We had a blast sharing our poems with the school today for Poem In Your Pocket Day! Each student memorized a poem this month, and today they recited to their poem to several staff members and students around Millgrove. There were poems that made the audience laugh, others that made them say "awww," and 3B did a great job sharing an appreciation of poetry with the school!
This week we've been practicing a variety of basketball skills, and the class has really enjoyed passing, dribbling, and shooting in PE. The students have been working hard to be in control of the ball like an NBA or WNBA player, and have been extra careful to keep the ball in their own space. You can watch the video above to see some of the basketball form we've been trying out in PE class!
This week the students drew invertebrate animals that they then painted with watercolour and tempera paints. We had learned about iridescent insects and used that learning to paint our invertebrates with bright, eye-catching colours. You can even watch below to see some art made by invertebrate animals and check out some more science-inspired art here, here, and here
This week we've been learning more about the chicken life cycle! We got to candle a couple of the eggs, and we learned all about the different parts of the egg that allow the chick to develop inside. Each student "dissected" their own egg in class to find the albumen, air pocket, embryo, chalaza, yolk, and membrane. It was egg-cellent fun We’ve been very engaged in our Animal Life Cycles unit in Science recently! In this unit, students will describe the appearances and life cycles of some common animals, and identify their adaptations to different environments. We've focused especially this week on animal classification and observing our chicks, mantids, fruit flies, and caterpillars. It's been a busy and fun week! During our learning on Animal Life Cycles, students will:
Today we had a very exciting assembly from the Earth Rangers! We got to see an barred owl, armadillo, and monitor lizard up close which was thrilling. The Earth Rangers also shared lots of information about how we can better take care of our planet which connected well with Earth Day coming up next week!
It's national poetry month and we're learning lots about writing poetry in 3B! We've read lots of wonderful and varied poetry, and in our poetry writing we've been learning about how poets write about things that they observe and care about, that poets should pay close attention to the world around them and the feelings inside, and that poets revise their poems as they write. The students have enjoyed reading their poems to each other, and there have been lots of emotive and humorous poetry! Coming up in our writing, we'll learn more about language, form, revision, and building poetry anthologies. You can read some of the poems we've been inspired by here and read some of our poems below!
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Mrs. BarkerMrs. Barker is a grade three teacher at Millgrove School. She loves science and reading, and lives in a little brick house with Mr. Barker and her kids Jack and Ellie. Archive
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