Saturday 25 May 2019

Mrs. Garlow's Classroom Blog

Author Celebration

We will be having our Expert Expo for our young authors this coming Friday.  Please join us as we celebrate the incredible work of our students.  We look forward to see you!

Please join us for our classroom
Expert Expo!

The Grade 3 students from Mrs. Garlow’s class will be sharing a few highlights from their latest non-fiction books.

When:
Friday, May 31st, 2019 at 9:20 a.m.
Where:
Your child’s 3rd grade classroom (room #313)

Math

Here are some links to fun math games using technology to help your child develop their multiplication and division fluency skills.

https://www.abcya.com/games/clear_it_multiplication

https://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/space_arrays/

https://www.abcya.com/games/multiplication_mine

https://www.abcya.com/games/number_patterns

We will wrap up our unit on multiplication and division this week.  Please continue to support your child in learning the multiplication table up to 7 X 7 at home.  Students will have a unit test shortly.  Please keep an eye out for the study guide.

Science

Earlier this week, we went to the school garden to dig up the pumpkin we buried back in November.  We couldn't find the pumpkin at first which spark many theories as to what happened.  Some students believed an animal such as a racoon had taken the pumpkin.  Others were convinced that someone had dug it up.  

When students dug deeper into the garden bed, they found some remnants of the pumpkin including its seeds.  We also found some of the objects we placed inside the pumpkin which did not decompose.  Students realized that the pumpkin had decomposed along with the napkin, banana peel, and most of the corn leaf and husk that were buried along with it.






maggots inside the soil


Students have also been busy building, testing, and revising their inventions that uses force(s) to move or change direction.  They will be presenting their invention to the class on Tuesday.  Here's a sneak peak of our engineers at work.  

Monday is the last day to work on the project in class.  Please make sure that your child has all the necessary materials for Monday so they can finish constructing their invention.






Scholastic

This Friday, May 31st is the last day to place your order for Scholastic books.  This is to ensure students will receive their order before the year end and to enjoy it over the summer.