Tuesday, April 28th

Hello Division 8!

Today I’m sharing with you one of the funniest poets that I know…his name is Jack Prelutsky!

1. Click on the link below and listen to me read aloud the poem, “Louder than a Clap of Thunder” by Jack Prelutsky.

What was your first reaction when you heard this poem? What was your favourite part? Did you like all the describing words he uses in the poem? Were you able to ‘picture the words’ (visualize) in your mind? Please write your comments below!

Jack uses LOTS of describing words in this poem! When you’re done, I want you to create what your mind imagined when you heard me read aloud the poem. Create one moment of the poem either by:

1. Sculpting – use play-doh or any other 3-d object to make your sculpture
2. Drawing – Get a piece of paper, markers, pencil crayons and draw ONE moment in the poem.

When you’re done, please take a picture and send it to me at Satpaul.Binng@burnabyschools.ca! Thank you! I can’t wait to see your creations!

Have fun creating today!

Love,

Ms. Binng

 

Monday, April 27th

Dear Division 8,

It’s PRO-D today! I hope you enjoy your day today!

Just before Spring Break we learned a little bit about biomes and ecosystems around the world. We learned how we were all connected to the environment and the impact we had on the world. I noticed that many of you mentioned how much you care for our Earth, on Earth day. You gave me many examples to follow such as turning off lights, turning off water and recycling to ensure the safety of our Earth.

Now that many people around the world are at home, a very interesting thing is happening to our Earth. I want you to watch the video below first.

In the comments section below, please explain what is happening to the Earth now? Do you think it’s a good thing or a bad thing? Please explain your answer with at least 1 detail.

Also, just a friendly reminder that this week I will be having zoom calls every day with 5 different students at 11:00am. I’ve sent the link to your parents. On Friday, we will have a zoom class meeting with everyone!

Elynn, Kary, Elie, Fariha and Diya – please remember to join the meeting at 11:00am today! I look forward to chatting with you.

Love,

Ms. Binng

 

 

 

Friday, April 24th

Dear Division 8,

We have our winner for the Paper Airplane Challenge!

Dawson!

Dawson’s paper airplanes flew 500cm!!!! Congratulations Dawson! Take a look at the pictures of all his planes!

 

 

 

 

Also a big thank you to all of you who celebrated Earth day by making an Earth day poster sharing tips/poems to help care for our Earth. Thank you Elynn, Gabriel, Fariha, John, Quinn and Brandon for sharing!

We will be having our first zoom meeting today at 11:00am. If you can’t make it today, that’s okay, we will have another one next week!

Our zoom meeting will be a class meeting so be prepared to share how you are feeling today on a scale of 1-10 and why! Also, be prepared to share a good joke – your choice!

Weekly Reflection:

I want you to think about all the learning you did this week. Please share what was your favourite activity? Why did you enjoy it so much? Look forward to reading your answers down below!

When you’re done, head over to Microsoft teams for your Math cards game video!

Love,

Ms. Binng

Thursday, April 23rd

Hi Division 8!

I love that so many of you are reading the poems in Epic books!

Today I’m going to introduce you to some Canadian poets. The first poet is Robert Heidbreder – his poems are in your Epic books account called ‘Noisy Poems for a Busy Day.’  The second poet is Loris Lesynski and he has a wonderful poem titled, ‘Boy Soup.’ I’ve attached the video below!  Read and listen to the poems. When you’re done, write down which one was your favourite and why?

I can’t wait to see which poet Division 8 liked the most!

When you’re done, head over to Microsoft teams and get ready for your math ‘Paper Airplane Challenge.’ 

Love, 

Ms. Binng

 

Wednesday, April 22

Dear Division 8,

Happy Earth Day!

On this day we think about the different ways we are continuing to protect our Earth! What are some of the things you do each day to help the environment?

For example: I always remember to recycle my plastics and paper products when I’m at home. 

Please share in the comment section what you do to take care of our environment? After, you’ve done that I want you to click on Ms. Yee’s blog! Yes, she has a blog too! I’ve put her link to the right of the screen under ‘Blogrolls’ – follow the arrow! She has two wonderful stories to share with you about Earth day! Please have a listen to the stories – thank you!

Now that you’ve got some ideas in your mind.  Pick 1 of the activities below to do today:

Art: Earth Day Poster

1. Get a piece of paper – any size!
2. Fill it with the Earth and all the things you do to take care of the environment. Be creative – there is no right way to do this!
3. Use markers, crayons, paints, playdoh or whatever you have at home to create!
4. Send me a picture at Satpaul.Binng@burnabyschools.ca

                                                               OR

ADST (Applied Designs, Skills, Technology)

1. Use nature to create and play!
2. For example, you can build a rock maze, a ramp for your cars, a fort…whatever your imagination can come up with!
3. Send me a picture at Satpaul.Binng@burnabyschools.ca

Have fun creating with nature today!

Love,

Ms. Binng

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 21

Hello Division 8!

I’m so excited to hear what you chose to do for music yesterday? Did you practice singing ‘O Canada’ or did you listen to ‘Hymn of Freedom?’ Please let me know!

Did you know that songs are simply poems that an artist decided to sing? Go ahead, pick your favourite song, listen to the lyrics – What do you notice? Rhyme, rhythm, feelings, repeating lines, maybe?! Or maybe you just feel something that you love in the song!

A poem/song can make you feel a certain way.  For example, anytime I hear the song ‘It’s a Beautiful World,’ by Louis Armstrong it makes me cry happy tears! It reminds me to look at the beauty around me already – my family, YOU, nature and it just warms my heart!

Your job today is to listen to one of your favourite songs. It doesn’t have to be in English! How does the song make you feel? Is there a part of the song that you love the most? Why? Please answer those questions in the reply section below!

