Subway Fun Lunch is Friday, November 18^th

               -last day to order Saturday, November 12^th

An Important Notice Came Home Today!!

In literacy, we wrote a persuasive piece on what our favorite treat is to receive on Halloween and why it should be everyone else's favorite.

We played Ghost Bowling during Physical Education.  Thank-you Mrs. Clark for setting up the gym!

In art this afternoon, we explored the concept of creating a silhouette.  Here are a couple of examples of some student art.  Ask me how our art uses various layers, colors and textures.


Have a fun and safe Halloween!!

Today in math we worked on the following patterning problems.  Ask me the many ways I was able to solve the problems.



We enjoyed the Grade 5/6 learning assembly this morning.  We made many connections to the part about Hero's.  We continue to work on showing respect for ourselves, others and the environment.


Monday is Halloween!!
We are permitted to wear costumes in the afternoon.  Remember - No masks or accessories or violent themes.  Please do not send treats as we have several allergies in our class.

There will be no blog posting on Monday.  Thorncliffe School is undergoing a server upgrade, and we will not have access to internet, etc. on this day.

Many of us completed our storyboard for our science iMovie.  We had the opportunity today to begin creating our presentation.
Here is a link for some additional resources from EcoKids
EcoKids

We also learned some of the components that make a successful persuasive argument.  Ask me about 'Ethos' and how using it in our presentation can be effective

Remember to continue to review for our upcoming spelling / definition test

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We completed making our own patterns in math.  We created increasing or decreasing patterns.  We extended them for 3 terms, and asked a question about our patterns for the rest of class to solve.



We learned how to import pictures, add text screens and record voice overs on iMovie.  We continued to storyboard our ideas in order to make the movie production flow smoother.

We played Doctor Dodgeball in Phys. Ed today

In language arts we began to 'Storyboard' our ideas for ours upcoming PSA.  We were able to decide if we want to complete our PSA individually, in partners or in groups of 3.

This afternoon, we had a fire drill.  The school was able to evacuate today in exactly 1 minute.  Great job today!!

In French, we were looking at articles of clothing.  Ask me how to say pants and dress in French.

Today in science, we were given some Waste in Our World vocabulary words that we need to know.  We will have to spell them correctly,  know their meaning, and give an example of each.
We will be tested on these words Monday!!

Today we visited Epcor Centre for our National Geographic field trip.  Charlie is a wildlife photographer from England.  He shared photos and stories of the many families he lived with along the rainforest in Peru and Brazil.  Charlie shared photos of animals some of us have never heard about, such as otters, vultures and the ocelot.

Please read the following notice from the office:

*Please read the Weekly Update on our Thorncliffe School webpage click on the link below

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b235/

Attention Grade 3 parents.  Thorncliffe School is a participating school in the Alberta Learning Student Learning Assessment (SLA) pilot.  Please visit the link below for more information.

SLA Parent Letter

Our Nat. Geo Live field trip is Monday morning.  All students need to bring a lunch, as the bus will arrive back at the school between 12:15 and 12:30.

We sorted the garbage we collected.  Yesterdays results were as follows:
Plastic - 177 pieces
Paper - 21 pieces
Food - 7 pieces
Trash - 50 pieces  Ask me to show you how we found out the total amount.

Have a great weekend.  See you Monday!!

In language arts today, we worked in groups and researched what nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives are.  We learned the relationships between them.  Ask me how these are related.

We looked awesome for our school photos today.

We rehearsed the following French phrase:  Bonjour et bienvenue je m'appelle _____________, comment ca va?  Ask me to repeat the phrase and give some French responses to How are you?

We continued to explore patterning.  We played with blocks and manipulatives to solve several challenges.  Ask me to define what the core and term of a pattern are.




**REMINDER - Upcoming field trip Monday, October 24 (all students will be eating at school this day as we will arrive back around 12:30)

****Tomorrow is Picture Day ****

A notice came home regarding a community engagement event being held at Corpus Christi School members of the communities of Thorncliffe and Greenview.

We continued to study patterns in math.  We looked at Circular Number patterns.  We drew patterns formed by skip counting by various numbers.  Ask me to skip count to 50 by 3's and 4's.

In science, we began to collect evidence of trash and waste around our school yard.  We will be collecting evidence daily so we can use the results in our public service announcement.

Here is a link to some supplemental Waste in Our World websites and activities.

Field Trip Forms are now due - Thanks to those who can volunteer, your forms will be coming home shortly.

**Reminder that photo day is this Thursday**

Today we explored the program iMovie.  We learned how to make a title slide, import photos and insert transitions into our movie.  We will have the opportunity to use iMovie in science as we will be creating an action plan for our Waste in our World unit.

We are beginning to look at number patterns in math.  We searched for patterns on a 100 chart.  Ask me to show you some of the patterns we found.

In Language Arts, we were introduced to fiction story planners.  These planners aid us with developing characters, setting and plot.  Here is an example of a picture prompt we used for our story.  Ask me what name I gave to the character.

Today in math, we learned how to play the dice game "30"  Ask me to show you how to play.  Some of us also explored many ways we could make 30.  Your challenge this weekend is to see how many ways you can make 30.

In science we watched a video on air pollution.  We discussed some of the ways pollution is made, how we contribute to pollution every day, and some of the alternatives to reduce pollution.

We are excited to write our greater than (>), less than (<) and equal (=) test in math tomorrow afternoon.  We will also be tested on rounding numbers to the nearest 10's, 100's and 1000's.

Tomorrow is our first Fun Lunch of the year!!  Please remember to bring a lunch if you did not order a pizza on-line.

In Art today, we created our compass rose out of magazine pictures.  Here are some examples.

We watched a tutorial on how to use Google Drive.  I am able to access my work saved on my Drive from any device at home.  I should have now memorized my Gmail address and passwords.

In math, we learned how to round numbers to the nearest tens, hundreds and thousands.  Here are some additional worksheets I can choose to complete for additional practice.

In Social, we learned how to describe getting around a map using directional language.  Ask me how to get from school to my house using this directional language.

Reminder that fun lunch happens this Friday!!

Field Trip forms came home today.  We will be attending "I Bought a Rainforest," a presentation through National Geographic Live.  The trip will take place on the morning of October 24.  Volunteers are required for this trip.  If you have security clearance, and are able to attend, please return the bottom section of the form your child brought home.

Most of us have now finished creating Our Story.  We researched how early First Nations communicated through petroglyphs and pictographs.  Here are some examples of the pictographs created using Google Draw.

Today in Math, we used our detective skills on a place value challenge.  We had to use our knowledge of all the concepts we studied in place value to complete various challenges.

In Social, we learned about the Compass Rose and Cardinal Directions.  Ask me where Alberta is in relation to other provinces in Canada.  **Make sure I answer in complete sentences using directional language***

**Reminder that our Fun Lunch is coming up on Oct. 14.  Orders must be placed on-line by Friday, Oct. 7**

Our class will be headed out to learn how to safely walk to our evacuation site on Wednesday morning.  Our evacuation site is Thorncliffe Community Centre.  We will not be crossing Centre Street on this walk.

In science today, we began to study hazardous materials.  We looked at the following symbols.  Please help your child identify some of these hazardous materials found in your home and garage.  I encourage your child to bring a list to class tomorrow.  Please do not let your child search for these on their own.