Keeler Three's

 In Math we have been working on Fractions. Students explored different shapes and figured out all the ways to split the shapes into Equal Parts. They soon discovered sometimes they could use a shape within another shape to divide it up. The students enjoyed making different fractions for their partners to solve. 

 In Grade 3 we have been very focused on our Literacy Centres where we work on developing into skilled readers. With a small group, the students are focusing on targeted skills such as decoding, phonological awareness, and comprehension reading text. We also practice a letter and sound recognition game to focus on students phonemic awareness in our small groups and at the end of each day with the whole class. These are some photos of a couple of our groups working with a teacher:    We were very lucky this week to have a virtual field trip titled The Carnival of the Animals. Our students watched a performance and then interacted during a Question and Answer session. We experienced poetry telling a story about animals and fossils with beautiful piano music to go along with each part. We also were joined by a Palaeontologist student from the University of Calgary to talk about fossils, dinosaurs, and some of the animals she is focusing her studies on. The students asked tho...

 Hi Grade 3 Families! We are so excited to be back at school today. Mrs. Sergent and Ms. McPherson want to thank all of you for your patience, understanding, and commitment to our online learning. We were so happy to see all of the students attend our GoogleMeets and complete the Classwork.  We are excited to show you the learning we will be doing this Spring in Grade 3!

 Grade 3s have started our building things unit in Science. We started our unit with a Three Little Pigs Challenge. After listening to the story of the Three Little Pigs, students were given the challenge: build the best Three Little Pig House. Working with a partner, students were given materials to work with. The Big Bad Wolf then came to visit the classroom to see if he could blow down the houses!

 We have started our literacy rotations for students to work on targeted practice during independent, group, and teacher led activities. Each week students will meet with the teacher, make words, read and demonstrate comprehension into Flipgrid, play sound/word games, and work on writing. 

 On Wednesday we sent home information with the students login information for Google. Please ensure you can access our Google Classroom, we have included some tasks we are working on in Grade 3! Also included are some accounts we have made for the students on educational resources and games such as Math Prodigy, Sumdog, SpellingCity, Typing Club. 

This week we participated in a virtual Remembrance Day assembly. The Grade 3 students worked hard to represent illustrations for the book 'A Poppy is to Remember' by Heather Patterson. The students narrated the book and we put it together to share with Keeler School. Our students were very thoughtful and respectful in the discussions about Remembrance Day.