G RA D E 3 COMEAU

Language Arts
February is poetry month and we will be reading various poems! We are going to continue to focus on narrative writing. The students are learning that a narrative piece has a problem and some events that take place followed by a solution to the problem near the end of the story. Ask your child about the story they are creating. We have also been working with Similes using like or as and verbs. Students are getting a lot of practice making sentences with Quotation marks to prepare for their narrative story. Caf strategies continue to be developed to help your childs reading skills. This month we are focusing on mastering flip the sound. This is where your child will try different sounds of a until they hear a word that makes sense. This strategy works very well with vowel sounds.

Fairvale Elementary School

F e b r u a r y, 2 0 1 4 Volume 1, Issue 6

Mrs.Comeaus Classroom Newsletter

Math
We are wrapping up estimating sums and differences of 2 two digit numbers. Students have truly enjoyed the estimation jar. We have also begun working in the wonderful world of multiplication. This is a very introductory phase to multiplication. We are working on students having an understanding of what multiplication is. Students will not be expected to memorize multiplication facts. We are more concerned that the students understand that multiplication is groups of. Each month we explore graphing skills and this month students will develop their skills in collecting data, constructing, labeling and interpreting a graph. In the pattern unit students will develop an understanding of increasing and decreasing patterns and will practice solving one step addition and subtraction equations involving symbols representing an unknown number.

Science
The students will be finishing up their work with magnets this month. We will turn our focus to static electricity. The students will learn how to make their hair up for their narrative story. arks tostand prepare and why a balloon Caf strategies continue to be developed sticks to the wall to help your childs reading skills. This when you we rub are it on month focusing on mastering flip your head. the sound. This is where your child will try different sounds of a letter in a word until they hear a word that makes sense. This strategy works very well with vowel sounds.

Social Studies
The students will continue to explore various features that describe the Atlantic Region in Canada by using maps and images to help them learn about various landscapes, bodies of water, vegetation and the type of climate we have. Students are locating where they live in relation to Canada and will also continue to master mapping skills by describing where our province is located in relation to other places in Canada.

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The 7 Habits of Happy Kids

Student Led Clubs will be starting after March break. Students will be coming home with club forms on the 11th and they are due back at the school on the 14th. I encourage the children to try and lead a club. If they do not want to lead a club they are more than welcome to join a club.

Upcoming dates
Feb. 10-14 Feb. 10-14 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 17 Feb 20
Feb. 24-28

Feb 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 28

Staff appreciation Week Internet safety week Sweetheart Concert 11:45 in the Library Valentines Day (details to follow) Professional Learning Day (No school for students) Art Curriculum Night Winter Carnival Week Winter Carnival activities Little Rays Reptile Zoo visits Pink shirt Day TNB to perform Wally Finds his Inner Bear Online food ordering ends PJ day to support IWK $2.

Remember our Skating dates are:

We have now covered the first three habits, Be Proactive, Begin With the End in Mind, and Put First Things First. Our fourth Habit is Think Win-Win. This Habit is going to teach us all about getting out of the mindset of a win-lose situation. When we are presented with a situation, instead of looking at it with the notion that somebody has to lose, look at it and figure out a way that we can make it work so that both parties win.
Feb 6 13,20, 27 and March 13. We need people to help tie skates and skate with children. If you are able and willing we would love to see you there!!

Class website
Thank you to those parents who have completed my short survey that is on our class website. If you have not responded yet I would greatly appreciate if you did this week. It only takes a couple of minutes and it will help me with making our class site as useful as possible. Visit our class website and
see what we have been up to lately. www.mrscomeausgrade3class.weebly.com