Bonjour!
It's hard to believe that we only returned from the winter break two weeks ago, because we have done so much in class since then!
Firstly, let me wish everyone a Happy & Healthy New Year!
I am always excited to teach from January to March because it seems to be the most productive part of our year. The students have matured since their grade 2 selves in the fall, have settled into routines, and are not yet distracted by warm, sunny days.
Before I forget, please check details of an upcoming field trip in the 2 most recent emails.
This is what we are working on in class:
We started the year by learning how to wish each other "Bonne Année" and how to give a good handshake, not too hard and not too soft.
French - We have just completed a unit on "les noms" (common and proper nouns), and have started to work on the concept of singular and plural. I expect to be working on this for the next few weeks.
Last week we also started working with transition words in French such as: d'abord, ensuite, puis, après, enfin, ... Students practiced using transition words by writing and illustrating what they did over their winter break.
Dictée - The theme of this week's words is "skating" so the students learn French words related to our upcoming field trip.
Cursive writing - While this is no longer in our Grade 3 curriculum, I have decided to continue introducing students to cursive writing. We will not spend much time on this but I believe that it is empowering for children to learn new skills. I plan to chip away at the alphabet when we have 10 minutes here & there.
English - Our spelling list last week included words with the sounds "ea, e, ...". We have also started to read a novel together called "The Stone Fox". I have taught this story many times and it is always a favourite with students. Not to give too much away, the story takes place in winter and involves a dog-sled race.
Social Studies - We are starting to learn about the Inuit.
Science - We held a few experiments in class this past week looking at which objects would float or sink, making predictions beforehand. We also tested what would happen to a sugar cube when dropped into water.
Math - Counting by 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 25. We will soon be starting to add larger numbers such as:
235
+749
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P.E. - hockey
Upcoming:
Monday - library checkout
Thursday - dictée, P.E.
Here's this week's audio dictée:
