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June 21-25, 2021
Important Dates:
June 21st- End of Year Celebrations
June 22- 3C/4A Talent Show
June 28th- Last day of School
Hi families,
Can you believe this is the last full week of the school year?! I am looking forward to a fun week with the class by starting it off with our end of the year celebration tomorrow! We will be watching a movie, have an artist teach us how to paint using watercolors, followed by pizza and snacks throughout the day! Please have your child bring in a water bottle, as it will be another hot day.
I have received most of the money for our End of Year Celebration for tomorrow! If you have not yet sent in the $10.00 please do so as soon as possible. You can e-transfer or send in cash.
We are going to have a Talent Show on Tuesday with our cohort buddies 4A. I told the students if they would like to record something they are not able to perform at school such as, gymnastics, riding lessons, basketball etc. you can email it to me (ssellar@edu.pe.ca) or take it in on a scan disc and I can put it on the projector for everyone to watch. Please keep it under 2 minutes if you chose to make a video. I will bring in my keyboard for anyone who wishes to play a song on the piano. But, if you choose not to participate that is okay too, because being part of the audience is also a very important role to putting on a show! I can’t wait to see all the talent in 3C!
Last week we finished our health program on personal safety and the class did so well on this unit.
As you noticed I started sending home some of your child’s belongings last week. I plan to send home more throughout this week.
I have mixed feelings as we enter this last week of school. I am so glad we got to be in school all year and looking back I am so thankful for all of your support with the online homework and flexibility you had with a school year like no other. It has been an absolute joy each day being your child’s teacher and having the privilege to watch them learn and grow. I am going to miss them so much, but I know they are ready for summer break! Anyway, to end the year we are going to have a wonderful last FULL week together in 3C!!!!
Enjoy the week!
Shanda
June 14th-18th, 2021
Important Dates:
June 21st- End of Year Celebrations
June 28th- Last day of School
Hi families,
We have been counting down the days left of school each morning in our Number of the Day morning math activity and this week we will be down to single digits!!! Where did the school year go?! The energy has been high in 3C with the warmer weather and summer break approaching, but I keep reminding everyone that in order for us to have some fun activities to end the year I still need everyone to follow our classroom expectations!
On Friday we had our math assessment and I am so pleased with how well 3C worked on doing their absolute best! We celebrated with an ice cream treat!
I sent home a letter last week about or healthy program on personal safety and explaining what I will be teaching your child. If you have any questions please send me an email to discuss.
As a friendly reminder, next Monday will be our End of Year Celebration! Please send in or e-transfer $10.00 for our end of the year celebration if you have not yet done so.
This week we will be finishing up reading ‘Because of Winn Dixie’ and wrapping up our character studies unit. In writing we will review the different types of writing we have completed this year and have some free choice at writing time! We also will be working on some art and completing our health unit on personally safety!
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
June 7th-11th, 2021
Important Dates:
June 11th- Grade 3 Math Evaluation
June 21st- End of Year Celebrations
June 28th- Last day of School
Hi families,
Now that it is June you can tell summer is here to stay with the gorgeous warm weather! It looks like it will be a hot week so please make sure your child has a water bottle to keep them hydrated, as it can get quite warm inside our classroom. A friendly reminder to please send in or e-transfer $10.00 for our end of the year celebration on Monday, June 21st. As I said last week, we will be ordering pizza and I will have lots of drinks and snacks for the students that day but if your child does not like pizza please send in a lunch for them. I will be out this Thursday and have Mr. Jones filling in for me. If there happens to be a change in your child’s schedule that day please call the office to notify them.
On Friday, June 11th it we will be our math evaluation day. I know that 3C will do fantastic, but to help your child be prepared I do ask that they try to get a good night’s sleep Thursday evening and arrive on time Friday morning. I will be proving a little treat to celebrate after all their hard work!
Last week we wrapped up our poetry unit and will be sharing our poems this week. We will continue to read ‘Because of Winn Dixie’ and use this book to guide us through our character studies unit. In math we will be reviewing outcomes we have worked on this year.
Have a great week!
Shanda
May 31st-June 4th, 2021
Important Dates:
May 31st- Last day to pay for 2021-2022 School Supply Fee
June 21st- End of Year Celebrations
June 28th- Last day of School
Hi families,
I can’t believe that we are now going into June and this is the last month of school! Plans are in place for the end of year celebration on June 21st. Please send in or e-transfer $10.00. We will be ordering pizza and I will have lots of drinks and snacks for the students that day. If your child does not like pizza please send in a lunch for them. As for homework, I know the days are getting longer and summer sports have started up. I encourage reading each evening and when possible to practice basic math facts to 18 or go on IXL.
This week we will continue to learn about poetry, character studies, and measurement in math. We have been spending time reviewing many of the previous outcomes in math and will continue to work on previous outcomes until the end of the year. I will not be sending out any more word lists for a spelling test on Friday, but we will continue to work on our 103 no mistake spelling words.
Also, with the warm weather and gym being outside most days I would like to remind you to please send a water bottle to school each day with your child.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
Notes from the office
Enrollment for Next Year
We are starting to plan for the 2021-2022 school year. We are in the process of determining our class structure (number of classes at each grade level) for the next school year. As a result, it is important that we have accurate information. If you know for sure that your child will not be attending our school next year, please email mtmaclean@edu.pe.ca with your child's name and the school they will be attending (if on PEI) or if they will be attending a school out of province.
School Supply Fee 2021-2022 is Due
We are collecting a $45 School Supply Fee for ALL 2021-2022 students.
This fee covers all the school supply needs for the school year. We ask parents to make payment no later than May 31st. All Homeroom Teachers in Grades K-6 are purchasing supplies for the next school year during June, July and August. Anyone who does not have the supply fee paid by May 31st will be provided with a school supply list to purchase their own school supplies.
There are 3 payment options available:
May 25-28th, 2021
Important Dates:
May 31st- Last day to pay for 2021-2022 School Supply Fee
June 21st- End of Year Celebration
June 28th- Last day of School
Hi families,
The long weekend started out with horrible weather but luckily we got a beautiful Victoria Day! It’s hard to believe this is the last week of May…where did the school year go? I will be out on Friday this week and Mrs. Scantlebury will be in for me. If there is a change to your child’s schedule on Friday please notify the office. Also, we will be having an end of the year celebration on Monday, June 21st. There will be more information to follow and the cost per child but I wanted to let you know we will be ordering pizza for the students that day. If you happened to already order food for that day you may wish to cancel your order.
In Writing Workshop we have been learning all about seeing with poets’ eyes and how we are able to look at something differently. We will be focusing our lessons this week on topics that fill our hearts and think of a small moment that goes with our topic..
In Reading Workshop, we will continue to with character studies and our read aloud, ‘Because of Winn- Dixie.’ Students have been learning all about our new friend Opal, in our read aloud, and how she continues to show her character trait of being ‘Big Hearted.’ We will continue to discuss character development with a focus on prediction and how characters go up and down within a story like a mountain.
In Math we will continue working on measurement and review previous outcomes taught.
In word work we will be working on plural endings s and es.
Word list: dishes, eyes, inches, stitches, boxes, bushes, places, pages, wishes, classes, glasses, riches, dresses, girls, taxes, houses, bosses, coaches, flashes, speeches, months, badges, pieces, plants, lunches.
Notes from the office
Enrollment for Next Year
We are starting to plan for the 2021-2022 school year. We are in the process of determining our class structure (number of classes at each grade level) for the next school year. As a result, it is important that we have accurate information. If you know for sure that your child will not be attending our school next year, please email mtmaclean@edu.pe.ca with your child's name and the school they will be attending (if on PEI) or if they will be attending a school out of province.
School Supply Fee 2021-2022 is Due
We are collecting a $45 School Supply Fee for ALL 2021-2022 students.
This fee covers all the school supply needs for the school year. We ask parents to make payment no later than May 31st. All Homeroom Teachers in Grades K-6 are purchasing supplies for the next school year during June, July and August. Anyone who does not have the supply fee paid by May 31st will be provided with a school supply list to purchase their own school supplies.
There are 3 payment options available:
1. Etransfer to: westroyaltyelem@gmail.com Please indicate students name and class with etransfer
2. Pay online on the Hotlunch.net Website: click on “Student Fee” link under the “HOME” tab on the Welcome Page.
3. Send CASH only payment into your child’s homeroom teacher.
Win with West Royalty!
West Royalty School is growing! As you probably know, our school is expanding and construction is already underway. As a way of contributing to this project, the West Royalty Home and School committee has launched an initiative for parents, neighbors, staff, and friends to help buy playground equipment that will be needed as a result of the expansion.
With the help of amazing volunteers, the committee will be having online raffles with the first draw of a $500 gift card of your choice on May 29th. You can get tickets by joining our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Winwithwestroyalty and/or sending an e-transfer to wrhomeandschool@gmail.com
We need your help getting the word out, sharing on social media, and participating!
Tickets are 1 for $5 or 5 for $20. Spots are limited. Get your tickets before they are sold out!
(For full details and rules please see the About section on the Facebook page)
Homework
Read- Read for 15 minutes each night.
Math- Go on IXL each night for 10 minutes.
Practice the words listed below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word list: dishes, eyes, inches, stitches, boxes, bushes, places, pages, wishes, classes, glasses, riches, dresses, girls, taxes, houses, bosses, coaches, flashes, speeches, months, badges, pieces, plants, lunches.
Have a great week!
Shanda
May 17-21, 2021
Important Dates:
May 17th- Field Trip (8:55-11:45 am at Allisary Marsh Wetland)
May 24th- Victoria Day (No School)
May 31st- Last day to pay for 2021-2022 School Supply Fee
Hi families,
It was such a gorgeous weekend! I hope you were able to enjoy the warm weather and sunshine! Tomorrow we will be heading out on a field trip to Allisary Marsh in Mount Stewart. We will be leaving the school by bus at 8:55am and returning at 11:45am. Students will have their snack prior to leaving the school and will be back in time for lunch. Students are asked to dress appropriately with rain boots and layered clothing as it will be cooler by the water and the bugs will be out.
In Writing Workshop we are starting our poetry unit this week. We will be focusing our lessons on seeing through a poets’ eyes, breaking up lines and how to put our big ideas/feelings into a small moment or image that may hold these feelings at large.
In Reading Workshop, we started the character studies unit and have been reading ‘Because of Winn- Dixie.’ Students have been learning all about how a new character in a book is like making a new friend. We will continue to discuss character develop by taking note of what they do over and over again. We will dig deeper into why a character may act in a certain manner.
In Math we started using rulers to measure objects in the classroom using cm. This week we will continue to explore measurement using both cm and m as our standard unit of measurement.
