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Posted: November 4, 2013

2013_11_04 Monday

A Selfie by Photographer of the Day TriciaHalloween is over, and today we were back into the regular swing of things.  It sure was cold this morning, I hope everyone is wearing a winter hat an mittens, the next time I have outdoor duty I will be wearing skipants! BRRRR!  We started out the day learning about clown fish, and writing about people arguing, and assigning a new job on the job board that everyone seems to want!  Do you remember what it was?  Language Arts was very cool today!  Do you remember what you did?  If not, check out Miss Gallants teacher page post.  She put this weeks spelling words up as well.  Recess today was our first indoor recess.  Most students went to choir, the rest stayed in the classroom and found a quit activity.  In Math we worked on our number lines and skip counting by 5's, 10's, 25's, and 100's.  When we draw a number line on our page, it doesnt have to be perfect, but if we use a "referent"  it helps alot!  What referent do we use when we make a number line?  We did get outside today, but it was still cold, dress warm tomorrow.  In PE we worked on travelling through space safely, and played some games.  After PE we worked on our posters for Rememberence Day.  Some of them are really moving along!  How is yours coming?  We ended the day by taking our time writing in our book of gratitude, and crticing some of the 87 photos that Tricia took today!  I love that she took so many, because I deleted 84 of them.  What did we learn about the flash today?  Get lots of sleep and I will see you tomorrow. 

Posted: November 1, 2013

2013_11_01 Friday

The day after Halloween and we still managed to put in a full and productive day!  We started out by opening an email from Miramichi Rural.  We got to see Miss Reid's class and are excited to learn all their names.  We finished our last 2 Km for the walk a thon first thing this morning.  We are asking to send back the pledge sheets on Monday.  (Blank sheets can be found at http://ianbaillie.nbed.nb.ca/document/pledge-sheet )  We learned how to use our new word wall and writing binders in language arts.  At recess we had Choir.  We are confirmded now for next Friday.  The choir will be performing their songs at The Mount in the afternoon, as will all the grade 3's who will be reciting "Flanders Fields".  I hope you are practicing at home.  In math we continued to work on our number lines, and organized our duotangs from the week.  At lunch the 2/3's who consistantly showed up for soccer (attendance was taken)  had a small pizza party in the gym!  After lunch we had an assembly!  Congratulations to this month's I-Care winner Tricia McNeil!  She deserved it!  Also.......  REPEAT CHAMPIONS!!!  Picture of the day today, 3M wins the Loose Change Award again!   We had a "Lock Down" drill during music today.  Awesome job, everyone remained calm and quiet.  In Art today we talked about "perspective" and painted some poppies.  Whats "perspective"?  We finished out the day with a little song Mr. McCallum played for Miss Gallant, do you remember what it was?  Have a great weekend and dont eat too much junk!   

Posted: October 31, 2013

2013_10_31 Thursday

What an unbelievable day!  We started off by finding out who shaved my beard when I dosed off!  I KNEW IT WAS HER!   We didnt want to miss gym because of the Halloween dance, so we did our 2km first thing this morning.  We did our doodle of the pink panther, which made someone very happy!  Do you remember who?  Just before we went to recess we got a special treat from Miss Reid!  Which Halloween decorated cookie did you get?  There was no choir at recess because the gym was being decorated for the dance.  After recess we had Language Arts.  I think most of the Halloween stories are now complete.  It was a beautiful day outside at lunch and after we ate we got changed for the school Halloween Dance!  Lots of people won prizes!   Did you get a prize?  After the dance we came back and handed out some treats.  We also had a special guest show up and surprise us, or we surprised him rather!  Mr. Savoy was very impressed with the creeper heads we made to match his Minecraft Steve head.  That made our picture of the day today.  Which one is you?  We finished off the day with a little bit of a Pattern Jeopardy challenge.  I was very impressed with how well you knew your pattern vocabulary.  I couldn't trick anyone!  Have fun trick or treating tonight and stay safe! 

Posted: October 30, 2013

2013_10_30 Wednesday

It was a very busy day today.  We learned a little about wolves today to start out our day, and got a nice letter!  Do you remember who it was from?  In Language Arts we put some finishing touches on our Halloween stories.  There was no choir at recess because it was "baby day" in the gym.  In math we worked on our number lines.  At lunch today the last game of organized soccer was played on the field.  Do you remember who won?  At lunch today I must have fallen asleep for a few minutes and disaster struck!  Georgia took a picture to show the damage!  This is not how I wanted to become the picture of the day!  In PE we walked our 2KM.  In Social Studies we worked on our posters.  In computer we talked about how to save an image to our H Drive.  If you save a picture on your H Drive does it matter what computer you use?  Tomorrow the Halloween Dance starts at 12:30.  Please NO face make up, and remember dont wear your costume to school, bring it in a bag and change into it later.  I guess I wont be going as a Duck Dynasty guy now :( 

