Constructing and deconstructing 3D shapes in structures in our community, tying together math, social studies and science!

Creating some fun spring/Easter art using negative space, one of our elements of design.

A net or not a net? We played with different ways to attach 6 squares to see if it would fold into a cube.

Learning about 3D shapes with a classic activity, toothpicks and marshmallows.

How can you make a stable structure? We tested out cards.

We started a new project, learning about living and working in ontario! First week explore and research.

Our final day of our personal safety projects, presenting and demonstrating. A safety pillow for fire safety, a tent lock (camping safety), a lighted backpack (child safety), an inflated flotation device (water safety) and glowing safety bracelets (transportation safety).

Another build day for our personal safety creations!

As we end black history month, here is a throwback to last year's school wide carnival for black excellence where each class chose a country to focus on, ours being Zimbabwe. The art was inspired by Ndebele house painting.

Starting our unit on strong and stable structures! How high can you stack the cups?

The next step of our personal safety creations has been to make some life sized prototypes!

Our latest project has been to create person safety devices for health! Some students chose water safety, fire safety, travel safety and home safety. We started with drawing our ideas and designs.

It is with sad news that I share that our pumpkins have died. Lack of space, nutrients and sunlight are probably the cause. Growing pumpkins in the winter is probably not the best idea 😆

Playing around with construction and technology teams in @megabrights.bsky.social

Bring on the Olympics! #gocanadago

Developing human-centred solutions through an empathy lens for health-science studies w @teachergray.bsky.social's group of grade 3 modern learners in the library at the Peel DSB 🤔💡✨ ➡️ bit.ly/design-thinking-canvas-pdf #FutureReadyPeel #MakerEd #Inquiry #EduSky #TLsky @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social

Plant update, they are still growing. They love the morning sunshine, when it decides to pop out. #growingpumpkinsinjanuary

Mixed Media Mugs! Showing off what we have learned about line, colour, texture and space.

Indoor snowball fight!

Throwback Thursday to when our sewing club made pin cushions back in spring 2024 :)

Working on some basic hand sewing with our megabrights! #shinebright

Update on our pumpkins, I replanted them on a whim as they were running out of room in tiny pots. We lost a few flowers in the process but I walked into this beauty this morning. Who knew you could grow pumpkins in January when outside is buried under 5 feet of snow and in the negative double digits

After we removed seeds from our pumpkins last fall we counted them, used them to make art and planted some. Being November, we used a grow light and to our surprise (even after a 2 week winter break) some are still growing 😁

Part 5 of creating clothing inspired by early settlers 200 years ago. Students picked a model for their clothing and strutted down a run way. As expected the clothing fell apart, sparking some great discussion.

Part 4 of creating clothing inspired by early settlers. We did one last comparison of student drawings and the finished products.

Part 3 of creating clothing inspired by early settlers in Canada. Students started cutting out pieces to be sewn together to create shirts, pants and hats.

Part 2 of creating clothing similar to early settlers in Canada 200 years ago. Using our paper templates, students cut out their designs onto jute material and learned how to sew multiple pieces together with yarn. @mrschuermann.bsky.social

Part 1 of creating clothing similar to early settlers in Canada 200 years ago. Students got to work measuring each other and drawing a life size template of a shirt, hat or pants.

Why not decorate our pumpkins? My students did a great job painting a black cat, deer, monster and bear.

Once the seeds were out, my students had a hard time deciding how to count the seeds. We discussed what math tools we could use, settling on hundreds charts, ten frames and grouping by tens (skip counting).

Around pumpkin season we cut open some large pumpkins and started investigating. We scooped everything out and then estimated and counted the seeds.

We ventured outside again and collected some soil, sticks and dead leaves to create some compost buckets. We later added some food scraps and did a lot of mixing. We added water and waited for the bucket to break down the food scraps. So far, we have some decomposition.

We love a good experiment! We have been learning about soil erosion and the different horizons (layers) of soil.

Does anyone else enjoy a good organized and coloured coded device cart?

Soil may seem boring, but we decided to take a closer look to see how important it truly is.

Our first science unit this year was soils in the environment, so we of course had to go out into our environment to investigate.

Next up, building a puzzle as a group as fast as you can. I was pleasantly surprised by this speedy group and their love for jigsaw.

Team building the first week of school featuring a Jenga get to know you game.

Our class is a family! We made bracelets after reading the story with red for kindness, orange for respect, yellow for being ourselves, green for being different, blue is for sticking together, and purple for making memories.

Classroom set up 2025/2026!