Last week in word work we introduced contractions. We are going to continue to work on contractions this week to further our understanding. There will be no spelling test this week.
Homework:
Read- Read for 15 minutes each night.
Math- Go on IXL each night for 10 minutes.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
May 10-14, 2021
Important Dates:
May 17th- Field Trip- Wetland
May 24th- Victoria Day (No School)
Hi Families,
I hope you are having a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend! The students of 3C worked very hard on their cards, flowers and persuasive writing piece to celebrate the wonderful mothers they have in their lives!
Last week, we celebrated finishing our persuasive speeches by sharing them with the class! We have now finished our persuasive writing unit and we will be starting a new unit on poetry! As well, we are starting another new unit in Reader’s Workshop on Character Studies. We will be reading the book ‘Because of Winn-Dixie’ as our mentor text for this unit, which I know the students will love!!!!
In math we have been working on perimeter and introduced centimeters (cm) and meters (m) as our two units of measurement. We will continue working on measurement this week.
This week in word work we will be looking at contractions for not/is/have/will
Word list: couldn’t, who’s, could’ve, they’ll, wouldn’t, there’s would’ve, that’ll aren’t, here’s, should’ve, this’ll, weren’t, where’s, might’ve, she’ll, doesn’t, he’ll, hasn’t, you’ll, don’t, what’s, who’ll
Field Trip
Our cohort buddies 4A and they have invited us to attend an educational wetland field trip through Ducks Unlimited. This will take place on Monday, May 17th. We will be travelling by bus to a local wetland at Allisary Marsh in Mount Stewart to learn about wetland ecology and conservation. A permission slip and more information will be provided this week.
*It is important that your child is dressed properly with layers, rubber boots and rainwear if necessary. Students will be around the water so proper footgear will be a must.
School Supply Fee
Reminder that school supply fees for the 2021-2022 school year are being collected now. The fee is $45 and can be sent to the school or paid online.
Homework
-Read for 15 minutes a night. Ask your child about the main character in their book. How would you describe your character and give evidence from the book the back up your answer.
-IXL- 10 minutes each night.
-Spelling Words- Practice your list words for our spelling test on Friday.
Word list: couldn’t, who’s, could’ve, they’ll, wouldn’t, there’s would’ve, that’ll, aren’t, here’s, should’ve, this’ll, weren’t, where’s, might’ve, she’ll, doesn’t, he’ll, hasn’t, you’ll, don’t, what’s, who’ll
Have a great week!
Shanda
May 3-6, 2021
Important Dates
May 3rd- Coupon Booklets Go Home
May 7th- Professional Learning Day (No School)
May 24th- Victoria Day (No School)
Hi Families,
We are finally into our first week of May!! This week is a four day school week since we have a professional development day on Friday.
Last week, the kids finished typing up their persuasive speeches and we hope to share them this week. The students will be starting another special writing activity this week!
In math we started perimeter. The students have been creating shapes and finding the outside measurement around the object. This week we will introduce centimeters (cm) and meters (m) as the two units of measurement we focus on in grade 3. It is important for your child to continue to work on their basic math facts to 18 both addition and subtraction.
In word work this week we will be looking at r-influenced o words that have or/ore/oar/ w+or.
Word list: form, more, board, work, four, fork, store, roar, word, floor, horn, shore, oar, world, door, north, tore, soar, worm, corn, wore, storm, sore.
Fidget Tools
I have spoken to the student on the proper use of fidget tools and how they are to be used in the classroom, but unfortunately they are becoming an issue. Please only allow your child to bring one fidget tool to school and only if it is needed. I have noticed students taking them out to play with for recess and trading them which is not allowed! Fidget tools have a purpose, but when they are being used as a toy and distracting others they do not serve their purpose. Thank you for your understanding!
School Supply Fee
Just a reminder that school supply fees for the 2021-2022 school year are being collected now. The fee is $45 and can be sent to the school or paid online.
Homework
-Read for 15 minutes a night.
-IXL- 10 minutes each night.
-Spelling Words- Study your list words for our spelling test on Thursday.
Word list: form, more, board, work, four, fork, store, roar, word, floor, horn, shore, oar, world, door, north, tore, soar, worm, corn, wore, storm, sore.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
April 26-30th, 2021
Important Dates:
May 7th- Professional Learning Day (No School)
May 24th- Victoria Day (No School)
May 31st- School supply Fee Due for 2021/2022 School Year
Hi Families,
I hope you had a great weekend. It turned out to be a beautiful, sunny weekend after our Friday snowfall. Hopefully we are done with the cold weather and Summer is near! I can’t believe this is the last week of April…where is the time going?
We had a great reward day on Friday with our electronics! The class worked so hard to earn their smiley faces and had a great afternoon playing on some electronics! We will continue to earn our smiley faces for our next reward day!
The students of 3C have been working so hard in Writing Workshop on their persuasive writing project. This week we will continue with our project and begin drafting our final piece on the chromebooks.
In Reader’s Workshop we will continue reading persuasive texts and look at what techniques the author used to persuade their reader. Some techniques we will be looking for will be, word choice, talking to the audience directly, showing only one side to convince their audience, etc.
In math we will finish up our unit on fractions and start our new outcome- PR3: Solve one-step addition and subtraction equations involving symbols representing an unknown number. Student will learn that the equal’s sign shows a balance on each side of the equation and learn how to solve with unknown parts.
In word work we will be working on the ur, ure, and ur-e sounds. The word list is below.
Word List: turn, sure, curve, pure, burn, hurt, curl, church, were, nurse, cure, purse, hurl, burst, churn, curse, surf, purr, curb, blurt, lure, urge.
School Supply Fee
We are collecting a $45 School Supply Fee for ALL 2021-2022 students. This fee covers all the school supply needs for the school year. We ask parents to make payment no later than May 31st.
All Homeroom Teachers in Grades K-6 are purchasing supplies for the next school year during June, July and August. Anyone who does not have the supply fee paid by May 31st will be rovided with a school supply list to purchase their own school supplies.
There are 3 payment options available:
1. Etransfer to: westroyaltyelem@gmail.com Please indicate students name and class with etransfer
2. Pay online on the Hotlunch.net Website: click on “Student Fee” link under the “HOME” tab on the Welcome Page.
3. Send CASH only payment into your child’s homeroom teacher.
Homework:
Read- Reading for 15-20 minutes each night.
Math- Go on IXL or Xtramath for 10 minutes each night.
Word Work- Practice the word list below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word List: turn, sure, curve, pure, burn, hurt, curl, church, were, nurse, cure, purse, hurl, burst, churn, curse, surf, purr, curb, blurt, lure, urge.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
April 19-23, 2021
Important Dates:
April 19th- Battery Blitz ends
April 20th & 21st- Saver Coupon Booklet Orders are Due
May 7th- Professional Learning Day (No School)
May 24th- Victoria Day (No School)
May 31st- School supply Fee Due for 2021/2022 School Year
Hi Families,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Thank you for sending in used batteries for our Battery Blitz project! Also, the coupon booklet orders are due this Tuesday and Wednesday.
In Writing Workshop we will continue working on our persuasive writing project. The students have been working on organizing their writing and providing evidence to prove their opinion.
In Reader’s Workshop we will continue reading persuasive texts and determine what the author is trying to convince the audience and what pieces of evidence they add to prove their point.
In math we will continue to work on fractions. The students had a great time last week making their own fraction paper pizzas with their own topping list. This week we will spend more time ordering fractions on a number line.
In word work we will be working on the ir, ire, ier sounds. The word list is below.
Word List: girl, fire, drier, third, bird, birth, tire, flier, shirt, fir, whirl, hire, pliers, swirl, thirst, chirp, crier, skirt, their, twirl, wire, dirt, fur, first.
School Supply Fee
We are collecting a $45 School Supply Fee for ALL 2021-2022 students. This fee covers all the school supply needs for the school year. We ask parents to make payment no later than May 31st.
All Homeroom Teachers in Grades K-6 are purchasing supplies for the next school year during June, July and August. Anyone who does not have the supply fee paid by May 31st will be provided with a school supply list to purchase their own school supplies.
There are 3 payment options available:
1. Etransfer to: westroyaltyelem@gmail.com Please indicate students name and class with etransfer
2. Pay online on the Hotlunch.net Website: click on “Student Fee” link under the “HOME” tab on the Welcome Page.
3. Send CASH only payment into your child’s homeroom teacher.
Homework:
Read- Reading for 15-20 minutes each night.
Math- Go on IXL or Xtramath for 10 minutes each night.
Word Work- Practice the word list below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word List: girl, fire, drier, third, bird, birth, tire, flier, shirt, fir, whirl, hire, pliers, swirl, thirst, chirp, crier, skirt, their, twirl, wire, dirt, fur, first.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
April 12-15th
Important Dates:
April 16th- Professional Learning Day –No School
April 16th- Deadline for Yearbook Orders
April 20th- Deadline for Savors Coupon Booklet Orders
Hi Families,
We had a great first full week in April and the snow has finally disappeared and the ground is drying up. It was great to see everyone dressed up for Book Character Day and thank you for the donation to Easter Seals. There are some very important changes for our drop off and pick up routine starting on Monday. I sent home a letter with each child on Friday and I will post the information at the bottom on this page.
This week in Writer’s Workshop we are starting our second bend in our writing unit. The students will be writing on a persuasive writing topic that they feel passionate about.
In Reading Workshop we will continue to read persuasive writing and look at some inferential questions to determine what opinion the author is trying to persuade their reader to agree with.
In math we have started fractions! Last week the students learned about fractions and how they need to be in equal parts. We worked with Smarties to determine the fractions with each colour in a package. This week we will continue to develop our understanding of fractions.
In word work we will be working on the er/ear/eer/ ear= ur sounds.
Word List: her, deer, hear, heard, fear, spear, steer, earth, heard, clear, here, cheer, perch, peer, fern, dear, year, near, learn, germ, clerk, there, term.
Battery Blitz
As you know our school participated in a virtual Free Earth Rangers presentation to kick off our school-wide Battery Blitz. Students are asked to bring in any used batteries to our school for recycling. We are competing with other schools across PEI to obtain the most batteries by weight. There are three cash prizes available for the 3 schools that bring in the most batteries. As well, a $100 prize will be awarded to an outstanding class/group with a pizza party. If you could please send in your used batteries to help us participate in the contest that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you to those who have already sent in batteries!
Homework:
Read- Reading for 15-20 minutes each night.
Math- Go on IXL or Xtramath for 10 minutes each night.
Word Work- Practice the word list below for our weekly spelling test on Thursday.
