Busy Bees!

We have been busy bees over the last week or so in Portable 4!

In math we have worked through a mini unit in money. Tomorrow students will bring home the various assessments that have been used throughout the unit. I strongly encourage students to continue to count coins, add money amounts and make change regularly at home.

Problems such as this one basically cover all learning expectations for money in grade three:

Mrs. Linse goes to the bake shop with a toonie, and 4 quarters.
She buys a cupcake for $0.58 and a doughnut for $1.12.
How much change does she get back?

As you can see, in this one question, students are required to put to work all of the different skills learned in the unit.

In Language we wrapped up a mini unit in idioms. We created our own classroom book titled "Idiom Tales." We sure had a lot of fun doing this!

We have begun a persuasive writing unit. Right now the boys and girls are working in small groups to create persuasive pieces to convince people to either squish an ant or save it!

We also continue to read various texts and respond to questions about them. Our responses require us to include evidence (proof) from the text to support our thinking.

These are just some of the great things taking place in Portable 4! Most days I can't believe how much we accomplish in a day! Busy busy I tell ya!