Happy December! Thank you for attending our Christmas Concert on Tuesday night! We are so proud of how well our students performed their songs and we hope you enjoyed the show! 🎶
Christmas Concert DVDs are on sale for $10 per copy. Please see attached for a copy of the order form that went home yesterday.
📚 Learning Updates
📘 Math
We are continuing to learn all about increasing and decreasing number patterns. We practice these patterns using symbols (such as blocks), as well as numbers.
For increasing (growing) number patterns, we skip count forwards or add.
For decreasing (shrinking) number patterns, we skip count backwards or subtract.
We are practicing how to write pattern rules to describe various patterns starting from any number.
Pattern Rule Examples:
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21...
Pattern Rule: Start at 3 and add/increase by 3 each time.
45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15...
Pattern Rule: Start at 45 and subtract/decrease by 5 each time.
🌏 Social Studies
We have wrapped up our study of Peru. Students enjoyed learning all about Peruvian culture and celebrations! We created travel brochures and designed postcards to our families detailing our new knowledge of Peru. The next country we will be studying is India in the new year!
👂 Science
We have started to learn all about hearing and sound! Student will be engaging in hands on experiments to study what sound is, how it travels, and how ears work. This week, we made paper cup string telephones to demonstrate how sound vibrations travel.
🎄 Important Dates - December 🎄
Monday 9th - Parent-Teacher Interviews @ 5:00 - 8:00 pm 📆
*Please Confirm Meeting Time via Riverstone PTI Sign Up Genius Link.
Wednesday 11th - Parent-Teacher Interviews @ 4:00 - 7:00 pm 📆
Friday 13th - PL Friday - No School for Students 📅
Monday 16th - December Home Reading Calendar Book Check 📚
-Munchalunch - Boston Pizza 🍝🍕
*Order Link: https://munchalunch.com/schools/Riverstone
Wednesday 18th - Grades 1 - 3 - Winter Play Day ⛄
-Home Reading Goal Reward: Cookies & Hot Chocolate 🍪
-Festive & Cozy Dress Up Day (Christmas Colours/Pajamas/Sweaters/Hats/Headbands) 🎅🤶
-Grades 4 - 6 - Nitehawk Ski Trip 🏂
Friday 20th - Last Day of School Before Christmas Break 🎄
-Class Christmas Party & Potluck (Nut Free Snacks Only Please!) 🥳
-Christmas Hat & Sweater Day (Pajamas Also Welcome!) 🎅🤶
-Pancake Breakfast 🥞
Saturday December 21st - Sunday January 5th - Christmas Break
Tuesday 24th - Christmas Eve
Wednesday 25th - Christmas Day - Merry Christmas!
Thursday 26th - Boxing Day
Tuesday 31st - New Years Eve
Wednesday January 1st - New Years Day - Happy New Year!
Monday January 6th - First Day Back After Christmas Break
💻 3F Class Website Links - Please check regularly for updates:
📆 Class Info & Important Dates - https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/class-info.html
📝 Blog Posts (Archived Email Updates) - https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/blog
📅 Newsletters - https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/newsletters.html
📷 Class Photos - https://grade3ferguson.weebly.com/pictures.html
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you & take care! 😊