Grade 3A was the talk of the school last week. That is because on Thursday, all eyes were on us as some representatives from 3A led the school's morning assembly. Mrs. Fadwa did a fine job preparing the role of each student and they delivered a knockout style performance. Some of the highlights included Huthayfah's solo Quran recital, Maisun sharing some wisdom from the hadith and an amazing duet performed by Medina and Heediyah that had nearly 700 students clapping to the beat. Friday is always Art day and this week, the grade 3's continued refining their artistic abilities relating to depth perception. Like last week, the students were only permitted to use a blank sheet of white paper, a pencil and some oil pastels. There were no stencils used, no outlines to trace over....nothing but pure artistic ability and some fundamental understanding of how our eyes interpret depth in an image. With hard work, you can achieve anything. Amazing work 3A! GRADE 3 NEWSLETTER
The grade 3 team is very happy to be bringing you another edition of the grade 3 newsletter. Please click here to download the newsletter.
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What do you call a bear with no teeth?........................................ ..........a gummy bear, of course. Okay, hold your applause because this was very serious business we were dealing with here; it was an intensive study into the logistics and theory of multiplicative protocol. Okay fine, it wasn't that serious, but we sure did have fun transforming multiplication equations into gummy bear problems.....and ya know, eating them too. To prepare for the gummy bear activity, each group of students brainstormed various objects around them that could serve as group holders (ie. objects that can hold other things). There were some amazing suggestions some of which included, rabbit holes, flower pots, cereal bowls, hoola hoops, boats, cars and hockey nets. From there, groups planned and designed poster presentations filling their group holders with objects and relating it to a multiplication equation of their choice in a class presentation. Their group presentations were off the charts in terms of coordinating the speakers as well as their public speaking skills. I must take a video snapshot of it one of these days just to show you what I mean! Contrary to popular teaching styles that focus on breaking down multiplication into a few limited facts at a time; this was more of a holistic, right-brain approach to multiplication that combined visual, artistic, tactile and auditory styles of learning with the concepts of multiplication and repeated addition. The most amazing part is that these students now have the ability to solve any multiplicative equation in just under 2 hours of learning experience. However, judging from the pictures below, I think we all know that they were just in it for the yummy gummy treats... :). The grade 3's have been working harder than ever and have accomplished so much in the past month and a half. In early December, the students put on mind blowing presentations to finish off our rocks and minerals unit. Not only did it showcase just how much they had learned about our planet's geology, but it also exhibited some of the best public speaking skills I have ever seen among this age group. Earlier on that month, the grade 3's constructed Venn Diagrams using string and used it to compare city life with country life in Peru, Ukraine, Tunisia and India. It was a great activity that reinforced the importance of working cooperatively as a team to accomplish a task and ultimately we had a few new friendships blossom out of it. In Late December, Medina and Sabrin represented grade 3A in the school wide spelling bee. Both girls represented us very well as they dominated in the tournament and were among the final few standing. We were all very proud of them. Amazing job ladies! In the days leading up to the winter break, the grade 3's participated in a school wide Islamic Festival. Under the guidance of their Islamic teacher, Mrs. Fadwa, the students worked very hard to prepare displays and poster presentations that depicted significant moments in the Prophet Muhummad's life. Parents and students from all grades attended this festival and the students became the teachers. UPDATE! The grade 3 team is very excited to announce that we will be posting our weekly newsletter on this website. In it, you will have access to our weekly plans as well as any upcoming events and tests. We hope that you find this a useful resource to allow you to maintain connections with our classroom. Please find the newsletter link below. click here to access the grade 3 newsletter If the file does not open, then you will need to download "Adobe Reader". Just click here to download "Adobe Reader".
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