Class of 2029

SEPTEMBER 2 CURRICULUM UPDATE

Thank you all for coming to our Back To School Night. It was a great chance for our team to meet the families that make Grade 3 special! We have had a busy and productive few weeks back at school!

Social Studies

Students have begun exploring stories of immigration

through our shared reading of historical fiction. We are reading stories together

and analyzing the reasons behind why people move or have moved in the past. 

Students are exploring the + positive and - negative factors that influence the

changing of countries. Here is some of the new vocabulary being introduced over the

next few weeks. Please begin sharing your stories with your child and use this new

vocabulary in your conversations at home.

- Push Factors

The bad or difficult things that “push” you out of your country.

+ Pull Factors

The good or positive opportunities that “pull” or attract you to a new place.

- Risks

The chance or possibility that things may be difficult in a new place.

- Challenges

The things that ARE difficult once living in a new place.

+ Rewards

The good things that happen once living in a new place.

Language Arts

Students have worked very hard to establish reading routines and are now using newly

introduced strategies to read and understand more complicated text.  Our current reading unit

is focused on realistic fiction where students are able to look closely at plot development

and use of language. Students at this stage are beginning to monitor their own understanding.

The major learning goals for this unit include:

• Make a mental movie to imagine story elements.
• Predict what the main character will do, say and think.
• Explain my predictions with text evidence.
• Infer character traits, not just feelings.
• Use knowledge of the character to understand the character’s decisions.
• After finishing the book, summarize the story and its elements.
• Explain the lesson learned by the main character. 

In each of the four classrooms, students are now beginning to learn routines for word work activities, which includes spelling, grammar and vocabulary development. Although most of these activities

are completed within the school day, please be advised that occasionally they may have homework to help practice their assigned work.

In writing, the students are working to tell small moment stories, or personal narratives, that include a strong lead, descriptive language and convey a message. Students have been revising, and editing these stories and look forward to publishing them soon on our class bulletin boards!

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