Month: May 2020 (Page 2 of 3)

Happy Friday, Division 10!  A long weekend is coming up!  I hope you have all had a chance to finish your totem pole animal art as it is due today.  If not, please use the time today to finish it along with anything else that needs to be done for catch up.  Here are today’s activities:

1) Zoom Math– Grade 2’s: 10 AM, Grade 3’s: 11 AM.  Make sure to bring your completed math sheets, paper, a marker, a pencil, and an eraser.  See you there!  

2) Totem Pole Art and Sentences-

Our last step will be writing 3 sentences about your animal using the sentence frame HERE.
I am a __ because a __ is __.
e.g. I am a beaver because a beaver is a builder and family and home are very important to them.
I ____. (What do you do that is like your animal?)
e.g. I love building things at home with my LEGO set and magnetic blocks. I also love to be with my family during special occasions like holidays and birthdays.
I used __ because ____.
I used green because it symbolizes the earth and tress that a beaver uses to build its dam. I also used blue because it symbolizes the water of the lakes and rivers that the beaver builds its dam in. I left parts of the beaver brown to represent the colour of its fur.  **Please email this to me when you are done as well as a picture of your coloured and cut-out totem pole animal.  Thank you!  **

3) Read for 20 minutes OR if you haven’t already, go to Raz Kids and record yourself reading the assigned reading I gave you. Don’t forget to take the quiz as well!  

4) Finish Up– if you haven’t finished the connections activity, number of the day, or anything else from this week, please do and email it to me when you are done.

Have a great Victoria Day weekend, Division 10!  

Happy Thursday, Division 10!  I hope you have all had a great week so far!  Yesterday was a bit rainy but I hope you had a chance to get some fresh air anyways!  Today we will be working on poetry and have our Zoom Math sessions this afternoon.  Here are today’s activities:

1) Acrostic Poetry- an acrostic poem uses one word that is written vertically and then each of those letters has a word or sentence written about it that starts with that letter.  The words or sentences need to focus on the letter that is written vertically.  For example, if the word is “BOOK”, each of the lines needs to have a sentence that talks about books in some way.  I have created an example with the word “RAIN”.  Check it out below! 

You will notice that all my sentences focus on the topic of rain and each sentence begins with the next letter in the word “rain”.  It’s your turn!  A) Brainstorm sentences that connect to the word “SPRING” (ex. Sunshine heats up our classroom in May and June).  You need to have a sentence for each letter in the word “SPRING”.  Write “SPRING” vertically on a piece of paper and come up with some sentences that start with each letter.  If you want another idea of how to write an acrostic poem, watch this video *HERE*

B) Once you have come up with your sentences and checked the writing for sentence sense, spelling, and proper capital and period usage, you can then create your good copy.  The good copy page can be found below:

Spring Acrostic Poem

Then if you would like, decorate the page and then email it to me!  Thank you! 

2) Zoom Math- grade 2’s: 1 PM (we will continue to work on borrowing), grade 3’s: 2 PM (we will continue to work on division). Don’t forget to bring paper, a marker, a pencil, and an eraser.  See you there!  

3) Read for 20 minutes.  Or, if you have not done so yet, read, record, and complete the quiz on the assigned reading for Raz Kids. 

Don’t forget your totem pole art is due tomorrow!  Have a great day!  

Hi there, Division 10!  It was great to see you all yesterday!  Perhaps when we read The Philosopher’s Stone from now on, I can add a movie clip to help us visualize the story!  **Remember to start collecting recyclables (boxes, cans, etc.) for our 3-D shape art project which we will be working on in a few weeks.**  Here are today’s activities:

1)Read Aloud with Mrs. Robert’s and Connection Activity- today you will be writing about two different kinds of connections (text to self, text to text, text to world) you can make to the story What Do You Do With A Problem? Remember to add details to your writing!  Think about a time you have had a problem and what you did to solve it. Or, think about a character from another book you have read that had a problem and what they did to solve it!  Or, think about something happening in our world right now that we are trying to find a solution for.  Lots of options!  Remember, you need to chose TWO types of connections and write about both of them.

You can find the story read by Mrs. Robert’s *HERE*  Remember, the password is nighthawks

The connections activity sheets are below.  Remember to add details and check your writing for neatness, spelling, capitals, and periods.  Please email it to me once you are done. Thank you!  

Making Connections PDF

Making Connections Word Document

2)IXL– Grade 2’s- please work on section H.9 (Level D), Grade 3’s-please work on section I.3 (Level E).  Remember, 20-30 minutes is fine!  

3) Raz Kids– new assignments are up!  Remember to listen to the story, read it to yourself, record yourself reading it, and answer the quiz questions.  I would like this to be done for Friday.  Thank you! 

