Friday the 13th!!! Lucky for us it was a great day!  I wrote in the agenda today to get the permission slips signed, but they all came back signed!  Only one day sending them home!  WOW!!!! We learned the importance of teaching a dog to stop when you are training him, how to draw a fish bone, and some great ways to show (instead of tell) that you are happy!  In math today we started to learn to play chess!  In PE we had a special guest teacher!  No one told me what they did, but I bet Mrs. Hache probably made them do push-ups the entire class!  In science we finished with our soil samples chart and in Social Studies we worked on our communities.  We ended the day with music and one of my favorite happy songs!   Have a great weekend, SEE YOU MONDAY!

  Another busy day! The Hot Lunch memo's went home today on the inside of the agenda's.  In math we had a senteo quiz based on our math vocabulary (I put a copy of the vocabulary flash cards on this site today).   Learning Math is sometimes like learning a new language.   We continued to work on our Pattern Rules.  Do you know my pattern rule for this pattern : 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18.....Start with______ and _______ each time. We stayed in for recess and Miss Gallant was kind enough to invite us into her classroom for a playdate!  (My class lacks toys and games, it has most certainly been brought to my attention by the students and will be addressed).   We had our first practice for cross country at lunch followed by an awsome lightning show!   I hope all the students give cross country a try!  It is a great experience for all grade 3's.  In PE we had our Tally Tuesday (even though it is Wednesday).  The students had lots of fun building their communities in social studies!  We are also starting to learn some basic computer skills in the lab.  Hope to see you at meet the teacher tonight at 6:30.

Sorry for the very late post!  I almost forgot!  We had a very busy day today!  We worked on our "Showing NOT telling" writing sentences.  Today we used the "Tell" sentence "she was sad".  How would you show that she was sad in your writing instead of telling the audience?  In our book, Marley, found his new favorite toy!  Do you remember what it was?  In Math we worked on Senteo's and concentrated on using "Pattern Rules".   Maybe you can make a pattern rule.   (START WITH______ AND _______ EACH TIME).  In science we went out and got some soil samples and looked at the scientific method.   We went outside for gym with Mr. Cormier and in music we worked on one of Mr. McCallum's Favorite songs!  Tomorrow is Meet the Teacher!   I hope to see you there.

The first week flew by!  We had our first fire drill this morning, it was the best "exit time" we've had in several years!  Great Job!  We read about a "clearance dog", he sounded perfect!  That is until we met who?  In Math we did our first Senteo quiz of the year!  The students liked them, so we will try and use them every week!  Although I was not impressed with results of the very last question on the quiz!  I made a giant YES!!! and some students still put NO!  We played some tag games in gym and Mr. Muphy talked with us as well.  I think he may be looking for some peer helpers very soon.   In Science we talked about some of the attributes (describing words) we could use with our soil sample (a small piece that shows what the rest is like).  Miss Gallant did some bus safety that we will be finishing up on Monday and unfortunately we ran out of time for music.  Next week will be a full week, that will be full of learning!  Rest up this weekend and I will see you bright and early on Monday!