Feb. 21st - 24th

Hi everyone,

Wow, it is almost the end of February!  The school year is just flying by!  I hope that you all had a great week.  It was lovely to see many of you out at the EQAO Information Night.  I hope that you found the evening helpful.

This past week in class we continued with many of our on-going focuses of the month.

In spelling, we focused on words with the suffix "ly" meaning "every".  We will have our spelling quiz tomorrow so I hope that everyone has had an opportunity to study over the weekend.

This week, we wrote our first journal entry as an early settler making the crossing from Europe to Canada.  We also started to "clear the land" on our tri-rama where we will be visually representing the steps the settlers took when making their homes in upper or lower Canada.  We will be continuing to add to our tri-ramas and our journals over the next two weeks.

To further our understanding of the impact of black culture on our lives we attended the a performance by Unity Charity and our own Eldorado Excellence and Black History month assembly. A.A also presented some independent research he had conducted about the underground railroad.

In Math, we are primarily focused on measurement and will be moving our way into area and perimeter over the next couple of weeks.  We also continue to challenge ourselves with the Mashup Math questions.

Have a great week,

Ms. Sparling

Feb. 13-16th

Hi everyone,

I hope that you had fun over the long weekend.  The weather was amazing!  I know I tried to make the most of it and spent lots of time outdoors.

Over the last week we have continued to read and research about various prominent figures in our Black History Month studies.  We have also completed the last of our First Nation interviews using the green screen.  This week we will have the chance to view each other's interviews and add to our collective knowledge of some of the First Nations groups located in Upper and Lower Canada when the early settlers began to arrive.

On Friday, we read "The Long Voyage" and experienced just a taste of how crowded and uncomfortable the voyage would have been.  This coming week we will be learning about what life was like for the settlers as they arrived in Upper and Lower Canada.

It was Valentine's Day on Tuesday and we took the time to make our Valentine's Day card containers and to exchange our Valentines.  We also completed "Mad Lib" Valentine's cards and Mashup Math activities.

Wednesday was Flag Day.  We read about our flag and country, and reflected on what it means to each of us to be Canadian.

In Math, we focused on the waste audit graphs for our school.  We discussed the information provided and what it means to us and our own behaviour.  We look forward to seeing the results of the next audit to see if we decreased our garbage/landfill waste levels.

Spelling words this week all had "ful" suffixes (i.e., mouthful, joyful, wonderful, bucketful, careful).  Tomorrow's words will also contain a suffix.

Finally, we continue to practice and perfect our readers' theatre plays and hope to perform them for the Kindergartens/Grade Ones this week.

Have a wonderful week!
Ms. Sparling

February 6-10th

Hi everyone,

I hope that you have all had a great week and have had a chance to be outside enjoying the wonderful snowman building snow we had today.  I saw some great snowmen and snow-forts on my walk today.

This week we continued our study of First Nation communities and early settlers in Upper and Lower Canada.  Hopefully you all got to see some of our interviews regarding life in Anishinabek and Mohawk communities.  We have also been reading and writing about some well known figures from the civil rights movement, related to Black History month.

In math, our focus remains on data management.  We read several books displaying data in a variety of ways and recorded what we noticed.  We have analyzed various graphs and created our own.

In spelling, we have changed our focus from compound words to the use of suffixes.  This week we had words ending in "er" and meaning "one who".  Hopefully everyone has studied for Monday's spelling test.

Our posters advertising our Reader's Theatre plays have gone up in strategic positions around the school and have already started to attract our target audiences of Kindergarten and Grade One.

I hope you all have an amazing week!
Ms. Sparling

It's February!

Hi everyone,

Wow!  The time is flying!  I can't believe that it is February already!  I hope you all had a good two weeks.  

In the last two weeks we continued to focus on compound words in spelling and completed our second CASI assessment of the year.

In math, we finished up our study of 2 and 3D shapes and have moved on to graphing.

We continue to challenge our problem solving skills with Mashup Math problems.

We have also been applying our knowledge of angles in our work programming J-Bot in the Innovation Studio.

In social studies, we have been focused on First Nations and the Early Settlers.  We also spent some time learning about Groundhog Day and have begun studying and reflecting on Black History month.

We continue to work on our posters for our Reader's Theatre plays and rehearsing our various roles.  Hopefully we will have them posted and an audience for our plays in the coming week.

All the grade threes also have an opportunity to show off their talents at the Grade Three Talent Show taking place during the nutrition breaks on Feb. 9th.  This event is hosted by the student Music Council.



Have a great week!
Ms. Sparling