Ms. Watt and Ms. Lowe's Class

Please watch the Great Bear Rainforest IMAX movie trailer HERE for a quick look into the world of the rarest bear in the world.
After watching, please read the Spirit Bear information sheet and then complete the Spirit Bear Life Cycle sheet.
Spirit Bear Non-Fiction Text and Activity

Every Friday I would love for you to write a letter to me about your week! 
Using all you have been learning in your weekly letters home on Fridays, I’d like you to now share with me! (I think many of you brought home your Friday Journals before Spring Break) There are ideas on the left (click for a closer look), but you may write about anything you’d like about your week, your school work or other fun you get up to. I can’t wait to hear from all of you!

One of best, and the most fun, ways to practice our math skills is with hands on math games. I’ll be posting many of the games we’ve already played in class so everyone should be familiar with them and eager to teach their parents or siblings how to play!
These games will require dice and/or a deck of cards to play, so if you already have them, great! If you’re like most of us and don’t, please try to borrow or buy some to use. Here is a template to make your own dice Paper Dice Template which is also an option. Games will require counters as well, but anything from coins to rocks can be used. Be creative!

Clear+the+Board
Connect Four Addition
DoublesPlusOneBingo
Roll Climb and Slide along with Roll Climb and Slide Sheet
Sink or Swim
Start with your counter on the start bubble. Roll 2 dice and add them together. If the answer is even, move up towards RESCUED, if the answer is odd, move down towards EATEN.

If you don’t have access to a printer, please continue using the online Math Games posted under the MATH tab and I’ve put links to some favourites right under the MATH tab under Math Games!

Every Monday I’ll post a new “answer.”
Remember Division 8, your challenge is to correctly write a word problem that matches the answer in the comment section of the post.
There are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class!
Good luck Grade 3s! I can’t wait to continue to share every week!!
1st answer:
48 students and 2 adults bowling

For those families that would like to give a test at the end of the week, here is the paper we used in class Spelling Test Paper as an option. Please also let me know if you’d like me to send you a few Review Words and the Sentences each week. I can quickly email them to you so prying eyes don’t spot them on the blog 🙂 Either leave a comment on this post or send me a quick email and I will start sending them to you! 

Way to Go Division 8!
You’ve achieved your 1st Certificate of Achievement!
With only 7 students having logged on, you’ve already completed 500 questions! I can’t wait to see your achievements once everyone joins in next week.
Keep up the great work! Click the pic for a closer look.

Thank you to everyone who has sent in their Math Posters! They’re so great! You have all week to send them in. Click the picture to learn more about your classmates!

After watching one of Mrs. Roberts’ read alouds, please respond using one of the options below. Your response should be 2-3 sentences long. 
I’ve written a couple examples of responses at the bottom after Kennedy and I listened to Barnacle is Bored. (click HERE for the library blog)

~ The author of this story is __________.  He/She is my favourite author because…
~ If I could actually meet one of the characters…
~ If I wrote this story in another place or time it would be…
~ __________ is just like __________ because…
~ My favourite character was…
~ The lesson I learned in this story was…
~ This story reminded me of…
~ After reading this story I would like to take a trip to…
~ I really liked this story because…
~ The author grabbed my attention by…
~ This story made me feel…
~ If I were…
~ My favourite scene in this story is where…
~ If I could start (or end) this story differently…

*It would be ideal if you have a notebook at home to write all your responses in, but just keeping papers that you use together is just as good! You don’t need to send your response to me today, but please keep it.*

Ms. Watt                                                                              Wednesday, April 15th, 2020

This story reminded me of my many trips to Vancouver Island. Ryan, Kennedy and I go on the ferry to Vancouver Island to visit Kennedy’s Grandma and Grandad a few times a year. When the ferry is leaving or returning to Horseshoe Bay, Kennedy loves looking at the thousands of barnacles and mussels on the large posts around the ferries.

The barnacle is just like many of us because we have been staying at home more than we ever have before. I think a lot of us have had times when we felt bored like the barnacle is. Much like the barnacle though, it’s better to be bored than to be out and about like the fish and putting yourself at risk.