Word List: her, deer, hear, heard, fear, spear, steer, earth, heard, clear, here, cheer, perch, peer, fern, dear, year, near, learn, germ, clerk, there, term.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
Important Changes Starting Monday, April 12
Construction on our addition is currently underway. They are making a new parent drop-off/pick-up loop at the top of our current bus loop. Construction on the new drop-off/pick-up loop will be taking place this weekend. The new parent drop-off/pick-up loop will be in use first thing Monday morning.
Procedures for Regular Parent Drop-Off in the Morning
– Please note that parents can no longer drop students off in front of the school. This area is reserved for busses only and staff.
– Parents are asked to proceed into the right side of the new parent drop off/pick up loop. Please go as far as you can to the pylon at the top of the drop-off loop.
– Parents are asked to remain in their vehicles. When parents get out of the vehicle, you hold up traffic in the drop-off zone. The new drop-off zone is much smaller than the one we were previously using.
– Students are required to get out of the car on the passenger door side. Please make sure your child’s car seat is located on the passenger side.
– Students need to be ready to get out of the car. Staff will be there to help if necessary. Students need to be dressed and ready to exit the vehicle quickly.
Procedures for Parent Drop-Off in Morning for Hang-Outs Students
– Parents are to drop their child off using the new parent drop-off loop.
– Staff will be there to direct students on the first day.
– Parents are asked to stay in their car. Staff will direct students.
Procedures for dropping off/picking up a child during the school day 8:45-1:30 – During these hours, parents can drop-off/pick-up your child using the front driveway. Please note that the front doors will be locked and students will need to be buzzed in (as they currently are). If you are picking up your child, please call the school office, and we will send your child out to meet you. If you are picking up or dropping off your child outside of these hours, you need to use the new parent drop-off/pick-up zone.
Procedures for End of the Day Pick-Up
Procedures for End of the Day Pick-Up
– Space is very limited. Parents cannot use the staff parking lot, as busses need clear access to get out and on their way. Many of our drivers have a second run after they drop-off our students. They need to get over to the high school.
– Space is very limited. Parents cannot use the staff parking lot, as busses need clear access to get out and on their way. Many of our drivers have a second run after they drop-off our students. They need to get over to the high school.
– Busses will be leaving the school and going straight out through Havenwood St to Kenwood Circle and then onto Lower Malpeque Road.
– Busses will be leaving the school and going straight out through Havenwood St to Kenwood Circle and then onto Lower Malpeque Road.
– If your child cannot walk home or go home on a bus, and you need to pick them up, you need to meet your child at the parent drop-off/pick-up zone. Students will meet you there.
– If your child cannot walk home or go home on a bus, and you need to pick them up, you need to meet your child at the parent drop-off/pick-up zone. Students will meet you there.
Walkers -For safety reasons, walkers will be held until busses leave the school.
We are anticipating that it will be very busy during drop off and pick-up times. If possible, it might be good to have your child travel on the bus. Otherwise, we are asking for everyone’s patience.
Reminder: Only busses and staff vehicles are allowed to enter the school driveway/parking lot during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.
April 6th-9th, 2021
Important Dates:
April 9th- Dress up as your favorite book character. (Loonie/toonie donation for Easter Seals)
April 16th- Professional Learning Day –No School
April 16th- Deadline for Yearbook Orders
April 20th- Deadline for Savors Coupon Booklet Orders
Hi Families,
I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend! I know the weather wasn’t great but I hope you had some relaxing time with your family.
In Writer’s Workshop this week we will be finishing up our first bend in our writing unit. The students will then be choosing one of their persuasive writing topics that they feel passionate about to further develop into their final writing project over the next couple of weeks.
In Reading Workshop we will be reading persuasive writing and be looking at some inferential questions listed below.
How do you think the author feels about the topic?
What makes you think that way?
What does the title/heading tell you about this text?
Look at this illustration/photograph in the text. What is it trying to tell you?
In math we are finishing up division and multiplication and we will be starting to introduce fractions later this week!
In word work we will be working on the /r/ sound in ar, are, air.
Word List: care, hair, part, fair, start, harm, pare, chair, wear, sharp, pair, stare, where, dark, square, hare, pear, heart, shark, fare, bear, stair, bare.
Homework:
Read- Reading for 15-20 minutes each night.
Math- Go on IXL or Xtramath for 10 minutes each night.
Word Work- Practice the word list below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word List: care, hair, part, fair, start, harm, pare, chair, wear, sharp, pair, stare, where, dark, square, hare, pear, heart, shark, fare, bear, stair, bare.
Reminders
-Please send a spoon or fork with your child each day as we no longer provide utensils.
-Please send a water bottle with your child each day.
Have a great week!
Shanda
March 29th- April 1st, 2021
Important Dates
April 2nd- Good Friday (no school)
April 5th-Easter Monday (No School)
April 9 th-Dress up as your favorite Book Character (Loonie/toonie donation for Easter Seals)
April 14th- Welcome to Kindergarten 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
April 16th- PD Day (no school)
Hi Families,
I hope you had a great weekend! Although we are now into spring our weather has turned back to winter. Hopefully the snow won’t last long and the warmer weather is near.
We started our persuasive writing unit and the students are loving it. Last week we learned about writing persuasive speeches and how to come up with a thesis. Our first strategy was finding a problem and how we could fix that problem. The students came up with so many wonderful examples to write about such as speed bumps, new playground equipment, picnic tables at the school, etc. Our second strategy we learned about was people who deserve attention or about places, things or ideas that are noteworthy. So many students wrote about someone special in their life and it was wonderful to hear how important the noteworthy person is in their life.
We will continue with our procedural writing this week. Students will be learning about who their audience is and how to address their audience in their writing, as well as editing as we go. Once we complete our first bend in our writing unit the students will choose their own topic to develop into their persuasive writing project over the next few weeks.
In Reading workshop, we will be reading persuasive texts and looking to see what the author is trying to convince us to think or do.
In math we have been working on division and how to determine if we are equal sharing or making equal groups with our division story problems. This week we will introduce a division strategy called repeated subtraction.
Homework:
Reading- Read for 15-20 minutes each night.
Math- IXL or Xtramath for 10 minutes each night.
Word Work-Review of long-vowel patters.
Word List: sold, bleed, wave, glow, hold, steep, tone, clue, grind, sneak, slide, dry, crow, bind, school, jail, soak, scene, drew, light, pool, way, feast.
Have a great week!
Shanda
March 22-26th
Important Dates
April 2nd- Good Friday (No School)
April 5th- Easter Monday (No School)
Hi Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful march break! It’s great to see the sun shining later in the evening and the warmer weather in the forecast. This week we will be starting a new writing unit called ‘Changing the World,’ where students will learn persuasive writing. In math we will continue to work on multiplication and division. I hope to get back into a routine with our guided reading groups this week. In word work we will be focusing on the long and short i and long and short o. The word list is posted below. I look forward to seeing my students tomorrow and hearing all about their march break.
Reminders
-Please send a spoon and fork with your child as we no longer provide them with the food orders.
Have a great week!
Shanda
Homework
Reading: Read for 20 minutes each night.
Math- Go on IXL for 10 minutes each night.
Word Work-Short and long i and short and long o. The list is below for our spelling test on Friday.
Word List: find, most, film, lost, child, moth, cost, both, kind, roll, fist, cold, scold, gold, told, wild, soft, post, friend, wind, blind, ghost, mind.
March 8-12
Important Dates
March 10th- Grade 3 Spring Picture Day
March 12th- Dress in Green for St. Patrick’s Day
March 15th-19th- March Break
Hi Families,
We had quite a week last week! I was so happy to be back in school on Thursday and see my students. With only having one day of school last week it just shows how fast things can change. At the beginning of the school year I provided each student with a red duotang that contains all their login information for google, epic books, IXl and their email. If you could please take the time to check that you have this information at home I would greatly appreciate it. My hope is that we will stay in the school and not need to go to home learning but last week just proved how quickly things can change and I want to make sure we are prepared.
Although I would have preferred in person interviews to show you all of your child’s wonderful work it was so nice to chat with you about your child’s progress last week.
We just finished our non-fiction writing unit and will be having a celebration this week. We are going to take this week to complete some material I signed up for before we start our new writing unit after march break. This week we will be working on a program developed by Junior Achievement called ‘Our Community.’ Your child will be bringing home an interview form for them to conduct an interview with someone in their family to learn about jobs. If you could please have this done and send it back by Wednesday, March 10th that would be greatly appreciated.
Word Work
With all the missed days we are still working on the words from two weeks ago. We will be having our spelling test on Friday.
Word List: might, quick, why, white, high, night, twice, quite, cry, bright, sky, quit, fight, fly, flight, sight, fine, try, live, write, sigh, shy, right
Spring Pictures
Spring pictures for grade 3 will be on Wednesday, March 10th.
Homework
Reading- Please read for 20 minutes each night.
Math: IXL– 10 minutes each night.
Word Work: Practice spelling the words below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word List: might, quick, why, white, high, night, twice, quite, cry, bright, sky, quit, fight, fly, flight, sight, fine, try, live, write, sigh, shy, right
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Our parent/teacher conferences will no longer be in person and it will now be a phone interview. I will call each of you at our scheduled interview time. I do apologize if you have tried to reach out me through email and I have not responded. It is due to our email system being down...horrible timing I know! I hope to send out a group email when the system is back up and working to clarify phone numbers and interview times. I appreciate your understanding and patience.
Have a wonderful evening and I will be in touch soon!
Shanda
March 1-4, 2021
Hi Families,
With the news last evening from Premier King and Dr. Morrison it has definitely changed the outlook of our week. As of right now, I do not know how parent teacher conferences will look. When I find out more information I will let you know. I encourage your child to continue going on IXL, xtramath and epic books over the next few days. Below I have information for meal support through our healthy lunch program.
Take care,
Shanda
Meal Support for Students During School Closure
Meal Support for Students During School Closure
As per the most recent COVID-19 update, meals ordered between Monday, March 1 and Wednesday March 3 will be canceled.
Those families who placed meal orders for these days can expect to see a meal credit(s) on their account during the next ordering cycle.
With all schools closed until at least Wednesday, March 3, we understand that this may leave families who depend on school meal programs in a difficult situation.
If you are a family in this situation, the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning would like to extend the offer of a healthy meal for each school day beginning Tuesday, March 2 until Wednesday, March 3. Meals will be delivered directly to families' homes daily.
If you would like to enroll in this program, please contact us by Monday, March 1 at 4 PM by email: peischoolfood@edu.pe.ca or by phone: 902-438-4895.
Thanks,
PEI Healthy School Food Team
February 22-25, 2021
Important Dates
February 24th- Pink Shirt Day
February 26th- Professional Learning Day (No School)
March 2nd- Learning Reports go home.
