This week all the children were involved in lots of Christmas crafts and games.
The children created various Christmas trees around Block 5. We also wrote our gifts and wishes for the world to place around our classroom trees. Fun Kahoots taught us some of the Christmas traditions from around the world and we reflected on what Christmas meant to different people, creating word clouds to show this thinking. As we come to the end of Semester One, we would like to wish everyone a lovely holiday and a Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!
0 Comments
Our recent focus on poetry has included: listening to, reciting and reading a wide range of poems, sharing our thoughts and responses, identifying features and building our understanding of the poet's message. We have explored many specific literary devices that poets use, such as alliteration, repetition, rhythm, rhyme, similes and metaphors, personification and onomatopoeia. The children then applied these to different poetic forms: haiku, acrostic, shape, rhyming couplets, free verse, diamante, limericks.... They have each chosen their favourite poem. Please enjoy! The children have really enjoyed our Sharing the Planet unit, where we have been inquiring into how "Accessibility to the Earth's natural resources provides challenges for the global community". Here is a snap-shop of what we have been up to. We tuned in with a Gallery Walk, using the visible thinking routine of I see, I think, I wonder to guide us and prompt questions. We later used the images and prompts to inspire persuasive letter writing. Throughout the unit, the students have been interpreting and discussing real-world data connected to natural resources, alongside research from other sources. The students have applied their research findings to their own maps (both 2-D and 3-D). Mind-maps and graphic organisers have helped to organise and sort information. Perspective has been a key concept and the students have been able to identify and describe different viewpoints and perspectives around issues as well as connect opposing views. To share our learning and the understandings gained from this unit, students first co-constructed can statements (what they thought they should be able to do to show their understanding) and worked in groups to create videos. |
Welcome to Grade 3
We have had a great first week settling back into school routines and meeting new teachers and students. We thought a lot about what helps us learn and the Learner Profiles that we want to develop more this year. Here is what we came up with for our Class Agreement- what we all agree that we want to do this year.
Here are some final thoughts from the students this week.
Zoe: I'm happy to see my friends again. Shuri: It was fun to come back to school and see my friends. Alisa: It was fun and I feel good. Tyler: I feel good about Grade 3 and learnt more about the Learner Profiles this week. Lucia: My favourite thing this week was when I got to design and decorate my desk organiser. Una: It was nice to meet our new Performing Arts teacher and I'm excited to be in Grade 3 this year! Ashritha: It was nice to meet our new librarian and be back in Block 5. Vivaan: I enjoyed designing our desk storage and I used origami ninja stars on mine. Haruto: I'm excited to be able to play in Lion's Den again. Aurellia: I'm so excited to start the weekend but I enjoyed Art, reading and playtime this week. Takumi: I liked playing in the Lion's Den and the new cover is good. Brown: It was fun and very good! Anjali: It was a great week and I had a lot of fun. AUTHORABOUT THE AUTHORS Archives
April 2022
Categories |