Week 30 (April 24 -28th)

Positive and Negative Space in Art

In Literacy this week, we continued with our story writing.  We worked on adding dialogue to our stories to make our characters talk and add interest.  We also discussed adding endings to our stories so that our writing doesn't just stop, and it is tied up with an ending.  On Friday, we had 3 students share their stories with the class, and we gave them some feedback on what to add or remove from their stories.


In math this week, we completed our unit on Geometry with a quiz on Tuesday.  The grade 3's did an amazing job, and we went over the test together.  Our next focus in math is fractions.  This week, we learned that fractions are equal parts of a whole, that they are not whole numbers, how to say and read fractions as well as what denominators and numerators are.  We used playdoh to experiment and create equal parts of a whole before working with our papers and pencils to describe fractions.





In Science this week, we completed our building unit by building and testing catapults.  The grade 3's did a great job working with a partner to solve a problem of making a catapult that can shoot a projectile the furthest.  After each test, the grade 3's worked to adapt and change their project to make it shoot the marshmallow further.  



In gym, we completed our gymnastics unit with Mission Impossible.  The grade 3's had to overcome some 'big' feelings about challenges to complete the mission.  It was wonderful to see them work together to figure out the secret code and put the numbers in the correct order. 

Looking Ahead to Next Week:

1. In Literacy, we will continue writing our narrative story.

2. In math, we will continue to work on Fractions.

3. In Social Studies, we will be visiting our final country, Ukraine.

Important Reminders:

1. Library Day - this Thursday!

2. Please continue to work on your READO- home reading Bingo's 

3. Healthy Hunger Lunches - Pop Corn on Fridays, Mucho Burrito on May 18th

4. Parent Council School Day on Thursday, May 4th

Happy Weekend,

Mrs. Stringer



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