Passion for Glass Residency
Teachers and students want to to give a big thank you to our Andrew Sibbald Parent Association for providing the opportunity to have this week's Passion for Glass residency. Our grade 3 students loved the experience and are so excited to see their glass art when it comes out of the kiln. We also would like to thank our parent volunteers for coming in to help us.
Writing
Students have been doing a fantastic job finishing their narrative stories inspired by a video clip they were shown last week. Students completed their stories and used their personal rubrics to assess their own work and check and see if they included all the descriptors needed in writing a beginning, middle and ending of a narrative story. After they were finished, they were excited to watch the rest of the ‘Dustin’ video clip and see the original ending of the story. Afterwards they compared similarities and differences to their own stories.
After finishing their stories, we decided to take a pause from Narrative Writing and spent some time examining and writing poetry. We read some of the novel entitled: “Love That Dog” about a boy who doesn’t think he can write poetry.
After being introduced to the poem entitled: The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams, students discovered Free Verse Poetry. When writing free verse poems, you are free to write whatever you like. We learned that no rhymes, punctuation or capitalization are necessary, and you are free to express your thoughts in any way you choose.
English Language Arts & Literature Outcome:
Students investigate writing and research processes that support informed written expression.
Student Learning Intentions:
I can use organizational processes, methods, or tools to support the creation of written texts.
I can include a variety of carefully selected words and sensory detail to add interest and keep audiences engaged.
I can include dialogue to add variety to texts
I can investigate words or phrases used in a non-literal way to create a desired effect (figurative language)
Science
Students investigated the strength or magnitude of a force by doing a little experiment with a rubber band. In conclusion, students were able to describe a force by using words such as:
Stronger
Weaker
Larger
Smaller
Students also completed an experiment in which they chose classroom items to press, push, squeeze etc.into plasticine. Students then examined the effect on the plasticine. They used other vocabulary words to describe the direction of a force onto an object:
From the left
From the right
Upward
Downward
In all directions
Example: Sam pushed the box from the left side.
Science Outcome
Students investigate and explain how forces affect the movement of objects.
Student Learning Objectives:
Math
This week students worked in groups of 3 using their stand up white boards to solve a variety of multiplication and division questions by creating equal groups. We also listened to a story called, “The Doorbell Rang” by Pat Hutchins. Students were asked to pay close attention to the doorbell. Every time the doorbell rings, new guests come to the house and they have to equally share the cookies with them. Students were asked to pay attention to the number of cookies each person gets and how it changes when the cookies need to be shared by more people.
Mathematics Learning Outcome:
Students analyze and apply strategies for multiplication and division within 100.
Student Learning Objectives:
Stronger
Weaker
Larger
Smaller
Students also completed an experiment in which they chose classroom items to press, push, squeeze etc.into plasticine. Students then examined the effect on the plasticine. They used other vocabulary words to describe the direction of a force onto an object:
From the left
From the right
Upward
Downward
In all directions
Example: Sam pushed the box from the left side.
Science Outcome
Students investigate and explain how forces affect the movement of objects.
Student Learning Objectives:
- I can describe forces using vocabulary representing both strength and direction.
- I can predict how the movement of an object will be affected by different strengths and directions of force.
- I can conduct investigations regarding the effects of forces on the movement of objects.
- I can describe the effects on objects when a contact force is applied.
Math
This week students worked in groups of 3 using their stand up white boards to solve a variety of multiplication and division questions by creating equal groups. We also listened to a story called, “The Doorbell Rang” by Pat Hutchins. Students were asked to pay close attention to the doorbell. Every time the doorbell rings, new guests come to the house and they have to equally share the cookies with them. Students were asked to pay attention to the number of cookies each person gets and how it changes when the cookies need to be shared by more people.
Mathematics Learning Outcome:
Students analyze and apply strategies for multiplication and division within 100.
Student Learning Objectives:
- I can recognize interpretations of multiplication and division in various contexts.
- I can compose a product using equal groups of objects.
- I can relate multiplication to repeated addition.
- I can relate multiplication to skip counting.
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