Posted: October 29, 2013

2013_10_29 Tuesday

We started the day in a little bit of chaos, because of some technical difficulties with the morning announcements, but we bounced back quickly.  We learned to doodle a tree, which was more difficult than it sounds, and we tested out our skype connection.  Do you remember who we spoke with?  Georgia made some healthy halloween treats for the class.  We had them right before we "peeled" off to choir and recess.  Today we have a picture of Mikey, is he eating a healthy snack or Halloween treat?  I guess we'll never know!  In Language Arts we worked on our Halloween stories.  Most people are just about done their drafts, and starting their final copy!  Will yours be ready for Halloween?  At lunch today many of us played soccer.  It was a tie game!  The last game is tomorrow, it should be a good one!   In PE  we walked our 10 laps for the walk-a-thon fundraiser.  Mr. Murphy came in today and talked to us about peer helpers.  He asked an interesting question, "Do you think fire fighters and police men get upset when nothing happens on their shift?"  What do you think?  Why did he ask this?  We finished off the day with Social Studies and began to work on our Remembrance Day posters.  Mr. McCallum said there are lots of rules for making a great poster, but gave everyone his top 5 rules!  Do you remember any of them?  Since he said ther are just suggestions are you going to follow any of them?  Hot Lunch tomorrow and Halloween Dance on Thursday!  Remember NO face make up.  Have a great night.

Posted: October 28, 2013

2013_10_28 Monday

Welcome to our grade 3 report!  We started out the day today rehearsing Flanders Fields with both grade 3 classes.  Rememberance Day is coming up soon!  Today's picture of the day was taken just as we finished practicing our poem.  Jacob was sporting a big smile!  We had a bit of an unusual day today because we had gym in the morning, but we got our 2Km for the Walk-a-thon in!  There was nothing "miserable" about our warm up and we leaned about the Walrus.  Ryan made an interesting connection, do you remember what it was?  Trish brought in a little treat that we gobbled up just before recess.  Choir practiced again today at little recess.  After recess we had math.  We worked on counting forward and backwards using numberlines and hundreds charts.  After lunch we had Language Arts.  Today we worked on our Halloween stories.  After Language Arts we worked on Social Studies.  We are starting a new Social Studies Projects, what is yours on?   Here's a look back at an old morning announcment.  http://ianbaillie.nbed.nb.ca/announcements/morning-announcements-10242012  Why did we watch this?

Posted: October 25, 2013

2013_10_25 Friday

Welcome to our grade 3 end of day report.  Today we started out learning about rattle snakes.  Do you remember anything about them?  We tried to skype with our Miramichi Rural Friends, but Mr. McCallum couldn't get logged onto skype.  We know we already like Miss Reid though!  Why?  (Don't say cause she did her student teaching with Mrs. Hache!)   In math today we worked on organizing our books and didnt really get to chess.  Oh well!  The IBP Choir had practice today in the gym at recess.  Our picture of the day was taken as Georgia was watching Miss Gallant and Mrs Bell waiting to be signalled for a cue to sing.  Do you see anyone else from choir you might recognize?  In language arts today we continued to work on our Halloween stories.  What are you writing yours about?  In PE today we did our walk-a-thon laps with Mrs. Hache.  We had reading buddies with Mrs. Noel's class for the first time (I posted the album on my teacher page).   We finished of the day rehearsing our song and poem for the Remembrance Day Concert that will be coming up.  Miss Gallant said you should know "Flanders Feilds" like you know.... ?    Then we finished up an art project with Miss Gallant.  How is yours looking?  What did you write in your book of gratitude today before you went home?

Posted: October 24, 2013

2013_10_24 Thursday

Welcome to our grade 3 Daily Class Report.  Today we had an interesting discussion about monsters.  Do you remember which monster we were talking about?  In math we worked on ordering and comparing numbers using less than, equal to, and greatest.  Remember the aligator always eats the bigger number!  Some students who are in choir had practice today at little recess.  They tried some of the songs without using their words, I hope you are practicing at home.  In language arts we skipped our book, wrote halloween stories, and worked on setting, characters, and halloween vocabulary.  We continued to do our laps for the walk-a-thon in PE.   We had music today and we are working on Flanders Feilds.  Do you know it off by heart yet?   In Art with Miss Gallant the students made Creeper Heads!  We may have to invite Mr. Savoy back for a photo shoot, do you remember why?  At the end of the day we worked on our book of gratitude, cleaned up the room, and our desks.  Tomorrow we change the chairs at the end of the day, and try our first skype session (I hope).  Todays picture of the day was taken from the hallway looking into the classroom as Gavin was copying work from the smartboard in Math class. There were lots of great pictures taken this week, it is so hard to choose just one, I will post the rest in a gallery at the end of the week.  Have a great night and see you Friday!

Posted: October 23, 2013

2013_10_23 Wednesday

Welcome to our grade 3 Daily Class Report.  Today we started a new book, "Lucky the Rescued Puppy".  Do you remember anything interesting about the characters in the book?  We doodled an ice cream cone today and learned some interesting things about some junk food.  In Language Arts with Miss Gallant we changed our books and wrote a story about the T-Rex.  We decorated our pumkin for the competition today.  In math we organized our folders and started on ordering numbers and "greater than" and "less than".  We had BP for hotlunch today.  I was switching the lenses on the camera at lunch while the students were eating and these three girls couldn't resist a chance to ham it up for the camera!  In PE we walked 2km for the walk-a-thon.   In health we filled out a sheet about 3 things we learned about fire prevention.  In computer we learned to make a folder and save a word file in it.  We cleaned up at the end of the day, made entries in our book of gratitude and went home!  What a good day!

