May 11-15 Activities (Updated)
Hello Families of Division 14,
Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you have all safely enjoyed this beautiful weekend! Below is the plan for the week and last week Think Outside the Box Thursday!
UPDATE: There is a Pro-D day on Friday so there will be no instruction that day. I will bold and move 2 activities from Friday to other days. For those that can make it we will move our class meeting to Thursday at 11 AM. Please try to make a letter for your buddy, even just a simple picture. We want to make sure everyone gets a letter or a picture. If you have two buddies, you can still do one letter and just write both of their names on it.
Monday, May 11
Journal: Draw a picture and write one sentence (or more if you like) about something you did this weekend. Don’t forget to include detail in your photo and add lots of colour. Share it with me.
Letter Hunt: Find 5 items that start with the letter ‘Y’ and label them.
Read: Fill out another square of your bingo!
Math: Look around your home or neighbourhood. Where are numbers used that are in a specific order? (ie. a clock, addresses) Take photos or record the numbers you find on a piece of paper. Do you notice any patterns in the numbers?
Tuesday, May 12
Inquiry: Owen asked the question, “why do leaves grow?”. Today we will explore that question and also think about why trees have leaves?
Materials:
- Paper
- Pencil
Directions:
- Look at the photo provided. It was taken at the end of October when we had our bean plant. I want you to think about the leaves, what do you notice has happened? You can draw a picture and write a sentence or talk about it in your recording.
- Record a video, audio, or write down the answer to this question, “Why do you think trees need leaves? What is their purpose and what do they do for the tree?”
Letter Hunt: Find 5 items that start with the letter ‘K’ draw and label them.
Read: Fill out another square of your bingo!
Math: Here is a list of benchmark numbers in order: 0 5 10 20 50 Draw a numberline with these numbers on it and then add these numbers to it: 7, 12, 25, 49, 61 How will you share your reasoning for where you placed each of the numbers?
Wednesday, May 13
Inquiry (optional): This is an 8 minute video about how trees grow video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWPqQxz-7gg). I learned a lot when I watched it. I learned that some seeds need fire to grow! If you give it a watch let me know what you think is the most interesting fact! Feel free to draw a picture or send me a short audio/video clip.
Letter Hunt: Find 5 items that start with the letter ‘D’ draw and label them.
Read: Fill out another square of your bingo!
Math: Choose a number: 20, 50, 100 or 150. What different ways can count up to and down from that number? Consider counting by 2s, 5s or 10s or try 3s or 4s. How will you share one way you counted?
Writing: Write a letter to your big buddy in Ms. Daneshwand’s class. It is okay if you don’t remember or know how to spell their name, just do your best spelling or your can write ‘Dear Big Buddy’. You could tell them a story, a fun fact, something that you enjoyed doing with them this year or you can just draw them a picture. Make sure you write ‘from [your name]’ so they know who it is from. Send me a picture and then I will pass it forward to them!
Thursday, May 14
Think Outside the Box Thursday
Letter Hunt: Find 5 items that start with the letter ‘V’ draw and label them. If this one is a challenge, students can think of words that have ‘V’ in it.
Read: Fill out another square of your bingo!
Inquiry:
Materials:
- Parts of a Flower (labeling)
- Pencil
- Crayons/pencil crayons
Directions:
- Read exploring leaves on epic (it has been assigned).
- Label and colour the parts of a flower picture.
Video Conference: Friday at 11:00 AM we will do our class video call. Same password and everything as last.