It’s been an exciting week in 3B as we started the culminating project of our building unit: building bridges! We’ve learned about different types of bridges and explored the design and construction of the Walterdale Bridge in Edmonton. The students are working on a challenge from the City of Edmonton to build a model bridge for a self-driving vehicle, using only glue and 150 popsicle sticks. So far they’ve constructed the beams and deck of their bridges, and next week we’ll be doing some railing and truss work. We have our very own model self-driving vehicle that the bridge will need to support, and a model of the river bank of the North Saskatchewan River. There will definitely be some great contenders for the Edmonton Self-Driving Vehicle Bridge!
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This week we learned about Asian elephants in India and how they are a part of the Indian landscape and culture, along with some problems with their survival. Today we made art inspired by elephants and how they were traditionally decorated in Indian culture. The students did some lovely work--you can see your child's elephant art piece on Seesaw, and watch the videos below to learn more about elephants (the second video isn't from India, but it's too amusing not to share). The class was happy to visit the Participark today, especially because we were curious to check out the effects of the snow squall on the trees (which seemed mostly minimal)!
Because we're not singing in class this year, we've been using ASL to take part in the daily anthem at Millgrove. You can watch the video below to see some of the ASL that we've been using every morning in our class!
3B has been hard at work this week building model playgrounds! One of the outcomes for this unit is that students will use a variety of materials and techniques to design, construct, and test structures that are intended to serve as models of particular living things, objects, or buildings. Students had to carefully consider materials, aesthetics, and function as they built, and the result was many creative and fun playgrounds! You can take a look below at some of the playgrounds that were built in our class. We’ve spent a lot of time this month researching and digging deeper into our learning about India! The students have really enjoyed learning about Indian culture and ways of life, and have been particularly intrigued by traditional games of India (we have many students who have ambitions to try bull surfing if they ever travel to India one day). The class put their knowledge to work as they planned their very own markets that incorporated Indian traditions, goods, services, and resources.
A group of students this week practiced and performed a riveting reader's theatre of Cinderella today! It was very fitting for our recent exploration of Cinderella and various adaptations of that story in our fairy tale unit, and the play was entertaining and well-received by the audience!
The students were excited to start our new Science unit on building this week! In this unit, students will use a variety of tools and simple techniques to build things for specific purposes. Their tasks will include building a bridge to span a gap, a model playground, and a stool to hold a person. Through these projects, students will learn the value of safety and good workmanship and that different materials and designs can be used to obtain the same result. We will talk about how working together on a common task is easier when ideas and materials are shared collaboratively. We’ve already had fun planning and building vases to hold a bouquet of flowers and a gift box to hold a chocolate, and the students are eagerly planning their model playgrounds for next week! Currently 3B is learning about classic and fractured fairy tales in our writing time. Fractured fairy tales are based on classic fairy tales, but the setting, characters, problem, solution, or some other element of the story are changed. The students have had great fun reading a variety of fractured fairy tales, and are working on their own fairy tale adaptations during writing time. We’ve been talking about how to write with cohesion, write with a clear story structure, balance narration with description and dialogue, and plan our scenes with story-planning booklets. The class was thrilled to have Mrs. Weisienburger back in our class this week to continue our lessons on feelings. This week we reflected on how to listen to our feelings and give them what they need, and we learned about the concept of resilience. The class had a blast learning with Mrs. Weisenburger as usual!
This month our class is starting a Math unit on multiplication and division! Multiplication and division are basic computational skills that children must eventually master in order to succeed in higher levels of mathematics. The focus of this unit is developing an understanding of the process of multiplication and division in order to develop strategies for multiplying and dividing whole numbers up to 5 x 5. Children will use counters, number lines, and arrays to develop their understanding. In this unit, the students will:
You can encourage your child to share different strategies used to multiply and divide. We use multiplication and division in many day-to-day situations. Here are some suggestions for activities you can try at home:
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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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