Week One Home learning (April 6-9)

Hi Everyone,

I hope you and your loved ones are well.  I really enjoyed chatting with everyone over the past few days. I also appreciate you taking the time to complete the surveys which I found very helpful.  I understand that everyone is making adjustments to our present situation and that each of you have unique challenges at home.  With that in mind, I have collected/created a bank of ideas that can be completed without technology, using items you already have in the home. 

In addition, I have also been researching district approved sites which I have added to this blog.  Please see the tab (at the top of this screen) labeled ‘Home Learning Links’ that offers a few sites (some old, some new) that will help support your child’s learning at home). I will be adding to these in the upcoming weeks but wanted to give you some options to start 

Mrs. Boyes has also contributed some Physical Education ideas (both indoor and out) so I have added a Physical Education Home Learning Page as well. Please cut/paste the highlighted links from her page into your browser if you would like to view them.  I have also included a link to Dr. Saul’s blog to access ideas for musical education.

By Thursday,  I would like students to email me 1) Their letter (Monday’s literacy) 2)Their best tongue twister challenge time 3)Their high score for the sock challenge and 4) A joke 

*Having your child write this email (or at least part of it) would be great keyboarding practice if you have the time.

Please note: I am following the guidelines set out by our District Superintendant, Sylvia Russel.  The activities I am offering are ‘learning opportunities’.  Please feel free to use my weekly suggestions as you see fit.

'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 # 1 

April 6-9

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

Monday

Language/Literacy

Write an email (or send a photo of a letter you’ve written) to me (Mrs. Roberts) explaining how you are doing. Make sure to include the following details about your spring break; favorite meal, something that made you laugh, favorite movie or book, something you made or built, something new that you tried, plus ways you are either keeping in shape or keeping your mind sharp. 

Numeracy

Draw a picture of your family from shortest to tallest. Label each one. Measure each family member with your marker-lengths (I know how many of you love to join your markers together! ). Write their lengths under their picture. Challenge: If your family has a measuring tape/meter stick, measure each person using this.  Remember to record your results in centimeters (cm)

DPA(Daily Physical Activity/Outdoor Learning)

Take a family Walk. Can you find 5 beautiful things? When you get home draw/paint/sketch one of the beautiful things you saw

Tuesday

Language/Literacy

The Easter bunny is normally the face of Easter. Imagine if another animal was the face of Easter. What animal would you choose to represent Easter and why? How would this animal change Easter?  Include an illustration of your ‘Easter ________’

Numeracy

Lisa and Dan went Easter egg hunting. Lisa found 23 eggs and
Dan found 77 eggs. How many eggs did they find combined? How many more eggs did Dan find than Lisa? Make up your own number story... ask a family member to solve it. Check their answer. *This can be adapted for your child by decreasing/increasing the number. Manipulatives (such as lego pieces) are helpful if you are working with smaller numbers

DPA (Daily Physical Activity)

Make a ‘Hopscotch’ game outside using sidewalk chalk.  Don’t have chalk?  Build an obstacle course for you and your family to hop through.  

Wednesday

Language/Literacy

You wake up on Easter to discover that you have become the Easter bunny. What would your day be like as an Easter bunny? Describe your experience.

Numeracy

I have 12 Easter Eggs.  Make equations using the number 12.  Challenge:  How many multiplication and division questions can you make?  Collect 12 small items that you can use as manipulatives.

DPA/Outdoor Learning

Make 10 Easter Eggs to hide around your house and/or yard (these can be made out of paper, crumpled tinfoil, building toys-it’s up to you). Time how long it takes your parent or sibling to find them (at least half of the egg must show).  Now let them hide them on you.  Time how long it takes you.  Who found them faster?

Thursday

Language/Literacy

During an egg hunt, you find a magical glowing egg. What happened next? Did anything interesting come out of the egg? Why was it glowing? Does it have magical powers?

Numeracy

Find the total number of plates, glasses, napkins, forks, knives, and spoons for four place settings. Challenge: 8 place settings, 16 place settings. Write these up as addition questions and multiplication questions.  **Help out your parents by setting the table for Easter dinner this weekend.

DPA/Outdoor Learning

Go for a walk around your neighborhood with your family.  How many hearts do you see in people’s windows/yards?  This is a good way to practice your ‘Easter egg hunting’ skills 

Friday

Good Friday   

Happy Easter, everyone!
(keep scrolling down for the ‘Just for fun’ jokes/challenges)

JUST FOR FUN!!!!

Thank you to Natalie 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 

What does a bird do when it's baking? (see end of post for answer)

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

Each Easter Eddie Eats 80 Easter Eggs.

Art Project:  
Art – How to draw an Easter Bunny   https://pin.it/8vT2NJV
(cut and paste the URL)

This week’s challenge is…The Sock-Clap Challenge...take 2 socks, fold them into an egg shape, sit on your bottom in a room where you can’t knock anything over and cause damage (parents to approve spot). Please avoid using a room that has a 15 foot ceiling as not all homes have high ceilings to use. The challenge is to throw your sock ball up as high as you can and clap as many times as you can before catching the ball with one hand. You must catch the ball to make it count and you must have an adult witness to count your claps and catch...good luck!  Make sure you practice before asking someone to count for you.  

Answer:

It wings it!