Miss Kowal and Mr Neiger Grade 3

We have had a few very busy weeks! Thanks to all the parent volunteers who came to the CPO and Studio Bell with us! To see pictures and videos from yesterday's Studio Bell trip, please check out twitter! An email went home today to families who RSVP'ed for the Special Class Event. Please check your emails! We have been extra busy this week putting the finishing touches on our HP trailers. In Math we are working on SolveMe puzzles (link included in LINKS section). These involve a lot of problem solving and mental math. These are AMAZING problems to try at home! Students are learning a lot of strategies to become more efficient when solving these. As a challenge, we are trying to figure out puzzle 139 from the MASTERS section. We are learning about Hearing and Sound in Science. In Social Studies we are working to wrap up our study of India in the next few weeks. Lots of additional practices for the Christmas concert are underway. Students are excited to perform for yo

We learned a new math game today called 'Farkle' that helps us practice our subtraction with regrouping. The instructions are posted in the 'LINKS' section so you can play at home! We also did a collaborative problem solving task. Ask your child to explain the task using these pictures as a reference. In social studies we continued to research about India using CultureGrams. Students are investigating the Climate & Land, Religion, Languages and about the Taj Mahal. Ask your child what they know about these areas. We have been practicing reading information then recording it in our own words. In language arts we are learning how to storyboard important parts of a book. We are going to be making Harry Potter trailers to summarize the novel we read in class. Students are asked to bring in any props or costumes that they feel would help with their trailers. These items will remain at class for the next few weeks. In science we are going to start our unit o

In science we have been conducting tests to determine different types of rocks. In social studies we have been discussing Remembrance Day and will be doing research about India using a new website called Culturegrams. In math we are learning about different units of time and how to solve problems using a calendar. We taught our grade 1 buddies how to use a number line to add numbers together while playing a game called Totality. We are learning about some different forms of poetry and are writing a haiku about Remembrance Day. We created Remembrance Day art around peace to display on Friday for our assembly. Class photos were sent home today. Reminders: - CPO Field Trip is on Nov. 13th - Email Ms Kowal if you are coming to our special class event on Nov 28th