Munch a Lunch Program

Session 2 of the Lunch Program is now open for orders. The final day to place orders is January 4th. No cash orders will be taken for this session. We are not accepting orders past January 4. Session 2 lunches will begin the week of January 7th.

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Munch a Lunch

Geometry Unit

We are beginning 2D Geometry before the holidays.  We will then move on to 3D figures.  The expectations are as follows:

• I can identify and compare various polygons (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons) and sort them by their geometric properties (# of sides, side lengths, # of interior angles, # of right angles)

• I can use a reference tool to identify right angles and to describe and compare angles as greater than, equal to, or less than a right angle

• I can compare and sort prisms and pyramids by their geometric properties

• I can construct rectangular prisms and describe geometric properties of prisms

• I can solve problems requiring the greatest or least number of 2D shapes needed to compose a larger shape in a variety of ways

• I can explain the relationships between different types of quadrilaterals 

• I can identify and describe the 2D shapes that are found in 3D shapes 

• I can describe and name prisms and pyramids by the shape of their base

• I can identify congruent 2D shapes by manipulating and matching concrete materials

Tangram Game

Shapes Game
Angles NumberRock Song
Angles Song (BINGO)

Snowflake Sale

Dear Parents/Guardians

St. Bernard will be hosting it's 3rd annual Snowflake Sale. The idea behind the snowflake sale is that students bring in some gently used items from home in order to sell at school. The grade 6 students have chosen this fundraiser in order to raise money for WeSchools. All money raised with be donated to our local and global initiative- Hunger and Women’s Empowerment.

At this time, we are asking all families, if you have any gently used items that you may be donating to goodwill, if you could please send them to the school for our snowflake sale which will happen on December 20, 2018. Students can begin bringing in items. We ask that all items be at school by Wednesday December 19, 2018.

We are also looking for some parent volunteers that would be able to help set up on Wednesday December 19, 2018 starting at 2:30pm. If you are able to help out, can you please contact Ms Porcari at the school.

Some items to consider (books, toys, ornaments, crafts, knick- knacks, games, puzzles, gift ideas for mom and dad and wrapping paper, gift bags, bows and gift tags)

Thank you,

The Grade 6 team

Adding and Subtracting Learning Goals

Here are the expectations for our new unit on addition and subtraction!

Number Sense - Addition & Subtraction

• I can solve problems involving addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers, using a variety of mental strategies
• I can add and subtract 3-digit numbers 
• I can use estimation when solving problems using addition and subtraction 

Encourage your child to go on Xtramath.org and practise their math facts or quiz them while you are in the car on numbers that you see on license plates.  Ask them to estimate how much two items at the store will cost altogether.  When planning for Christmas get togethers, ask them how many plates, or buns, or cookies, etc, you will need altogether.  

Adding and Subtracting Games

http://www.abcya.com/clear_it_addition.htm

http://www.abcya.com/estimating.htm

http://www.abcya.com/jet_ski_addition.htm

http://www.abcya.com/marble_drop_addition.htm

https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-3/add-two-numbers-up-to-three-digits-word-problems

https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-3/subtract-numbers-up-to-three-digits

Patterning Unit

As we begin our Patterning Unit here are the new learning goals:

• I can identify, extend, and create a repeating pattern involving 2 attributes.
• I can describe the pattern rule using the letter name (ie. AAB).
• I can demonstrate an understanding that a pattern results from a repeating action, an operation, using a transformation, or making some other repeated change to an attribute.

Here are some sites to check out:

http://www.abcya.com/shape_patterns.htm

http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.aspswf=story_files/sequence_game_US.swf

https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/pattern-shapes/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns

https://play.prodigygame.com/

Data Management

We are begin our beginning our Data Management Unit on Monday - here are the new learning expectations and some tips on how you can practice at home:

• I can organize, sort, and classify objects into categories using two or more attributes. 
• I can collect data by conducting a simple survey 
• I can collect and organize and display data in charts, tables, and graphs with appropriate titles and labels 
• I can read data presented in charts, tables, and graphs, then describe the data using comparative language 
• I can interpret and draw conclusions from data 
• I can demonstrate an understanding of mode and identify the mode in a set of data 

Some ways that you can practice at home:
Sort objects at home (sort fruit & veggies into the fridge after shopping, sort coins in different ways), take surveys at home (who likes chicken more than beeft, who likes pepperoni pizza or cheese), if you see a graph or table in a book, newspaper, magazine, social media - ask your child to show you the labels, ask which is most popular, which is least popular, what does the graph tell you.

Here are some sites to check out:

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/mathdata.html

https://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/logic-zoo

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/51/bar_charts

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=maths/interpretingdata

Hi everyone!

Thanks for checking us out, and please be sure to star/bookmark this site for easy access!  I will be periodically posting on here to let you know of our learning goals, posting videos, or tips on how you can continue your learning at home!  

