Week of April 26th to 29th

This Week's News

This week is Earth Week at St. Anne.
Friday, April 29th- Spring Fling Disco Dance for the whole family.
The Grade 3 classes will be doing the Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Church on May 5th at 10:00 a.m.
Next week is Education Week and lots of activities are planned. We'll update you next week.
**Please note that Collections Connections Day is Monday, May 2nd. Children will need to bring in their collections that morning. A note will go home this week with details.

SWIM TO SURVIVE
This week we begin the Swim to Survive Program. Mrs. Cummings' class begins Wednesday and Mrs. Ferrabee's and Mrs. Jackson's classes begin Thursday. Your child needs to bring a bathing suit and towel. Please make sure you return the permission form by Wednesday, April 27th.
This Week's Homework

Language

Weekly Paragraph-last Wednesday we went on a wonderful trip to the Museum of Nature. Write a paragraph (6-10 sentences) about your experience. Include a description of your favourite exhibit and a few things you learned on the visit.

Reading Response-Read the poem "Trees" by Harry Behn. Go to the reading response section and answer the questions about the poem.

Math

Go to thatquiz.com to review time for at least 10 minutes-3 times this week. Complete the Grade Three Review sheet in your homework folder.

April 11 - 18

This Week's News

School News:
Wednesday Apr. 13 - Running Club
Thursday Apr. 14 - 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Volunteer Breakfast

Friday Apr. 15 - Peter Pan Play in p.m. for whole school $1 to pay for performance.

Friday Apr. 15 - Bedhead Day for O.K. Water Project, please donate $1 (crazy hair & P.J.'s)

Classroom News:

Science - This week we will be doing a final project for our Structures Science Unit. The students will be designing and building a "Chair with Flare". Students will be expected to be able to explain what they did to make their chair a stable structure. Thank you for sending in cardboard to make this project possible. Our next science unit will be a study of plants and soil.

Math - We are moving in to fractions.

Language - We are continuing to work on writing narratives.

This Week's Homework

Language Homework

Weekly Paragraph: Last Friday was Games Day. Every class at St. Anne got to play games for part of the day. WOW! There was not only a lot of fun going on but a lot of learning too! For this week's paragraph, imagine your teacher is buying new games for your class. What is your favourite game? Write a (persuasive argument) paragraph to convince your teacher to buy a game you like.

How to organize your persuasive argument:

Introduction: Your introduction should hook your reader's attention and provide background information on your topic.

Body: Your body should present the points in support of your main idea. Be sure to provide evidence for each point.

Conclusion: Creatively restate your main idea and supporting points.

Remember: Check your spelling, grammar and punctuation. Check over your work.

Reading Response: Read the article Making Clothes the Pioneer Way and answer the questions in the form under your teacher's homework link.

Continue to do at least 15 minutes of reading each night.

Math Homework

On Line: Go to the thatquiz.com link under Mathematics. Practice fractions (identify). Try to do a minimum of two 10 minute sessions.

Worksheet: Grade Three Weekly Math Check Up

                     Grade Three Review (to be kept at home)