Home Learning Week 4

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are well and that the change in weather isn’t dampening your spirits 

On Monday I will be doing a lesson on 2 Dimensional shapes and there are some numeracy activities to reinforce this skill below.  When we are in session, I like to introduce new concepts but also continue review/practice of previously studied concepts.  My plan is to continue doing this via the Home Learning daily plan. I have also included in this week’s activities a Dr. Seuss writing assignment as a follow up to the author study we had done in March.  

We are out of student submitted jokes!  If anyone would like to send in a joke, riddle or tongue twister, I will include it in an upcoming blog post.

*Please note:  I am including printables each week to support the weekly Home Learning activities. Please see the Printable Worksheets tab above and click on Week 4.

'Kindergarten-Grade 3 planning will focus on language and literacy as well as numeracy from the provincial curriculum; an average of five to seven hours of learning opportunities per student per week'.  So, that would equal approximately 1- 1.5 hours/day.

Home Learning:  Week #4 

April 27-May 1

*Please note: Students are encouraged to read 15 minutes/day in addition to the activities outlined below.

Monday

Language/Literacy

Write a letter to yourself that could be placed in a time capsule for you and others to read 10 years from now. Write about how you are feeling and what activities you are doing to keep yourself busy at home.(Please send me a scan or photo of your letter) 

Numeracy

Close to 20 – Remove face cards except for the Aces. Deal 3 cards to each player. Place them face up in front of you. Which two cards bring you close to 20? Which player is closest?  Challenge: Make it a larger number and use more cards.  You can also ‘risk it’ by having players ask for more cards to see who can get closest to the number with out going over.

DPA(Daily Physical Activity/Outdoor Learning)

Estimate how many jumping jacks you can do in 3 minutes (1 minute intervals with rest in between) Record this number. Have someone count how many jumping-jacks you can actually do in one minute intervals. Try this three times. Compare your results. 

Tuesday

Language/Literacy

Create and write down 5 questions to use in an interview with a family member or friend. Talk to, call, Facetime, or video chat with that family member or friend to conduct the interview.

Numeracy

Describe this pattern and write the next three numbers: 

45, 42, 39  Use your 100 chart and collect 3 small items such as lego to help you answer this question.  Challenge…come up with your own number pattern.  Write the first 3 numbers and ask a family member to complete it.

DPA (Daily Physical Activity)

Fitness Stations. Create fitness stations around your space (living room, backyard, garage, driveway). Lay out the equipment you’ll need at each station. Rotate through the stations. and spend 1 minute at each. (Station Ideas: skipping, hopping, rolling, arm circle, jumping jacks, ball toss). 

Wednesday

Language/Literacy

Use the template in the week 4 Printables to outline your Dr. Seuss story.  You will have two days to write this so please focus on developing a story with a beginning, middle and end.  Remember to use descriptive language and that stories often have problems that are resolved near the end of the story.  

Numeracy

Go on a 2Dimensional Shape Hunt around your house.  Make a tally of the shapes you have found.  Use your information to complete a graph. You can choose to use the bar graph from last (in week 3 Printables on the class blog) week or design your own graph. There is also a ‘Meet the Shapes’ poster you can refer to in the weekly printables.  This will give you ideas for shapes to look for and ensure you are using correct spelling.

DPA/Outdoor Learning

Building Challenge: Using items found outside or around your house, build a tall structure. How tall and stable can you make your structure? 

Thursday

*Miss D’Sena will be leading a directed drawing during our Zoom meeting today.  Please have a paper, pencil, eraser and felt pens ready.

Language/Literacy

Continue working on yesterday’s literacy.  Self-edit, ask a parent/sibling to peer edit and publish your story.

Numeracy

Create a symmetrical picture using: triangles, squares, circles and/ or trapezoids. Draw the line of symmetry. Create another but this time fold your paper in half and only draw on one side.  Ask a family member to finish the symmetrical picture. 

DPA/Outdoor Learning

Indoor Bowling: This is a great way to reuse water bottles! Line six to ten water bottles up at the end of your hall or living room. Place a line of masking tape at the starting line. Grab a medium-sized indoor ball and start bowling! 

Friday

Language/Literacy

Write instructions that can be used to tell someone how to do something like brush their teeth, directions to school from home, or a sports skill. (or finish, edit and publish your Dr. Seuss story).  

Numeracy

Use quarters, dimes, and nickels to make $1.00. How many different ways can you make $1.00?  Challenge: Use your multiplication or adding skills to figure out how many of these coins you would need to make $2, $3 etc.

DPA/Outdoor Learning

Roll a dice and do the exercise that you roll (or 6 pieces of paper with numbers 1 to 6 in a cup)
1 – 25 Bicycles, 2 – 10 Jump Squats, 3 – 1 Minute of Plank,
4 – 25 Jumping Jacks, 5 – 20 Walking Lunges, 6 – 5 Push Ups Roll the dice 10 times! 

JUST FOR FUN!!!!

Thank you to Levi, Tristan and Olivia for contributing this week’s joke.  If any of you have jokes to share, please email them to me and I will include them in our upcoming Blog posts 

1.Why did the cookie go to the doctor ? (Levi)

2.Riddle: What goes up and down but doesn’t move?(Tristan)

(See end of post for answer)

(Olivia)

Olivia: Knock knock 
Mrs. R: who’s there?
Olivia: you 
Mrs.R you who?
Olivia: I know we won!! 

This week’s tongue twister (Try to say it 3x fast-time it and see what your record is) 

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,

Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?

Directed Drawing Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJsPAVJN_LQ

This week’s challenge is… 

The Elbow Coin Catching Challenge...Select coins you would like to use for the challenge (dimes are the smallest but also the lightest). Next, point your elbow to a wall at about 

eye level with your hand next to your ear. Next, balance the coin stack by your elbow on the flat part. Then, in one motion either flip up the coins and catch them with the one hand of the same arm or swipe in a downward motion catching the coins in your hand. Note: You can try as many coins as you like but you must catch them in one hand only. Try as many times as you like and only record the actual number of coins you caught in your hand in one turn (not the ones that fell to the ground)...good luck! Demonstrations on YouTube if interested. 

Answer:

1.     Because he felt crumby!

2.     Stairs!