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In literacy this week, we focused on identifying the differences between a sentence fragment and a complete sentence.  We also unscrambled groups of words to make a full sentence and sorted sentences into their correct categories. On Friday, we discussed the importance of adding capital letters at the beginning of sentences and periods at the end.  In word work this week, we looked at the vowel teams /ow/, /oa,/ and /oe/ that all make the long o sound.   In math this week, we began our math groups again and the students worked with their groups.  In our math groups, we are all focused on subtraction and how we can use subtraction from 1-20 to solve problems.  We learned about tools such as number lines, blocks, and ten frames to help use subtraction numbers between 1-10. In social studies this week, we continued looking at India for the grade 3's and a student from our class just came back from India and shared many pictures about what he saw and did there....

In literacy this week, we worked on expanding boring sentences.  While reading a book about Polar Bears, we expanded kernel sentences by adding because, why and how.  In Word work, we finished looking at long e by exploring the last vowel team (ie and ei).  We also completed a word sort, listening for the long e sounds. In math this week, we looked at transformations.  We explored how shapes turn, slide and flip without changing shape or size.  We worked through different stations, exploring each transformation, translation, rotation and reflection.  On Monday, we looked at Winter counts to celebrate the New Year and record 3 important events that happened to us in 2024.  In gym and art class this week, we began our unit on floor hockey.  This week, we learned how to hold a hockey stick, how to stick handle, shoot and pass with a partner.  In Art, we looked at Tessellations, combining our math knowledge on transformations into an art piece....