Our focus in math is Place Value!  Here are our learning goals for this unit!

• I can count forward (by 1,2,5,10,25, 100) and backwards (by 2, 5, 10, 100) using a variety of tools
• I can represent, compare, and order numbers up to 1000
• I can read and write whole numbers
• I can identify and represent the value of a digit according to its position in the number (3 in 324 is 3 hundreds)
• I can compose and decompose 3-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones using concrete materials
• I can round 2-digit to the nearest ten
• I can represent and explain the relationship among the numbers 1, 10, 100, 1000

Try to help your child consolidate this learning at home by having them skip count while waiting for the light to change in the car, while waiting for their sibling to get dressed, and while waiting for commercials to be over.  When shopping and looking at prices, ask your child to round the dollar amounts to the nearest 10. When a number comes up in a book, on the tv, or in an address, ask them to tell you which digit is in the 100's column, or 10's column, or 1's column and what it's value is.

Base Ten Fun

Comparing Number Values

Place Value Hockey

Rounding Numbers

We have also been working on our unit on Samaritans on a Digital Road - teaching us all about being safe online.  Here is the link for the Privacy Playground game the students have enjoyed!

We are also continuing working on writing a recount with interesting details and transition words.  We are learning about how to make connections when we read (text to self, text to text, and text to world connections), as well as responding to what we read using an APE answer.  

As always, please feel free to contact me with a note in the agenda if you have any questions.  

Thank you!

Welcome to Grade 3!

Welcome Parents and Students to our Grade 3 Blog!  This website will be a space for us to share some of the topics that we are exploring in class, news and information on the school, and websites that can help support our learning in class.  I will make sure to have the students write in their agenda when to "Check Blog" so that you do not feel the need to look back each and every day.  I am also going to attempt my first time using Twitter, please complete the note so that I can see who is interested in that domain for communication as well.

I am excited to get to know each and every child in the class this year and I am sure they are going to be working hard to get comfortable with the rules and routines of the classroom right now.  On Tuesday, September 18th at 6:45pm, St. Bernard School will hold it's Program Night.  During this evening you will learn about our Grade 3 program, the curriculum, the special events, and the rules and routines of the class (homework program, Math Wizards, etc...).  I look forward to meeting you!  Please check and sign the agenda each and every night so we can ensure that our team is doing its best to meet your child's needs.

Also, there is a new policy on volunteers working with students in the school that requires them to have a Police Record Check done, this will be including field trips, Scientists in Schools, reading programs, etc.  So, please follow the link to have yours completed and ready for when you need it.  Letters are available at the office to have the fees waived if needed.

Ottawa Police Record Check

Thanks so much,
Ms. Laura Ferrarotto

Probability Learning Goals

This is our last Math Unit before EQAO next week.  We will be doing the quiz on Thursday, May 17.

Probability Expectations

• I can predict the frequency of an outcome in a simple probability experiment or game, then perform the experiment, and compare the results with the predictions, using mathematical language

• I can demonstrate an understanding of fairness in a game and relate this to the occurrence of equally likely outcomes 

Here are some links to some games that you can play to practise these skills!

http://mrnussbaum.com/probfair/

Probability Games

Try this brain teaser!

Algebra Learning Goals

We are working on our second last unit before our EQAO testing at the end of the month!  We are currently working on Algebra!  The expectations are as follows:

• I can determine the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction
• I can determine the missing number in equations involving addition and subtraction or 1 or 2 digit numbers 
• I can identify the properties of zero and one in multiplication
• I can identify and use the associative property of addition to facilitate computation with whole numbers

This is a great time to review the fact families with your child.  For example using the numbers 2, 3, 5 to manipulate the numbers to make different number sentences (2 + 3 = 5, 3 + 2 = 5, 5 - 3 = 2, 5 - 2 = 3).  Here is a video to reinforce these skills:

Fact Families

Here are some games to practise your Algebra skills.

Missing Number

Balancing Equations

Inferring games

Inferring - Riddle Game

Use the clues to guess what the computer is thinking of.

Into the Book website - Reading Strategies

Go to Students section and find reading strategy we are working on and play the games.

Number Pattern Expectations

We have 3 more Math units to cover before our Review for EQAO testing.  This week we will focus on Number Patterns.  The expectations are as follows:

• I can extend repeating, growing and shrinking number patterns
• I can create a number pattern involving addition or subtraction, given a presented pattern on a number line or a written pattern rule
• I can represent simple geometric patterns using a number sequence, number line, or a bar graph

Here are some online games you can try on your computers at home.  

Unlock the Number Pattern
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Number Pattern Races

Balloon Pop

Remember:  a good foundation in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division is helpful when working on number patterns; so practising your xtramath.org math facts is also a good idea.  Working on speed and accuracy with number facts is always an easy thing to practise in the car, on a walk, and at tuck in.

