Hello everyone,

Even with 2 snow days and a PD Day to round out the week, our class still managed to get some good quality learning in.

In Math, we shifted our focus to money. Because we lost some math time blocks due to the snow days, our class will jump right into working toward the grade 3 expectation of counting and representing the value of a collection of coins and bills up to $10; and adding and subtracting money amounts to make simulated purchases and change for amounts up to $10.

We have moved onto Media Literacy in Language. The students already seem to be very media literate and realize all the techniques used by advertisers to get someone to buy a product.

Here, the students were experimenting with gravity for our Science unit called Forces and Motion. Most students predicted the book would fall faster than the paper to the ground but they were challenged to come up with the explanation of why the paper moved side to side but the book fell straight down. They also experimented with putting the paper right on the book and dropping them together. Ask your child what happened, but more importantly, get your child to explain why that observation happened. We have many budding scientists in our midst.

Our class moved over 100 marbles once again. This time, the students chose to have a "fun block" which consisted of a dance party and a board game block. A good time was had by all!

A few things to remember......
*Pizza/Subway orders for March to June is available to do on-line on Friday February 1st.