March 4, 2102
HAVE A LOOK! In our media studies and discussion about how to become more media literate the students had the experience of creating their own media posters. In the area at the top of the website there is an icon called GLOGS Click here to see the hard work they have done. I will be sending home an assessment of the learning goal- if the students can identify the bag of tricks advertisers and media use to convince you to buy something. To see the Class Glogs you can also click here
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We will be having 2 assemblies this week. We have been working on a dance that we will be sharing on Wednesday, March 7th. This assembly begins at 9:00 a.m. and we are scheduled to perform closer to end of the assembly. I know some of the students are also performing with the primary choir at Tuesdays assembly as well. We hope to see you!
The students should be aware of this -but we are asking all students to bring a team Jersey for our dance performance on Wednesday. The theme is Hockey, but any team jersey will do!! THANKS!!!
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(added March 4, 2012) Math website called Johnnie's Math Page. It is now included in the Math section of the website under Math Games. Or, click here
March 2nd, 2012
Hello Families. There are book orders, Pita pit forms and Spirt Wear order froms (hoodies) in your child's planner. I am hoping parents let me know (perhaps via email) if their child's planner is not coming home! The routine in our classroom is to do a check at each group that each child has their planner. Sometimes the trip from the desk to the backpack results in no planner! One of the Learning Skills on the report card is organization and I am always tracking students demonstration of this. I am always modelling, reminding and expecting organization of Planners and work at their desk. Sadly some mornings I do not have the students during first period and planner check becomes the student's responsibility to let me know if there are notes etc. I am also modelling this for students.
The students are working on a Hockey Dance to perform for the school in next week's Sharing Assemblies. We hope you can make it. The theme is about TEAMWORK and collaboration. We have been working on these lifeskills since grade 3 began! Sooo fun!
March 1st, 2012
There should be a permission form in your child's planner for the re-scheduled field trip to Joseph Schneider Haus. Please sign and return the form ASAP as we need to give them exact numbers of participants. There is a section to indicate if you still wish to volunteer as supervisor, or if you now have the opportunity with this new date. Thanks everyone!
Feb. 27th, 2012
Liam has completed his glog. See if he has included some elements from our bag of tricks (See below)
More student Glogs of "Car ads" click here
Feb. 23rd, 2012
As you are probably aware due to bus cancellations we were not able to go on our field trip to Joseph Schneider Haus. We have placed a call to see if there is availability for rescheduling. When and if we secure a date I will ask about supervision and confirm details.
In Science, we were brainstorming and thinking critically about the meaning of STRONG and STABLE. We wondered if something is strong, is it automatically stable? Or are all stable structures strong? To think critically about it I showed the students 2 video clips.
I will try to add the video clips here soon.
Please don't forget - there is a 2d shape test on Monday!! Please return your math folder and pre-test!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Feb. 22nd, 2012
Thank you so much to parents and family that helped with our skating sessions.
Today was a mad rush to get there on time, but we had fun!
In your child's backpack you should see a green math folder
and a stapled package with a parent letter about 2d Geometry.
We will be having a quiz on Mon. Feb 27th. Please be sure to look over the
work and the pre-test. I tried to give feedback. There are also extra activities
available on this site click here.
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PARENT LETTER- click on picture below.
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Welcome to Miss Eberhard! She will be spending some observation time with the students and her official placement will begin the first week after March Break. She will be working with us for 6 weeks. She has started her own page on the website. You can click on her tab above!
I just wanted to highlight a few students. In Daily 5 we work on making writing authentic and meaningful. Children write for a purpose. A few examples include Julia and Ashley's script. They are just working through how best to organize their roles and lines. Sarah has been working very hard on her narrative. Logan thought he should make the connection between Math and writing and gave life to 2d shapes and takes them on an adventure. Liam started a Rule Book for BOYS!! (I wonder if I will be allowed to read it?) Other writers such as Owen, Matthew and Abbie are fine tuning their glog ads. Ethan and Bailey are writing a Skylanders adventure. I have not mentioned all writers, but this is the MOST DIVERSIFIED writing class I have ever worked with. As the students generate ideas, I help them organize it and try to model what the different forms of writing look like! Congratulations Gr. 3 writers.
FIELD TRIP FRIDAY!
We will be visting the Joseph Schneider Haus this Friday.
Happy Family Day!
The students have been investigating how to read Media (commercials, print ads and internet). We have come to the conclusion that we need to be critical of the 'true' messages in media. By having this Lifeskill we will be informed buyers and make good choices based on research, not based on a BAG OF TRICKS that advertisers use to entice us.
Now it is our turn to become the media creators. It is time to advertise our cars! We are using a webtool called Glogster to create an all-in-one poster that persuades you to buy our car (pretend). The students started Glogster at school and they have a nickname and password for the site. We had to work through a few kinks, but we should be good to go now. The criteria for the project is that students focus on the BAG OF TRICKS (below) when designing their poster.
CHALLENGE TO STUDENTS- Look at Mrs. Webber's poster and see if you can find an example of each trick?
You can record your answers in your planner! To view and interact with the poster place your mouse on the word Glogster and choose View Full Size
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Bag of Tricks Advertisers use to persuade us to buy their product:
- JUMP on the BANDWAGGON-Ads suggest that everyone has their product, or promises anyone who has their product is cool
- Language -Words like "new and improved" or "best ever" all tweaked to get your interest
- Characters or famous people -Why would a famous person know more about a product? Are they just wanting us to have what they have? Why is there a tiger on cereal- what do tigers know about cereal?)
- Music -When information is spoken to music or if there is a catchy song it grabs our attention and makes it fun. Does this mean it is a good product?
- Special effects and graphics that are eye catching!
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Upcoming Events:
Feb 22, 2012- skating at RIM. We are on the ice from 9-10 a.m. (please arrive on time we will be leaving the school right away)
Feb 24, 2012- Field trip to Joseph Schneider Haus (p.m.)
February 16th, 2011
Thank you so much for returning the signed slip of the report card and the ENVELOPES! I am busy filing the reports in the student's records.
Today we took photos and video of our cars. We are going to use this media in a great poster making web tool. We have been discussing how to read commercials and print ads in detail. We have decide that advertisers have a BAG OF TRICKS to persuade us to buy things. We are developing the lifeskill of how to read these ads so we can make good choices! We watched a video and the students have made a bag of tricks. We will reveal all of the tricks tomorrow!
We also started to read The Junkyard Wonders. Ask your child what the "Junkyard" really is!
February 14th, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day. Give all your loved ones a tighter squeeze today!
A few students have added Storybirds to their website. Perhaps you could read them as part of your Home Reading routine? Please enjoy Ethan's, Kylie's and Harjas's stories!
Any treats that were sent to school today should make their way home in the backpack. Thank you to all families for making the kids in Room 15 smile. They love the extras!
Congratulations to Julie. She independently problem solved and remembered her learning of how to embed an object on her website and was able to creat and adopt her own virtual pet! She also took all of the proper steps to embed it on her site. Click here to check out her pet (those who know her will not be surprised at the animal she chose!) Way to go Julia!
February 8th, 2012
Valentine's Day.
PLEASE remember we can not allow any students to bring in baked goods or other treats on Valentine's Day. If you wish to share cards with your friends please remember to make one for each friend in the class. Any treats attached to cards will be sent home at the end of the day. For a list of names from our class please click on the Grade 3 Pages icon at the side of the WIKI or click here
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