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Zones of Regulation and Twenty Yawns

Check the Twitter feed for a special announcement!
We are going to be learning more about the Zones of Regulation in our classroom.

This week we read the story 'Twenty Yawns' for the Global Read Aloud this week.  Our class developed a list of our calming strategies.  We posted our techniques to a shared padlet. Other grade three classes also posted how they calm themselves.

Electrostatic Force

Balloons + hair= FUN! We learned about electrostatic force today by playing around with balloons! Check out some of the shenanigans we got into last block:)

Pumpkin Palooza

Don't forget to wear black and orange on October 31st!  We are going to have a pumptastic day filled with all things 'pumpkiny'!

Week 3 #GRA16

For the Global Read Aloud this week, we read the story Twenty Yawns about a child who was too wound up to get to sleep.  After reading the book, we shared our strategies/techniques for calming down after a busy or stressful day.  We will be sharing our techniques with other students who read Twenty Yawns.  It will be interesting to see if we have similar techniques! I found this interesting read about how Lauren Castillo designed the cover for the book.  You can read more about it here!

In Math, we are getting very good at rounding numbers to the nearest ten.  We played Rounding Scoot in math this morning and it got us up and moving!
In Gym, we played some Halloween themed games like Witch's Broom and Monster Tag.

Please Vote!

We Scare Hunger and Rounding Numbers

Today we kicked off our We Scare Hunger campaign at Holy Redeemer. The Social Justice club is holding a food drive from October 24th to October 31st.  All goods collected will be going to the Kanata Food Cupboard.  Thanks in advance!

In Math, we are learning to round numbers to the nearest ten,  Here is a video that we watched to review the concept.

Apple Poll and Homework

On Friday we taste tested four kinds of apples. Unfortunately I could not get students responses using Google Forms so here it is and hopefully you remembered your favourite!
Here is the homework for the week too!

Week 3 GRA16 and MORE!

Information was sent home with the oldest and only regarding our latest play structure fundraiser!
The prize includes riding the Zamboni, a Sens jersey and 4 tickets to a hockey game!
Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5.
Send in money and raffle tickets will be distributed. Thanks again for all your support!
Mr. Rodgers read the story of the Apple Star and we all got to eat an apple at the end.  Later, we taste tested 4 different kinds of apples: Empire, Spartan, Russett and McIntosh.  Which was your favourite?

For the Global Read Aloud this week, we read the book 'The Reader' by Amy Hest and illustrated by Lauren Castillo (our author study).

What a great story to use for visualization!  So many adjectives and description-you could really see what was happening in the story even if you didn't look at the pictures.  We explored the picture at the end of the book and wondered what the picture might be about.  Afterwards, we had to create a book trailer for one of our favourite books.  Some students tried our the green screen too!  We posted to our Seesaw accounts as well as a Padlet.
Later, we had a Mystery Google Hangout with other grade three classes.  Our first attempt did not go well due to camera problems.   Another group joined us after recess and we had to guess where they were from based on clues given by the students.  Turns out they were from St. Cecilia in Barrhaven,  Thanks again to Mrs. Brownrigg and Mrs. McCuen for our first Mystery Hangout. We gave them clues too!  We will definitely be having more hangouts...hopefully the computer camera will work then:)

The BIG Crunch

Please mark on your calendars that Friday, October 21st is “HEALTHY APPLE DAY BIG CRUNCH DAY".

Each student will be given an apple for a nutritious, litter-less snack on Friday morning. We will start with the reading of the Apple Star Story and then students will take their first bite in unison creating a big sound that we are calling "The Big Crunch". The apples are being provided by the Holy Redeemer School Council with the assistance of the Hazeldean Farm Boy.

Check out the story of the Apple Star here:)

Walk-a-Thon

We had a great time today with our Walk-a-Thon.  Holy Redeemer raised over $4000 towards our new play structure!  Well done, Rockets! We also learned how to make God's Eyes from sticks and yarn.  They look beautiful and you have to persevere-they are not easy to make when you first start . Check out these pics and vids from the day!

These two are pros!

Homework and Class Cheer

The Walk-a-Thon is tomorrow morning. We will be presenting our class cheer in front of the school. Please try and wear a baseball type hat, sunglasses and jean jacket (or leather-type jacket). Remember our chant has a stomp stomp, clap clap beat!

Another Busy Friday!

#GRALauren

This week, we read 'The Troublemaker' by Lauren Castillo for the Global Read Aloud. We had lots of discussion about the art work and used clues from the text to predict what might happen in the story. Check out Lauren's blog here. Students were invited to bring their stuffies to school.  They had to write about what would happen if their own stuffy was 'coon napped' by the mischievous raccoon in the story. Take a look at what we came up with!

We finished up our Digital Citizenship posters and demonstrated how to be safe online.

View on Flipagram

In Math, we continue to work on representing and comparing numbers.  Students are encouraged to use the base ten blocks when working with numbers. This morning we had to figure out a solution to the following problem:

One possible solution (which met all the criteria) was 3 hundreds, 3 tens and 2 ones.

What We Have Been Up To

Today we wrapped up our Samaritans on the Digital Road by creating posters about Digital Citizenship.  Some of us used the Pic Collage app and others decided to create a traditional poster. Stay tuned for pictures to be posted on our Seesaw portfolios!

Before heading out to have our pictures taken, we ordered ourselves from smallest to tallest (without talking!).

Yesterday we took a look at the Big Ideas for our Science unit-Forces Causing Movement.  These are the things we will be investigating over the next few weeks.

In the morning, we took a look at another WODB (Which One Doesn't Belong).  What do YOU think?