We are a Grade 3 classroom at Bernie Wolfe Community School in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. We are excited to share what's going on in our classroom with all of our readers!
We had a pretty good second week of the 30x30 Nature Challenge, but unfortunately, it rained heavily on Wednesday and Thursday, not allowing us to get outside on those days (I know that on the 30x30 Challenge website, they suggest dancing in the rain... but as much as I'd love to take the class outside to do that, it's more of an 'at home' activity, where they can easily towel off and get a dry change of clothes!). Here's what we did the rest of the time:
Monday, May 11: free play
Tuesday, May 12: WASAC games
Friday, May 15: Math (taking photographs of numbers around us)
We had a great first week of the 30x30 Challenge. Here's what we did:
Monday, May 4: making observation notes for Science (Habitats & Communities) in the Transcona Bioreserve.
Tuesday, May 5: writing
Wednesday, May 6: reading
Thursday, May 7: scavenger hunt (the rain let up just in time!)
Friday, May 8: looking for numbers outside, and photographing them
We're looking forward to getting back outside next week for Week 2 of the challenge... and to the weather warming up (it was cold today!)! Make sure you get outside this weekend! #natureiscalling #30x30challenge
This morning, the students brainstormed a list of different things we could do at school this month, in order to take part in the 30x30 Challenge - some of the ideas came right from the 30x30 Challenge website, and some are their own. Here's what they came up with:
As you read in an earlier post, we used our Stanley Cup Playoffs predictions to help us learn about fractions, decimals, and percents. As a class, we are having a friendly competition to see who is the most accurate in picking the winners, all the way to the Stanley Cup. For each first round series picked correctly, 1 point is awarded. 2 points are awarded if they correctly pick the second round winners, 3 points for 3 round winners, and 4 points for picking the correct Stanley Cup winner. Now that the first round is complete, here are the updated standings (and it's a tight race!):
In May we are going to be doing the 30x30 Challenge. If you don't know what the 30x30 Challenge is, it is a challenge to go outside for at least 30 extra minutes every day in May. Here are some of the reasons that it is important for us to get outside more:
- people are getting chubbier (or fluffier) because we have more devices like iPads, iPhones, Apple TV, etc. Everyone thinks those things are important, but we think the outdoors are even more important that that! (Kayleigh)
- people are getting sick because they aren't walking outside - they spend their time inside on devices. (Albert)
- you should take the challenge because it reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50% and colon cancer by 30% if you spend more time outside. (Connor)
- if you just take a walk outside and get some fresh air, it will help you get more fit, and it will make you more calm. (Avery)
- if you can't go outside because you're in a hospital, you'll feel better and need less pain medication if you have a room where you can see nature from. (Braedon)
- if you don't go outside a lot, you have more chance of getting heart disease. (Brady)
- use electronics less - go outside a lot! (Wesley)
(Teacher's note: Please check out the video and infographic below, from the 30x30 Challenge website, for more information about the challenge. What we will do tomorrow is brainstorm a list of different things that we, as a class, can do outside during the month of May as part of the challenge - I can't wait to share the list with all of you!)
Did you know that it’s time for the
Stanley Cup Playoffs?! Did you know that the Winnipeg Jets made it in?! To
celebrate this, the students and adults of Room 18 made predictions to see
which team would win each round, all the way to the Stanley Cup. Here are the
(interesting) names of the playoff teams:
After we made
our predictions, we counted up how many people thought each of the teams would
win the Stanley Cup. After that, we calculated the fractions of the class that
voted for each team. Because we have started learning about decimals and
percentages, we took these fractions and converted them into decimals. We then
converted the decimals back into fractions out of 100, and after that, we
converted those fractions into percentages. Here are our results for who we
think will win the Stanley Cup:
We posted all of our playoff brackets on the bulletin board outside of our classroom, and have invited those passing by to grab a bracket, fill it out, and leave it with us. Who do YOU think will win?!
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