March4/5th- Parent Teacher Conferences
Hi
Families,
I hope you had a lovely weekend! It is so hard to believe that this is the last week of February. This week will be another short week with the Professional Learning Day on Friday. Don’t forget that on Wednesday it is Pink Shirt Day to take a stand against bullying! We are fast approaching parent teacher conferences. The link to sign up for an appointment time is on the school website homepage. I look forward to meeting with you again!
Writer’s Workshop
We will be finishing up our non-fiction writing unit this week! The students have worked so hard on their writing project and will continue to add text features to their writing this week.
Reading Workshop
This week we will continue working on finding the main idea and supporting details in non-fiction books.
Math
In math we have been working on multiplication and learning that we say ‘groups of’ for the “X” symbol not ‘times’. The students have been working on equal groups, repeated addition, skip counting and most recently arrays. We ended our week last Friday completing an art activity making skyscrapers with arrays for windows and finding the multiplication sentence that corresponds with the array they designed. This week we will continue working on multiplication and introduce division.
Word Work
This week we are working on the short and long I sound.
Word List: might, quick, why, white, high, night, twice, quite, cry, bright, sky, quit, fight, fly, flight, sight, fine, try, live, write, sigh, shy, right
Homework
Read- Students are to read for 20 minutes each night.
Math- We are working on arrays in multiplication. I am asking the students to search around their house and find arrays. They are to fill out the sheet that I will send home with name of the object they found in their home, a drawing of the array, write the repeated addition sentence, skip counting and multiplication sentence that go with the array. Please have this sent back in by Wednesday, as we will be doing an activity on Thursday with their homework.
IXL- 10 minutes for 3 nights this week due to our math array hunt activity.
Word Work: Practice spelling the word below for our spelling test on Thursday.
Word List: might, quick, why, white, high, night, twice, quite, cry, bright, sky, quit, fight, fly, flight, sight, fine, try, live, write, sigh, shy, right
Virtual Book Fair Link
Feb 27th-Mar 7th our school book fair is open. Your purchases earn Book Fair Rewards that can be used for resources to support our students.
https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5156527
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
February 16-19, 2021
Important Dates
February 19th- Sign-up opens for parent/teacher conferences
February 24th- Pink Shirt Day
February 26th- Professional Learning Day (No School)
March 2nd- Learning Reports go home.
March4/5th- Parent Teacher Conferences
Hi Families,
I hope you enjoyed the long weekend! It was so nice to spend some extra time with our families. Last week was a busy week with the storm day on Monday, our Valentine’s Day celebration and the final Thumbody presentation. We weren’t able to complete all the activities we had planned last week, so I did not have a spelling test on Friday…the kids were thrilled!!! We will continue working on the same word list this week to further our understanding on homophones.
Writing Workshop
This month we will continue working and finishing up our nonfiction writing unit.
Reading Workshop
In reading workshop we will continue to learn about text features and how they add to nonfiction books. We will work together as a group and independently finding the main idea in non-fiction texts.
Math
Multiplication has been a huge success in 3C! They are loving this outcome and are doing so well with representing multiplication sentence with equal groups, repeated addition and skip counting. This week I will introduce arrays, which are arrangements of objects or pictures in rows and columns to represent a multiplication sentence.
Word Work
We will continue to work on the same words from last week due to not having enough time with the storm day and Valentine’s Day activities. We are working on the long and short U and also learning about homophones.
Word List: thumb, new, blue, grew, truth, flue, plump, chew, do, due, brush, glue, few, junk, true, stuck, flew, stew, knew, crew, blew, dew, trunk, sew.
Homework
Reading- Please read for 20 minutes each night.
Math: IXL – 10 minutes each night.
Word Work: Practice spelling the words below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word List: thumb, new, blue, grew, truth, flue, plump, chew, do, due, brush, glue, few, junk, true, stuck, flew, stew, knew, crew, blew, dew, trunk, sew.
Pink Shirt Day
Pink Shirt day will be on Wednesday, February 24th. This event takes place all across Canada and worldwide. It shows the importance to speak up about bullying and encourage each other to be accepting, kind, and empathetic and to stop bullying in our schools and communities.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher Conferences are just around the corner. The sign up for interviews will go live this Friday, February 19th at 8:00 am. The link is on our school website homepage. Please sign up as soon as you can, as the times fill up quickly.
Library Books
We have library exchange on day 2 of the 6 day cycle. Please have your child’s library books back the day before book exchange to have them put back into our computer system.
Have a great week!
Shanda
February 8-12, 2021
Important Dates
February 12th- Valentine exchange
February 15th- Islander Day (No School)
February 26th- Professional Learning Day (No School)
March 2nd- Learning Reports go home.
March4/5th- Parent Teacher Conferences.
Hi Families,
I hope you enjoyed the weekend! It was so mild Saturday it almost felt like spring was in the air, but it looks like we will be getting snow on Monday. Last week was a busy week in 3C. We made Valentine’s Day cards for seniors that will be dropped off at a Nursing Home. The students did a wonderful job decorating and writing a kind and thoughtful message inside. We also had the Thumbody program come into our class for a presentation on Friday. This program is developed by the Canadian Mental Health Association. I sent home the brochure on Friday if you would like to have a look through it and talk with your child about the presentation. The Thumbody program will be back in our class this Friday for their last presentation.
Writing Workshop
This month we will continue working and finishing up our nonfiction writing unit.
Reading Workshop
In reading workshop we will continue to learn about text features and how they add to nonfiction books. We are working on finding the main idea on each page as we read. To find the main idea we need to find the ‘who’ and the ‘what’ on the page. We call this our pop out sentence and it is usually the first sentence in a paragraph explaining what the section is about.
Math
We started multiplication this week and the kids LOVED it! They learned that the symbol X means ‘groups of’ and not times. We worked with our egg cartons making equal groups and showing the number of groups and equal amounts with our multiplication sentence. We also made the connection that multiplication is the same as repeated addition and used this strategy to solve. We will continue working on multiplication.
We started multiplication this week and the kids LOVED it! They learned that the symbol X means ‘groups of’ and not times. We worked with our egg cartons making equal groups and showing the number of groups and equal amounts with our multiplication sentence. We also made the connection that multiplication is the same as repeated addition and used this strategy to solve. We will continue working on multiplication.
3N11(FL): Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication to products of 36 with single digit factors by:
3N11(FL): Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication to products of 36 with single digit factors by:
• representing and explaining multiplication using equal grouping and arrays
• creating and solving problems in context that involve multiplication
• modelling multiplication using concrete and visual representations, and recording the process symbolically
• relating multiplication to repeated addition
• relating multiplication to division.
Word Work
In word work this week we will be working on the long and short U.
Word List: thumb, new, blue, grew, truth, flue, plump, chew, do, due, brush, glue, few, junk, true, stuck, flew, stew, knew, crew, blew, dew, trunk, sew.
Homework
Reading- Please read for 20 minutes each night.
Math: IXL – 10 minutes each
night.
Word Work: Practice spelling the words below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word List: thumb, new, blue, grew, truth, flue, plump, chew, do, due, brush, glue, few, junk, true, stuck, flew, stew, knew, crew, blew, dew, trunk, sew.
Valentine’s Day
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday, February 12th. At our staff meeting we made the decision to not have students bring in baked goods for our celebration due to Covid-19. If your valentine has an individually wrapped candy that can be sent home you may send that in. Students are welcome to exchange Valentine’s with each other, but I do ask that you have one valentine for every child so no one feels left out. Thank you!
Class Valentine’s List
Brooke, Mary, Jojo, Avery, Norah, Edward, Warren, Brady, Freya, Bowen, Khloe, Callum, Kaitlin, Seyanna, Rebecca, Chase, Keeva, Steven, Caileb, Lexi, Lucas, Maomao, Ella, Hanson.
Have a great week!
Shanda
February 1-5, 2021
Important Dates
February 12th- Valentine exchange
February 15th- Islander Day (No School)
February 26th- Professional Learning Day (No School)
Hi Families,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! It is hard to believe that it is now February. Last week I was so proud of all the hard work and determination the students showed in completing their writing assessment! They worked so hard and took the time to do their very best without any assistance. Wonderful work, 3C!
Writing Workshop
This month we will continue working and finish up our nonfiction writing unit.
Reading Workshop
In reading workshop we will continue to learn about text features and how they add to nonfiction books.
Math
We will be introducing our new foundational outcome in math this week.
3N11(FL): Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication to products of 36 with single digit factors by:
3N11(FL): Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication to products of 36 with single digit factors by:
• representing and explaining multiplication using equal grouping and arrays
• creating and solving problems in context that involve multiplication
• modelling multiplication using concrete and visual representations, and recording the process symbolically
• relating multiplication to repeated addition
• relating multiplication to division.
I asked the students if they could bring in an empty egg carton, as I will be using them to introduce multiplication by showing equal groups. Thank you for your support!
Word Work
In word work this week we will be working on the long and short O.
Word List: froze, coal, show, long, slow, globe, coach, blow, grow, whose, snow, roast, flow, throw, row, stock, close, oat, mow, know, wrote, roam, loaf.
Science
We will be starting a science unit and if you could please send in any of the supplies below it would be greatly appreciated!
Material list: masking and scotch tape, toilet paper and paper towel empty rolls, boxes, cardboard, popsicle sticks. Thanks so much!
Homework
Reading- Please read for 20 minutes each night.
Math: I will not be sending home a math fact sheet this week. I do ask
that if you notice your child having difficulty with their math facts to spend
5-10 minutes on Xtramath each night.
IXL – 10 minutes each night.
Word Work: Practice spelling the words below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word List: froze, coal, show, long, slow, globe, coach, blow, grow, whose, snow, roast, flow, throw, row, stock, close, oat, mow, know, wrote, roam, loaf.
Valentine’s Day
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday, February 12th. Students are welcome to exchange Valentine’s with each other, but I do ask that you have one valentine for every child so everyone is included! Thank you!
Class Valentine’s List
Brooke, Mary, Jojo, Avery, Norah, Edward, Warren, Brady, Freya, Bowen, Khloe, Callum, Kaitlin, Seyanna, Rebecca, Chase, Keeva, Steven, Caileb, Lexi, Lucas, Maomao, Ella, Hanson.
Have a great week!
Shanda
Upcoming dates:
January 27- Family Literacy Day
January 29- Winter Wellness Day
February 2- Home and School Meeting at 6 pm
February 15- Islander Day
February 26- PD Day (no school for the kids)
March 2- Learning Reports go home
March 4/5 Parent Teacher interviews
January 25-29
Hello Families,
It was another beautiful weekend! I hope you all had some time to relax and enjoy the outdoors. It’s hard to believe that it is the last week of January! We will be having a busy week, as the kids will be participating in a school wide writing assessment. The students will be writing a small moment personal narrative and the prompt will be, a fun ‘Snow day’. Our class will be writing on Tuesday. On Friday, we will be participating in a Winter Wellness Day, where the students will be getting some extra physical activity lead by Gord McNeilly!