Geometry Learning Goals

This week's quiz will be on Thursday on Transformational Geometry.  The expectations are as follows:

1. I can identify reflections (flips), translations (slides), and rotations (turns).

2. I can complete and describe designs and pictures of images that have a line of symmetry.

3. I can describe movements from one location to another using a grid map.

Here are some games that you can play online to practise these skills:

Flips, Slides, Turns

Symmetry

OR - go to Prodigy to practise these skills

Mass and Capacity

Measurement Expectations:

• I can choose benchmarks for kg and litre
• I can estimate, measure, and record the mass of objects using a kg or parts of a kg (half, quarter)
• I can estimate, measure, and record the capacity of containers using a litre or parts of a litre
• I can compare and order a collection of objects using mass or capacity

 

Some games to try:

Measure the Mass of Letters

Baking with Aliens

Time and Temperature expectations

We have now begun our time and temperature unit in which the students are learning to do the following:

• I can read time using analogue clocks to the nearest five minutes and represent time in 12-hour notation (digital time e.g. 4:10)

• I can solve problems involving the relationships between min and hrs, hrs and days, days and weeks, and weeks and years (e.g. How many days are in 2 weeks?  How many minutes are in 3 hours?)

We will be having our Unit Quiz on Wednesday of next week.  Here are some websites for practising:

http://www.abcya.com/telling_time.htm

http://mrnussbaum.com/bedtime-2/

Stop the Clock

• I can estimate, read and record positive temperatures
• I can identify benchmarks for freezing, cold, cool, warm, hot and boiling temperatures for water
• I can identify benchmarks for cold, cool, warm & hot temperatures for air

Here are some games to help you practise reading the thermometer and temperature benchmarks!

Temperature Games

Money Expectations

Welcome Back from March Break!  Hope you all had a nice rest!

We are moving into our Money Unit and the following expectations are the Gr. 3 goals for this topic.

• I can represent and describe relationships between coins and bills up to $10
• I can estimate, count, and represent the value of a collection of coins and bills up to $10
• I can add and subtract money amounts to make purchases or change up to $10
• I can solve word problems applying the skills above

Try to have your child look at prices when you are grocery shopping, online shopping, or running errands.  Have them round to the nearest dollar and estimate what the total cost will be.  When paying for something, have your child help count out the change or estimate how much change you will get from the cashier.  You can also try the following online games:

Math is Fun

Money Games

Making Change

Math Expectations

Fractions Learning Goals

I can divide whole objects into equal parts.

I can divide sets of objects into equal parts.

I can compare fractions and put them in order according to size. 

I can identify the parts using fractional names without using numbers (ex. two thirds, one fourth)

I can solve multi-step math word problems involving fractions using pictures, numbers and words.

Fraction Fling

Our next unit is Multiplication and Division.  You can practise on Xtramath.org - we will be changing it to multiplication!  

Multiplication and Division Expectations

ü I can relate multiplication of 1-digit numbers to real-life situations

ü I can relate division of 1-digit numbers to real-life situations

ü I can multiply up to 7 x 7 using a variety of mental strategies

ü I can divide to 49/7 using a variety of mental strategies

Multiplication Games

0 times table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqQ_7vke2Q&t=45s

1 times table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_L1zD0b5uU

Parent Teacher Interviews

If you are interested in booking an interview to discuss Term 1 Reports, you can use this link to book a time for Tuesday, February 20th.  I will be available from 4pm to 6:30pm.  I will make a note in your child's report card if I would like to request an interview to discuss your child's progress.  Thank you!

You Can Book Me - Ferrarotto

Measurement expectations

We have now begun our unit on Measurement.  We will begin with Linear Measurement where the students must learn to do the following:

• estimate, measure and record length, height, and distance using standard units (cm, m, km)
• draw items using a ruler, given specific lengths in cm
• compare standard units of length and select and justify the most appropriate unit to measure length
• compare and order objects on the basis of linear measurements in cm and m (100 cm=1m)

Practise these skills at home by asking your child to estimate the length of an object in your home, and you give an estimate too.  After, measure it using a ruler or measuring tape and whoever is closest wins 10 points.  First person to 100 wins!  You can also choose an object and ask your child if they would measure that in cm or m.

Here is our anchor chart with benchmarks that you can review at home. 

Math and homework expectations

We are moving on to 3D figures in Math.  The expectations are as follows:

• I can compare and sort prisms and pyramids by their geometric properties
• I can construct rectangular prisms and describe geometric properties of prisms
• I can identify and describe the 2D shapes that are found in 3D shapes 
• I can describe and name prisms and pyramids by the shape of their base

This week's homework will be the last week to incorporate reading response questions.  We will be moving onto writing a Hamburger Paragraph.  The students will be given a topic in which they must come up with 3 interesting details, an opening sentence and a closing sentence.  See the anchor chart below.  Math will remain the same.