Mrs. Coleman's Grade 3's 2025-2026

 Welcome, Ms. Tran.  Here is a link to her introductory letter.  Introductory Letter We enjoyed learning from our knowledge keeper, Hal Eagletail, on Tuesday afternoon.  Looking Back: Literacy: Novel: We were thrilled to begin our new novel study of The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf . From the very first chapter, we discovered that the story is narrated by a young boy living in a suburb of London , which sparked great curiosity and discussion. As we read, we noticed several unfamiliar words and expressions. To build our understanding, students created a vocabulary page in their visual journals, comparing terms used in the story with the words we commonly use here in Canada. This helped us explore language differences while deepening our comprehension. We also practiced visualizing and character analysis. On a separate page in their journals, students compared the narrator and his three best friends, using details and descriptions provided by the a...

Sorry for the delay in posting this. We are excited to welcome our new student teacher, Ms. Tran , to our classroom on Monday morning. She will be with us until the end of April. I will share a proper introduction to her in the next blog post. Looking Back: Happy Lunar New Year!! We had an amazing time celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday! We dove into the Year of the Horse , learning fun facts and practicing how to draw a realistic horse. We also explored different ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year . As a hands-on twist, students used toilet paper rolls generously brought in by one of our classmates to make poppers , tying into our science unit on elastic forces . The best part? A friendly competition to launch pom-poms across the room , putting our new knowledge of elastic forces into action. Lots of laughter and excitement filled the classroom! Literacy: Writing: Students have been working on descriptive writing inspired by our class story Ollie’s Odyssey . Each student cr...