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Mr. Cherry the Egg Expert

4/16/2021

We were very lucky to have Mr. Cherry come visit today and teach us all 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. We're lucky to have such an egg-cellent egg-spert (as Mr. Cherry would say) at Millgrove!

Roy Henry Vickers

4/16/2021

Today we got to take part in a Google Meet with Mrs. Lakusta and some other classes from our school division to learn about the art of the renowned First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers. Mrs. Lakusta taught us how to use Google Drawing to create the art, and after some hard work, the class finished some very impressive art inspired by Roy Henry Vickers' piece Whaler Islets. You can see your child's art on Seesaw!

Speedball

4/15/2021

We've been playing speedball in PE this week, and the class has done a wonderful job working as a team to share the ball and try to earn points. The teams are allowed to use a "warm defence" to stop the other team's progress and get the ball back, and there has been lots of good sportsmanship and team spirit in the games so far!

Data Analysis

4/14/2021

We're starting a new unit this week in Math on Data Analysis. Data analysis relates to the collection, organization, and interpretation of information.

In this unit, your child will:

Collect data to find information or solve a problem.
Organize data using tally marks, charts, lists, and line plots.
Construct and label line plots and bar graphs.
Read and interpret charts, line plots, and bar graphs.

Here are some suggestions for activities you can do with your child.

Have your child collect and organize data at home to help make an important decision. For example, he or she could collect and organize data to decide the flavour of birthday cake to bake for the next family birthday. Your child should write a question to ask family members, collect and organize the results, and decide what flavour of birthday cake to bake.
With your child, look for examples of bar graphs in newspapers, magazines, or on the Internet. Have your child share 3 things that she or he knows by looking at the bar graph.

Researching Animals

4/9/2021

This month in Language Arts we'll be working on a research project on animals to tie in with our Animal Life Cycles unit in Science. Each student has selected an animal to research, and we'll be finding information about different subtopics about those animals such as their diet, appearance, and adaptations. So far the students have worked on the beginning stages of the research process such as sequencing sources and searching for subtopics, along with synthesizing information from across texts. There's lots of talk about wolves, koalas, pandas, and various other species in our classroom these days!

Ukraine

4/9/2021

For the next couple of months in Social Studies our class will be focusing on the country of Ukraine! So far the students have noticed that Ukraine has some features in common with Canada, and the class particularly enjoyed learning the game "Tzurki Palki" from Miss Careless this week. Ukrainian sports, industries, and communities have been interesting so far, and in the next week we'll get to learn lots about Ukrainian culture. ми не можемо чекати (we can't wait)!

Chicken Eggs in 3B

4/8/2021

We were very this lucky this week to have the chicken lady deliver 24 eggs for our class! The eggs are settled into the incubator now where they're toasty warm and carefully rotating. This will be the beginning of our Science unit on Animal Life Cycles. Next week we're going to take a peek inside by candling the eggs with Mr. Cherry, and in the coming weeks the chicks will start to peck their ways out of their shells! The class is already eagerly observing the chicks' progress!

Happy Easter

4/4/2021

Happy Easter from 3B!

Ukrainian Pysanky

3/25/2021

Now that we've wrapped up our learning about Peru, this week we celebrated Easter Ukrainian style by decorating eggs (or “pysanky”). The students used kitskas and beeswax to create designs on their eggs, and we used real Ukrainian dyes. It was very exciting to see how they turned out after we’d melted all the wax off. з Великоднем! (Happy Easter)!

Geometry

3/23/2021

3B has been working hard in our look at 2D shapes and 3D objects in Math this week. Geometric shapes are all around us, and mathematics can help your child recognize them. Understanding geometric form will help your child appreciate the geometry found in art, design, architecture, and nature.

In this unit, the students will:

Identify and name various shapes with 3 or more sides
Build, represent, and describe geometric objects
Draw and talk about 2-D shapes and 3-D objects

You can encourage your child to look for geometric shapes and objects around the home and neighbourhood, and talk about them. Here are some suggestions for activities that you can do at home:

Look for geometric shapes in buildings and street signs. For example, a stop sign is the shape of an octagon, and a yield sign is the shape of a triangle.
Look around the house for geometric shapes. Talk about the shapes you find. As you do, look closely at the corners and sides of the shapes. Count the corners and sides with your child.
Look for 3-D objects around your home, such as a fridge, stove, table legs, and so on. If possible, ask your child to count the number of corners and edges. Talk about how the object’s shape is related to its purpose.
Look through magazines with your child to find as many different 2-D shapes and 3-D objects as you can find.

So far we’ve learned how to describe and compare shapes and objects using words like vertices, edges, faces, and length. You can see some of our explorations in the pictures below!