Friday is backwards day. Today the grade 3s had their first swimming session. Everyone was thoroughly soaked by the end. In math we worked on creating arrays to help with multiplication. Here is a site to help practice. Arrays Have a good night!

In math, students are asked to have their latest math quiz signed. Reminders for swimming for grade 3s:

• bring swimmng gear, such as swimsuit and towel
• bring a snack
• bring a book to read as we will have some down time

Due to swimming, grade 3 will not be able to order pizza tomorrow. For grade four it is pizza as usual.

Friday is backwards day.

Today grade 3s worked on a poem called "The Ice Cream Taster" to practice for the upcoming EQAO assessment. Check out what we did here.

The Ice Cream Taster

In math, we continue to explore multiplication. Today, it was using the "guess and test" method. Here is a site to practice with younger brothers and sisters.

Teddy Bear.

Play this baseball game using "Multiplication" and "Easy", then after you swing for the fences, challenge yourself with more difficult questions. Opening day is tomorrow, a sure sign of spring!

Baseball

Have a good night!

The grade 6/7 class continues selling baked goods to raise funds for the tsunami/earthquake relief efforts. Everything is $1, just like the dollar store, and goes to a good cause. Swimming reminder - the grade threes start their three week swimming program this Thurs. - please remember to pack towels, swimsuits, and extra dry clothes. Yesterday was our character assembly, with the grade 3/4s singing Here are the words and a little clip: I Tell the Truth In math, we started multiplication today. We introduced the concept of multiplication as repeated adding. Here is the idea: Repeated addition . Have a good night.

Writing - we are writing reports on an animal that we're interested in. Students have already been to the library and had info from the internet given to them. For those interested in doing more, here is a great place to start. Enchanted Learning. Monday - Character assembly and a delicious bake sale. Math quiz - on Monday we will have a quiz on making change in money and fact families. Please see the website I posted yesterday for practice. Here is one to practice making change. http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html http://www.aaamath.com/B/mny313x3.htm Forms - please return grade 3 swimming form, and/or the Girls on the Run form. Have a great weekend.

A belated welcome back, I hope everyone had a restful break. Note home - Circle of Learning, Saturday April 9, Board Office Note home - wrap orders for April went home today, due March 29th Swimming for Grade 3s - swimming starts next Thursday, the 31st. Permission forms went home today and are due ASAP. Bake sale - the 6/7 class is holding a bake sale on Monday the 28th. In math, we worked on fact families that relate addition to subtraction. Here is a practice site: http://www.aaamath.com/B/sub34bx2.htm Have a good night.

Have a great March Break, and a happy St. Patrick's Day!!!! See you on the 21st!

Friday - wear green tomorrow as part of St. Patrick's Day, and book orders are due tomorrow. In math, we continued to work on subtracting. Students are still working on their skills when having to borrow from other place value columns. Here is a practice site: Subtraction games for kids In Health, we have started discussing dangerous substances like drugs and alcohol, with a focus on nicotine. Here is a fun version of an old favourite that help up to four players learn about the dangers of smoking. This site is based in Australia, so some of the questions might stump you. Smokes and Ladders Only one more sleep, have a good night.

Thursday - pizza day Friday - wear green for St. Patrick's Day Friday - book orders are due Next week - March break! Note home - for grade fours that signed up for badminton, it starts March 22nd, and goes every Tuesday at 8am. The teachers who are running the sport are asking participants to bring a racquet if they have one. Today we had a drumming workshop put on by a resource teacher from the Board office. Everyone had a blast, but very sore hands. I had no luck posting a recording I made of one of the songs. Hopefully I can figure this out during the break. In math, we continued to work on subtraction. Here is a site for help at home. http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_2_t_1.html?from=category_g_2_t_1.html In grade three science we are studying simple machines, specifically levers. These sites are a lot of fun, especially the mediaval levers one. Medieval Levers Ed Heads Simple Machines Sid the Science Kid Hit the Link for the "Rube Goldberg" activity. This one is a real challenge, but the payoff is worth it. FOSSWEB. Two days to go until March Break. Have a good night.

Book orders are due Friday. Friday is the day to wear green. Tomorrow is a drumming workshop here in grade 3/4. Math - we are reviewing subtraction. Here is a classic site to have fun with. Fix the water slide Have a good night.

Book orders - due Fri. Mar. 11th Fri. Mar. 11th - wear your green. Next week - March Break - whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!! Math - this week we will be reviewing place value, adding and subtracting, and maybe even get into some money. Language - we have started analyzing texts and will focus on the difference between fiction and non-fiction. We have begun thinking about how to write full paragraphs with topic and detail sentences. After the break we will work on reports EQAO - grade three did a little practice EQAO today. Check out "The Wooly Mammoth" from this booklet from last year. The Wooly Mammoth Have a good night.

Notes home - Kids Scoop News for March, Talent Show Registration Form Today in math we returned to the land of adding. Check this site out. http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/bugs/bugrace3.html Today was our March Spirit Assembly. Have a good weekend.

Notes home - March newsletter, Wolfpack Recipe Challenge, and some information on the YMCA March Break day camp Tomorrow (Thurs.) - quiz on 3-D shapes. Please check the posts for the last week or so for many sites for review. Here are a couple of more I found today, the learner.org site is great for discussing faces, vertices, and edges: http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_prisms.html http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PentagonalPrism.html Have a good night.