Harvest Dinner

The two grade three classes will be sharing a harvest dinner on Thursday October 25. We will be using the produce harvested from our garden in combination with student donations. The students will all have a hand in preparing the meal. We will be inviting people from our school community, such as Mr. Forsythe and Mrs. Thomas. Please see the note sent home regarding the dinner to find out what food item your child needs to bring for the meal.

Pay it Forward

This past weekend, our class had a homework project to "Pay it Forward" by doing something nice for someone else.
Some of the things we were able to do this past weekend include:

• Raked leaves in my front yard x3
• Cleaned up for my nana and papa to stay in my room.
• Made my mom a cup of tea.
• Helped my sister make her bed.
• My brother, sister and I cleaned up the whole house!
• I helped my mom do the laundry x2
• I cleaned my brother's and sister's bedroom.
• Raked a neighbor's lawn and bagged the leaves.
• Mowed the lawn.
• Cleaned up my room without being asked.
• I helped my mom wash the dishes.
• Cleaned up garbage in 10 yards.
• I baked my mom a cupcake.
• I helped clean up after Thanksgiving.
• I cleaned up my mom's house for Thanksgiving company.
• I cleaned the bathroom.
• I helped my mom make breakfast and coffee.
• I picked up litter outside my grandma's house (Mrs. Kitchen)
• I paid for a stranger's coffee in the Tim Horton's drive through (Mrs. Kitchen)
• We invited a complete stranger and her daughter over for thanksgiving! (Mrs. Kitchen)
• Cleaned up the whole entire kitchen- it was sparkling!

Classroom Makeover!

I spent a lot of time this summer creating a environment that the students would find warm, relaxing and calming to work in. I thought I would share some pictures with you.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school. I am very excited to have a new bunch of grade three's this year. And after the first week, I can say, a great bunch they are! We have had such a great start to the school year already.
A few highlights of week one:

• Checking out the vermi composting worms. EWWWW
• Harvesting the garden last year's grade three's made
• Playing mind reader
• Learning two new math games
• Using magnifying glasses to examine different types of soil
• Learning about Leah Dorion's art work

A big thank to to all the families for completing your child's home reading each night! Keep up the great work. Coming soon... pictures of our classroom, art work and math patterns!

RAN Folders

We are once again using RAN folders for an inquiry based unit. Students are completing research based on an animal and will be creating reports in the form of a poster from what they find.

Plants

Check out the plants we have been growing in Science class. Some of our plants are doing awesome... others not so well. We are also experimenting to see what conditions seeds grow in best (ie) warm, cold, light dark, etc.

Donny Parenteau

We were priveledged to get to listen to Donny Parenteau speak at KCI today. He is a Saskatchewan born, Metis, singer and song writer. He has sang on the Grand Ole Oprey stage, Canada AM, Telemiracle and many more places. He has won multiple awards for his musical talents. He was born and raised in Prince Albert. Donny's message to kids was to find someone you are good at and then go for it, no matter what it takes. He said you need to believe to achieve!
He sang us numerous songs including: My Girl (a song written for his daugher), Mamma Taught Me Love (written for his mom), Johnny Cash songs (Ring of Fire and Folsom Prison Blues and played the fiddle. He is very talented!http://www.donnyparenteau.com/