A Hoot of a Halloween!

We had a bustling Halloween school day full of energetic students and indoor recesses (oh joyousness)! Hope the weather clears up for tonight's trick-or-treating! Great costumes 3W!

This morning we did our Monster Descriptive Writing Activity with Ms. B's Grade 5 students. It was a huge success as captured in the pictures below...

This afternoon, Devilish (NOT) Keira got to bring home a United Way Pumpkin!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Fashion Show!

Students are encouraged to come to school in/with their costumes tomorrow. We will have a Halloween Fashion Show in the gym tomorrow afternoon during last block! A reminder to leave weapons and masks at home!

United Way Pumpkin Raffle!

Emily, Cameron, Keira and Alivia designed and painted our class pumpkin today for the United Way Pumpkin Raffle tomorrow. It's a scary cat! For a chance to win a SMY-designed pumpkin, students can buy 3 tickets for $1. Winners will be announced at the Spooky Fashion Show in the gym tomorrow afternoon!

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Floating Frankensteins and Friends

In our ongoing Science Unit about Forces, we explored Static Electric Force today and discovered that just like magnetism, static electricity can generate a push or pull without actually directly touching an object. Check out these floating Halloween-esque characters floating up due to static electrical force...cue the spooky music!

Week at a Glance

Bubble Gum Fun!

Thank you for all the donations for United Way! The Bubble Gum was a big hit!

What a Campaign!

A HUGE thank you to each of the 7 students who spoke to the class this morning explaining why they would make a fantastic student representative on school council! We enjoyed their speeches and enthusiasm!

The students took the voting process very seriously...

Our class representatives will be....

Cameron and Kara!

Their fellow candidates were very gracious and congratulated the winners. It was a heartwarming scene! 

 Cam and Kara join Sofia and Lilah from Mrs. Frangione's class to be our primary reps! Congratulations!

A Few Reminders for Friday!

-United Way Bubble Gum Day is tomorrow - bring in a donation and chew some gum!

-Student Council Elections are tomorrow! Have your speeches ready if you are keen to be 3W reps! Mme El Hajjar's class made these awesome ballot boxes for the big vote!

-Word Wall Test tomorrow on this week and last week's words:

to    too    two    laughed    who    almost   

 beautiful    friendly    how    was

Student Council Elections

SMY is holding Student Council Elections this Friday for students from Grades 3 to 6. Students in each homeroom will vote for two class representatives. The role of the student reps will share student ideas and interests at council meetings with Mrs. Armstrong. The Grade 3 reps will be a voice for all the primary classes - big responsibility! Many of the 3W students expressed interest in running for these two positions. Interested students are asked to prepare a brief written speech to read to the class this Friday explaining why they would make an awesome 3W class rep!

Monster Mania!

The students created these incredible monsters today out of plasticine. I was so impressed by the focus and attention to detail they showed during this activity which highlighted their wonderful imaginations. Later this week, the students will write descriptive paragraphs about their monsters.

Snuggly and Cozy Descriptions!

I think these cold mornings helped the students dream about and describe the coziness of their sleeping dens!

Spooky, Spooky Night!

Here are the completed Spooktacular masterpieces...

Week at a Glance

Spooktacular Friday Art!

The students spent some time today creating a spooktacular Halloween scene using paint! The students blended sunset colours and used black paint to create silhouettes. Their completed masterpieces will be on display next week...stay tuned!

Reading Buddies Growing Closer!

Sleepy Snoozy Cozy Coozy

Today I read the book Sleepy Snoozy Cozy Coozy by Judy Young to the students. The book uses rhyme and tongue-twisting adjectives to describe the sleeping habits and beds of various animals.

After the story, the students brainstormed words that described their beds and bedrooms. Tomorrow they will write their very own descriptive poems about their cozy beds!

Magnetic Force

Today we explored Magnetic Force as part of our Kinds of Forces unit in Science. The students had to separate paper clips from other objects and discuss why paper clips are magnetic. Here is a picture of Junior using magnetic force!

I Spy with My Little Eye...

Last week we started talking about the role of adjectives in descriptive writing. I read the students The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson which is rich with descriptive language; that Gruffalo is one scary and homely creature! Today the students were given a secret word which they had to describe without naming it. The other students had a chance to guess the object based on the description. Can you guess the following?

Week at a Glance

Ter-RUG-fic!

Our new rug arrived this afternoon much to the delight of these girls! It also prompted me to do some redecorating while the kids were in French...the class is looking cosy!

Our new Quiet Space:

Reading Buddies Week 2!

The students were thrilled to be reunited with their reading buddies this morning. They further got acquainted with one another by working on a Buddy Book.

Photo Day Tomorrow!

Week at a Glance

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing all SMY families a Happy Thanksgiving!

Reading Buddies!

The students were thrilled to meet their Reading Buddies from Ms. Porcari's Grade 1 class. They got to know each other a bit this morning and read some books! We will be seeing our new friends again next Thursday!