G RA D E 3 COMEAU

Language Arts
Students have developed stamina with all the Daily Five activities. Students continue to learn many reading strategies through the CAF. They are practicing using beginning and ending sounds, stretching the word and looking for little words in big words and tuning into interesting words. Tuning into interesting words and unknown words helps to expand vocabulary. Your child can use the dictionary to find the definition of the words or search it on the internet. Students will complete a report of their choice this month. Students will know the expectations for this report by using a rubric to help complete all the requested tasks. They continue to edit their work through the use of different checklists which are in their mini writing offices!

Fairvale Elementary School

December/ 2013 Volume 1, Issue 4

Mrs.Comeaus Classroom Newsletter

Math
This month we will be continuing to work on adding and subtracting two 2-digit numbers using personal strategies we learn in class. At this point, students are expected to use addition strategies such as adding from left to right, make ten, doubling, and friendly number. For subtraction the students can use the strategies think addition for subtraction, doubles and friendly number. They are encouraged to develop personal strategies that enable them to efficiently determine the answer. Practicing their basic facts will help them be more successful with adding and subtracting larger numbers. We will also be working on bar graphs and sorting regular and irregular shapes this month. The students will learn to collect data, and construct, label and interpret bar graphs. They will learn how to classify shapes according to the number of sides.

Social Studies
This month students will be completing a project where they will state where they live beginning from their street, town etc all the way to the planet Earth! They are learning that they are a part of a much bigger place. In December we will also explore different traditions in New Brunswick.

ScienceWe have started our unit on invisible forces. We will begin by exploring magnets and how they attract and repel certain objects.

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The 7 Habits of Happy Kids

Student Led Clubs have been running smoothly. Our students look forward to going each day! Clubs will be finishing up the week of December 9th. The next round of clubs will be near the end of winter. We encourage all students who did not lead a club the first time around to give it a try the second time. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 5th 6th 11th 13th 20th

Upcoming dates
Choir Concert 7 pm Scholastic Orders Due Christmas Concert (Surname A-M) Christmas Concert (Surname N-Z) Pajama Day and Lip Sync Last day before Christmas Break

Class website
Please take advantage of making homework quicker by simply clicking on the links on our class website. You can assess Raz-Kids and Study Ladder directly. Each week, homework, new word family and word wall words are posted. Visit our class website and see what we have been up to lately. www.mrscomeausgrade3class.weebly.com

Christmas can be a very busy time of year for everyone involved. Make sure you take the time to be with your family and spend some quality time with them. Create new Christmas traditions, continue with old traditions, or watch a Christmas movie together. Just be sure to create lasting memories that you and your children will remember forever!

Roots of Empathy
Please read this letter from Mrs. Perkins Love

Our class have been participating the Roots of Empathy program. I am thrilled at the level of interest and participation of the children in our class. Babies are truly special and we can learn so much about ourselves by learning about them. Jennifer Russell has brought her baby in again baby Kieran has grown so much. Ask your child about what he is able to do now that he wasnt the last time he visited us. Mrs. Perkins Love continues to come in to discuss with our class things such as why babies and people cry and what things we can do to sooth them. Each pre-visit, students are asked to predict ways the baby might have grown and things he might be able to do that he couldnt before. As before, if you have any questions about the program, please dont hesitate to call Mrs. Perkins-Love at 847-6304 or email at jane.perkinslove@nbed.nb.ca.