Friday, January 11, 2008

January News

Welcome Back! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. Thank you to everyone for the wonderful holiday gifts and cards, your thoughtfulness and generosity were very much appreciated. Many thanks.

Here is a brief overview of what we will be working on in the next few months...
Social Studies - continuing with the Early Settlers Unit
Science - finishing up Forces
Language-
In writing - letter writing, poetry, paragraphs, sentence structure, grammar and spelling
In reading - comprehension, focussing on "retell, relate, reflect" with reading materials, novel studies, reading groups and book talks (**More info on Book Talks was sent in the Friday Folders on Jan.11)
Math-multiplication and division - practise, practise, practise!
Also- area, perimeter, 2 and 3D geometry and addition/subtraction with 3 digits
Media - print advertising, could each child bring in one section of a newspaper to study in class

We look forward to more great work in 2008! Your grade three teachers.