Flat Gian’s Great Wolf Lodge Adventures!

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 Flat Gian’s adventures at Great Wolf Lodge! Here are some pictures of Flat Gian hanging with the creatures at the lodge.
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Click on the pictures for a closer look!grand-mound

THINK MATH ~ 17

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 4 chubby brown groundhogs. groundhog-284
There were 10 chubby brown groundhogs 6 groundhogs went back in there holes how many are left? ~ Mia
There are 7 groundhogs. 3 left. How many are left? ~ Selena
There are 8 chubby brown groundhogs. 4 had to go to the washroom. How many are left? ~ Amber
There are 20 groundhogs. 16 had to go back in their holes. How many are left? ~ Bariki
There are 10 chubby brown groundhogs & 5 ran, fell in their whole & then 1 had to go the bathroom. How many are left? ~ Lincoln
There are 10 chubby groundhogs having a party. Then 6 left. How many left? ~ Cayla

There were 8 chubby brown groundhogs playing together. 2 more came and joined them. 3 groundhogs had to go to the washroom &
3 groundhogs had to go back home. How many brown chubby groundhogs left playing? ~ Casandra
There are 20 groundhogs sitting in their holes. 10 get bored & move to a new hole 5 children come along & think the groundhogs are really cute so they take 5 groundhogs for each of the children. After sunset the groundhog can see its shadow & it climbs out of its hole & jumps up and down .  How many groundhogs still in there normal hole? ~ Julia
There were 20 chubby groundhogs. 10 left to go to the bathroom. 6 other groundhogs went to go for lunch at Vera`s yummy restaurant. They loved their food and went there every day. How many groundhogs are left? ~ Vera
There are 20 groundhogs that ate too many donuts so when people see them the people will like them because they were too fat. They ate too many sweets & the ground hogs became really chubby & they couldn’t fit in their hole. Then 16 groundhogs began to eat healthy because they did not like being chubby anymore:) How many still ate donuts and cupcakes and cotton candy?! ~ Chloe

IMG_5840Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Friday!
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Stuffie Day!

2015-Hot-Cute-Emoji-Pillows-Poop-Soft-Smiley-font-b-Emotion-b-font-Sofa-Cushion-StuffedClick on NELSON SPIRIT DAYS tab above to see a picture of us with our favourite Stuffies. How lucky were we to spend the day with our huggable friends!?

THINK MATH ~ 16

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 15 more cupcakes. 7007569
There are 25 cupcakes on the counter & oops! I must’ve eaten 10! How many more can be eaten? ~
Julia
There are 18 cupcakes. 3 cupcakes were eaten by a kid. How many are left? ~
Mia
There are 24 cupcakes baked for the party. Only 10 kids came. They each got a cupcake, then Cayla brought out 5 more cupcakes. How many were eaten in all? ~
Casandra
There are 30 cupcakes. A robber stole 15 cupcakes. How many left to eat? ~
Benson
There are 5 cupcakes & 10 Minions. Each Minion baked a cupcake. How many cupcakes? Then there are 2 more, then a Minion ate 1! ~
Chloe
There are 23 cupcakes on the desk. One person gives 8. How many more to eat? ~
Cayla
There are 20 cupcakes & 5 got eaten. How many more left to eat? ~
Sahana

IMG_5659Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Friday!
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TumbleBooks are back!

Tumble-booksTumbleBook Library is a collection of children’s eBooks including animated talking picture books.
Click on the picture to
start the fun!!

You Can’t Stop the Beat!

Div. 7, 8 & 9’s Grade 2s & 3s rocked their smiley-dance019dance on Fri., Jan. 15th!smiley-dance018
Everyone performed with energy & a smile on their face & wowed the crowd of students, teachers & parents!LcdoBxzoiClick on the Dancing Kids to see a video of our moves!
Thanks to our awesome teacher Joanne!

Library Volunteers Needed!

Our fabulous librarian Mrs. Roberts is looking for volunteer parents / family members to help her in the library shelving books. If anyone has time during the day or knows another parent at Nelson who might like to help out, please let myself or Mrs. Roberts know! Even 1/2 an hour helps a lot!! Any amount of time is helpful & would be very much appreciated by Mrs. Roberts.
Thanks so much! Mrs. James 🙂
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Borax Crystal Snowflakes

Close-up-367x244Grade 3s in division 7 & 8 created beautiful Borax snowflakes overnight. Click on the snowflake above to see how you can create snowflakes like this at home!!
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THINK MATH ~ 15

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 22 students reading in the dark at Nelson. animated-smileys-reading-049
There are 30 students reading in the dark. 8 students got thirsty & lined up behind the water fountain. How many students left reading? ~ Julia
There are 20 students reading in the dark. 3 students joined. How many in all? ~ Mia
There are 23 students reading in the dark at Nelson. 1 went to the washroom. How many are left?
There are 24 students reading in the dark. 2 had to go to ELL, 1 had to go to the washroom, 1 student returned from ELL. How many students left reading?  ~Casandra
There are 16 people reading in the dark & 6 more people came. How many in all?   ~ Sahana
There are 23 students reading in the dark. 2 people finished their books & were bored. Then 1 person offered a book. How many in all? ~ Cayla

IMG_5558Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Friday!
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Planet’s distance from the sun

So…Ms. Frizzle doesn’t work at Nelson & we can’t turn a school bus into a rocket ship to take us to the moon, so…

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we stepped out this week & used kinesthetic learning to help us envision the solar system & its immense size…
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…& better understand how far each planet is from the sun by creating a small scale map of it—using our steps & cone planets!
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At the end of our walk we were a step ahead in our knowledge of the solar system!
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Can you name the planets starting from the dwarf farthest away from the sun!? Click on each picture to confirm your guess!
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