4) GoNoodle– try a new routine!  

Have a great day!  I’ll see you tomorrow at our Math Zoom meetings!  Grade 2- 1 PM, Grade 3- 2 PM

Happy Tuesday, Division 10!  I hope everyone is well!  Today we will work on our good copy of our totem pole art, complete a new number of the day sheet (a revised one by Ms. Tsumori!), and meet at 1 PM for our class meeting on Zoom.  

1) Totem Pole Art- Good Copy:

**If you need a refresher of the specific shapes and designs used in the totem pole art, please go *HERE* There are multiple pages to look at and get examples from

Good Copy:

Using an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper, draw a large head of your animal (some animals may need the whole body). It is important to fill as much of the page as possible.
Totem pole art uses lines around lines and shapes inside any empty space (but not too many!).
When finished drawing, there should be large spaces, of different shape and size, to be filled in with colour.

Read through the 2 page article on Totem Pole Colours HERE. Which colours and their meaning relate to your animal? Using only the colours listed on the chart, colour in your totem pole animal using markers or pencil crayons. You may also use brown in some spaces to represent the uncoloured cedar of the totem pole.
After you’re done colouring, please cut our your totem pole animal.

This was my example from last week of my rough copy:

Take your time with this activity!  It will be due by the end of the week.  Choose your colours and designs wisely 🙂

2) Number of the Day– grade 2’s-85, grade 3’s-679.  Extension ideas:  see if you can extend this activity and show the number in a different way, too!  Can you find the number you are working with somewhere in your home, or safely outside? Draw a picture of it if you can and label it so I know where you found the number!  The new number of the week sheet is below:

Number of the Week

3) Read for 20 minutes. You will be assigned a new book  in Raz Kids tomorrow to listen to, read, record, and answer questions about. 

4) Zoom Meeting– 1 PM!  Bring markers or pencil crayons and the printed copy of the picture below (if you’d like) to colour while I read from The Philosopher’s Stone. We will also play a game and hopefully, a special guest will be there as well!  See you there ! 

Picture 1

Hello, Division 10!  I hope you had a marvelous weekend and had a chance to get out in the sunshine!  I also hope you had a chance to celebrate your Mom too 🙂  Today you will continue to work on the Time Capsule writing and art project, do an assigned IXL section, read, and hopefully go for a neighbourhood bike or walk! Also, your math from Friday is due today!  Please email it to me if you haven’t already done so.  Thank you!  Here are today’s activities:

1) Time Capsule Project– please work on Pages 5-6.  Remember to be neat, use details (in your writing and art work) and do your best! If you don’t have a printer, create your own time capsule pages.  Please hold on to the pages when you are done.  Thank you!  

COVID19-TIME-CAPSULE-3 Word Document

COVID19-TIME-CAPSULE-3 PDF

2) IXL– Grade 2’s- please work on section H.5 for 20-30 minutes.   Grade 3’s- please work on section I.2 for 20-30 minutes. Thank you!  

3) Read for 20 minutes

4) Go outside for a neighbourhood bike ride or walk with your family!  Remember to wear sunscreen if it is hot! 

Have a great day, Division 10!  

Hi there, Division 10!  It was so great to see you all working so hard yesterday at our math sessions ! Today’s sessions will be in the morning instead of the afternoon. Please bring your completed math worksheet as we will be marking it together.  Here are today’s activities:

1)  Zoom Math:  Grade 2’s- 10 AM, Grade 3’s- 11 AM.  Please bring your worksheet, paper, a pencil, eraser, and a marker.  See you there!  

The activity sheet to be done AFTER the math session is linked here for the grade two’s and three’s: 

25.3 Subtraction  -Grade 2

Introduction to Division 2–Grade 3

These will be due on Monday.

2)Art- *shhh…don’t tell Mom!! 🙂 **  It is Mother’s Day on Sunday ! Make Mom a nice card using what you have at home (construction paper, regular paper, markers etc.) and tell her why she is so special to you and what you are thankful for about her.  You can use these sentence starters to help you:  Dear Mom, thank you for______________

___________________________________________________ because __________________________________________.  I really appreciate that you _________________________________________________because_______________________________________.  Love, __________

**Include a nice and colourful picture as well of you and Mom doing something fun together:)

**Also! Help Mom out around the house this weekend with at least ONE chore!  (Unload the dishwasher, clean your room, help out with dinner etc.). Your Mom will really appreciate that 🙂  Don’t forget to give Mom her card on Sunday!!

3) **OPTIONAL FOR TODAY**: Friday Letter:  Grade 2’s: 2-3 pages, double spaced, Grade 3’s: 3-4 pages, double spaced. Make sure to start with “Dear Ms. Edwards” and finish with “Sincerely, ________” (your name). Ideas of what to talk about are attached below.  This will be due on Monday.  If you are getting frustrated, take a break and come back to it 🙂  

Have a lovely Friday, everyone!  