Writing Workshop –We are continuing to work on our nonfiction writing piece. Last week we worked on our introduction by capturing our reader’s attention. This week the focus will be on developing our headings by including a topic sentence, details, and a concluding sentence in our writing. We will be looking at text features and the students will decide what text features they will add to writing project.
Reading Workshop- We will be continuing with our nonfiction reading unit. We will take a closer look at the variety of text features- table of contents, headings, subheadings, diagrams, photographs, maps, glossaries, and discuss the meaning of each and how these text features enhance the reader’s understanding.
Math- We are continuing with 3 digit addition and subtraction with regrouping this week. We will be soon moving into multiplication.
Word Work- We will be working on the long and short A sounds.
Word List- day, trade, nail, glass, stay, raise, grain, brave, play, clay, stand, slave, they, tray, may, gray, gain, taste, aid, say, shape, past, pray.
Science- We will be starting a science unit on Materials and Structures. If you could please start collecting some items in your home to send it to help with this unit it would be greatly appreciated. The items we are looking for are: masking and scotch tape, toilet paper and paper towel empty rolls, boxes, cardboard, popsicle sticks. Thanks so much!
Homework- I appreciate the work you are doing at home with your child on their math facts.
Reading- Please read for 20 minutes each night.
Math: I will be sending home a math facts sheet to be completed and returned by Friday, January 29th.
IXL – 10 minutes each night
Word Work- Practice the words below for our weekly spelling test on Friday.
Word List- day, trade, nail, glass, stay, raise, grain, brave, play, clay, stand, slave, they, tray, may, gray, gain, taste, aid, say, shape, past, pray.
Notes from the Office:
Bring your own Cutlery to School:
The PEI Healthy School Food Program recognizes the importance of environmental sustainability. To reduce the program’s foot print, we will be moving towards a 100% bring your own cutlery model.
Beginning the week of February 15th, students participating in the PEI Healthy School Food Program must bring their own cutlery to school. Please note that February 12th will be the last day that vendors will be providing cutlery with meals.
Please note: West Royalty Elementary School does not have cutlery, so please make sure your child has a spoon or fork each day for their lunch.
Morning Drop Off:
Please do not drop students off to school until 8:05 am. Staff are not available until this time. If you arrive early and are in the student drop off lane, please keep children inside your vehicle until 8:05 am. This is when our staff head outside for outdoor supervision and when our staff inside the school are ready to receive students. (In case of a 1 hour delay in school, drop off time will be 9:05 am)
In addition, the bus loop is only for buses. Please do not enter the bus loop to drop off your child. Please drop your child off at the parent drop off zone only. Thank you for your cooperation!
Winter Weather Clothing:
Please make sure that your child(ren) are coming to school dressed for the outdoor weather. It is important during the winter months that children have warm boots, snow pants, winter jacket, hat and mittens/gloves (2 pairs). All of our classes have recess outside for 30 minutes daily. The only time we would have an indoor recess is if it is raining heavily, storming and/or extreme cold (Eg. Wind chill -20C). We do not have extra snow pants or winter coats on hand at school. It is also important to pack a change of clothes and extra socks in the event your child becomes wet or soiled during the day (E.g. spilled lunch on themselves, toilet accident, wet and cold from recess, etc.). Thanks for your help with this.
Parent Support for Remote Learning:
Parent Support for Remote Learning There is a new parent support for remote learning webpage. It is linked here: https://sites.google.com/cloud.edu.pe.ca/assistance/home. This page provides “how to” information and videos for parents on Google account access, Google Sites, Google Classroom, Google Meet, Sora and other resources.
Have a great week!
Shanda
January 18-22
Hi Families,
We had another great week in 3C! It is hard to believe that it is the middle of January. Time sure is flying by!
Writing Workshop
Last week we started organizing our informational writing by developing a table contents. The students chose a heading from their table of contents that they felt most ready to start writing about and began digging into their informational writing piece. This week in writing the students will continue to develop their informational writing piece and work on elaborating their ideas. The students will also have a chance to do a bit of research to ensure accuracy in their writing.
Reading Workshop
The class is absolutely loving to read non-fiction books! They are learning to find the main idea by looking for the ‘Who and What,’ in their reading. This week the students will be teaching each other from their non-fiction texts by explain the main ideas and supporting details they find.
Math
In math we are continuing to work on our outcomes listed below. Although our main focus this week will be on subtracting 3-digit numbers with regrouping.
-3.N6 Describe and apply mental mathematics strategies for adding two 2-digit numerals.
-3.N7 Describe and apply mental mathematics strategies for subtracting two 2-digit numerals.
-3.N8 Apply estimation strategies to predict sums and differences of two 2-digit numerals in a problem solving context.
-3.N9 Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction of numbers with answers to 1000 (limited to 1, 2 and 3-digit numerals).
Word Work
We will be working on the long and short e again this week. This word sort is more complex as the ea pattern can fall under the long e and short e sound. Fortunately, most of the short ea words rhyme and the students should be able to remember them as a group.
Word List: when, dead, trees, each, reach, head, queen, east, street, bread, seat, dream, great, lead, steam, sled, sweet, breath, beach, death.
Homework
IXL- 10 minutes each night
Reading- 20 minutes each night.
Math- I am sending home another math sheet to be sent back in by Friday, January 22nd. It is two sided and includes math facts up to 18. It does not have to be timed, but some students like to try and race their own time to see their growth. Please correct it together. Xtramath is a great program to help with math facts if you notice your child having difficulties with completing this sheet and I would highly recommend them to spend a few minutes each evening practicing.
Have a great week!
Shanda
January 11-15
Hi Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It was so nice to get back in a routine in 3C. The students were so excited to see each other and share all the wonderful things they did over the holiday break.
Writing Workshop
We introduced our new writing unit-The Art of Informational Writing. The students brainstormed what they are ‘experts’ at - pandas, dinosaurs, alligators, playing hockey, taking care of a hamster, etc. This week we will be focusing on choosing a topic, organizing our ideas, developing a table of contents and look at a variety of text features to include in our writing.
Reading Workshop
The unit is called ‘Grasping Main Ideas and Text Structures.’ We will be looking at how to find the main idea and supporting details within a text.
Math
In math we are continuing to work on our outcomes:
-3.N6 Describe and apply mental mathematics strategies for adding two 2-digit numerals.
-3.N7 Describe and apply mental mathematics strategies for subtracting two 2-digit numerals.
-3.N8 Apply estimation strategies to predict sums and differences of two 2-digit numerals in a problem solving context.
-3.N9 Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction of numbers with answers to 1000 (limited to 1, 2 and 3-digit numerals).
Word Work
We will be working on the long and short e.
Word List: next, seem, eat, green, team, been, sleep, web, speak, clean, keep, sweep, teeth, heat, week, weak, less, set, leaf, teach, feet.
Homework
IXL- 10 minutes each night
Reading- 20 minutes each night
Math- I am sending home a math sheet to be sent back in by Friday. It is two sided and includes math facts up to 18. It does not have to be timed, but some students like to try and race their own time to see their growth. Please correct it together. Xtramath is a great program to help with math facts if you notice your child having difficulties with completing this sheet I would highly recommend them to go spend a few minutes each evening practicing.
Notes
-Please have proper clothing for outdoor recess.
-Send an extra pair of socks in your child’s bag.
-With the new healthy food program I am noticing some students not liking some of their lunches. Please send some extra snacks in your child's bag if they are trying the new food program.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
January 4-8, 2021
Hi Families,
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and were able to relax and spend time with your family and friends.
I want to thank you for the generous cards and gifts and although they were unnecessary they were greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I am looking forward to getting back into a routine this week and to hear all about the wonderful things that have happened with each of your children during winter break.
To start of the week in writing workshop the students will reflect on one thing that they enjoyed from the year 2020 and something they hope to do in 2021. The students will also be writing about their favourite memory from winter break and really get back into a routine before we start our new writing unit-The Art of Information Writing.
Also, this month we will be starting a new unit in Reader’s Workshop- Grasping Main Ideas and Text Structure. This unit corresponds with our writing unit quite nicely!
In math we will review the outcomes we were working on before the holiday break and continue working on each of the outcomes listed below.
-3.N6 Describe and apply mental mathematics strategies for adding two 2-digit numerals.
-3.N7 Describe and apply mental mathematics strategies for subtracting two 2-digit numerals.
-3.N8 Apply estimation strategies to predict sums and differences of two 2-digit numerals in a problem solving context.
-3.N9 Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction of numbers with answers to 1000 (limited to 1, 2 and 3-digit numerals).
In word work we will be focusing on the short and long u sound this week.
List words- cube, food, fruit, crust, bloom, smooth, suit, from, dude, skunk, broom, mood, bump, juice, trust, build, moon, prune, spoon, tooth.
Reminders
-Please send appropriate clothing for outdoor recess.
-Have a change of clothes in your child kitbags.
-Please check the google site every Monday for a weekly update and homework.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
sign in
sign in
At the top of the webpage you will see the sign-in option. If you see a letter in that spot it means someone else is signed-in and you will need to click on the letter to log them off. When you sign into your child's account you will use the email address with @cloud.edu.pe.ca
Google Classroom
Google Classroom
You will see the 9 dots at the top of the page. I call the 9 dots a waffle for the students. Click on it and you will see the classroom icon. Click on the Classroom and find 3C.
December 14-18, 2020
Important Dates
Wednesday, December 16th- Holiday Hats Friday, December 18th- PJ Day and Last School Day 2020 Monday, January 4th- First School Day for 2021
Hi Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We have a very exciting week planned out with the holidays fast approaching. As noted above, Wednesday, December 16, will be holiday hat day and Friday, December 18, pajama day. As we continue with our learning we will be incorporating some fun holiday activities throughout the week. On Friday, we are going to complete a procedural writing activity on, ‘How to Make Pancakes.’ Following this activity, we will then celebrate with a pancake breakfast in our classroom. In math this week we are going to introduce subtracting two-digit numbers with regrouping and review solving word problems using a part-part- whole chart. In reading, we will be finishing the read aloud, ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,’ and discuss character development, order of events and make a personal connection with the book.
Homework-There will be no homework this week or word study.
Google Classroom- This week can you please try to log into Google Classroom at home and make sure you can access your child’s account. If we happen to go to online learnings I need to know that you are able to access this platform. I am asking you to please email me and let me know that you have been able to access Google Classroom at home. My email is ssellar@edu.pe.ca. Above I have some pictures to guide you onto Google Classroom if you need any assistance.
