Everyone is settling into our classroom routines and there is already lots of learning and fun happening in our classroom.
In Literacy, we're working on writing super sentences that not only follow our "A good sentence has..." rules, they are also interesting and full of detail. The students will be starting to decorate their Writer's Notebooks this week, and most children are already finished their Heart mapping activity which will provide each child with individualized writing ideas. Daily reading logs will be coming home soon, and we are exploring our classroom library and everyone will learn how to find "just right" books.
In Math, we are starting with the Number Sense and Numeration strand. Through the use of manipulatives, discussion, lessons, and mini-games, students will be investigating and working with whole numbers up to 1000.
In Science, we will be starting our Forces unit next week and, in Social Studies, Mrs. Field and the class have been researching information about Ontario.
Drama class has been a lot of fun as students have been practising "being in character", and in Health Class we have started our unit on Safety.
PARENT-TEACHER NIGHT!
I hope everyone will be able to make it to our Parent-Teacher night on September 26, in the evening. More details will follow next week. I will be doing short presentations about the curriculum and items such as gifted testing and EQAO, which happen in Grade 3, and sharing some specific expectations for our classroom including homework, agendas, reading, etc.
*IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ME ANYTIME BY EMAIL, PHONE, OR BY WRITING IN YOUR CHILD'S AGENDA. THANK YOU!
jennifer.farley@yrdsb.ca
905-841-6225 (ext. 312)
