Ms. Abid's Classroom

  This Week in Grade 3 (Oct 5th - Oct 9th ) ELA Learned how to form topic sentences. Unscrambling words to make two, three, four and five letter words. Math Continued place value and learned how to properly place numbers in a place value chart. Students worked with numbers in the thousands, ten thousands and hundred thousands. Began representing numbers word form . Art: Students have been enjoying working on drawing Halloween art at the end of each day. They will be making a booklet of all their drawings to take home on Halloween! Steam: Students went outside on a community walk and used nature such as fallen leaves, berries, sticks, rocks to create wonderful figures such as hot air balloons, creative spirals etc. Students did an amazing job using natural materials creatively and thinking outside the box to bring their ideas to life! Buddies: Students worked with their Grade 1 buddies to create Thanksgiving art by transforming their turkeys into imaginative characters and objects...

This Week in Grade 3 (Sept 28 th - Oct 2 nd ) We had a meaningful Orange Shirt Day assembly this week. A huge thank you to all of our Grade 3 students for the important roles they took on and for the care and respect they showed throughout the assembly. You all did a wonderful job! A special thank you to our Grade 3 speakers for taking on the important responsibility of sharing their voices with our school community. Your preparation, courage, and effort were truly appreciated. Thank you as well to all of the parents and families who came out to support our students and be part of this important day. ELA Learned how to write a letter, including the structure and features of a letter. Wrote letters to Phyllis Webstad , author of The Orange Shirt Story , reflecting on Orange Shirt Day and what they learned. Math Were introduced to place value and key vocabulary, including digit , place value , and number . Began representing numbers in different forms, including standard form, expanded...