You should have your child’s login information for all accounts in their blue homework duotang. To confirm, there should be a login information for:
Email/password- This email is the one with @cloud.edu.pe.ca (This is the email you need to put into the google homepage sign in option in the top right corner) Your child needs to be logged into their account to access google classroom. The password is case sensitive so pay careful attention to the format.
Epic- Class code RED0897
IXL- Username – Individual username given.
Password: wr2020
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
December 7-11, 2020
Important Dates
Thursday, December 10th- Ugly Sweater Day
Wednesday, December 16th- Holiday Hats
Friday, December 18th- PJ Day and Last School Day 2020
Monday, January 4th- First School Day for 2021
Hi Families,
I hope you all enjoyed the wonderful weekend. Last week we had so much fun in 3C incorporating art into our new procedural writing unit. The students worked so well by following the steps to draw a reindeer looking through a window. The pictures turned out beautiful! We also wrote out the steps on, 'How to Eat an Oreo Cookie' and 'How to Make Hot Chocolate,' followed by doing the activity. It is safe to say the students are loving this writing unit! This week we will continue with our procedural writing.
In math I introduced rounding to the nearest 10’s. I have been teaching the students when we round we look at the ones place and if the number is 5 or greater we would round up to the nearest 10’s and if it is 4 or less, we would round down to the nearest 10’s. We will continue practicing rounding this week and introduce estimating our addition and subtraction problems to the nearest 10’s before we solve.
Last week in Reader’s Workshop we finished the story 'Stone Fox.' It had a very sad ending and many of the students were very emotional when the lovable dog, Searchlight, had died. With that being said, we will be starting a new read aloud, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” which is a very funny story that shows the true meaning of the holidays.
In word work we will be focusing on the long and short O sound.
Word list- box, rode, road, chose, boat, love, goat, soap, knock, slope, foam, load, whole, one, goal, stop, toad, coat, float, drop, stone.
I mentioned to the students if they have a holiday story they would like me to read aloud they are more than welcome to bring it in for shared reading time.
Have a wonderful week,
Shanda
Important Dates
December 4th- Jersey Day
December 10th- Ugly Sweater Day
December 16th- Holiday Hats
December 18th- PJ Day (Last School Day of 2020)
January 4th- First School Day of 2021
Hi Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It is hard to believe that we are now entering our first week of December. In Writer’s Workshop we finished our unit on writing true stories and we will be starting our new unit on procedural writing. I think this will be a fun unit for the students before the holidays.
In Math, the students have been working on two-digit addition. We will be working on our math strategy ‘up through the tens’ and start estimation this week.
In word study, we will be continuing our work on long and short a vowel sounds in words.
For homework this week, I would like you to practice going on to our Google Classroom. It is important that we are familiar with this program if we do happen to go back to home learning. I will post one math activity in our classroom to replace one evening of IXL/Xtramath. The activity will be a Jamboard that you will find under the classwork section and under the heading Math. The students have used Jamboards so there should be no issues. When submitting their work you will need to click ‘Turn in.’ The easiest way to find the ‘ turn in’ option is after you finish the activity go back to the classwork section and under the assignment you will click ‘view assignment,’ and this will bring you to the option to turn in. Please practice your spelling words this week and continue to read each night and record your reading.
Have a wonderful week,
Shanda
November 23-26, 2020
Hi Families,
It was wonderful finally meeting each of you last week during parent-teacher conferences and discussing the progress your child has made this year.
We are entering the last week of November and I can’t get over how fast the time is flying by. This week we will be wrapping up our unit Crafting True Stories in Writer’s Workshop. In math we will begin double-digit addition. I will be introducing the strategy front-end addition where we add the tens in both numbers and then add the ones.
Ex. 34 + 23=
Add the tens 30 + 20 = 50
Add the ones 4 + 3= 7
Add the tens and ones 50 + 7= 57
34 + 23 = 57.
We are reading the book “Stone Fox,” in Reader’s Workshop and learning how to retell by focusing on the characters, big events, problem/solution and if there is a lesson to be told. In Word Work this week we are working on the /k/ sound with ending -ck, ke, or -k. Also, there will be no school on Friday, as there is a professional learning day for staff.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
Important Dates:
November 26th -No School (Professional Learning Day)
November 16-20, 2020
Important Dates:
November 17th- Learning Reports go home
November 18th- Pajama Day
November 19th- Evening Parent-teacher Conferences
November 20th- No School (Parent-teacher Conferences)
November 27th- No School (Professional Development Day)
Hi Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend! This week we will be having our parent-teacher conferences and I look forward to meeting with you and discussing your child’s progress. There are some guidelines in place for attending the conference so please read over them posted below.
This week in writing the students will continue with their Personal Narrative story and take a deeper look at the revising process. The students have taken on the role of being the “captain” of their writing and are now deciding what they need to work on in their writing. The students are very familiar with the expectations of what good writing looks like and have a checklist to guide them. By early next week they should have their final writing project complete and we will have a celebration to share all of their hard work!
In Reading Workshop we will be starting our new mentor text “Stone Fox.” We are continuing to build a reading life and will be focusing on understanding the story as we read by checking comprehension, assembling facts, making predictions and retelling our story. Last week we finished the read aloud, “The One and Only Bob,” and the excitement the students had for this story and the discussions it brought to our classroom were truly special. I am sure your child would love to tell you all about the main character, Bob.
In Word Work we finished our first unit on short and long vowel sounds and we will be having a review this week. The words are posted on our homework section of the blog. The spelling test will be on Thursday this week due to no school on Friday. I remind the students frequently that the spelling test is a check-in for them to notice the patterns in spelling they need to work on and see their improvements.
This week in math we are going to review our mental math strategies and continue practicing on skip counting by 3’s, 4’s and 25’s.
Have a wonderful week,
Shanda
Important Information
Virtual Book Fair
Tuesday, Nov. 10 - Sunday, Nov. 22 Soon you will be able to build your home library with new books to inspire and engage the young readers in your home!
Every purchase earns Book Fair Rewards that can be used for resources to support your school!
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FREE STANDARD SHIPPING on orders over $35!
Family Night is Wednesdays from 6:00 –8:00 PM local time – FREE shipping on all orders placed during this time.
Please click on link below:
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Parent Teacher Conferences
After further discussions with the Chief Public Health Office and the DELL, some amendments to the parent teacher interview parameters are required. Below, please find the parameters communicated last week with the amendments highlighted in bold.
Parent Teacher Interviews
All staff and parents are required to wear non-medical masks, except when seated a minimum of 6-feet apart during the interview.
For in-person interviews, only one parent/guardian per child should be in attendance.
-No students or other children should be in attendance.
-If a parent/guardian is not able to attend in-person, alternative arrangements should be made.
Parents are asked to limit their time at the school to the interview time in order to minimize the number of people in the school at a given time.
Parents are not required to sign in at the entrance but are expected to sign in with every teacher they meet.
November 9-13, 2020
Dates to Remember
November 11th – Remembrance Day (No school)
November 12-13th- PEITF Convention (No School)
November 13th- Final day to sign up for Interviews
November 17th- Learning Reports go home.
November 18th- Pajama Day
November 19th- Evening Parent Teacher Interviews
November 20th -Parent Teacher Interviews (No School)
November 27th- Professional Learning Day (No School)
It is going to be a short week with Remembrance Day on Wednesday and the annual PEITF Convention on Thursday and Friday.
Parent Teacher Interviews
Please sign up for Parent Teacher interviews. You can find the link on our school website. Please look at the CPHO's guidelines for interviews. I posted the changes to the guidelines below. Just to note, when arriving for your interview time you will be asked to enter through the grade ¾ doors. If you have an interview for another child you will need to exit through the grade ¾ doors and enter in the designated doors for their grade level. If you have any questions, please contact me.
For homework this week I ask that your child read for 15 minutes each night and please have them record it in their duotang. In math they are to go on IXL or Xtramath for 10 minutes each night.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
Important Notices from the Office
Parent/Teacher Interviews
After further discussions with the Chief Public Health Office and the DELL, some amendments to the parent teacher interview parameters are required. Below, please find the parameters communicated last week with the amendments highlighted in bold.
Parent Teacher Interviews
– All staff and parents are required to wear non-medical masks, except when seated a minimum of 6-feet apart during the interview.
– For in-person interviews, only one parent/guardian per child should be in attendance.
–No students or other children should be in attendance.
-If a parent/guardian is not able to attend in-person, alternative arrangements should be made.
– Parents are asked to limit their time at the school to the interview time in order to minimize the number of people in the school at a given time.
– Parents are not required to sign in at the entrance but are expected to sign in with every teacher they meet.
Access to the School
Just a reminder that if parents need to pick up a student during the school day, you are asked to remain in your vehicle and call the school. We will send your child out to meet you. We really need to minimize parent access to the school unless it is an emergency situation. Parents who have children in the Hangout Program are also not permitted in the school. You will need to call the Hangout program to let them know your child has arrived, and also call the Hangout Program when you are there to pick up your child.
Drop-off Procedures:
As you know, on certain days there is more traffic than others, please be patient and do not pass any stopped vehicles as this is a safety concern.
We ask that parents pull up into the loop closest to the front door and if possible towards end of building so we can keep the traffic moving. There are staff members out front directing parents and students. Please make sure that your child knows that they need to get out of the car quickly (on the passenger side) as there will be others waiting in line.
November 2-6, 2020
Hello Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful Hallowe’en weekend and enjoyed the extra hour with the time change. We are now entering our first week of November and the school year is surely flying by. This week we will continue to work on our small moment writing piece in Writer’s Workshop. We will be finding the heart of our story and provide more detail by explaining what is happening bit by bit. Also, we will be learning about paragraphs and how to structure our ideas. In word work we will be looking at the long and short u. I will also be re-assessing the 103 spelling words later this week or early next week. Please refer to your child’s duotang and practice the words they got incorrect. In math we will continue to work on skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s from any starting number to 1000. We will be counting with money using nickels, dimes, and quarters to represent our 5’s 10’s and 25’s. My goal this week is to introduce counting by 3’s and 4’s only starting on multiples of 3’s and 4’s. We will continue to work on place value, comparing and ordering numbers, and our mental math strategies. I sent home a sheet in your child’s duotang showing a variety of mental math strategies we use for addition and subtraction.
Homework: Please check the homework section on the blog. I will send home a hard copy of the list words I would like your child to practice for the week with a picture word sort. Please look for this in their duotang.
Parent Teacher Conferences:
A letter was sent home last week with information on how to sign up for parent teacher conferences. The sign-up for interviews will go live on November 6th and will be open until November 12th at 3:00pm. Please try and sign up as soon as possible. I am looking forward to finally meeting you and discussing all the wonderful work your child has been learning!
