F ~ After a wee bit of a wait for our Freezies to Freeze & for the sun to come back out, we headed outside today for some FREE TIME & cooled down with some refreshing FREEZIES! We enjoyed blue raspberry, cherry, grape & everyone’s favourite, cream soda!
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Thank you to Emily who created a question for our Think Math answer last week, Way to Go Em!!!:
The answer is the product of 9 classes at Nelson. 
There are 3 classes outside. 3 in the gym & 3 in their classrooms. How many classes at Nelson? ~ Emily
Here’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 this Wednesday!
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E ~ Jujubes, M&Ms, Jelly Beans, Sours… Count the Candies!!
We spent the morning using referents & good ‘ol fashioned thoughtful guesses to ESTIMATE how many candies were in the jars.
After all the Guessing Jar estimates had been counted, the winners were announced in the afternoon. Drumroll please………
Anna, Cecilia, Trinity & Yi had the closest estimates!
Well done to all Division 8 students for their excellent estimates! Can’t wait to enjoy the candies at another Alphabet Countdown day very soon…
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D ~ DINOSAUR books, drawing books, matching games, pattern blocks, posters, toys & more! We spent the day learning lots about dinosaurs, watching a movie in the morning & then doing different dino activities in the afternoon.
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C ~ pink, orange, blue, green, white…sidewalk CHALK!
We got our creative juices going & decorated Nelson’s cement surfaces with our chalk pictures & writing. Thank you rain for holding off!
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to see our fun!
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B ~ bubbles, Bubbles, & MORE BUBBLES! Using big wands, small wands, pipes, pipe cleaners & even our hands, we created hundreds of beautiful bubbles!!
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to see our fun!
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Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 30 students performing at the Volunteer Tea. 
50 students performing at the Volunteer Tea then 4 of the tea cups came to life. Some of the students went in the tea cups because it was like being in a hot tub. 5 people in each tea cup. How many people still performing? ~ Emily
There were 31 students performing. One quit because it was hard. How many students left performing? ~ Dexter
There were 3 rows of 15 people on the stage. Then 15 fell off the stage. How many still on the stage? ~ Cole
There were 40 kids that were supposed to be at the Volunteer Tea but 6 kids moved 5 minutes before it started & 4 kids were absent. How many left? ~ Amber
100 students performing at the Volunteer Tea. 40 got sick & 30 fell off the stage. How many are left performing? ~ Ken
1 student performing at the Volunteer Tea in the gym. 20 students came back from their field trip so now there was 21. Mrs. Little said, “We’re missing 9 more people!” Just before the teachers went to look for the students they came back! How many people performing at the Volunteer Tea!? ~ Ira
29 students performing at the Volunteer Tea in the gym. There were 30 of them but a bus picked up 1 student & he went to Europe then he said, “No! This is not the place” so they went to Mexico & he said, “No! This is not the place. I want to go to Nelson School.” He said, “Okay, I get it.” Then they went to Nelson School. ~ Nigen
Here’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 this Friday!
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Division 8 has been involved in an Inquiry Project with Ms Tsumori’s grade 3/4 class. Below is a wordle we created using all of the plant vocabulary we have been using/learning over the past weeks.
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My favourite (soon to be yours too!) time of the school year has arrived!
The ALPHABET COUNTDOWN has begun!
For the rest of the school year we’ll be celebrating each day with a letter, or two. We’ll be participating in activities &/or dressing in something special to make our last month together memorable & lots of fun!
Today we began with A & spent the day with our favourite stuffed ANIMALS!
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Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 220 students competing in Speed Demons. 
There were 221 Speed Demons. 1 got tired & went to sleep. How many left running? ~ Mahtab
240 students competing in Speed Demons. 10 fell asleep & 10 threw up. How many left competing? ~ Ken
221 Speed Demons. 1 went off the track & sat to the side eating a big fat cookie. How many running? ~ Jishith
221 students were at Speed Demons. 1 had to go to dentist. How many left in Speed Demons? ~ Jasdeep
250 students running at Speed Demons. 20 students went to go have a bubble bath because they got dirty. 10 students were scared they might get last place so they called their moms to pick them up. How many kids running Speed Demons? ~ Ira
230 kids doing Speed Demons. Then Speed Demons chased 10 out of school. Luckily it was just their shadows! How many left doing Speed Demons? ~ Emily
There were 221 Speed Demons, but 1 quit. How many students left competing in Speed Demons? ~ Dexter
There were 222 people racing. 1 person pushed a guy over the fence & he got disqualified & the other person was hurt. How many still racing? ~ Cole
300 kids were in Speed Demons. 20 were sick & 80 twisted their ankles. How many left? ~ Benjamin
Here’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 this Friday!
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