Welcome Grade 3's to the beginning of a new school year! My name is Ms. Infusino and I will be
your Grade 3 teacher. This year we will be learning and exploring many different things. My hope for this year is to have you learn, be productive , get you ready for Grade 4, and most of all have FUN!!
Science: Structures
Wherever we go, we see structures. People have built some of them. Animals are good designers and builders too. A structure is something that has been built and has a purpose, or job. Look at the structures in the picture.
Who built them?
What jobs do they do?
How have materials been joined together to make them?
In this unit you will design and build structures. Tools make it easier to build things. So you will learn how to choose tools and use them safely. Like a scientist, you will also test the building materials you use and your structures themselves. There will also be an activity that will link the Early Settlers of Upper Canada unit and structures. You will be create a free standing structure and demonstrate stability and strength of different materials.
For some fun activities about strucutres click here!
Most Canadians have ancestors who decided to make Canada their home. Some Canadians have ancestors from early settler times. Some Canadians have grandparents or parents who moved to Canada. Some Canadians are newly arrived to Canada.
Brainwork: Create a family tree to show where your family originally comes from. Click here to create a family tree using the computer. Conduct a survey of your classmates and complete a graph to show where their families come from.Click here to create your graph using the computer.
Dear Early Settler Explorers,
Did you know Early Settler had many chores in order to get ready for winter? October and November were usually very busy months for early settlers. Fruits and vegetables needed to be preserved and stored. Candles for lighting needed to be made. Sometimes jobs were too big for one family, so a neighbourhood bee was held. Corn husking, apple paring and quilting bees were just a few chores that had to be done. After the work was done, the early settlers had a celebration.
Brainwork: Make a list of things you need to be ready for winter.
Dear Early Settler Explorers, Did you know that most early settlers had to measure things by using different body parts such as hands, or the length of their foot? This was because rulers and other measuring devices were hard to come by. For example, when buying fabric you would ask for a cloth yard. A cloth yard was the length of the merchant’s outstretched arm, from his nose to his thumb tip.
Brainwork: Measure things around the classroom or your home using your feet or hands.
