Home Learning Week 5

Hi Everyone,

I hope you and your loved ones are well.  This week’s learning opportunities largely focus on a rainbow theme and 3Dimensional shapes. We haven’t forgotten mom’s/caregivers so have included a couple of activities on Friday that we hope your child can do somewhat independently so you have a bit of a surprise on Sunday. There are no additional spelling sheets in the drop box this week as we allow two weeks for review lists due to their length.   We will continue with our weekly Zoom meetings at 11:00 on Monday and 10:00 on Thursday (Login information will be sent via email each week).  I hope to see you there! 

By Friday,  I would like students to email me 1) A picture of Monday’s literacy  

2) One of your math assignments (If not working on Prodigy) 3) You will have the opportunity to share your weekly challenge during Thursday’s Zoom meeting if you would like to   

Please note: I am following the guidelines set out by our District Superintendant, Sylvia Russel.  The activities I am offering are ‘learning opportunities’.  

'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'.  

That equals approximately 1- 1.5 hours/day.

Home Learning:  Week #5

May 4^th-8^th

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

Monday

Language/Literacy

Brainstorm and write down ways to show kindness to others. Use an 8 1/2 X 11 piece of white paper to make a cloud, in that cloud in big letters write ‘Be A Rainbow in Someone Else's Cloud!’  You can use felts to trace over letters to make this colourful. Cut out the cloud. Then on strips of coloured paper (all the different colours of the rainbow) write the words you have brainstormed e.g.) smile, share your snack.  If you don't have coloured paper, just use white paper and colour.  Add these strips to the cloud in the correct order of a rainbow. 

Numeracy

Go on a 3D shape scavenger hunt around your house.  What 3D shapes can you find?  Can these 3D shapes Stack? Slide? Roll?  Ask your parents’ permission before going into cupboards.  Choose 3 of the shapes and count the faces (flat parts), vertices (corners) and edges (line between two corners).  Draw/label the shape and record your answers.

DPA/Outdoor Learning/Science

Spring Collections: Choose an item from nature that you can see
in your yard. From your window, guess how many you might find. Check your guess by collecting the items and counting your total. Now use your collection and imagination to create something new! 

Tuesday

Language/Literacy

A great mnemonic device for remembering the colours of the rainbow is ROY G. BIV (Red, Orange Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet). Draw your own ROY G. BIV character and write a story about him.

Numeracy

April showers bring May flowers! How many days are in the month of May? How many weeks is that? Do all months have the same number of weeks? Use a calendar to investigate. 

DPA/Outdoor Learning/Science

Use the following exercises and see how many times you can go through the numbers that are in your phone number.0- 20 second plank hold, 1- 1 burpee, 2 – 2 star jumps, 3- 3 squats 4- 4 toe touches, 5- 5 sit ups, 6- 6 walking lunges 

Wednesday

Language/Literacy

If I found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow I would...First, Next, Last 

Numeracy

What’s Going on Outside Your Window? Pick a window of time: It can be 5 minutes or all day long, and keep an eye out for what happens. Are people walking by? Birds hanging out? How many trees can you see? Collect your information (data) and find a way to visualize it. Can you display the data in a chart, table, graph or even a timeline? 

DPA/Outdoor Learning/Science

Make rainbow milk 

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

Thursday

Language/Literacy

Edit yesterday’s story using C.O.P.S (capitals, organization, punctuation, spelling). Self-edit first and then have a parent edit.  Write your published copy.

Numeracy

3D Match (Week 5 Printables).  Cut out card and create a ‘Memory game’.  Whenever you find a match, record it on the answer sheet. If you don’t have access to a printer, create your own Memory game by drawing/taping pictures and words inside an old set of playing cards.  

DPA/Outdoor Learning/Science

Bounce a ball on the ground and clap once before catching it.  Now try it again but clap 2 times.  What is your world record for clapping before catching the ball?  Try it with different balls.  Which ball/technique works best? Why?

Friday

Language/Literacy

Mother’s Day is on Sunday!  Make a rainbow of coupons your mom/caregiver can use.  Examples: This coupon is good for unlimited hugs.  This coupon is good for 30 minutes of quiet time for mom.  This coupon is good for one free bedroom clean up (without complaining ). This coupon is good for setting the table.

1.    Cut 7 strips of paper (use a ruler so they are about the same width). 

2.    Write your coupon idea on each strip

3.    Colour the end of the strip in a rainbow colour and/or draw something in that colour eg. Red flower Orange butterfly etc. (Remember ROY G.BIV)

4.    Put the strips in the order of the rainbow

5.    Ask an adult or older sibling to help you staple it (or you could use a paperclip)  

6.    Put it somewhere safe until Sunday 

Numeracy

Make a card for your mom.  On the front cover: Draw 1 picture of you, 2 pictures of her favourite food, 3 pictures of her favourite drink.  4 pictures of a flower.  5 hearts and 6 decorative designs of your choice.  Add these numbers up 1+2+3…What is your total?  Now count your pictures…Do they add up to the same number?  Write a message to mom inside the card. (Word bank: Thank you Happy Mother’s Day   Love  appreciate  hugs kisses awesome best)

DPA/Outdoor Learning/Science

Use a skipping rope, yarn or string to make 5 different 2D shapes that are not a circle, triangle or square.  Label the shapes using your 2D ‘Meet the Shapes’ poster from last week.

JUST FOR FUN!!!!

We are now officially out of jokes!  Thank you to Navien for sending one in for this week. Please email me some and I will include them in our upcoming Blog posts 

1.What kind of bow can’t be tied? (see end of post for answer)

2. Knock Knock

     Who’s there?

     Potty

     Potty Who?

3. “What does a shark 🦈 gets from the tooth 🦷 fairy 🧚‍♂️ for his lost tooth?         

Draw clouds (with faces) and a Rainbow and/or Rainbow Fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4SD4e2Z6E

https://youtu.be/lhJbcx4X-sY  

This week’s tongue twister (Try to say it 3x fast)

The ridiculous rabbit and the red raccoon ran over the rainbow.

This week’s challenge is… 

The Thumb Artist Challenge...You need a piece of drawing paper, something to color your thumb with (paints if you have them) and your imagination. The goal is to draw a creative picture using only your thumbs...good luck!  How many colours of the rainbow did you use?  Remember that these weekly challenges can be enjoyed by all family members.  Let's have some fun together!

Answer:

1.    A rainbow

2.    Potty at the end of the rainbow

3.    A sand dollar 😆  (Navien)

      

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!