THINK MATH ~ 15

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 10 heart Valentine’s Day cards. valentine
There are 17 Valentines Day cards. There are 6 square cards. There are 4 more heart cards than square cards. There are 6 circle cards. How many heart Valentines Day cards? ~ Crystal & Aurora
20 people handing out Valentines Day cards. 10 people dropped the cards. How many left? ~ Briana & Elijah
1 Gutetama was handing out 24 cards, but 14 cards fell onto the ground. How mnay are left? ~ Bradley
100 hearts then Dogman came and stole 90 hearts. Then Big Jim came and took 5 but Big Jim came back and put 5 back. How many? ~ Ryan
20 Heart Valentines Day cards are being handed out, but 10 are away. How mnany in all? ~ Janelle & Briana
I brought 20 Valentines Day cards. 10 cards were stolen. How many left? ~ Pete
100 Valentines Day cards. 3 had cupcakes in them so cupcake grabbed 20. Then Mad Max ran by and then made 60 fall down. Then Samyar grabbed 10. How many left? ~ Ben
Tim brought 4 Valentines cards. Emily brought 3 but she needed to poop and she dropped one and it flew away. After Big Jim brought 3 but then he saw cupcakes and he dropped 2 and ran to the cupcakes. Then someone stepped on them. After Dave brought 3. How many in all? ~ Gunesh & Taiden

IMG_5960Here’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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Pink Shirt Day Wednesday February 26th

All across Canada “Pink Shirt Day” is a day where
anti-bullying awareness is marked by wearing pink.
anti-bullying t-shirt
Pink Shirt Day is against all types of bullying, such as cyber bullying, verbal bullying, physical bullying & emotional bullying.
valentine-kiss-smiley-emoticon Click on the t-shirt above to learn more
and I can’t wait to see all the Nelsonites in pink next Wednesday!!

100 Days of School

100 Days of School

Ryan is a STAR!

Click on the photo to learn more about our friend, Ryan!

Gunesh is a STAR!

Click on the photo to learn more about our friend, Gunesh!

THINK MATH ~ 14

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
1 brown hog appeared and then 2 more. 1 left and after 2 more came. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
4 chubby brown groundhogs. 2 went away and 2 more came. How many in all? ~ Briana & Faith
20 chubby brown groundhogs in their holes. 3 died from a sickness. Ms. Watt kidnapped 7. Ms. Pearl joined Ms. Watt. Ms. Pearl kidnapped 6. How many chubby brown groundhogs now? ~ Crystal & Andia
100 groundhogs. 96 farted and got embarassed then 2 went out for carrotts then 2 came back. How many? ~ Ryan
10 chubby brown groundhogs. 1 got stepped on. 2 got scared and left but 1 got too tired and fell asleep. 2 got scared off by a rabbit. How many now? ~ Kylie
2 chubby brown groundhogs were chilling and 2 joined and 2 more joined and then 2 left. How many now? ~ Charlie & Elijah
30 slim groundhogs under the ground. 10 got whacked when they came up on the ground! Then 3 died and 6 got chubby, but then 2 left the den and got eaten by a wolf. How many left? ~ Sana
140 groundhogs are underground but 100 have gone away and there are 40 groundhogs here. (10 4s are 40) 40 groundhogs are underground and 32 are away. 8 groundhogs are underground and 4 are gone. How many left? ~ Janelle

IMG_5809Here’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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Black History Month

Black History Month

Groundhog Day…the what and why?

Early or Late Spring?

Thousands of years ago when animalism and nature worship were prevalent, people in the part of Europe where Germany is today, believed that the badger had the power to predict the coming of spring. They watched the badger to know when to plant their crops.
This tradition was brought over to North America, predominantly to Pennsylvania in the United States, where it was the groundhog, not the badger, which made these “predictions”.
According to folklore, if the groundhog sees its shadow on February 2 it will return to its burrow, indicating that there will be six more weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow, then spring is on the way.
The Groundhog Day concept first became popular in Canada in 1956 when Wiarton Willie became a household name for his early February weather predictions. Wiarton’s Groundhog Day festival grew as Willie’s fame increased. It became one of the largest winter festivals in Bruce County, Canada.
There are also other groundhogs in different parts of Canada. For example, Shubenacadie Sam is reportedly the first groundhog in the country to stick its head out on Groundhog Day. Other groundhogs include: Gary the Groundhog in Ontario, Brandon Bob in Manitoba and Balzac Billy in Alberta.

Kennedy, Ava and I will be watching what Shubenacadie Sam does in Halifax and we’re both hoping he doesn’t see his shadow and spring is on its way! We need some sun and warmer weather!

What do you think will happen?! Let me know in the comment section!

Groundhog Day!

Groundhog Day

FREE Hockey Tickets for Saturday night!

Hello Division 9 families! Nelson classes been given 6 tickets each to Saturday nights SFU hockey game. It is the Simon Fraser University Red Leafs versus the University of Victoria Vikes. It is at 7 PM at Bill Copeland Sports Centre in Burnaby.
Please send me a quick email at stephanie.watt@burnabyschools.ca with a “Yes!” and how many of the 6 you would be able to use. Depending on the results, I will give the tickets to 1 or 2 families and will let you know by noon on Thursday.
Thanks so much and good luck!
Ms Watt