This morning Wolf Clan were transported back to the Stone Age and had the challenging task of creating a Stone Age tool using only a stone, a stick and grass.
“I can do this if I believe in myself.”
“The Stone Age people had to work hard to make their tools.”
“Making a spear is harder than it looks.”
This afternoon 3H had the fantastic experience of visiting the local library.
We listened to a story called Pet Potato. and then shared our own ideas for what we might do if we have a pet potato ourselves.
After, we explored the library ourselves and chose books to read with our friends. We even borrowed some books for the classroom. Our class librarian will be in charge of making sure we keep them safe and return them in time.
Year 3 have been exploring the ideas of high and low pitch. They used the song ‘Elevator’ to recognise changes in pitch and are learning the skill of identifying when a note is higher or lower. Building on this, they are now learning to perform the song using voice and chime bars.
-Watch them beginning to explore Elevator on the chime bars
First, we experimented using charcoal and chalk to make cave painting style sketches. We explored line thickness, smudging and shading.
Then, we used what we had learnt and applied it to our own wolf clan drawings.
To round off our place value learning we have been playing the game ‘place value detectives’. One partner writes a 3 digit number on their whiteboard and shows it to the other partner. They then have to remember the number and make it using place value counters. At the end, the partner with the whiteboard checks the number and any edits are made together.
-Partner 1 writing the 3 digit number
-Partner 2 making the 3 digit number with place value counters
-Partner 1 checking the number
3H have been investigating and comparing rocks based on their properties. We started by noticing the properties of the rocks and using words like hard, smooth, dull or rough to describe them. Then we used a Venn diagram to compare two rocks and wrote down the similarities and differences.
In the next lesson we introduced the terms permeable and impermeable. We experimented by placing the rocks in water and tested them to see if they released air. If the bubbles appeared it showed us that the rock was permeable because they have spaces on the inside that run all the way through the rock. This can trap air bubbles. If there was no bubbles, the rock was impermeable.
We have been fantastic investigators!
This morning, 3H looked at place value to 1,000. They used place value counters charts to represent numbers up to 1,000. They enjoyed using manipulatives to explore this in pairs.
“I enjoyed using the counters and sorting them into hundreds, tens and ones.” -Wills
“I enjoyed it because it was challenging and I liked using the place value counters.” -Jaxon
This morning 3H collected apples from our orchard. We had fun cutting the apples up for tasting and looking at the colour of the flesh as well as the skin. We explored the shape of the apples and how cutting horizontally through an apple gives a different view of them. At the end they made for a delicious snack!
