Parent Portal

Welcome to 3C!

Hi!  My name is Emily Farquharson and I will be your child’s teacher for the year. I am very excited and looking forward to working with each and every student in this class!  I just know that we are going to have a great school year together! This first month of school will be all about getting to know your child and getting them comfortable with our classroom routines and expectations.  As the students get more comfortable with our daily tasks we will really begin to dive into Grade 3.

We have lots of learning to do this year and I will do my best to update our site regularly to keep you up to date on what we have been doing in the classroom and what the month ahead will look like.  Though we may not start homework right away it is important for students to bring their Homework Folders back and forth to school each day.  This folder will have different notices from myself or the school or other important information you may need.  If you need to send in a note for any reason you can also send this along in the Homework Folder.  Once we do get started into doing daily homework I will be sending all of this information in this folder as well.  I will be checking these folders daily and it is important that you do the same.

Please note that the school is sending home information sheets that we require you to fill out.  Please return these to the school as quickly as possible so we can update all of the important information regarding your child(ren).

It is very important to me that the students feel like they have a safe and welcoming environment when they come to our classroom.  We will be spending lots of time together and it will be expected that we all treat each other with kindness and respect.  Students are always encouraged to try their best and to ask questions if they are having difficulty with any task.  I am here to support your child in any way that I can!

Please contact me at any time if you have any questions or concerns.  You can reach me by calling the school at 902-368-6855  or by emailing me at evfarquharson@edu.pe.ca (note that if I am teaching I will not be able to respond until I have a break and on days I have outdoor supervision this may not be until the end of the day).  Again, I am greatly looking forward to this school year.  I can’t wait to get to know all of the students in our class and to help make their school year a positive one! 

Hello 3C Families,

We have had a great first month of school! Students have settled in well to our Grade 3 routines. I have been enjoying getting to know this sweet group of students.

In writing we have been working on writing about a small moment and telling it bit by bit using a storyteller's voice. A small moment is a tiny bit of time that has actually happened to students. It may be helpful if you have some discussion in the evening with your child about some moments they could write about. It is always great to help generate ideas! Students are welcome to bring in a list of small moments if you happen to do that together at home. We will continue this style of writing in October.

We have completed our Fundations orientation unit and have started Unit 1. This unit is working various syllable types. We have also started to learn cursive writing as part of our Fundations program.

In math we have been working on our Number Sense Unit, representing numbers to 1000 in a variety of ways. We have also been working on comparing numbers to 1000 and ordering numbers from greatest to least and from least to greatest. We will continue working on these skills as we move onto practicing skip counting by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 10s, 25s, and 100s. Later this month we will start working on mental math strategies and addition and subtraction with missing numerals.

In health we have been working on our Relationship Choices unit, discussing being a good friend, being kind and respectful. We will be continuing this unit this month. 

This month we will also be doing some Thanksgiving and Halloween activities. We plan to paint pumpkins during the last week of October. Thankfully, we have had 4 families sign up to donate the pumpkins. If you are one of the ones to sign up, please send them to school on October 27th. Thank you so much! We will have a great time painting them!

Dates to remember:

October 10 - No School - PD Day

October 13 - No School - Thanksgiving

October 17 - Photo Retakes

October 31 - Wear black and orange (no costumes please)