Thursday, October 27, 2011

Rocks and Minerals

The students visited Mme Thompson's classroom for an introduction to their new science unit, Rocks and Minerals. Mme Thompson is a terrific scientist, and the students had a great time.


















Parts of Speech Mini-Booklets

We have now learned to identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We have been recording this information in our handy mini-booklets.





Halloween Stories

After reading "A Halloween Surprise", independently and in partners, we worked as a class to make connections and discover the theme of the story.














Sunday, October 16, 2011

Comparing Animal and Human Hearing

The students are researching the hearing of an animal of their choice on their netbooks. Then, they are using a venn diagram to compare and contrast the animal's hearing with their own.




Reading Buddies

We are partnered up with a kindergarten class for reading buddies. All of the students have really enjoyed the time we have spent together; the grade three students are great role models!