Posted: October 22, 2013

2013_10_22 Tuesday

Welcome to our grade 3 Daily Class Report.  Today started off with learning to draw a horse.  We also learned about a horse rescue.  Do you remember what that is?  We FINISHED the Marley book!  Mr. McCallum's voice kept getting very high and he had to take lots of breaks reading the last few chapters, but it we finally got through it.  Do you remember the "Lucky" ending?  In math we worked out of the text on standard numbers and modeling numbers.   There was choir at recess.  I hope youre practicing at home choir members.  We had Language arts with Miss Gallant and got to get outside for lunch where the grade 2-3 got to play soccer.  We had tally Tuesday today in PE.  Today's picture is Mitchell and Thomas taking their turn tallying laps for their partners.  Mr. Murphy came in for guidance.  Do you remember what he was telling us about?  We had science at the end of the day.  We made paper airplanes and did an experiment to see where they would glide better, the moon or the earth.  We didn't finish the experiment we be had a great talk about "gravity" and "atmosphere".  Tomorrow is Boston Pizza for hot lunch.  Have a great night and see you tomorrow.

Posted: October 21, 2013

2013_10_21 Monday

Welcome to our grade 3 Daily Class Report.  Today we learned how to draw a cupcake, and something BIG happened in our Marley book today.  Do you remember what it was?  In math we worked on standard numbers and modeling them with base ten blocks.  In LA we read Secrets of Nihm, and we learned about the T-Rex.Walk-a-thon today in gym, and everyone must have drank too much water because we had a "Potty Parade" at the end of the day.  In Social Studies we did maps of New Brunswick and we had to find all the cities and the province. Tricia went hunting with her dad and her sisters, but the only thing she got was this cool hat.  Thomas was really tired today because he had a sleep over on the weekend.  Everyone get to bed early and be well rested for tomorrow.

Posted: October 18, 2013

2013_10_18 Friday

Welcome to our grade 3 Daily Class Report.  Today we started off the day learning about how a fox can catch food in the winter time.  There is one thing that makes a huge difference for the fox!  Do you remember what it is?  In Language Arts today we read secrets of Nimh, did our spelling test, and did our read to self.  At recess Georgia made a block of butter that doesnt include butter.  Did you get to see it? In math we worked on modelling numbers using Base 10 blocks and Place Value Charts.  We also got to try playing Chess on the computer.  I placed the link below.  At lunch our cross country runners had a fun meeting!  Hard work pays off in more ways than one.  In PE today it was choice day.  We had a short music class and ran to the library.  In computer we worked on inserting tables in Microsoft Word.  We did our end of day routine and played a quick game!  I should also mention that Ryan really loves the soccer pictures, especially when he kicked the ball!  I hope to get up some pictures this weekend.  Check out Ryans favorite pic!

Posted: October 17, 2013

2013_10_17 Thursday

Welcome to our grade 3 Daily Class Report.  Today we learned to doodle a hermit crab.  Our spelling word was super hard, it was "huddled".  Do you remember how to spell it?  In Math we did a boardwork page and adding with a place value chart.  We had our first Choir practice at recess.  In Language arts with Miss Gallant we read Secrets of Nimh and worked on writing our stories.  We also had a pre spelling test that is in our agenda.  In PE we played witches cats and witches broomstick.  In music we practiced our song "Remember Flanders fields".  In Art class we finished up our pumpkins that we started October 3rd.  Do you know how we know we started the project on Oct 3?  Tomorrow we get to go to computer, check your email!

Posted: October 16, 2013

2013_10_16 Wednesday

There was still lots of excitement in the air this morning from the soccer last night!  I'm so glad everyone had fun.  This morning we learned about how insects make homes, and how we learn from them.  In our book, Marley is up against some big odds.  Do you remember what that means?  In math we did some board work with arrays and reviewed some vocabulary.  We had PE and social studies, but the highlight of the day was most definately a visit from Science East!  We got in groups and were given time to build something with straws!  There were some rules, but I cant remember what they were, do you?  I hope tomorrow is just as much fun!

Posted: October 15, 2013

2013_10_15 Tuesday

A very busy day after the break!  We started off doodling a turkey and learning some facts about turkeys.  Do you remember any of them?  In our book Marley had some trouble with the snow.  In Math we did some boardwork and started on a title page for our folders.  It was tally Tuesday in gym class.  Mr. Murphy came in and worked on our shields.  In social studies we worked on maps and the Atlantic provinces.  In Science we talked about how climate affects soil and used a computer program to write to the smartboard!  Some of our Grade 2's and 3's have a soccer game tonight at Gretna Green!  Good luck boys and girls!

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