Connaught School's Grade 3/4 Classroom Blog

Hi grade 3/4! We all miss you so much, we created these short videos to say hi. We'd love to hear from you, send us an email soon if you can! Mrs. Clark's Video, Room 301: Ms. Hammadieh's Video, Room 302:  Ms. Sinclair's Video, Room 303: Ms. Jaques's Video, Room 304: Ms. Sarah's Video, Room 305:

Hi families! The Grade 3/4 classes are continuing to learn about the 4 countries in Social Studies (India, Peru, Ukraine, and Tunisia). Ms. Sarah's class is now learning about Peru. We began by looking at Peru on a world map and making predictions about the country's climate and geography based on it's physical location. We are now researching animals that live in Peru. There are thousands of animals and insects to have chosen from, as the Amazonian Rainforest covers some of Peru! Also, Ms. Sarah's class has begun a new novel study. We are now reading Matilda , by Roald Dahl. The students are loving it! Ask your child to share about the book using the following prompts: Describe Matilda. What is she like? What is Matilda's family like? Does Matilda fit in with her family? Why/why not? What is your favourite part in the book so far? In math, students have continued to practice and build upon their understanding of multiplication (up to 5x5 for grade 3

Last week most of the grade 3/4 classes had a visit from a guide dog in training! A puppy learning how to be a guide dog for blind people came to our classes, along with the volunteer training her. Students learned about the importance of volunteers in our community, about some of the important commands the dogs need to learn to help keep their person safe, and about ways our community can accommodate the needs of blind people. My favourite was watching Ria play tug of war, but then stop instantly at a single command! The dogs were so smart, and not even one year old! We are continuing our exploration of multiplication, with a focus on arrays. Students are learning how to represent multiplication visually. You can find out more about arrays  HERE  - try practicing at home! Set up arrays of canned food or shoes or other household items, and have your child practice figuring out how many there are using a strategy like skip counting, doubling, or repeated addition. It is important f

This past month in Social Studies, and for the next three months, each class has been focussed on exploring one country. Each class will delve into either Ukraine, Tunisia, India, or Peru for one month before moving onto the next. (Ask your child what country they studied in February and what unique things they learned about that culture.) Throughout February, Ms. Sinclair's class was researching Ukraine. We looked at landforms, animal life, agriculture, language, and many aspects of Ukrainian culture. To end the month we created Pysanky Eggs, which is a traditional art project involving decorating and dying eggs. Students each explained the process of Pysanky, looked at the significance of the traditional symbols, and designed their own egg.  Things then got messy and fun as we decorated, dyed, and blew out our eggs so that only the colourful shell remained!  Have a look at some of our beautiful creations!