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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Flat Casandra’s Grouse Mountain Adventures!

Grouse-Mountain.8Flat Casandra’s adventures in Grouse Mountain! Here are some pictures of Flat Casandra playing in the snow, climbing Christmas trees & checking out a super cool collection of gingerbread houses.
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Click on the pictures for a closer look & to see lots more!
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THINK MATH ~ 14

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 13 students dancing in a gymnasium. smiley_dance11
There are 20 students dancing in the gym. 3 students want hip hop music so they left. 4 students want dance classical music so they left too. How many students are left? ~ Julia  😀
There are 8 students in the bathroom. 2 students are dancing but are in a hurry to go to the bathroom. 7 students are dancing. Then 8 return & 2 go to the bathroom. Now how many are dancing? ~ Daniel
There are 17 people who like the song You Can’t Stop the Beat & are dancing. 4 people don’t like it. How many dancing to the song? ~ Nicole
There are 15 students dancing in the gymnasium. 3 had to go to the washroom. How many students left dancing? ~ Casandra
There are 14 kids playing Skittles & one got hurt. How many in all? ~ Cayla

IMG_2774Here’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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THINK MATH ~ 13

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 15 snowmen playing in a snowstormsnowman-2
There are 20 snowmen. 5 were blown away in the snowstorm. How many are left playing in the snowstorm? ~ Cayla
There are 17 snowmen & 2 get hit. How many playing not hit? ~ Bariki
There are 19 snowmen. The wind blew 4 snowmen down. The wind was blowing so hard that it blew 2 more down. Some children come and build 2 snowmen & then went back in. How many snowmen in all? ❄️ ~ Casandra
There are 100 snowmen. 85 got swooshed away by a snow storm while the other snowmen sat on the bench getting hot coca from Santa. How many got hot coca? 🙂 ~ Chloe

IMG_5638Here’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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