For example: I love the song ‘It’s a Beautiful World,’ by Louis Armstrong because I also love seeing the beauty in the world around us. I especially love that he keeps repeating the words, ‘what a wonderful world.’

I’ve left the song that I love below! I look forward to reading your comments!

Love,

Ms. Binng

 

 

 

Monday, April 20th

Hello Division 8!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend with your families and spent time measuring and cooking together! I’ve got some photos of your masterpieces…please keep sending your pictures to me and I’ll add them to our blog! Also, please let me know what was your favourite part of cooking with your family on the weekend?

For example: My favourite part of cooking was when I put the flour in the measuring cup…I spilled it everywhere and got some all over my kids 🙂 I don’t think that was their favourite part though…

Guess who’s got a Music Blog?  You guessed right…Ms. Raap! Your job today is to go to her blog and choose one Music activity to complete! I’ve put a link to her blog under ‘Blogroll’ – look to the right! Have fun and sing your hearts out…warn your parents first : )

Once your done, head over to Microsoft teams for my Math video of the day!

 

Love, 

Ms. Binng

 

Friday, April 17th

Dear Division 8,

Let’s get cooking this weekend! Get your cups, tablespoons and teaspoons ready and think about all the yummy healthy food that you’ve eaten at home.  What is one recipe that you can share with the rest of us? I’m going to share my ‘roti’ recipe with you! Roti is a traditional Indian bread that I make for my family often…it’s super easy to make and delicious to eat with lots of different curries.

Ingredients:

1 cup flour

1/2 cup of water

 

 

 

 

Directions:

1. Pour the flour into a bowl.
2. Slowly add the water 
3. Mix and knead the flour until it becomes a big ball!
4. When you’re ready to make roti…make a little ball and roll it out into a circle. Put it on the fry pan and then let it puff up!
5. Put some butter on it and it’s ready to eat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your job this weekend is to cook something with your family! You can make a fruit salad, smoothie, salad, eggs…it doesn’t need to be hard! Your job is to measure, have fun and enjoy the time cooking with your family.

For today, please let me know what you’ll be making this weekend! Once you’ve made your recipe can you please take a picture and email me at Satpaul.Binng@burnabyschools.ca. Thank you!

Also, don’t forget I’ll be calling to speak with YOU today! Have a poem ready to share with me please…a joke is always fun too : )

PS…Go over to teams for a math video! 

Have a lovely weekend! 

Love,

M aking memories,

S unshine all around us,

B aking on the weekend with the people I love!

I nside my home – all day long,

N ice conversations with my students!

N ice to hear such laughter!

G oing to keep smiling : )

 

Thursday, April 16

Hello Division 8!

I hope you had fun watching the video yesterday and things didn’t get too messy at home 🙂 Some of you have been asking for the answers so I’m going to leave them here:

                                                                                 3 teaspoons in 1 tablespoon           

 16 tablespoons in a cup         

2  1/2’s in a cup    

1 1/2 cups

1 cup = 3   1/3 cups                             

16 cups in a gallon or 4L

I’m glad you had a chance to practice because YOU are going to need those measuring skills on the weekend when you cook a healthy recipe! We’ll talk more about this on tomorrow’s blog! Can’t wait to share recipes : )

For today, your job is to go on a nature walk with an adult! On your nature walk I want you to listen to the sounds, and look at the beauty around you for inspiration to write your first Nature poem.  I went for a walk today and I could hear the birds chirping and I was inspired to write about the blossoms. 

             

 Ms. Binng’s poem:

B looming beautiful cherry blossoms

L ove the white and pink colours

O ver the hills and covering the skies

S pring is here!

S ummer is near!

O h my!

M y neighbourhood is filled with your sweet smell,

S uch a delight to be near!

Do you notice something about my poem? *Hint: Look at the first letter on every line…they spell the word blossoms!

I want you to find something from your walk to write about…it could be a tree, caterpillar, butterfly, sun, birds or whatever else you see or hear! Start each sentence with the letter of the word like I did and write in down in the comment section! I can’t wait to read your poems today! I’ve also added some great nature poems in your Epic books account, please take some time to read them this week!

Love,

M issing you

S  pecial students

B een so long since I’ve seen all of you!

I nviting you to big hugs when all this is over!

N ever to old to dance right?!

N ever to old to do the butterfly : )

G oing to keep smiling : )

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 15th

Dear Division 8,

Let’s talk about keeping ourselves healthy! What have you been doing to keep yourselves active and moving around? Playing video games doesn’t count ; )

Have you been going for walks? Did any of you try the family cardio videos or the Go Noodle videos? Each day it’s your job to keep yourselves moving for at least 30 minutes – I’ve added Cosmic Yoga and P.E. with Joe to the links.

Today’s job is to try one of them and leave me a comment…Did you sweat? What was the best part of the workout? What was the hardest part?

For example: 

My favourite activity to do each day is to go for a walk. I love seeing the blossoms blooming and feeling the fresh air on my face. The hardest part for me is this big hill when I come back home…I’m always huffing and puffing!

Another part of keeping healthy is COOKING! I know in your gratitude posters many of you mentioned all the yummy food you were cooking with your families! I’m interested in learning about all that yummy food!

What’s your favourite food? What are some of the ingredients you need to make your recipe? Please write it below!

Mine are healthier chocolate chip cookies!! Here are some of the things you need: 

2/3 cup of oat flour                        1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup of honey                             6 tbsp milk

1/2 tsp baking soda                        1 tsp vanilla extract

Once your done your writing, I want you to head over to Microsoft Office teams….I have a messy Math video waiting for you : )

Just click the video link on the slide and you’ll be able to watch the video in teams! 

Love, 

Ms. Binng