Dear G3 Parents,
Just a quick reminder that it is the last Friday of the month and we hope that all G3 students will remember to wear their house shirts tomorrow.
Dear G3 Parents,
Literacy is not just about the words in a book – an illustrator can write the story with just images. This year we will be celebrating Cartoonists Day on May 5. It is a great opportunity to celebrate the artist authors amongst us.
Ms Amanda has made a Google slide with some helpful hints to help you to create your cartoon character. Cartoonist Day slides
Link to Seesaw support – Seesaw activity with some ideas for drawings
Good afternoon G3 Parents and Families,
Welcome back after the Songkran & Easter Break. It has been really lovely to catch up on all the wonderful things the kids have been up to. They seem well rested and ready to work.
I would like to welcome three new families to Grade 3, I am sure you will make them all feel very welcome.
A huge welcome to G3A Marcus, G3B Sarina & GC Nadee they have been a wonderful addition and have settled in nicely.
Friday we celebrated World Earth Day.To mark the day KIS we will be starting a semi-meat free Mondays (no pork, beef or chicken), action discussed by the sustainability committee but ultimately initiated by a group of Grade 6 students. They will be helping to educate the KIS community as to the “why” of this action.
Mr Chris put the love of performance and music back in PYP today just before lunch as G2 and G3 gave a wonderful Samba performance. 🥁
It was a pleasure to welcome Chye to KIS this week. She will be the new Head of PYP next academic year.
Language
This week the children were introduced to a new genre of writing which we will focus on, over the following seven weeks – Persuasive writing.
Students started by a cold write where we had a brief discussion about how they could persuade someone to do, buy or take them somewhere. We were impressed the following day when they were able to improve their first drafts as we introduced the features that needed to be included in a persuasive piece of writing.
UOI
Students tuned into the key words we will be exploring through this Unit of Inquiry. Where they used https://kids.wordsmyth online dictionary, https://www.thesaurus.com/ and class dictionaries and thesauruses to write definitions and find synonyms.
Maths
This week students were reintroduced to calculating the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes and converting the measurements mm – cm and cm – metres. Their task towards the end of the week was to combine these two together to design their dream bedroom and calculate the perimeter of all the furniture and then convert the measurements they used.
This week students have been presented with a time table challenge to work on now until the end of the year. Through different maths platforms (Prodigy, IXL,Khan Academy/ interactive games and testing themselves during paired activities all students will have the instant recall of all multiplication facts up to the 12 times tables. We hope that you will help at home too.
Reading
Students continued to work through the units using Wonder Reads in their class reading groups. There will be a combination of reading and writing activities for the students to do. Students will use a range of reading platforms (ORT, library books, Raz, Epic & Newslea) to read for pleasure at an instructional level. Students are encouraged to apply and use reading strategies when reading both independently and with an adult.
Students should be reading three Raz books a week.
Coming events
Link to PE blog – https://sites.google.com/edu.kis.ac.th/kispyppeswimming/pe-lgs
Students will arrive at school with their swimming costume under the uniform unless they have swimming after lunch (don’t forget to pack underwear in the bags).
ECA’S will continue every Wednesday for G3 Students. Please make sure your child knows on which day and what activity they will be doing.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach Ms. Wowchuk (shelley.wo@kis.ac.th) Ms. May (bhusanisa.ra@kis.ac.th).
Thank you for your ongoing support and as always, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact your homeroom teacher. Enjoy your weekend!
Ms. Jen – jennifer.ja@kis.ac.th
Mr. Marc – marc.fi@kis.ac.th
Ms. Ronyii – ronyii.gi@kis.ac.th
Good afternoon G3 Parents and Families,
Wow we have all made it to the end of Term 2. It hasn’t always been easy with the increasing numbers of staff and students getting covid. But thanks to the systems in place and the diligence of all of us constantly monitoring for any symptoms we have managed to stay in school for the majority of Term 2 YAY!
G3 students out did themselves this week in creating their classroom doors in the theme of Songkran. It was fab to see the kids work so productively and creatively together. We didn’t win but we definitely had lots of fun!
Well done4B PYP Songkran Door Winners!
UOI/Language
This week UOI and Language were combined as students completed their reports on their chosen landforms. Students were able to share their reports with both students working remotely and in class in small groups. This was followed up with a final reflection on the unit.
Thursday & Friday the students were introduced to the rock cycle. We had a VIP aka a very important Parent expert join the grade over Zoom. Mr Indra, Nina’s dad, who is a Geophysicist. He gave a very informative and engaging presentation on the rock cycle and did a fab job at answering all the children’s questions. Thank You Indra, its always an added bonus when parents can share our learning journey!
Students enjoyed using candies to explore the steps and forces that work on rocks during the rock cycle.