Cold Weather:
The temperature is dropping so please make sure your child has proper clothing for going outside.
Dates to Remember:
November 2nd- Photo Re-takes- Please let me know if you want your child to have retakes done.
November 11th- No School -Remembrance Day
November 12th -13th - No School- Teacher's Convention
November 17th- 1st Term Learning Reports go home
November 19th evening and November 20th- daytime- Parent-Teacher Conferences
Any question please reach out to me anytime.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
October 26-30, 2020
Hello Families,
I hope you all enjoyed the weekend. It is hard to believe we are heading into our last week of October. This week we will be starting our bend II in our Writer’s Workshop. We will be choosing one of our small moment writing pieces and use this chosen piece to dive further into the writing process. This week the focus will be on rehearsing our story many times. In Reader’s Workshop we have been working on building our reading time and making sure we are comprehending what we are reading. The students have been stopping after reading each page and asking themselves what happened and if they are not able to explain they must re-read the page again. Last week we started our guided reading groups. During this time, I work with a small group on their reading. In word work we will be looking at the long and short O. For math we will continue to work on skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s from any starting number to 1000 and by 25’s starting with multiples of 25’s to 1000. We will continue to work on place value, comparing and ordering numbers and our mental math strategies.
Homework: Please check the homework section on the blog. I will send home a hard copy of the list words I would like your child to practice for the week with a picture word sort. Please look for this in their duotang.
Halloween- On Friday students may wear Orange and Black to celebrate Halloween. If you would like to send in treats please make sure they are individually wrapped and peanut free.
Dates to Remember:
October 30th- Black and Orange Day
November 2nd- Photo Re-takes- Please let me know if you want your child to have retakes done.
November 11th- No School -Remembrance Day
November 12th -13th - No School- Teacher's Convention
November 17th- 1st Term Learning Reports go home
November 19th evening and November 20th- daytime- Parent-Teacher Conferences
Any question please reach out to me anytime.
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
October 19-23, 2020
Hi families,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend enjoying the beautiful weather we are having. We are back to a full week of school after a short week last week. We will be continuing with our new units for reading and writing workshop. The students were introduced to writing in their writer’s notebooks last week. We worked on our writer’s goal and strategies for coming up with an idea for writing when we are stuck. In reading, we have been working on increasing our independent reading time each day. We have been talking about stopping after each page read and doing a check in on our understanding of what we have read, and we will continue to work on reading comprehension strategies this week. We started reading the “One and Only Bob,” last week. I am using this read aloud for our classroom discussions on character development, inferences, comprehension, and working on our speaking and listening outcomes. In word work, we will be looking at the long and short i vowel sounds. I will be sending home a word sort for your child to practice this week. In math, we are working on skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s from any starting point and skip counting by 25’s following only multiples of 25. I will be introducing a strategy for solving addition and subtraction problems by using a part, part, whole chart this week.
Epic Books- I sent all of you that have not joined epic books an email to hopefully allow you access after 4:00pm. Please message me if you are still unable to access this site and I will see what I can do to help.
IXL- IXL is great program for students to have extra practice at home on their math. I will highlight the problems we are to work on. If you are having any difficulties, please reach out to me.
Reading logs- I have been checking the reading logs and noticed some have not been filled out. It is the student’s responsibility and I encourage them to record their reading each night to see the progress they are making as readers.
Google Classroom- We setup a google classroom last week. I realized it is a much easier platform for us to share work with each other. We are going to spend some more time practicing going on google classroom this week.
Notes from the Office:
Early Arrivals:
Unless your child is in the early morning childcare program, students should not arrive before 8:05 as there is no supervision.
School Supply Fee:
The Student school supply fee for the 2020-2021 school year is $40.00. If you have not yet paid this fee, there are two options for payment: 1. Send an E-transfer to Michele Coles at mhcoles@edu.pe.ca. Please include your child’s name and class along with answer to the security question. 2. Send CASH payment in to your child’s teacher. A receipt will be sent home with your child. If you want to purchase school supplies on your own, please visit https://edu.princeedwardisland.ca/psb/elsb-approved-school-supply-lists/ to view the grade level supplies required.
School Food Program Containers and Cutlery:
For those students who are participating in the Provincial School Food Program, we are asking students to take their food container home with them. These can be washed and used for other things (eg. School supplies, art project, leftovers, etc.). If you don’t want them, we encourage you to wash them and place them with your recyclable containers. In order to cut down on plastic cutlery, the School Food program is beginning a campaign called "BYOC- Bring Your Own Cutlery", where they are encouraging students and staff to pack their own cutlery from home to eat with, and bring back home for washing. Please remember to pack cutlery for your child.
Picture Retakes:
Monday, November 2, 2020- Please let me know so I will send your child.
Order pictures online at: mylifetouch Using your Portrait ID and Access Code which can be found on your Picture Day order form.
Have a great week!
Shanda
October 13-16, 2020
Hello Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend and had a chance to enjoy some family time. Last week we completed an art project in 3C! The students created a fall scene with a forest of birch trees. I am so proud of all the artist we have in our class. We also finished the book “The One and Only Ivan.” They loved this book! We had a class vote for the next read aloud and the majority wanted to read the sequel “The One and Only Bob.” We will be starting this book on Tuesday.
We have been busy continuing to work on our small moments/ true story writing pieces. This week in Writer’s Workshop we will be starting a new unit called “Crafting True Stories.” The focus will still be on narrative writing. The students will look at themselves as writers. They will be thinking of the kind of writing they want to make and set goals for themselves. In Reader’s Workshop we will be focusing on comprehension. This will be done through envisioning, predicting, and retelling. We started our word study last week. The students sorted their words based on the long a and short a vowel sounds.
This week in math, we will be finishing up our two outcomes.
3.N2 Represent and describe numbers to 1000, concretely, pictorially, and symbolically
3.N3 Compare and order numbers to 1000.
We will be starting to look at two new outcomes this week.
3.N1 Say the number sequence forward and backward from 0 to 1000 by: 5s, 10s, or 100s, using any starting point; 3s using starting points that are multiples of 3; 4s using starting points that are multiples of 4; 25s, using starting points that are multiples of 25.
3.N10 Apply mental mathematics strategies and number properties, such as: using doubles; making 10; using the commutative property; using the property of zero; thinking addition for subtraction to determine answers for basic addition facts and related subtraction facts (to 18).
I sent home in your child’s duotang an information sheet with a username and password to access IXL math at home. This is a wonderful program that correlates with what your child is learning in the classroom
Homework: Please look under the homework section of our blog.
Reminder: Wednesday, October 14th- Fall Fundraiser Orders are due!
Have a wonderful week!
Shanda
October 5-9, 2020
Hello Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I still cannot believe we are into October and the weather is holding up. Last week we had another wonderful week in 3C and I am happy to say we are settling into a routine. As I am sure your child has already told you, in 3C we use a ticket reward system for positive behavior, following classroom expectations, being a kind friend, a good listener and following instructions. Once a student receives 50 tickets they can cash them in for a prize. I am so happy with the amount of tickets I am giving out daily that I am sure someone will be cashing in for a prize real soon!
We have wonderful writers in 3C that have been so busy writing “small moments” from their lives. They have been focused on choosing a true topic that has happened to them (recount/personal narrative), planning and brainstorming, adding many details about that topic as they write a draft, and stretching that moment/event out as much as they can so their reader can see the movie happening in their heads. Once they have a first draft complete they start working on the revising process to make their writing even better. They are excited about sharing their pieces with the class and hearing two things the students liked about their writing and one wish for them to continue to work on. I am so proud of all their hard work!
In math we are continuing to work on our two outcomes, 3.N2 Represent and describe numbers to 1000, concretely, pictorially, and symbolically and 3.N3 Compare and order numbers to 1000. On Friday I sent home a booklet of math games that I will slowly introduce each game to the students. They also took home a math kit to help with the games. I recommend not writing in the booklets so you can reuse the pages throughout the year. Placing a sheet in a plastic sleeve (found at the dollar store) and using a whiteboard marker is a great way to reuse the pages.
I do plan to get the students setup for IXL. This is another online math site that our school has purchased for our students. Please keep a lookout in your child's homework duotang for the login information this week.
Last week in Reader’s Workshop we learned about fiction and non-fiction. Students were asked to write in their notebooks telling me if their book was fiction or non-fiction and explaining how they knew it fell into that category. We will continue to work on different genres of books and coming up with strategies to solve tricky words.
We will be starting our word study this week. We will be focusing on the long a and short a vowel sounds.
Homework:
Reading: Read for 15-20 minutes each night. You may read a book you have at home or go onto Epic books. Please continue to discuss with your child what they have read, to ask questions about their reading and to have your child record their reading in their homework duotang.
Math
Please have your child spend 5-10 minutes each night on Xtramath.
In our Math Booklet (sent home Friday) have your child fill out the Represent Number Mat (using a separate sheet of paper or placing the paper in a clear plastic sleeve using a dry erase marker) using the number 162.
Spelling
Continue to practice the 103 No Mistake Spelling Words.
News and Updates
News and Updates
Fall Fundraiser
Our Fall Fundraiser has started! The flyers were sent home with students last week. The fundraiser is to help provide items needed for our school. Students may win prizes for participating. The top 7 sellers in the school will earn a Cineplex Pass or Indigo gift card. The top sellers in each grade will earn a Mystery prize bag. Please help support our school by taking part in fundraising!
Please note that due to restrictions this year, our fundraiser is 100% online. All payments must be made online with a credit card or VISA debit. Orders will be shipped to the school for distribution and parents will be notified of a pick-up date.
All orders are due October 14th.
Covid
Parents are responsible to notify the school of the reason for the absence(s) from school. Families play an important role in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring that students can access educational services. It will be important for you to monitor your child’s health each day before sending them to school and to keep them home when they feel ill. If your child exhibits any of the symptoms listed below and they are unusual for your child or are not related to an existing condition (e.g. seasonal allergies), parents/guardians are asked to call 811 or your health care provider and report any symptoms of COVID-19 to the school. Students are expected to remain home until they are free of symptoms.
Symptoms include the following:
if you traveled outside regions as per the current CPHO guidelines, you are asked to declare this to the school, and follow the current CPHO measures in place at the time
e.g. self-new or worsening cough
shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
fever/chills
sore throat
runny nose, sneezing, congestion
headache
muscle aches
unusual fatigue
acute loss of sense of smell or taste
Any question please reach out to me anytime.
Shanda
Important Dates:
Thanksgiving, Monday, October 12th (No School)
Fundraiser Due- Wednesday, October 14th
Update!
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Orange Shirt Day at our school.