Hi there, Division 10!  I am excited to see you all today at our Math Zoom meetings this afternoon!  Today we will be working on new math and also start working on creating our own totem pole animal. We will be working on the good copy of this next week so today you are just working on the drawings.  Here are today’s activities:

1)  Totem Pole Art: 

Listen to Mrs. Robert’s read aloud Totem Tales to get an idea of some animals that are used on totem poles.  Once you have listened to the story and carefully looked at the pictures, start thinking about  what animal has similar characteristics as you, read about 6 different animals that were commonly used in Totems Pole HERE.
What animal are you like? Are you powerful like a bear? A builder like a beaver? A leader like an eagle? A trickster like a wolf?
Or, if you don’t connect with one of these 6 animals, which animal are you like? Are you jumpy and like swimming like a frog? Are you shy like a turtle? Are you loyal and like playing like a dog? Are you independent and watchful like a cat? Are you gentle, kind and caring like a deer? Are you intelligent and a risk taker like an eagle?
There are 5 pages of examples of different animals to look through for design ideas before starting.

Using an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper, draw a large head of your animal (some animals may need the whole body). It is important to fill as much of the page as possible.
Totem pole art uses lines around lines and shapes inside any empty space (but not too many!).
When finished drawing, there should be large spaces, of different shape and size, to be filled in with colour.

**DO NOT COLOUR IN YOUR PICTURE TODAY, DIVISION 10 🙂  Today you are working on the sketch, or rough copy of your picture.  I will show you my example below: Make sure to use pencil!  

2) Math Zoom Meetings:  Grade 2’s- 1 PM,   Grade 3’s-2 PM.  Make sure to bring a pencil, a marker, an eraser, and paper ! See you there

3) Raz Kids– make sure to listen to the story, read it twice, and answer the quiz questions!  

Have a great day!  

Hi, Division 10!  It was so nice to see you all yesterday!  I will have to come up with another fun game for next week!  I plan on reading Harry Potter with the separate grade groups tomorrow before we get going on math.  Here are today’s activities: 

1)Read Aloud and Response with Mrs. Robert’s:  carefully listen to Mrs. Robert’s read the page about totem poles and bears at the link *HERE*.  Then, fill out the “3-2-1” Response page linked below. You need to tell me in FULL sentences (with proper use of capitals, spelling, and periods) 3 things you learned, 2 questions you have about the reading, and one thing you found interesting. 

321 Reading Response (PDF)

321 Reading Response (Word Document)

2)IXL :  Please work on the assigned sections today.  Grade 2’s are reviewing how to use coins in different ways, and grade three’s are reviewing concepts of time.  Grade 2’s: O.3 and O.4

Grade 3’s:P.1 and P.4

3) Read for 20 minutes. 

4) GoNoodle– try out a new dance routine!  

Have a great day, Division 10!  I really miss seeing you all in person 🙂 

Happy Tuesday, Division 10!  I hope you all had a great Monday and spent some time working on the time capsule project.  I spent quite a bit of time listening to your recorded readings yesterday on Raz Kids.  Some of you have not recorded yet or in a while, so I have assigned you a reading to listen to, read, record answer questions about for today.  This week you will be working on creating your own totem pole animal that represents you. Today we will start by learning about what a totem pole is, why it is important, and what is part of a totem pole.  Here are today’s activities: 

1) Reading Response: Totem Pole Activity: totem poles tell a story about  the person who made them.  Different animals and people are used to help describe the story and the colours and carvings used are very important.  The order of the people and animals is also very important. Read the article about totem poles *HERE*  and *HERE* twice and then answer the questions on the sheet attached below. Make sure to check your writing for missing details, capitals, and periods.  Email it to me when you are done!  Thank you 🙂 

TOTEM POLES  Question sheet

2) Raz Kids:  please listen to, read twice, and answer the questions to a book that you are reading. Don’t rush, Division 10!  A few of you have been assigned new books to read and record yourself reading.  Thank you!  

3) Zoom Meeting: at 2 PM today!  Please bring a few pieces of paper, a pencil, colouring supplies, and a quick story to share.  We will be playing another round of the scavenger hunt, doing a bit of math review with money, and listen to Harry Potter ( read aloud). See you there! 

Have a great day, Division 10!   

Hi Division 10, I hope you are having a wonderful Monday!  I thought I would share a story that Mr. Marquis has posted on his YouTube channel.  If you want to chat with Mr. Marquis or Kwil and have a question or something to share with them, send them an email!  

You can see the story HERE 🙂