Mary Fernando

Grade 3 Teacher, TDSB

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#HappyDiwali  from Mrs. Fernando’s Grade 3 class. Students enjoyed creating their own diyas! 🪔 @TDSB_ESPS

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After a long year of hard work, my beautiful Grade 3’s deserved an afternoon with a sweet treat! #icecreamparty @TDSB_ESPS

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The Grade 3’s had a ton of fun painting these cute pandas! They enjoyed mixing colours to create their masterpiece! @TDSB_ESPS

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The Grade 3 Ss learned about the importance of Remembrance Day by writing letters to the veterans. They also painted Flanders Field after a shared reading activity of the poem. #LestWeForget @TDSB_ESPS

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Happy Diwali from Mrs. Fernando’s Grade 3 Class! @TDSB_ESPS

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Finding the capacity and measuring temperature was a lot more fun in room 107... guess why? We watched temperature rise in an actual thermometer and poured water in various containers to learn about capacity! #funtolearn #handson

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Students participated in a mini shop activity. Using a mitre box, saw, and jinks wood, Ss learned how wood is cut at different angles to create various structures. Our focus:measuring and cutting pieces to build a fence! Students were thrilled to see the outcome! #ScienceMatters

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Students followed a procedure to create these cinquain poems.. First they interviewed a friend, made up adjectives and verbs to describe that friend and finally wrote a friendship cinquain! #friendsingrade3 #werock!

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Students enjoyed a game of kahoot to review multiplication strategies and multiplication facts! What a hoot that was!!!! A morning of great fun and learning!!! #multiplicationfun

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The launch of our new unit in Science today was a kinesthetic activity.... graffiti... to learn about students’ prior knowledge related to Strong and Stable Structures. Lots of fun indeed! #sharingideas #schema

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Creative juices flowing in room 107 as students created their Chinese Dragons today #KungHeiFatChoi

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Students are working on a jigsaw activity with their mini inquiry projects on the three regions in Ontario right after their presentations. So proud of them!#meaningfullearning

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Happy New Year All! 😊 Students made and tested their propellers in Science Class today. Lots of excitement in room 107 as they learned about using stored energy to work the propeller. #forces #movement Way to go Grade 3 Scientists!

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Grocery Addition.... today the Students worked on addition with a twist.... they went shopping in class using grocery flyers, picked 3 items and learned how to add 3 addends to find the total cost! Independent hands on fun in math! #dollarsumup

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Today the students solved this problem with a partner to explore different strategies for solving it... some examples.. work backward, guess and check, using a table, use a pattern and more.... #toolsformath #bansho #mathfun

[Mary Fernando @maryfernando29]

Students explored card making in a creative way using a variety of materials. Each one was unique and beautiful #extraordinary #welldonegrade4artclub!!

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Students played the math game called Leap Frog from Catherine Fosnot. Objective of the game is to “leap” in tens from different numbers. Students enjoyed this so much! #learninginleapsandbounds

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The students were introduced to using the “CUBES” strategy to solve Math word problems. They learned to deconstruct meaning and sort ideas to solve them. #takingmathtogreaterheights!

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The Sea Turtles were a two day step by step Activity for our creative friends in the Grade 4 Young People’s Art Club! #afterschoolfun #acrylicart