On the Friday students had the opportunity to explore and find out about different types rocks through a range of different activities throughout the grade.
Math
This week students were introduced to money and what they already know about money.
Reading
Students continued to work through the units using Wonder Reads in their class reading groups. There will be a combination of reading and writing activities for the students to do. Students will use a range of reading platforms (ORT, library books, Raz, Epic & Newslea) to read for pleasure at an instructional level. Students are encouraged to apply and use reading strategies when reading both independently and with an adult.
Looking ahead:
Please find the planner for Term 2 Week 18th – 22nd April at this link.
U.O.I/Literacy
Students will start the week with a Cold Write: where they will need to persuade someone to do/give/buy something for/to you. Through a self/peer review – students will identify what features would make an effective persuasive writing. Then students will use this to add/edit their own writing.
Reading
Students will continue to work through the units using Wonder Reads in their class reading groups.
Maths
Students will revisit finding the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes and explore converting units of measure.
Coming events
Link to PE blog – https://sites.google.com/edu.kis.ac.th/kispyppeswimming/pe-lgs
Students will arrive at school with their swimming costume under the uniform unless they have swimming after lunch (don’t forget to pack underwear in the bags).
ECA’S will continue every Wednesday for G3 Students. Please make sure your child knows on which day and what activity they will be doing.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach Ms. Wowchuk (shelley.wo@kis.ac.th) Ms. May (bhusanisa.ra@kis.ac.th).
17 April – Don’t forget to do your ATK
Thank you for your ongoing support and as always, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact your homeroom teacher.
Ms. Jen – jennifer.ja@kis.ac.th
Mr. Marc – marc.fi@kis.ac.th
Ms. Ronyii – ronyii.gi@kis.ac.th
Have a fun and safe Songkran Break, Happy New Year & Happy Easter!
Dear G3 Parents,
We are aware that some students didn’t get an opportunity to wear their Songkran Shirts today. We have said they can wear them for the last day of school, tomorrow if they would like.
Dear G3 Parents,
I just wanted to remind you all that Wednesday is a holiday and the school will be closed. On Thursday & Friday school will resume as usual. On Thursday all PYP students are asked to come in Thai costume or Songkran shirts.
Good afternoon G3 Parents and Families,
Over the past few months G3 students have been working on their word building skills to take part in the Literacy Planet Word Mania Competition. G3 has been competing with many schools from around the world. Sadly we didn’t make it to the finals this week but we wanted to give a big shout out to all the kids who have taken part and an extra shout out to Punn, Nina and Miya who managed to get some staggering high word scores in 3 minutes – Punn 2946, Nina 2461 and Miya 2042!
UOI/Language
This week UOI and Language were combined as students started research on their individual projects. Students had to decide on a landform they would like to research further.
Copy of the rubric shared with the G3 Students
They carried out the following:
Math
This week students continued to explore their understanding of fractions by looking at finding fractions of different amounts, hunting for equivalent fractions and collecting data on their own fraction surveys to carry out in their class.
Reading
Students continued to work through the units using Wonder Reads in their class reading groups. There will be a combination of reading and writing activities for the students to do. Students will use a range of reading platforms (ORT, library books, Raz, Epic & Newslea) to read for pleasure at an instructional level. Students are encouraged to apply and use these reading strategies when reading both independently and when reading with an adult at home.
Remote learners have s read aloud session every Friday at 12pm – 12:40 pm.
G5 PYP Exhibition
G3 thoroughly enjoyed visiting the PYP G5 Exhibition. Where they had opportunities to talk and ask questions directly to students about causes that mattered to them. Most importantly to help celebrate G5’s learning and their action.
Please enjoy looking at the photos below.
Book Week!
Please enjoy some of the photos below.
Winner G3A – Bella
Winner G3B – Fluke
Winner GBC – Lynla
Looking ahead:
Please find the planner for Term 2 Week 12 – 4th – 8th April at this link.
U.O.I/Literacy
Students will finalise their landform reports Monday morning ready to present them Monday afternoon in small groups. To finish the unit we will be learning about the rock cycle and final reflections on the unit will be made.
Reading
Students will continue to work through the units using Wonder Reads in their class reading groups.
Maths
Next week students will be introduced to money.
Coming events
Link to PE blog – https://sites.google.com/edu.kis.ac.th/kispyppeswimming/pe-lgs
Students will arrive at school with their swimming costume under the uniform unless they have swimming after lunch (don’t forget to pack underwear in the bags).
ECA’S have begun. G3 ECA day is every Wednesday. Please make sure your child knows on which day and what activity they will be doing.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach Ms. Wowchuk (shelley.wo@kis.ac.th) Ms. May (bhusanisa.ra@kis.ac.th).
Thank you for your ongoing support and as always, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact your homeroom teacher.
