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  🌍 Science: Exploring the Layers of the Earth This week in Grade 3, students began learning about Earth’s systems and how the layers of the Earth tell a story about our planet’s past. Students used visual journals to draw, label, and explain the four layers of the Earth, helping them organize their ideas and show their understanding. They also created hands-on clay models to build the layers in 3D, giving them a concrete way to see how each layer fits together inside the Earth. 📘 Alberta Grade 3 Science Outcomes This learning connects to the Earth Systems unit, including: Earth’s surface contains layers formed over long periods of time The history of Earth’s surface can be explained by examining its layers Layers of Earth hold information about the past  Student Learning Goals: “I Can” Statements ✔️ I can name the layers of the Earth. ✔️ I can describe how the layers fit together. ✔️ I can explain how Earth’s layers tell us about the past.  Ask Your Child  What ar...
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January 29, 2025

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January 26-29, 2026  What Did Students Do This Week This week, our class spent time celebrating the importance of community. We talked about how a classroom is a place where everyone belongs and helps each other grow. As part of our conversation, we said a heartfelt farewell to a beloved teacher, Mrs. Braun, and we also warmly welcomed a new teacher, Miss Herget, into our grade three community. We are all grateful for the time we had with Mrs. Braun and wish her the best on her next adventure! We will miss her and also look forward to working with Miss Herget.  Students shared their feelings and memories by working together to create a class book for Mrs. Braun. Each child and/or class added a page with kind messages, drawings, and favorite moments. This helped us practice writing skills while also expressing gratitude and appreciation. We also celebrated by playing community-building games that encouraged teamwork, laughter, and cooperation. These activities reminded us how i...
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  🚀 Our Journey to Mars: Reading, Thinking, and Making Connections Over the past few weeks, our Grade 3 class has been on an exciting learning journey—one that took us all the way to Mars ! 🌌 Through reading, writing, watching, and discussing, students have been strengthening their reading and thinking skills while exploring real-world science and technology. 📖 Our Class Novel: A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga As a class, we have begun reading " A Rover’s Story" , a novel told from the point of view of a Mars rover named Resilience . Students learned how authors use thoughts, feelings, and experiences to help readers connect to a character—even when that character is a machine. Students recorded their thinking in reading response notebooks , using: 🖍️ Pictures ✏️ Words and key vocabulary 📝 Complete sentences This allowed students to choose the best way to show their understanding and explain their ideas. 🧠 Building Vocabulary Throughout the novel, students focused on ...
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