Not only did the students return after Spring Break, but so did the warm weather! From the students' stories about their holidays, it sounds like everyone had a nice break. We didn't waste any time getting back to work as we resumed our Sharing the Planet unit and focussed on perhaps the most vital of all the natural resources - Water!
New Math Unit
We also changed our focus in math, from geometry to multiplication and division. Students were tasked with figuring out how many students could share 36 crackers. As this was an open-ended task, there were many possible answers and the students worked together with a partner. They were given tiles to represent the 36 crackers and many came up with different approaches to solving the problem. Some focused on using the tiles and then recorded their findings by drawing them out, while others used their prior knowledge of multiplication and division facts to approach the problem.
Plus One
Grade Three gained a new member this week as Haruki joined the class on April 1st! No joke! We are happy to welcome him to DSKI!
Minus One
Sadly, we will also be losing a friend next week as Kanna O. will be leaving us. Her last day will be Tuesday, April 6th. We wish her all the best at her new school and hope that she'll come back to visit sometime.
Farewell Picnic
In honour of Kanna's last day, I would like to try (if the weather is nice) to have a picnic lunch/ farewell party for her on Tuesday. Please have your child pack a picnic sheet to eat lunch on, if they want to bring a snack to share make sure that they are individually packaged. I will remind them again on Monday.
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