Room 3 2019/20

Here is a fun math game you can play over the holidays.

All students are invited to wear their pajamas, and bring 1 stuffie. Please remember to label EVERYTHING! Thank you.

Such a fun last day for me with the class! We had a fun flashlight party with our new little books, David's Father by Robert Munsch . And most fun of all, the gerbils got to explore their amusement park we built them. Some videos and photos are below! I hope the students had as much fun as I did today. Wishing everyone a wonderful break and  see you in the new year! Love, Ms. McCullough

Tomorrow is the last day with  Ms. McCullough before the break. I am asking for all children to bring in a flashlight  for a little flashlight reading time in the afternoon. Also, today children may have something in their blue folder that they would like to keep a surprise from their family. Please remind your child to put  what's in their folder in a hiding spot. Thank you!

Students in Room 3 will have a Music Sharing Class on Monday, December 16 th  during their music time. Students are welcome to share something music-related like a piano piece, a song or a dance. If your child has something to share, please help them prepare and remember to bring what they need on their performance day. If you have any questions, please e-mail Ms. Nair at  canair@cbe.ab.ca .

Today we looked at different pieces of artwork and answered these questions. First thing you see  What stands out to you  Colours used most Most important part of picture Why is this your favourite picture? I encourage you to have these type of conversations around art in the community and possibly in your own home to help develop critical thinking.

Winter Break Book Return This year we are asking that all student library books be returned to the library by Monday, December 16 th . We are hoping that having all the books come back before the break, will help to assure there are less books that get lost. The library will still be open Mon – Wed next week for students to come and enjoy some reading time, but there will not be any book exchange.  Our library day is this Friday, December 13th, if you can please ensure your child brings their library books back. Thank you for your support with this!

Our Building Progress of the Gerbil Amusement Park. Thank you so much for our amazing volunteers  who come in and help us with gluing,  cutting and so  Ms. McCullough can work with groups! We are so appreciative! It has also been a wonderful time to see students  helping each other, giving each other ideas, sharing materials and giving compliments to one another on their projects!

Thank you to one of our friends who brought  in a lovely book, "The Invisible String". It is a beautiful book about how we are all connected to  the people we love no matter how far away they are. Many of our friends had family and loved  one living all across the world that their hearts were connected to and even some in heaven or who had passed away. Here are some of our drawing showing our invisible string.

Parents, Coming home tonight is an assessment with both a student and teacher assessment in areas of  our health learning. Please sign and return. Also coming home is our Remembrance Day peace writing. This is yours to keep! Thank you!

Tomorrow is TOQUE day.  Everyone is invited to wear their toque at school all day! Please ensure that you are checking the blue folders and sending them back to school.  We still have some outstanding gym, art and social studies rubrics that need to be reviewed and returned.  Please do so ASAP.  Thank you Both the Co-op gift cards and the spirit wear orders will be handed out on Thursday. Bring Them Closer seminar  with  Connie Jakab on Thursday, December 5 from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Simon Fraser.   Friday Dec 6 is a PD DAY!!

In math today, we even did some building of 3D shapes! Let your child tell you about some 3D shapes names and  their faces, edges and vertices! Our next step will be to start looking for 3D shapes in the world around us!

Here are some the parts of our gerbil amusement park! We have been working, not only on building, but on  working together as a group! Please see the email requesting a few more materials  and a quite large box to house our amusement park and to let  our gerbils explore in. Also requested a volunteer on Monday, December 9 and/or Tuesday, December 10th from 2:50-3:50. Must have a valid police clearance with the school. Thank you for all your support in providing materials!!!

"Reach for your own words.  Tell the world who you are and how you will make it better!" -Peter Hamilton Reynolds Today, we read the book "The Word Collector". This is a beautiful book about a boy who collects  words - words that sound neat, words that are meaningful, words he loves to hear, action words and many other kinds. He then spreads his words from the top of  a high hill for all the children to collect and enjoy. We shared our favourite words too. Some words students came up with were  peace, thank you, fantastic, dad, powerful, jelly molasses, super and many, many more. Students shared words from their home language and the meanings in English.  It was lovely to hear  other languages and to learn about how many  languages are spoken in our classroom. If your child speaks another language at home, you may want to help them write on a post it or small piece of paper a favourite word from their language and we