Ms. Jen – jennifer.ja@kis.ac.th
Mr. Marc – marc.fi@kis.ac.th
Ms. Ronyii – ronyii.gi@kis.ac.th
Good afternoon G3 Parents and Families,
Wednesday 23rd March was World Math Day. This year was extra special as Mathletics were celebrating 15 years of World Maths Day. G3 Mathletes got to flex their maths brains, working their way through 20 levels competing with many schools from around the world.
UOI/Language
This week UOI and Language were combined as students worked super hard on researching and creating their reports on their chosen volcanoes. The highlight having the opportunity to create their own volcanoes both in school and remotely and watching the movie journey to the centre of the earth.
Please enjoy looking at the – G3 Volcanoes Padlet
Math
Besides preparing for mathletics and World Maths Day, students continued to explore their understanding of fractions by looking at finding fractions of different amounts.
Reading
Students continued to work through the units using Wonder Reads in their class reading groups. There will be a combination of reading and writing tasks for the students to complete.
Students will use a range of reading platforms (ORT, library books, Raz, Epic & Newslea) to read for pleasure at an instructional level. Students are encouraged to apply and use reading strategies when reading both independently and with an adult.
G3B & G3C, got to visit the DP Visual Arts Exhibition.
Looking ahead:
Please find the planner for Term 2 Week 10 – 28th March – 1st April at this link.
U.O.I/Literacy
Students will start their individual project next week. Students will need to decide which landforms they would like to research further and find the answers to the questions they have written. They will need to do the following:
Reading
Students will continue to work through the units using Wonder Reads in their class reading groups.
If you would like to share traditional tales or stories, in your mother tongue please get in touch with your child’s class teacher and we can arrange a Zoom or Google meeting.
Maths
Students will continue exploring fractions by Finding Fractions of a number and apply this in different contexts and word problems.
Coming events
Link to PE blog – https://sites.google.com/edu.kis.ac.th/kispyppeswimming/pe-lgs
Students will arrive at school with their swimming costume under the uniform unless they have swimming after lunch (don’t forget to pack underwear in the bags).
Thank you for your ongoing support and as always, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact your homeroom teacher.
Ms. Jen – jennifer.ja@kis.ac.th
Mr. Marc – marc.fi@kis.ac.th
Ms. Ronyii – ronyii.gi@kis.ac.th
Friday is the last day to purchase online books for Book Week – the books will be delivered next week to school
Good afternoon G3 Parents and Families,
Tuesday morning the kids enjoyed having loads of fun taking part in the #KahootCup2022. Which was a Global Pop Culture Trivia game of Kahoot played by students from all over the world covering questions about things like movies, music, sports, superheroes and lots more. A wonderful reminder that we are all united by Pop Culture icons like Baby Shark, Black Panther and Taylor Swift. Most importantly we are more alike than we are different!
UOI
This week students were introduced to the following scientific terms below:
The students were introduced to The Ring Of Fire and were able to locate and explain why these things happen.
The students had to do some research on how volcanoes are formed by producing a fact file on their chosen volcano.
Language
In language, students continued working on their scavenger hunt to find examples and explain the purpose of the different nonfiction features, in books and online Epic selected books. The students were also introduced to how information is organised within nonfiction books with different headings and paragraphs. Students had opportunities to arrange and come up with their own headings for various paragraphs.
Math
This week, students continued to explore their understanding of fractions. Looking for equivalent fractions, ordering fractions on a number line and comparing them using <> symbols.
Reading
Reading this week the Students continued with another week of D.E.A.R. Students also had to complete flight checks on Raz Kids.
G3A, went to visit the DP Visual Arts Exhibition Wednesday afternoon which was a lovely ending to the day.
Looking ahead:
Please find the planner for Term 2 Week 10 – 21st –25th March at this link.
Literacy
In literacy students will participate in a shared plan and write a report on volcanoes.
Reading
Students will return to work in their class Reading Groups.
UOI
Students will recap the movement of tectonic plates and the different types of boundaries.
Math
We will continue exploring fractions by Finding fractions of a number and the application of finding fractions.
Coming events
G3A will continue following the G3 program remotely until the 25th March. G3A students will need to go to the G3A Google Classroom as normal. The daily schedule will be shared each morning at 7:30 am. Students should join Ms Ronyii for the daily checkin and follow the daily schedule which will be a combination of asynchronous and synchronous sessions.
Link to PE blog – https://sites.google.com/edu.kis.ac.th/kispyppeswimming/pe-lgs
Students will arrive at school with their swimming costume under the uniform (don’t forget to pack underwear in the bags).
Thank you for your ongoing support and as always, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact your homeroom teacher.
Ms. Jen – jennifer.ja@kis.ac.th
Mr. Marc – marc.fi@kis.ac.th
Ms. Ronyii – ronyii.gi@kis.ac.th
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