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  April 17, 2026 A big thank you to our volunteers for making the Aggie Days trip a success. It was an exciting day of exploring, learning, and cheering. The rodeo was a highlight, as were the newborn piglets. We continued working on crafting paragraphs this week and have been working on a piece of persuasive writing as we try to convince Mr. B. of a request of ours! Our midpoint check-ins for multiplication and division came home today, as did a sample of paragraph writing. Students are working on writing engaging topic sentences, supporting details, and a closing sentences that relate to their main idea.  Learning Intentions Grade 3:  I can demonstrate respectful and safe practices during observations of plants and animals in local environments I can discuss First Nations, Métis, and Inuit connection with environments and their knowledge of and relationships with plants and animals Grade 4: I can demonstrate respect when interacting with plants and animals in local envi...
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  April 9, 2026 We had a great week of dancing with our Hip Hop instructor from Sound Kreations. We are also busy learning about living systems as we prepare to make our dioramas. Thank you for sending in boxes! We have also been busy writing convincing paragraphs and learned how a paragraph is much like a hamburger.  Learning Intentions: Grade 3:  I can recognize families of related multiplication and division number facts. I can solve problems, using multiplication and division in sharing or grouping situations I can recall multiplication number facts, with factors to 10, and related vision facts Grade 4: I can multiply and divide 3-digit natural numbers by 1-digit natural numbers using personal strategies I can divide and express a quotient with or without a remainder It was a full week of mathematics learning as we continued to grow our understanding of multiplication and division. Grade 3s have been practicing basic facts through math games and have completed a c...
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  April 2, 2026  It was great to be back after spring break and see everyone. It was a short but busy week of practicing our multiplication and division skills, expanding our writing craft, and continuing Earth Systems learning as well as learning about Artemis II and marking the event in our visual journals with representations of our learning. And hockey!  Grade 3: Create written texts for a variety of audiences and purposes. Create written texts using a variety of forms and structures. Use organizational processes, methods, or tools to support the creation of written texts. Sequence sections of writing in a logical order. Three to five sentences that add detail or description to ideas or information can be combined to construct a paragraph. Grade 4: Create written texts for a variety of audiences and purposes. Create written texts using a variety of text forms and structures. Develop creative expression through the use of organizational processes, methods, and tools. D...
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March 19, 2026 As we move into spring, we marked the Spring Equinox by engaging with a video from Saa’kokoto (Elder Randy Bottle). We learned that as the land and seasons change, and the world around us is filled with a fresh sense of newness, we too can make some goals and take time to listen to the teachings around us. As a class, we will continue exploring and learning more after the break. This week, we loved the Mission Impossible challenge in PE, spirit days, and the fact that it was so beautiful out! We began examining the structures of a paragraph and crafting some thoughtful and convincing paragraphs of our own.  Learning Intentions: Grade 3:  Compose a product, using equal groups of objects. Model a quotient by partitioning a quantity into equal groups or groups of a certain size, with or without remainders. Visualize and model products and quotients as arrays. Recognize interpretations of multiplication and division in various contexts. Solve problems, using multi...
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