St. Anne Spirit Week - Supporting the United Way!

October 31 - November 4

Instead of a daily donation, we are asking students to make one donation for the week.

Monday - Black and Orange Day

Tuesday - PJ Day

Wednesday - Crazy Hat or Hair Day

Thursday - Favourite Movie or Book Character Day

Friday - Sports Day 

Classroom and Lunch Rules - Review

Hi Parents!  

With all of the excitement of halloween and the early snowfall, our grade three friends have lost sight of our very important rules. They are posted below for you to review with your child.

Classroom Rules

1. Listen!  Follow instructions.
2. Raise your hand and wait your turn to speak.
3. Respect everyone.

Lunch Rules

1. Remain seated at your desk.
2. 10 minutes ~ shh!  Eat your lunch.  10 minutes ~ reading or talking quietly
3. Respect everyone.  

Thank you for your help in maintaining a peaceful and productive learning environment.  

Descriptive Writing

Our descriptive writing and art task are now complete.  Below are a few examples of the finished products.  The students put a great deal of effort into their assignment.  

Class Music Artist Competition

During transition times in class we like to play music to maintain a calm environment.  Mrs. Sloan has enjoyed sharing some of her favourites artists and tunes with the class; so much so that we have turned it into a fun competition.  Students listen to the lyrics and are encouraged to go home and ask their parents if they are familiar with them.  Whoever can guess the artist first wins a prize.  We had two winners in our first "Guess the artist" game.  Congratulations to Desmond and Raeghan for successfully guessing Neil Diamond!!  

Power Poppers Activity

We had candy in class last week!  We have been working on Descriptive Writing and one of our tasks was to eat Power Poppers and write about our yummy and flavourful experience. We are learning to use adjectives and similes to enhance our writing.  Stay tuned for our final product.

Working Together to Solve the Problem of the Week!

Swim to Survive!

Our students completed their third and final Swim to Survive lesson today.  What fun they had!  Once their final test was complete they were able to swing from the rope and fall into the water as well as have a soak in the hot tub.  A huge thank you to all of our parents who were able to volunteer their time at the pool the past three Tuesdays.

Homework and Problem of the Week

Just a reminder that homework sent home last week is due on Thursday, October 13.  The next round of homework will be assigned on Monday, October 17.

Sweet Possibilities

At Ahmed’s birthday party, his guests can build their own dessert. They start by choosing either a waffle cone, sugar cone, or a bowl. Then they choose from the following ice cream flavours: vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and rocky road. Next they add either chocolate sauce or sprinkles. Finally, they can add a cherry on top if they wish. How many different dessert combinations are possible? Justify your answer.

Swim to Survive - Lesson 2 Tomorrow

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope that everyone had a wonderful long weekend.  Just a reminder that we have our second swimming lesson at Goulbourn Pool tomorrow afternoon.  Please make sure that your child has a swimsuit, towel, bag and change of clothes.  Thank you to our parents who have volunteered their time to help out!

Swim to Survive - Tuesday

Just a reminder that we are going to Goulbourn Recreation Complex for our first of three swimming lessons tomorrow afternoon.  Students should come to school with a bathing suit, towel and a bag to store their wet items in.  Thank you to parents who have offered to help out.  We have enough volunteers for tomorrow but I will be contacting parents who have offered their time for the October 11 and 18 dates.

Homework!!

Students received grey duotangs with their homework today.  It is due on Thursday, October 13.  We are working on writing detailed responses in complete sentences so please encourage your child to do this with the two EQAO questions.  Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Thank you!

Math Problem of the Week

This week's problem is set up in the classroom for the students to try to solve.  There is a 3x3 grid that requires the letters A through I to fit into following a series of clues.  Photos of the problem will be posted shortly.