Symmetry, BBQ!

On Friday we talked about Symmetry and looked at symmetry in shapes, art and insects!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW0kDNHS6lo

We did a practice drawing of an insect using a line of symmetry and trying to mirror the other side. We then drew a good copy on black paper.

Today we outlined or pencil drawing with white glue.

Tomorrow we will be using chalk pastels to add colour and a background affect to our art.

Tomorrow is the year end BBQ!

Wednesday is the last day of classes. Please remember if your child will not be here on Wednesday June 26th and you would like there report card please send in a large self addressed (and stamped) envelope and we will mail it out to you.

Mission Impossible,Summer Reading Challenge, My Bucket List!!

Mission Impossible

This week we have been practicing Mission Impossible in the gym. Tomorrow we are going to attempt all of the same challenges in the dark. Please remember to bring a flashlight or headlamp if you have one!

Calgary Public Library Visit:

Today we had Shelley from the Calgary Public library come in and explain a FUN ultimate SUMMER reading Challenge!!

More information is coming home in your child's home communication folder. You can sign up by going in to any public library or by visiting 

https://calgarylibrary.ca/ultimate-summer-challenge/

My Summer Bucket List 2019

Today we began brainstorming things that we really want to do this summer

Ask me what some of my ideas are!

Insect Google Slides, Weight and Mass, Grade 3 Letter!

YEAR END BBQ
Reminder: Yesterday forms came home for our Year End ROS BBQ on Tuesday June 25th, 2019. If you are participating it is essential that you place your order by today at your Healthy Hunger Account. If you have any trouble please email: rosfunlunch@gmail.com


Insect Research and Google Slides.    

For the rest of the week we are working on our Google Slides presentation on our insect that we have been researching. 

Next week we will get to present our research to the class. 


Our slide show should have:

-Title page
-Appearance
-Diet
-Habitat
-Life Cycle
-Predators
-Interesting Facts
-Problems facing my insect

We worked on adding images, links and short videos. We learned how to save an image to our desktop when uploading from the web is not working well.

Tomorrow we will be adding transitions, themes and finalizing our text size, font, colour and spelling.

This is the last science work that will be marked for the year. If I have not finished my work during the allocated class time and ketchup time it is highly recommended that I work on the slides at home in order to be done by this Friday June 21st,  2019. They will be marked as incomplete if not finished by then. 



Math

Weight and Mass


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ0gnfPKL6Q

Today we talked about comparing different weights, using scales and drawing and labeling our understanding in our math books:

You can practice balancing scales at this website:
https://www.mathplayground.com/balance_scales.html

Heavier and Lighter

https://www.splashmath.com/measurement-games

Tomorrow we will be talking about weight in the world: How it is used? Why it is important? 

Writing

This week we have been writing letters to our Future Grade 3 teachers! We thought about what we want our new teacher to know about us:
How do we learn best?
What are our favorite learning activities at school?
What do I do for fun?
Anything you want your Grade 3 teacher to know about you?


We also brainstormed some questions we might have for our new teachers.

Ask me what I wanted my teacher to know about me:

IMPORTANT!

Reminder: Tomorrow Friday June 14th is the VOLUNTEER TEA at 9:15 AM

Dear Parents,

Mrs. Lagrana’s and Ms. Boston’s classes will be walking to our local Wetlands this coming Tuesday, June 18 from 9:20 to 10:20am. This trip is weather dependent and will reschedule for Friday June 21 from 9:20-10:20am.

Thank you,

Ms. Boston and Mrs. Lagrana

Hilltop and Field Insect Exploration!

Today we walked to the top of our field and explored the grassy hill and surrounding field for insects! 

We used clipboards and tally marks to make note of our findings:

Ask me what my partner and I found? 

Literacy, Math and ART!

REMINDER: Tomorrow is Sports Day at Royal Oak School. Please show your school pride by wearing your Royal Oak School t-shirt or Royal Blue. Students are asked to come prepared for the weather. Bring your hat, sunscreen, water bottle, proper footwear (no flip flops) and a light jacket. We're looking forward to a great afternoon filled with super fun activities and events!


Narrative Non-Fiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFrm7lxryB8

This week we are exploring the genre of Narrative Nonfiction.

We have been comparing fiction text, nonfiction text and narrative nonfiction text by looking at the author's purpose, synthesizing the main idea and looking for important text features.

MATH

Today we finished a math word problem with multi-steps:

Ask me which strategies I used and how I decided to show my work?

Art 

Last week we started Shape Art. We will finish this art this week.

First we drew as many shapes as we could, overlapping and filling as much of the white space on the paper as we could. We had the choice of using tracers or finding objects in the room to trace or using rulers to draw our own shapes. 

We then used pastel and crayon to fill in or shapes with colours. We had the choice to using a monochromatic colour scheme or using as many colours as we wanted. 

This week we will finish by outlining with a paint marker. If we have white space left in the background we will also be doing a quick paint wash with an opposite colour. The crayon and pastel will resist the paint and the white spaces will be nicely filled in. Using an opposite colour will make our art POP!