Coming up...

March Break is now over and we are working on having something in place for the students soon. Programming and learning will resume, though since we are at home, it will look different.
Please check in with the blog, as I will be updating information as it comes.
In the meanwhile, encouraged children to continue reading daily, writing stories or journals using rich language (trust me they know what that means :). Kids are encouraged to go to the math page of this blog and explore the many math links I have embed.

Stay tuned there is more to come!!

Learn-at-Home link

A few days ago, Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced a new web portal to help students stay on top of their learning while schools are shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here is a link to the Learn at Home portal here: https://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-at-home

Keep on Reading Kids!!!

I am sooo excited to inform you that one of our reading programs, scholastic digital, is now accessible to you at home! I use this awesome series for guided reading, plays/readers theatre and our weekly debates. Our school has a membership to this resource, but due to these trying times, Scholastic Digital has given parents and students free access to this literacy treasure until June 30th.
Please click on the link below and have your kids read and explore!

scholastic digital resource

Movement Devices

Students were very creative in designing their boats and cranes.

 
They were all successful in creating a way to make them move or lift a load using magnetic force.

 

Online Math Game

https://www.mathplayground.com/grade_3_games.html

Science Experiments on Forces

Ask your children about the experiments we have been doing:

Gravitational Force

*Dropping a basketball, dodgeball and tennis ball at the same time...which one hit the ground first and why?

Electrostatic Force

 
*Charging a balloon, then seeing static electricity at work.

Magnetic Force

 

 

*Using a magnet, tin foil, string with a paper clip attached and many classroom items to see if a magnet can "stick" to various objects.



Buoyancy

 

Experimenting with a ping pong ball in a glass of water. What happens when it is gently pushed down? How about when more pressure...force... is added to the ball?  

What happens when we add a dime to the ball?

How many coins does it take to sink the ball?

What are we going to do next???

Amusement Park Transformations

What started out as a simple task turned into a STEM project. Students were asked to draw or create an amusement park ride that translated, rotated and/or reflected. Enjoy the slide show of our future engineers: