Balloons!

Hello!

I can't believe there is only 7 more days of school left. I am so sad to be done my amazing LTO here at GC Huston. We have already lost 3 students in the past month. Livi transferred to St. Joes, Ayush left early for vacation, and today Ethan also left us for an early vacation also. :( 

For the last 9 days of school I decided to hang 9 balloons. Inside of each balloon there is a piece of paper with a fun activity on it (some are inside, some are outside activities). So far, on Monday we popped the first balloon and we won a morning full of arts and crafts. Today, we popped our second balloon and the piece of paper said, "paper airplane contest". So this afternoon we all made paper airplanes and had a mini competition to see who's could fly the farthest. Jacque won first place, Griffen won second place, and Joseph won third place. We had SO much fun with this. 

I am very excited for our beach field trip tomorrow. I'm really hoping it doesn't rain, but if it does we are going to try for Thursday morning. We WILL get this last field trip in. 

Bye for now!
                                                                                                                                        Mrs. V

Beach Trip

The reason we have decided on taking a trip to the beach is to reward our class for getting all of our marbles into the "fill it up jar". It did take us 2 months, but we did it! Unfortunately today was not a great beach day, so we will go next Wednesday June 18. I apologize for the mistakes on the permission form that was sent home.

I will not be here this Friday or next Friday as I have two family weddings to attend. I trust the kids will all be on their best behaviour for the supply teachers.

 I am so proud of all of our grade 3s and 4s this year, and I had such a blast getting to know them and teaching them all. I will be very sad to say goodbye in 2 weeks.

Bye for now!

Mrs. V

update

Hello Boys and Girls!

Great work completing the EQAO testing! I saw a lot of perserverance and determination, I am very proud of all of you. Thanks grade 4's for behaving well for Mrs. Smith all week. Just a reminder to come out to the fish fry tomorrow, from 5-8 to fundraise for our Grade 8 Graduation, you can pay at the door if you haven't already! Also, for those of you who have signed up for archery, we finally have archery again next Monday June 9th.

(Only 16 more days of school!)

Bye for now,

Mrs. V

What a fantastic night! Thank you all who came out to support our students learning. Just a reminder that next week we will be writing the EQAO test every morning from 9:00-11:10am. Please ensure your child gets a lot of good rest this weekend and all next week, eats a good healthy breakfast every day next week, and please get them to school on time. Thank you so much for your cooperation and support! LETS GO GRADE 3'S!!!

Update!

Hi everyone!

In MATH, we are learning about time. Please review time with your child on clocks you have at home, and discuss elapsed time as well. Click HERE to enter into a fun website to play some games involving telling time.

I sent home a note about our Social Studies research projects. The kids are LOVING these as they get so much choice within this project. We will continue working on these until we present them to various classes next week, and then to YOU guys next Thursday night.

Secret message: Release our Salmon tomorrow!

Social Studies Project

Hello! We had a blast today at the museum, we visited an old pioneer house and school house. We made our own butter, pioneer decoration, and played some fun pioneer games. Do you remember what the families last name was who owned the house we were in?? write the name in your planner for a prize tomorrow!

Below is a copy of our social studies project (grade 3 first, and grade 4 below that). Ask your child which topic they chose and how they wish to present their information. I am so excited to see all of the creativity! On May 20/21 we will present our projects to the grade 2s, and then on the 22nd you are all invited into the classroom at 5:30 to view our projects and to enjoy some snacks.

Research Project – Pioneer Life in Upper Canada

Grade 3

 SUBJECT OPTIONS

1.      Identify the first nation peoples in Upper Canada around 1800, say where they lived and describe their lifestyles.
2.      Describe the major features of an early settlement town.
3.      Describe the different roles of male and female settlers
4.      Compare and contrast daily life for early settler children and children today.

Ways of Showing our Learning
1.      Make a diorama out of plasticine and any other props you bring in (sticks, stones, fabric, mini people)
2.      Draw and label maps
3.      Create a slideshow (power point) on the computer
4.      Make a poster

I will be successful when I …
-         use appropriate vocabulary
-         use various sources to get information and write down where I get my information from (books, internet, etc.)
-         present my information in an organized and neat way
-       complete a written page along with your Diorama, Poster, or Map on your topic 

Research Project – Medieval Times

Grade 4

 SUBJECT OPTIONS

1.      describe aspects of daily life for men, women, and children in medieval societies
2.      describe characteristics of castles and aspects of castle life
3.      describe some of the ways in which religions shaped medieval society (Catholicism, Judaism, Islam)
4.      describe medieval agricultural methods and innovations and explain why the innovations were important

Ways of Showing our Learning
1.      Make a diorama out of plasticine and any other materials you bring in
2.      Draw and label maps
3.      Create a slideshow (power point) on the computer
4.      Make a poster

I will be successful when I …
-         formulate questions to guide my research
-         use appropriate vocabulary
-         compare and contrast my topic, to our society today
-         use various sources to get information and make a Bibliography
-         present my information in an organized and neat way

FRACTIONS

We are moving right along, now finished talking about money and have moved on to FRACTIONS! We did a "give and get" today in class, where children wrote down one thing they knew about fractions (literally, anything they could even relate to the word), and then travel around the classroom and give their answer, and get others. By the end of 5 minutes, we all had about 7-10 new answers on our sheet. This was a good way for me to tell what level our class was at when it came to fractions and to activate any prior knowledge.

Click HERE to enter onto a fun fractions website where students can play some games and learn about fractions. Try playing "Identifying Fractions level 1" first. Have fun!

Secret Message: I miss Mrs. Cosgrove!