school on Monday.  We will be having a school wide parade. Please remember that they should be able to participate in all school activities, including gym and outside for recess.  Please, no weapons or masks that limit students vision.  Thanks!


Important Dates to Remember:

1. Library day on Thursday

2. Photo Retake Day on Tuesday, Nov.1

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