Every Child Matters is a movement that is sweeping our country and YOU are invited to become a part of it! At six years old, Phyllis Webstad was excited about starting school. Her grandmother took her shopping and Phyllis picked out a shiny orange shirt to wear on the first day of residential school. Her new shirt was taken from her on that first day and she never saw it again. Phyllis' story is similar to many residential school survivors. Held annually on September 30th, this day honours these survivors of Indian Residential Schools. Please consider participating in Orange Shirt Day this year.
Also, I noticed that the weekly homework was posted on my weekly update, but not under the "homework" heading. I apologize for the mix up.
September 28- October 2, 2020
Hello Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! It looks like we are going to have some gorgeous weather this week. Although, most of us put away all our patio furniture in preparation for hurricane Teddy, and with the warm weather it feels like summer is back. Luckily, Teddy did not amount to anything except a storm day for the kiddos.
We are really getting into a routine in 3C. I keep reminding myself we have only been in school for a few weeks, but the kids have adjusted so well to all our new routines. This week we will continue setting up our Writing and Reading Workshop. This past week students have been working on small moment writing pieces. Students are understanding that writers do not just write, but they plan out their story by thinking, touching and telling their story across the pages, sketching, and then begin to write out their story. This week we will be revising our writing and adding more detail. In reading we are focusing on how reading is thinking. The students are making lots of connection to our read aloud “The One and Only Ivan.”
In math we are working on the two outcomes listed below.
3.N2 Represent and describe numbers to 1000, concretely, pictorially, and symbolically.
3.N3 Compare and order numbers to 1000.
I am hoping this week we will have a chance to make a Math Toolkit for each child to take home to support Homework. Please keep an eye out for these in your child’s communication bag and set aside.
Homework (Monday to Thursday night)
For math I would like your child to spend 5-10 minutes each night on Xtramath. The link can be found on our class blog under Student Web Links or by searching Xtramath in a search engine.
I would like to have your child read for 20 minutes each night. They may read a book they have at home or use Epic books. I hope the sheet I sent home on Friday to log onto Epic books after 4:00pm was helpful. I apologize for any confusion, as I thought the code would still work after 4:00pm, but it seems Epic books has made some changes since last year. Please have your child fill out the reading log each night. They have had lots of practice filling one out at school and should be a pro at this!
I sent home a copy of the 103 No Mistake Spelling Words last week. Please practice a few words each night that your child had difficulty with.
I would appreciate if the communication and homework duotang could come to school each day. If any important information is to be sent home I will have your child place it in their communication bag for safe travels.
Information:
Indoors
It is important for students to have a pair of indoor sneakers. It is required for gym class- no sandals, crocs, etc.
School Photos
Picture day for grade 3 is on Tuesday, September 29th.
Terry Fox Run
Students will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Terry Fox Run through their Phys. Ed. class on Tuesday, September 29th. We are asking students to bring in a loonie or toonie donation to contribute to this worthwhile cause.
Orange Shirt Day
As I mentioned on Friday, Orange Shirt Day is on September 30th but due to some grades having school pictures that day we will be celebrating Orange Shirt Day on Friday, October 2nd.
Hot Lunches
A few students have not enjoyed some of the Healthy Food orders. Please try to send in some extra snacks if your child is trying out the healthy lunch program just in case your child does not care for the meal.
Covid
Parents are responsible to notify the school of the reason for the absence(s) from school. Families play an important role in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring that students can access educational services. It will be important for you to monitor your child’s health each day before sending them to school and to keep them home when they feel ill. If your child exhibits any of the symptoms listed below and they are unusual for your child or are not related to an existing condition (e.g. seasonal allergies), parents/guardians are asked to call 811 or your health care provider and report any symptoms of COVID-19 to the school. Students are expected to remain home until they are free of symptoms.
Symptoms include the following:
if you traveled outside regions as per the current CPHO guidelines, you are asked to declare this to the school, and follow the current CPHO measures in place at the time
e.g. self-new or worsening cough
-shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
-fever
-chills
-sore throat
-runny nose, sneezing, congestion
-headache
-muscle aches
-unusual fatigue
-acute loss of sense of smell or taste
If you have any question please reach out to me anytime.
Shanda
Update!
Hi families,
I wanted to send a quick update.
Orange Shirt Day was noted to take place on Wednesday, September 30th, but due to picture day taking place at our school we will be having Orange Shirt Day on Friday, October 2nd.
I sent home a math package this week. It was put together by the department and they are blackline masters that students would normally have access to in the classroom. The packets have been created by the math team to support face to face, and if need be, remote learning. Please keep them at home for you to use with your child.
I was informed that a few people were finding it challenging to access Epic books. I am sending home in your child's homework duotang a more detailed information sheet on how to access Epic books after 4:00 pm.
Reminder that our picture day is Tuesday, September 29th.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Monday, September 21st, 2020
What a wonderful week in 3C!! We have started to get into the swing of things. The class was excited to start our writer’s workshop last week and we will continue working on generating ideas for small moments to write about. We are also working on revising our writing to add more detail for our reader. We have practiced organizing our story by touching and telling what will happen on each page before we begin writing. Students are then asked to sketch a simple reminder of what each page is about before we begin writing. This week we will continue working on this strategy in writer's workshop.
In reader’s workshop, we have been working on what is important during independent reading times and have been putting these into action during workshop time. This week we will be focusing on choosing our “just right” levels of books. As you may have heard, we are also reading “The One and Only Ivan,” as a read aloud. The class seems to be enjoying this story and it is a great book for classroom discussions.
In Math, we have been focusing on representing numbers in many different ways: base ten blocks, base ten name, words, tally, expanded form and standard form. The children have been involved in many learning opportunities to strengthen this skill by playing games, using manipulatives, as well as pencil and paper activities. They have really enjoying playing the game “I have… Who has…” and racing to beat our time each round.
Last week we completed our “No Excuse Spelling Words.” I will be sending home a copy of the words in their homework duotang. Please look over the words and work on the ones they found challenging. We will be focusing on these words over the next couple weeks and I will re-test on the challenging words. We will be getting into word work and spelling, but for now we are focusing on the challenging “No Excuse Spelling words.”
Homework
Homework will be starting this week and will run from Monday-Thursday. It will look different this year due to Covid-19 and limiting the transfer of books to and from school.
Reading-Your child is expected to read for 15 minutes each night. I will be sending home a reading log for you to fill in and monitor your child’s reading. If you do not know the level of the book you do not need to worry about filling in this portion of the reading log. You have the option to read a book you have at home or from our school library. I have also created a “class” on Epic books. I have included the class code in your child’s homework duotang to access our Epic classroom. I have sent home sample questions and prompts to help guide your book talks with your child. It is important to always be thinking as we read and ask questions for understanding and deeper thinking.
Math-In math we will be practicing our fast math facts. This is best done online through Xtramath. I have created a code for each student that will be found in their homework duotang.
To access the sites listed above for homework you can find them under the “Student Links” section on our class blog or you may type them into a search engine, such as google.
Headphones
If at all possible could your child please bring in a pair of cheap headphones to use while on the chromebooks. If you could have them in a plastic bag with your child’s name labelled on the bag that would be wonderful.
School Photos
Our school photos will be taken on Tuesday, September 29th.
School Clothing Sale
West Royalty School clothing will be on sale until September 25th. No late orders will be accepted. Please see the link below to place your orders. This is a wonderful fundraiser for our school!
Covid-19
Parents are responsible to notify the school of the reason for the absences(s) from school. school.
Families play an important role in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring that students can access educational services. It will be important for you to monitor your child’s health each day before sending them to school and to keep them home when they feel ill. If your child exhibits any of the symptoms listed below and they are unusual for your child or are not related to an existing condition (e.g. seasonal allergies), parents/guardians are asked to call 811 or your health care provider and report any symptoms of COVID-19 to the school. Students are expected to remain home until they are free of symptoms.
In addition, if you have traveled outside regions as per the current CPHO guidelines, you are asked to declare this to the school, and follow the current CPHO measures in place at the time (e.g. self-isolation).
Symptoms of COVID-19 include:
-new or worsening cough
-shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
-fever
-chills
-sore throat
-runny nose, sneezing, congestion
-headache
-muscle aches
-unusual fatigue
-acute loss of sense of smell or tasteacute loss of sense of smell or
Important Dates:
September 29th – School Pictures KA, KB, 1, 3, 5
September 30th – School pictures KC, KD, 2, 4, 6
September 30th- Orange Shirt Day- Students and Staff are asked to wear orange in honour of the survivors of Residential Schools
Have a great week,
Mrs. Sellar
Monday, September 14th, 2020
Good Morning,
Welcome to our first full week of the new school year! Last week we focused on getting to know each other and setting classroom expectations. The class created a chart of what our classroom should look, feel, and sound like. I was so impressed with how well they developed our classroom expectations that foster a safe, welcoming, and ready to learn environment!
This week we will be starting our Reading, Writing and Math workshop model in a more structured way.
In Reader’s Workshop, students will be learning how to choose books within our classroom. Students will learn ways to choose books, how to know if a book is too easy/challenging/or just right, and how reading is thinking.
For Writer’s Workshop I am sending home an All About Me Bag that students are asked to fill with 4 items they want to share about themselves with the class. In class the students will use one of these items as an idea to write a small moment piece. Please have the bag returned by Tuesday.
In math, we will be working on place value and how to represent a number in many different ways: base ten blocks, base ten name, words, expanded form, standard form, and 10 more/less.
Last week the students received their username and passwords for the Chrome books. It would be greatly appreciated if you could send in a pair of inexpensive headphones for your child to use during technology. Please place them in a plastic bag with your child’s name on it.
I hope everyone has had no problem finding the online blog for 3C on the West Royalty School website. This will be the last week I will be sending home a paper copy of our weekly update. Please check the website daily. If any important information comes up during the week, I will post it there.
Have a wonderful week and please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns!
Mrs. Sellar
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
Welcome parents, guardians and students to a new school year! It was wonderful welcoming everyone back to school yesterday. I was amazed at how well everyone did with adapting to our "new normal."
This site is where I will be posting our weekly updates to let you know what is going on in 3C and any important dates or information that you may need to know. You will also notice on the site there is a section for student learning. If and when we go to online learning this is where you will access this information.
Our goal this week in 3C is to get to know each other and our daily routine. We are building relationships with each other and making connections to build a classroom community.
A few important things to mention, please call the office if your child will be absent for the day. Also, yesterday I sent home forms that are to be filled out. Please return them as soon as possible.
Lastly, please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. I do check my email every morning, but if there is an important matter, such an after school pickup change, please call the office.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns!
Thanks,
Shanda
ssellar@edu.pe.ca
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