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Lots to Be Proud Of

6/11/2021

The students of 3B have so much to be proud of from this strange and challenging year! Today they each received an award suited to their individual talents, treasured quirks, and merits. We've had such a remarkable group of students this year who worked so well together, and I am proud of each and every one of them!

The Pie-ing of Mrs. Barker

6/11/2021

Our class won our grade’s Spellathon fundraiser this year, so they have been eagerly anticipating the opportunity to pie Mrs. Barker. That moment finally came today when Austen got to enact this pie attack, and needless to say, the class was delighted!

Among Us Review Games

6/11/2021

Among Us is incredibly popular with some of the students in our class, so this week we had a couple of days to have some fun with that theme. We wrote using an Among Us prompt, played a real-life Among Us Math Scavenger Hunt, and completed some challenging Math missions in an online Among Us format. The students enjoyed creating their own avatars, completing the Math tasks, and figuring out who the imposters were. It was a fun way to review some of our learning from this year!

Classifying Animals and Different Developmental Stages

6/11/2021

We’ve had a blast learning about life cycles this term! This month we've learned about different classes of animals and how to classify them, along with the major differences in life cycles between different classes of animals. We got to look at some real-life specimens of different species' eggs, larvae, and juvenile stages, and the students are becoming true experts on animals' development. Their zoology knowledge is truly top-notch!

Learning from World Travelers

6/8/2021

Over the last couple of months we were privileged to hear from some different speakers about their experiences traveling the world! Our school librarian has traveled to many different countries around the globe, including a few of the ones we learned about this year, and she showed us all sorts of artifacts from those places including their clothing, currencies, animals, and traditions! Mrs. Sebastian, who spent several weeks in India, taught us so many fascinating things about that country, and brought a ton of interesting items for us to explore. We got to see Indian newspapers, money, food, and lots of clothing! We're lucky to have such a cosmopolitan staff at our school!

Outdoor Reading

6/4/2021

With the extraordinarily hot weather this week, our class spent some time reading outside in the cooler mornings. We got to have our guided reading groups on picnic blankets, and the class had fun with the change of scenery. As we’ve learned this year, one of the most important parts about developing a reading life is finding and getting settled in the perfect reading spot, so we had lots of practice with that this week in the wonderful outdoors!

3B Poetry Café

6/3/2021

To celebrate the students’ completing their poetry anthologies this week, we had a Poetry Café today. We listened to café music, and Mrs. Barker the barista had some sweet treats and juice prepared for the poets. The class had fun reading their poems to each other (there were lots of laughs), and all the students should be proud of their lovely collections of poetry!

Planting Veggies

6/3/2021

Millgrove worked together with our school division and some students at SGCHS to build some new planters near the bark park! Our class was one of the classes in charge of planting some seeds and bulbs in the planter, and we enjoyed preparing the soil and planting this week! The class worked hard to plan, dig, and distribute the seeds, and now we’ll work on watering and fertilizing them. You can watch the video below to see some of what we discussed about seeds and plant growth. We planted carrots, pumpkins, onions, and potatoes, so hopefully we’ll have some carrots before summer break!

Animal Life Cycles

6/1/2021

We've been learning lots about animal life cycles recently, and now that are chicks are at the farm and we released our butterflies, we're moving on to other aspects of animals and their development. In this last month of school, we'll focus on the following learner expectations:

Classify a variety of animals, based on observable characteristics; e.g., limbs, teeth, body covering, overall shape, backbone
Observe and describe the growth and development of at least on living animal, as the animal develops from early to more advanced stages. The animal(s) should be from one or more of the following groups: mammals, birds, fish reptiles, amphibians, insects. Suggested examples include: gerbils, guppies, mealworms, tadpoles, worms, butterflies/moths. Additional examples from other animal groups might also be included: brine shrimp, isopods, spiders
Predict the next stages in the growth and development of at least one animal from each of the following groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects; and identify similarities and differences in their developmental sequences
Identify the food needs of at least one animal from each of the following groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects; and describe changes in how each animal obtains food through different stages of its life
Demonstrate awareness that parental care is characteristic of some animals and not of others, and identify examples of different forms of parental care
Demonstrate awareness that animals require different habitats in order to meet their basic needs of food, water, shelter and space
Recognize adaptations of a young animal to its environment, and identify changes in its relationship to its environment as it goes through life; e.g., tadpoles are adapted for life in an aquatic environment; adult frogs show adaptations to both terrestrial and aquatic environments
Identify examples of environmental conditions that may threaten animal survival, and identify examples of extinct animals
Recognize that habitat preservation can help maintain animal populations, and identify ways that student actions can assist habitat preservation
Demonstrate knowledge of the needs of animals studied, and demonstrate skills for their care

Rainbow Day

5/28/2021

To celebrate the warm weather and the arrival of spring, Millgrove had a day themed around one of spring’s best things – rainbows! Our class enjoyed the many colours that people dressed up in, and we had fun with some rainbow-themed dancing and literature. It's always special to see the school come together, and it was definitely a colourful bunch at Millgrove today!