SUMMER HOLIDAYS!

Today was our last day of school for the 2016-2017 school year! Have an amazing summer and we will see you back at Royal Oak School September 5, 2017 for the 2017-2018 School Year! 


Summer Reading Ideas:

If you are looking for some activities to do over the summer to enhance and strengthen your child's reading please consider the following from Calgary Reads:

Grade 3 Farewell, BBQ and Scaredy Squirrel Emergency Kits!

Today we said goodbye to the grade three students of Royal Oak School. They will be making new school adventures and learning experience in Middle School. 

REMINDER: Tomorrow is the last day of school until September 5, 2017. 


The year end BBQ was so much fun and thankfully the rain stayed away! 





Today we watched the Scaredy Squirrel Public Service Announcement (preview) about "Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween". He always makes many plans, charts, maps and diagrams in his stories.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uH2ddnfRDQ
Today we completed our emergency plan writing based on Scaredy Squirrel's plan writing. It is always good to be prepared. Ask me about my emergency planning suitcase for summer holidays! 


Math

Today in math we practiced subtraction stacking and checking our subtraction answers by adding to see see if we had a balanced equation.

Pictures, Maya the Bee, more Scaredy Squirrel and Buddies!

Today we went outside and took pictures on our favorite playground equipment. Ask me which part of the playground I had my picture taken on?

Today we watched some of the movie Maya the Bee. The insect characters are hilarious. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1RjCEwxalc

Scaredy Squirrel

Today we read the book Scaredy Squirrel At the Beach. We are so excited next week to learn to draw Scaredy and to begin making some plans of our own (just like Scaredy does!). 

Buddies!

Today we had buddies for the last time of the year! 

We made cards for our Kindergarten buddies and went outside to read. 

Book Report Progress, Scaredy Squirrel and Math Strategies!

Reading

Yesterday and today we read Scaredy Squirrel books. Scaredy Squirrel is scared of everything and makes lots of lists, charts, diagrams and plans in order to help figure out the scary world! We read:

Ask me what Scaredy Squirrel always does when he gets really scared and his plans are not working?!



Math

In math we have continued working on adding to our Strategies booklets in order to always have a way to solve an addition or a subtraction math problem. Some ways we reviewed yesterday and today are:

WORD PROBLEMS
When I see a word problem it helps to have a checklist of things to do to help remember all of the steps:
1. Read the Problem
2. Figure out the important parts I need to solve the problem (am I adding or subtracting? what numbers do I know?
3. Organize my math thinking (charts, tables, pictures)
4. Pick a strategy (number line, hundreds chart, ten frames, stacking, rainbow math, triangle math etc)
5. Write an equation for what I am trying to solve
6. Solve the problem-show all of my math thinking
7. Double check my work (maybe try another strategy to see if I get the same answer)
8. Write a statement or math sentence that answers the word problem

Today we used this checklist and reviewed the open number line as a strategy to solve a subtraction problem. 

PROBLEM:

Mr. Bumbles had 70 candies. He ate 47 of them. How many candies did he have left?

Ask me to show you how I solved this problem using the open number line. Make sure that I follow all the steps for word problems above. 



Charlotte's Web Book Report

We have been working hard on our book reports for Charlotte's Web. Some of us are doing mini-paper bag booklets, some are doing flip-flap folder book reports, some are doing dioramas and some are doing a Google Slide presentation.
We are enjoying being creative in how we show what we know/learned about the characters, setting, problem, main events and feelings we felt from this story.

Math, Grid Drawings and Adventure Stories!

Math

Today we continued working on practising numerous strategies to solve addition and subtraction equations. Ask me which strategy I tried today and which one I found helpful? 

We practiced solving the equation 23+47 using:

1. Tally Marks

2. Ten-Frames

3. Hundreds Charts

Ask me which strategy worked best for me and why I like it? 


The Best Part of Me

Today we finished our "The Best Part of Me" writing. We used grid drawing to replicate our photograph. This is a strategy where you copy/draw what you see in each part of the square to help you draw it step by step. 

Adventure Stories!

Page 4: A new friend/A new place/1st Attempt

1.What does your bug see in the first community it goes to? If your bug went to Calgary first how would it know that it was in Calgary?

2. Your bug meets a friend. Who is the first animal that he meets in the community of Calgary? Describe the animal and what it is doing? They meet and become friends.

3.The Friends decide to go together to try to find what is lost.

They go to a different landmark/place/land in Calgary

Where else does your friend suggest looking and how are you going to get there?

Tomorrow we will travel to a different community with our new friend and try to find what we are missing.

Cleaning the Classroom, Math Strategies, Story Writing and more...

We are busy starting to organize books and clean corners of our room that have not been cleaned in awhile!! As we prepare for the end of the year we are trying to clean up all of our math manipulative's for next year's students. If you are willing and able to come in one morning to run math manipulative's through the dishwasher and sort them out that would be greatly appreciated!

Please email me at imlagrana@cbe.ab.ca if you are willing to help. 


MATH
We have been reviewing and practising multiple math addition and subtraction strategies. There are many to choose from. Ask me which ones I tried today.
 If I am not sure if I have solved an equation accurately I can solve it using a different strategy. 
If I get the same answer I know that I was accurate...if I don't get the same answer I know that I need to double check my work. 


Here are a few that we have been practising:

Adventure Stories using Braidy Story Mapping 

We have started writing a story about our insect and his adventures across Canada. We are using the Braidy model for organizing our story elements of Character, Setting, Kick-Off, Feelings, and STOPPED and made a PLAN!

Ask me about my plan? This is an example of what we had to write about today for OUR insect: 

PAGE 3 of our Adventure Stories...

STOP AND MAKE A PLAN!

-Where will your bug go to find what they lost?

-Go across Canada on an adventure!

-Calgary, Iqaluit and Peggy’s Cove

-what will they pack?

“I have a plan!” said Mr. Bumbles. “I know just what I should do to find my lost stinger!!!” Mr. Bumbles decided that he would travel across Canada to find his stinger! Mr. Bumbles decided he would go to the communities of Calgary, Peggy’s Cove and Iqaluit to find that stinger. He had to pack some nectar in his suitcase,

We have written about our Character, Setting, Kick-Off, Internal Response (feelings) and our Plan so far using this template or story map. 

Ask me about my story plan so far and how the Braidy story mapping helps me to plan my story?


SUMMER READING: CALGARY PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTATION:

Today we had a presentation from the Calgary Public Library about the Summer Reading Program. It is a great program for helping students remember to read over the summer. There are lots of great prizes and your child will be bringing home some information about it in their backpacks today.

Here is a link if you would like more information about the program:

https://calgarylibrary.ca/2017-td-summer-reading-club/