The grade threes have been learning about different types or genres of literature. Most recently, we had an opportunity to explore the non-fiction side of the world. This includes informational, biography, autobiography and memoir. The focus last week was on an informational book entitled, "A Day at the Pumpkin Patch". Students used the information they had read to create a Diagram of a Pumpkin.

We concluded the month of September and the theme of sunflowers with works of art inspired by Vincent van Gogh's piece entitled, "Fourteen Sunflowers in a Vase". Students observed a display of sunflowers in a vase and then proceeded to create a still-life of their own. 

Here are a few examples of their work.

                                                 

Words Have Power!

We read a book entitled, "The Word Collector" by Peter H. Reynolds about a boy named Jerome who collected many different types of words. He eagerly collected more and more of his favourite words. His collection grew so large that he began organizing the words into categories. He learned that... "the more words he knew, the more clearly he could share with the world what he was thinking, feeling and dreaming." One day Jerome decided to share his word collections with the world. This made him very happy!

The grade threes were inspired by Jerome to start their own word collection. 

                                         

                                           

                                         

Try listening to "The Word Collector" and starting a collection of your own.

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