Word of the day: resume
Congratulations to Severin for winning Spelling Immunity this morning! Well done!
Reminders:
1. Spelling homework is due Thursday.
2. Skating notes need to be signed and returned ASAP.
3. Practise the 9 and 2 times tables.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
January 15, 2010
Word of the day: cease
Reminders:
1. Please return the ski forms and payment ASAP. Thanks.
2. Practise the 9 and 2 times tables.
It became apparent, when we were cross-country skiing, that several people in the class cannot tie their own shoes. Parents, please check to see if your child is able to tie shoelaces; if they can't, it would be a good idea to spend some time showing them how to do this. Thanks!
Have a great weekend!
Reminders:
1. Please return the ski forms and payment ASAP. Thanks.
2. Practise the 9 and 2 times tables.
It became apparent, when we were cross-country skiing, that several people in the class cannot tie their own shoes. Parents, please check to see if your child is able to tie shoelaces; if they can't, it would be a good idea to spend some time showing them how to do this. Thanks!
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
January 14, 2010
Word of the day: dumb
Reminders for tomorrow:
1. Spelling test.
2. Ski forms and cheques are due.
3. Library book exchange.
4. "Book and Tell" is the Show and Tell theme.
5. Practise the 9 and 2 times tables. (There are links to math games on the left hand side of this blog. Lots of them will have multiplication skills.)
Reminders for tomorrow:
1. Spelling test.
2. Ski forms and cheques are due.
3. Library book exchange.
4. "Book and Tell" is the Show and Tell theme.
5. Practise the 9 and 2 times tables. (There are links to math games on the left hand side of this blog. Lots of them will have multiplication skills.)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
January 13, 2010
Word of the day: personification
Reminders:
1. Spelling homework is due tomorrow.
2. There will be a cookie sale tomorrow.
3. This Friday, the theme for Show and Tell will be "Book and Tell".
It would be a good idea to start daily drill on multiplication facts. We've been working on the 9 and 2 times tables. Parents, you can ask your child to supply the answers to times table questions as you drive them to school, when you serve dessert, every time they brush their teeth - have fun with it! In addition to "regular questions" like 9 x 3, please ask some questions like 9 x what=36, or 45 divided by 9 equals what.
Reminders:
1. Spelling homework is due tomorrow.
2. There will be a cookie sale tomorrow.
3. This Friday, the theme for Show and Tell will be "Book and Tell".
It would be a good idea to start daily drill on multiplication facts. We've been working on the 9 and 2 times tables. Parents, you can ask your child to supply the answers to times table questions as you drive them to school, when you serve dessert, every time they brush their teeth - have fun with it! In addition to "regular questions" like 9 x 3, please ask some questions like 9 x what=36, or 45 divided by 9 equals what.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
January 12, 2010
Word of the day: subtle
Reminders:
1. Thanks to the people who've returned their ski forms and fees. If you haven't returned the forms, please do so ASAP. Thanks.
2. There will be a science quiz on Friday.
3. Students, show your parents the finger calculator we learned about today. Remember it only works for the 9 times table.
We were discussing what would happen if an earthworm were to be chopped in two - some students remarked that they'd heard two earthworms would grow from the 2 pieces. Go to
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/earthworm.html
to see if 2 earthworms WILL grow from one poor little chopped-in-half one. The answer is somewhere on that page!
Reminders:
1. Thanks to the people who've returned their ski forms and fees. If you haven't returned the forms, please do so ASAP. Thanks.
2. There will be a science quiz on Friday.
3. Students, show your parents the finger calculator we learned about today. Remember it only works for the 9 times table.
We were discussing what would happen if an earthworm were to be chopped in two - some students remarked that they'd heard two earthworms would grow from the 2 pieces. Go to
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/earthworm.html
to see if 2 earthworms WILL grow from one poor little chopped-in-half one. The answer is somewhere on that page!
Monday, January 11, 2010
January 11, 2010
Word of the day: contagious
Congratulations to Jessa, Severin, Megan, Breanna, and Braeden for winning Immunity from this week's spelling - well done!
Reminders:
1. Spelling (unless you have immunity!) homework due Thursday.
2. The third graders will be going downhill skiing in March. Students are bringing home information on the ski program today. Please complete the forms, sign them, and return them with the ski fee if your child has permission to attend the ski lessons.
We began learning about multiplication today. We discussed how the "x" sign can mean "groups of", so that 3 x 4 would mean "three groups of four". We also related
3 x 4 to 4 x 3 and talked about how multiplication is the reverse of division. As well, the 9 times table was introduced. Students, see if you can remember what was so cool about the answers to the 9 times table.
Congratulations to Jessa, Severin, Megan, Breanna, and Braeden for winning Immunity from this week's spelling - well done!
Reminders:
1. Spelling (unless you have immunity!) homework due Thursday.
2. The third graders will be going downhill skiing in March. Students are bringing home information on the ski program today. Please complete the forms, sign them, and return them with the ski fee if your child has permission to attend the ski lessons.
We began learning about multiplication today. We discussed how the "x" sign can mean "groups of", so that 3 x 4 would mean "three groups of four". We also related
3 x 4 to 4 x 3 and talked about how multiplication is the reverse of division. As well, the 9 times table was introduced. Students, see if you can remember what was so cool about the answers to the 9 times table.
Friday, January 8, 2010
January 8, 2010
Word of the day: concur
Congratulations to Jessa, Abhigya, Severin, Megan, Adrian, Sally, Breanna and Braeden for perfect completion of this week's spelling test! Great stuff!
Students, ask your parents what is unusual about the phrase "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama." You can explain what a palindrome is and see if you can come up with any others.
The whole class is doing very well on the cross country ski frontier. Everyone did two big laps at the ball diamonds, everyone went down the hill more than once, and we tried some new ways to turn today. Hopefully we can hang onto our snow now!
Enjoy the weekend!
Congratulations to Jessa, Abhigya, Severin, Megan, Adrian, Sally, Breanna and Braeden for perfect completion of this week's spelling test! Great stuff!
Students, ask your parents what is unusual about the phrase "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama." You can explain what a palindrome is and see if you can come up with any others.
The whole class is doing very well on the cross country ski frontier. Everyone did two big laps at the ball diamonds, everyone went down the hill more than once, and we tried some new ways to turn today. Hopefully we can hang onto our snow now!
Enjoy the weekend!
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