March 9-13 Weekly Update

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

March 17 – SPIRIT DAY: Wear Green for St. Patrick’s Day

March 19 – Edo Fun Lunch Day / Mr. Pretzel Treat Day (order through healthyhunger.ca by March 15 if you are ordering)

March 19 – Evening Student Involved Conferences for K-6

March 20 – Daytime Student Involved Conferences for K-5

March 19 & 20 – Purdys orders can be picked up at the Evening Student Involved Conferences on Thursday or the Daytime Student Involved Conferences on Friday if you placed an order

March 23 – 27 – SPRING BREAK – No school

March 30 – First day of classes after Spring Break

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Hello Families!

Grade 3 students had a fun and engaging week, exploring new topics

and learning through hands-on activities.

Highlights from Our Week:

An Exciting Visit from Our Knowledge Keeper

This week, Grade 3 students had an amazing opportunity to welcome Chantel Chagnon, who shared Traditional drumming, songs, storytelling, and Indigenous teachings. Students explored the Medicine Wheel and were captivated by the Legend of Turtle Island. They discovered that drums are powerful tools for healing, ceremony, and celebration. Chantal also showed how drums are made and explained the special meanings behind different drum weaving styles. Students absolutely loved these hands-on, interactive experiences!

Hundred Years Old Day
Students had fun dressing up as 100-year-old characters! 

Literacy, Wellness & Writing

Students continued working in literacy centers and explored texts about empathy, learning how understanding others’ feelings strengthens relationships. In writing, they practiced different sentence structures and identified the types of sentences they encountered in their reading. We focused on onomatopoeia while exploring Ten Ways to Hear Snow, using words from the story to create their own Snow Haiku poems, with some students even integrating their knowledge of science. Next, we will continue exploring Limerick forms on a variety of topics while learning additional types of figurative language.

Math

This week, students continued practicing multiplication and division, solving both one-step and multi-step word problems. They strengthened their number sense through skip counting by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 and explored simple algebraic thinking. Students also reviewed transformations and reinforced their learning through math games.

Social Studies
Students learned about natural resources and how they are used in daily life, including the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources found in Alberta.

Science
Students began learning about the layers of soil and how scientists observe and study them to understand the earth’s structure.

Art

Students started creating bookmarks as a fun and useful tool to support their reading.

P.E.
Students practiced hockey skills and participated in friendly competitions.

Thank you for your continued support!