It's fall time in 3B

In honor of the leaves falling this week we created stained glass fall trees. First the students painted cut up tissue paper on white paper using a combination of water and glue. Then we let it dry overnight.

The next day the students drew the tree trunk and branches on a piece of paper and cut it out.

Finally they glued the trunk onto their stained glass and this is the beautiful result:

Enjoy!

Terry Fox

Yesterday we went on a walk for Terry Fox. Today the kids are helping write the blog post (because Ms. B is too busy to do it alone!). Here are their thoughts on yesterday...

We went down town to walk. T.L.
I won the coloring contest and got a free shirt! J.S.
We had an assembly and watched videos about him. He was really young when he died. We walked around town for him. T.R.
I liked when we walked. J.L.
We helped raise money for cancer. K.G.
We walked around town and we finished his walk for Terry Fox. W.D.
We walked around town and we didn't stop for quite a while! J.W.
We went in a circle. H.M.
We had freezies to raise money for cancer. T.T.
We walked around town and we were helping him because he died and he wanted to help raise money for him. B.C.
He died and he looked like a robot. T.K.
He was a young boy from B.C. and he had leg cancer and he ran halfway around Canada and then he died of cancer. L.T.
He was born in Winnipeg and he almost ran around Canada and he had leg cancer. T.C.
Terry Fox was 22 when he died. CS.
He was a good man and he raised money for kids that had cancer. D.C.

Thanks for reading try and guess what your child wrote...(we used their initials)

Pictures to follow!

3B

Science rules!

This week we began science in 3B. We had a lot of fun exploring soil. We started off by creating a classroom KWL chart. The students talked about things they know about soil, and things they want to learn about soil. At the end of the unit we will revisit the chart and add the things we learned.

Here is a picture of our chart:

We also took a close look at garden soil. Each child had an opportunity to explore soil on their own. We talked about how humans, animals and plants all depend on soil.

 

Today we began talking about what soil is made of. We did an experiment called "Is there air in soil?" The students had to predict whether they thought there was air in soil. Each table got a jar full of soil. We added water to the jar and observed what happened. The water cause air bubbles and the students could see that there is in fact air in soil!

 

Next week we will continue looking at what soil is made of. We will also look at different types of soil!

The scientists in 3B are excited to continue learning about soil!

Increasing patterns!

This week in math we are learning all about increasing patterns. First the students created their own increasing patterns using blocks. Here are some pictures:

 

 

Then we worked on creating pattern rules for our patterns using numbers. Here is an example of an increasing number pattern and pattern rule:

                                26,30,34,38,42    Pattern rule: start at 26. Increase by 4.

Have your child complete this pattern tell you the pattern rule:

                                50,55,60,65,70,_____,_______,_____ Pattern rule:

Next week we will be working on decreasing number patterns!

We all fit together in 3B

This week in 3B we talked about how we are like a community in our classroom who loves, respects and supports one another. We also talked about how we are different but that is what makes it fun! To show our differences we created a classroom puzzle. The only guidelines I gave the students was that they had to make their puzzle pieces different from everyone else's by including drawings of their friends, family and other things they love!


Here is a picture of how the puzzle fit together!

Hello!

We had an awesome week one in 3B! This week we began the Daily 5. Daily 5 is a reading program we will be following all year long. The students also made time capsules that they will open up in June. We are excited to see how much we have grown!

Be sure to check the blog often as I will be posting our learning and things you can do to increase your students learning at home. I will also be posting about upcoming events to keep you updated.

I have enjoyed each and everyone of the students this week, and I know we are going to have a great year!

Ms. Baranowski


If you haven't had the chance to visit the classroom yet I thought I would post a few pictures.