Our Science research is well underway and students are learning a lot about the endangered animals they have chosen to build an enclosure for. Students have been using books, videos and websites to gather as much useful information as possible. We have been working on posing questions to support our research and recording our findings through writing and diagrams. Using scientific vocabulary has been very important in our research. Some of the terms all students should be familiar with are; temperament, sedentary, active, social, solitary, territorial, carrion, predator, prey, adaptation, migration, consume, habitat, vegetation, carnivore, omnivore, herbivore and camouflage In math we have been learning about division. We have been sharing numbers into equal groups and exploring the relationship between multiplication and division. When working through math tasks students have been encouraged to use their knowledge of multiplication to solve division problems. In Grade 3 students are required to know up to and including the 5 times table and the corresponding division facts. Please practice times tables up to 5x10 at home. Students will be required to know these multiplication facts by the end of next week. Our writing work has been integrated into Science, Social Studies and Math work. Students have been writing about their rights and responsibilities in the different communities they are a part of. We have been working on writing as a means of expressing what we know. It is important that students see writing as a real life function and not just fictional narratives. Often, students forget the conventions of writing when working within a different subject area. In Grade 3 we have been reinforcing the importance of quality writing in all subject areas. We have many field studies coming up! Please watch blue folders for student consent forms.
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