Grade 3 Mrs. D'Appolonia

And so it begins, summer break is here! We are both happy to enjoy the summer but sad to say good-bye to the classroom in which we have done so much growing this year. As this is our last blog post of the year, we decided to write it as a class. Favorite moments: (many of us wanted to put our names beside more than one!) - Getting to see the animals from the Calgary Humane people - Ryker - Bridge walk - Isla - Favorite place writing - Priscilla, Armen - Hamburger writing - Justin - Animal books and habitats - Amarelle, Ava, Katerina, Mikael - Crazy hair day - Juliette - Mrs. D'Appolonia's 'dad jokes' - Jackson, Jace, Arash - Splatter painting - Precious - Swimming - Sara, Shubhangi - Making sunglasses - Ameer - Math - Kyiri - Sports day - Humzah, Mushfik - Mrs. D'Appolonia joining the Ken Taylor team - Jace and the rest of the class Last week highlights: Thank you for a great year and enjoy...

Happy Monday! What a fun day we had! This morning, we conducted our own surveys which we will use to create a bar graph tomorrow. After recess, we began constructing habitat dioramas to go with the animal books that we have been creating. We have enjoyed using the Book Creator website to create these books! This website is accessible from home but students will need to create their own accounts to create other books if they wish as our class account will be cleared over the summer.   After lunch, we had sports day. Ask me what stations I visited! Many of us enjoyed spending time at the refreshing watermelon station.   Updates/Reminders: - Please pack an extra bag for the last two days as there will be notebooks and such sent home - Last day is Wednesday June 27th - this is an early dismissal day - year end assembly from 8:30-9:30

Happy Wednesday! With one week to go, we are still keeping busy in the classroom. So far this week, we have looked at different ways to measure time using standard and nonstandard units. Today, we created our own calendars to relate the passage of time to common activities. Tomorrow, we will practice measuring weight in both grams and kilograms. We have also been working hard on our nonfiction animal books. Last week, we began conducting research on an animal of our choice and we are now using this information to create our own books using a program called Book Creator. In addition to this, we have been working as a class to build our own micronation. We have decided on what rights our nation should have and elected a leader after listening to a few different speeches. With the school year coming to a close, review is essential for the retention of the knowledge that we have gained this year. Razz Kids and IXL are great options for this. I have also listed variou...