Fabulous Resource for Social Studies Activities

Elementary Social Studies: A Practical Approach to Teaching and Learning,
Seventh Edition Wright/Hutchison
Activity Ideas for Elementary Social Studies

Video Podcast for Science

eBook - Teaching Adjectives

I had a lot of fun creating this lesson on my personal favourite part of speech - adjectives! I used SlideRocket which is a wonderful free resource for doing fancy slideshow presentations.  http://portal.sliderocket.com/AXQLY/eBook

Language Arts - CONNECTING the Dots

Double Entry Journals are a great way to take notes while you listen to your fellow classmates deliver their autobiographies tomorrow in class. Remember that good listeners are looking to make connections.

FOR PARENTS - CONNECT to the curriculum:

Active Listening Strategies demonstrate an understanding of appropriate listening behaviour by using active listening strategies in order to contribute meaningfully and work constructively in groups (e.g., demon- strate an understanding of when to speak, when to listen, and how much to say; make connections between personal experiences and the contributions of other group members; ask relevant questions to clarify information and ideas)

Mad For Math!

You all remember our art project last week where we traced a shape and translated it across the page? That had a big funny name called tessellation.

A cool website to apply this concept to Math is CoolMath4Kids.

This information will be covered next week when we start our unit on Geometric Relationships.   Visit Coolmath4Kids to get a head start!

FOR PARENTS:
According to our curriculum expectations by the end of the unit we should be able to compose and describe pictures, designs, and patterns by combining two-dimensional shapes (e.g.,“I made a picture of a flower from one hexagon and six equilateral triangles.”).

Web 2.0 Cool Tools!

How many of you read the comics with a nice bowl of cereal? How cool would it be to create professional looking comics about your experiences as a grade 3? Well NOW YOU CAN using the coolest website called Bitstrips For Schools. This site allows you to create simple comics to graphic novel-style stories. Consider using this online resource for your culminating task in Language Arts! (HINT HINT HINT ;))

Ch..Ch..Check it Out

Hey folks! The best place you can go for information and news about your school board and school in particular is Hamilton Wentworth District School Board website. Pay special attention to the Parent and Student Resource page for the latest happenings relevant to you!