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Welcome to Grade 3 F.I at Brooklin Village.

LOOKING BACK ON APRIL

In writing, students learned how to write paragraphs to describe an extra-terrestrial that they created uisng adjectives to help create a mental picture. Students presented their work in an oral presentation that incorporated drama. At the end of April, students began an animal research project learning how to fill pull out key information from a text and write the main idea in their own words.

In reading, students learned how to identify main ideas in a text and refer back to them using post-it notes.

In math, students learned about measurement ( in particular perimeter, area, and length) as well as multiplication and division.

In phys.ed, students created a dance in groups of 3-4.

In social studies, students are learning about pioneer life. They learned different roles and responsibilities people had depending on their age and gender.

homework

1.) Devoirs 28 due May 18th

2.) EQAO information in homework packet. Our first day of writing is June 4th.

3.) kleenex and hand sanitizer donations are greatly appreciated!

4.) Pioneer Village permission form went home May 9th. Please sign and return.

5.) Geometry study guide went home May 9th. Evaluations will begin next week.

6.) Brooklin Fair trip form went home May 16th. Please return.

HOMEWORK HELP web-site: http://www.fslhomeworktoolbox.ca/toolbox/toolbox.php

calendar of events

May 3rd - Willy Wonka play at Meadowcrest

May 7th-11th  Butterfly Project:

1 500 000 innocent children perished Holocaust. In an effort to Holocaust Museum Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath currently scheduled for Spring 2014, for all to Our school has chosen to participate in this initiative by creating butterflies to send to the museum. During the week of May 7th – 11th, students are invited to to send to the exhibit by visiting rm 105 during lunch recess on Mon., Tues., or Thurs. In order to cover the cost of shipping the butterflies to Texas, students bring $2 for each butterfly they wish to create different butterfly will be created each day. For information about the butterfly project, please visit http://www.hmh.org/ed_butterfly1.shtml

May 21st - Victoria Day (schools closed)

May 23rd - Pioneer Village field trip

May 28th - Nonquon Field Trip

May 31st- June 5th  EQAO

June 1st - Brooklin Fair

June 28th - Last day of school

language arts

Descriptive Writing

Animal Research Project 

Over the next couple of weeks our class will be working on their final descriptive writing task: ANIMAL RESEARCH PROJECT. Each student has chosen an animal that they will be researching in class. They will present their published piece in a pamphlet using MICROSOFT PUBLISHER.  Below is the success criteria:

Mon dépliant contient un titre.

Je décris mon animal. J'ai écrit un minimum de:

• 4 paragraphes

• 3 à 5 phrases par paragraphe

• 1 sous-titre pour chaque paragraphe

J'ai utilisé les mots-clés de ma liste.

J'ai utilisé des mots descriptifs (des adjectifs).

J'ai vérifié le:

• masculin/féminin de tous les adjectifs.

• singulier/pluriel de tous les adjectifs.

J'ai inclus 3 photos de mon animal.

J'ai vérifié l'orthographe avec le dictionnaire, le cahier bleu et le mur de mots.

Help with nouns: http://soutien67.free.fr/francais/activites/noms/noms.htm#2

help with verbs: http://soutien67.free.fr/francais/activites/conjugaison/conjugaison_01.htm

help with adjectives: http://soutien67.free.fr/francais/activites/adjectifs/adjectifs.htm

math

social studies

useful websites