Today is SPORTS DAY!! I hope everyone has so much fun! We will return to our Alphabet Countdown on Monday with…
umpy Science!
Number of the Week
I is for ICY TREATS
~ CY Treats! We recovered from the hot weather with a freeze pop in the classroom!
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H is for HATS and HELLO!
~ We took the opportunity today to shade ourselves from the sun and wear our favourite HATS all day long!
We also said HELLO! to Susan, Ms. Long’s sister!, who read us a book she authored. So cool!!
Looking forward to celebrating with cy treats tomorrow!
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F is for FIELD Trip to Children’s FESTIVAL
~ FIELD trip to the Children’s FESTIVAL!
Looking forward to celebrating with 
ames with our little buddies on Monday!
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E is for ESTIMATION
~ Jelly Beans, Sours, Mike & Ikes, Ju Jubes… Count the Candies!!
We spent the morning using referents and 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 today. Drumroll please………
Taiden, Adam, Janelle and Elijah!
Well done to all Division 9 students for all your excellent estimates! Can’t wait to enjoy the candies at another Alphabet Countdown day very soon…
Looking forward to celebrating with a ~ ield trip tomorrow!
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C is for CHALK and D is for speed DEMONS
~ pink, orange, blue, green, white…sidewalk CHALK!
We also watched the grade 4-7s participate in Speed 
emons and get awarded at the end of the day! Can’t wait to cheer you on in the races next year!
Looking forward to celebrating with stimation!
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B is for BUBBLES
~ bubbles, Bubbles, & MORE BUBBLES! Using hand made pipe cleaners and with the wind in our favour, we created hundreds of beautiful bubbles!!
Looking forward to celebrating with halk tomorrow!
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THINK MATH ~ 23
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 11 hockey players on the ice. 
2 hockey players on the ice then another team with 6 players joined and then another team with 3 players joined. How many at all? ~ Ben
12 hockey players and then 1 got injured. How many now? ~ Samyar
100 hockey players on the ice. 10 players got hurt. 22 players quit. Then 50 of them had a birthday on the same day and 1 got sick. How many left? ~ Sana
8 hockey players on the ice. After that 3 went on. How many in all? ~ Kylie
14 hockey player were on the ice. 2 got cloned and 1 fell out the window for no reason. How many left? ~ Pete
22 hockey players on the ice then 1 got shoved off. 10 of the players left. How many left? ~ Elijah
20 hockey players on the ice. 4 got hurt. 1 left because they didn’t win. How many left over? ~ Briana & Andria
100 hockey players on the ice. 20 got hurt. 3 got tired and went for a time out. 7 started fighting and got kicked off the ice. 20 got tired and fell down. 39 crashed into each other. How many hockey players left on the ice? ~ Crystal & Genevique
There were 90 hockey players on the ice. 9 got eaten by a monster. 11 got kidnapped by Ms Watt. 10 got hurt. 20 got stolen. 9 forgot. 11 got lost. 9 went to Metrotown. How many left over? ~ Aurora & Crystal
There are 14 hockey player and then 3 players went home. How many left? ~ Martin
10 hockey players on the ice. 39 got hurt. How many hockey players left on the ice? ~ Emily
There were 5 hockey players on the ice. 1 more player us to join. How many and all? ~ Adam & Gunesh
10 hockey players on the ice but 1 came over. How many in all? ~ Janelle
38 hockey players on the ice 10 were injured for the Calgary Flames. Then 10 were late for the Stanley Cup. 7 went to Dallas. 2 came back. Then 2 went to play for Winnipeg. How many left? ~ Taiden
12 hockey players on the ice. 1 got injured because he got hit in the head. How many left over? ~ Charlie
22 hockey players on the ice Adam put 11 players on the bench for no reason. How many now? ~ Ryan
13 hockey players. 2 got sick. How many left? ~ Bradley
There are 7 hockey players on the ice. Then 4 more players game. How many in all? ~ Faith & Elijah
There were 60 hockey players on the ice. Then 3 needed to go to the bathroom. Then 5 fainted. Then 16 got a headache. Then 10 fell into the water because the ice broke. Then 1 got injured. Then 11 got dizzy. Then 3 got broken bones and stopped. How many left? ~ Justine
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 next Monday!
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Sports Day Spirit Days!
Sports Day is next Thursday, June 5th! Each day next week students will have an opportunity to wear each of the house colours to earn points for their own House Team. I can’t wait to see the sea of colours and feel the excitement of Sports Day grow during the week!
Go Green Orcas Go!!
Friday ~ BLUE DAY!
Monday ~ RED DAY!
Tuesday ~ GREEN DAY!
Wednesday ~ GOLD DAY!
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