This week 3rd class wrote their persuasive speeches for the Public Speaking Competition. The topic was ‘Why is Respect an Important Value for the World’. I was very impressed with the well-written speeches and after some practice and reviewing the criteria of good public speaking, the children delivered their speeches in class yesterday. I am very proud of their efforts. Many children used our school value of Courage to overcome nerves and try their best at doing something that is dreaded by so many of us! The winner from 3N this year is Mia W. We wish her the very best in the finals on Wednesday. The runner-up is Emmie Y.
As part of our Spelling work this week, the children were introduced to stressed and unstressed syllables. This will be necessary as prior knowledge later on, when we will learn particular spelling rules. Please note that as of next week, the children will take Spelling homework home to complete each day and return to school the following morning. The children are well aware of what the homework involves as we have been doing it in class for several weeks.
In Maths this week, we continued using landmarks and directional language to describe a route on a map. We also began our unit on representing numbers using place value. We will continue this unit next week, focusing on the zero digit when it occurs internally within a number. Using these numbers, we will practise how to identify the numbers before and after.
On Tuesday 3N and 3H did a gallery walk through each other’s classrooms to view and appreciate the History projects. Next week, we will make time to play some of the board games that were created as part of the History presentations.
Teacher: Mrs Nadjarian
