Good morning Division 11! Great work! I am so proud of you working at your own pace each week! Do what you can each week to the best of your ability if that includes picking some of the daily activities that work best for your schedule or the time that you have. Keep adding pieces of work to your time capsules that you would like to remember and are proud of!
Remember to do activities at your own pace. Many activities allow for a range of ways to represent learning. Choose a way that works for you and allows for enjoyment and growth within the activity.
Don’t forget to have multiple Dance Breaks throughout the day!
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Monday May 11
- Measurement: Non-Standard Measurement
Non-standard Units of measurements are units that are not commonly used to measure, such as blocks, paper clips, tooth picks, parts of the body, cubes or string etc.
Watch the videos
When Measuring with non-standard units keep these helpful tips in mind:
Examples of non-standard measurement:
Activity: Measure your Art
- Draw 3- 5 pictures of anything that are different sizes on the same or separate pieces of paper depending on the size of your images (if you draw on the same cut your images out)
- After you draw all your images take a look at the pictures, place them tallest to shortest in front of you.
- Select a non-standard measuring tool that are the same size (blocks, cubes, paper clips etc whatever you have to use at home.)
- Estimate how many of the objects you will need to measure each of your images. Write down the estimation on your paper next to your image (remember an estimation is not always going to be correct, use your sense of sight and touch to make an informed guess)
- Measure your images using the non-standard tool of your choice.
- Write down the measurement underneath your estimation.
- Measure your images after using standard measurement with a ruler/ tape measure and compare the two measurements. How long in (centimetres) cm is one of your non-standard items?
- Questions to discuss and ponder: What did you notice about the importance of estimating? Why is it important to observe to make an informed guess? How does it feel to estimate without knowing the answer first? How does practice with non-standard measurement support our understanding when using standard units?
- Post picture of your drawings and measurements to FreshGrade
2. ADST Part 1: Not a Box
- Listen to the story “Not a Box” by Marie Antionette
- Questions: What is the importance or theme of the story? How does this book support our understanding of the creative thinking competency?
- Find a box of any size at home and take a look at the box.
- What do you see? What can you turn that box into?
- Grab a piece of paper and design what you will turn your box into (label your design with measurements/ shapes you will use learned in the past few weeks at home)
- Write down materials you will need to create your design (you can label your design with materials you plan to use as well to enhance you image and design). Remember to use what you already have in your home.
- Post a picture of your design and answers to the questions to FreshGrade (the answers can be in video form or also scribed in a comment as we already have another writing component today).
3. SEL Calendar
Please complete the May 11 activity
- Choose your own quote or one of the ones below
- Write about why you chose the quote, connect to the quote or why you are inspired by the quote.
- Post a picture of which quote you chose and your write up to FreshGrade.
Select an activity on the bingo sheet. Remember to choose at least one activity to complete each day and each activity should be around 20 minutes of stamina.
Tuesday May 12
Remember to do what you can. If there is not enough time in your day pick one or two activities.
- Mathematics: Non-Standard Measurement
Non-standard units of measurement are helpful for us to visualize the length or height of something using objects we can imagine.
At this time we have been asked to stay 6 feet apart from other people. But what if you don’t know how big 6 feet is? We use non-standard measurement to describe this. So, we might say to keep a distance of a hockey stick, an average man, a bed, 2 Stanley cups, a sofa, 2 shopping carts or a cougar. All these objects are about 6 feet (or 2 meters) apart. Sometimes it’s easier to visualize the objects than to visualize standard measurement like a ruler.
Activity: Can you create a poster that shares an example of keeping 6 feet apart? What object(s) or examples will you use? You can search for something that is 6 feet using the internet, or you can find it using a ruler or measuring tape that is in your home. Post your completed poster to FreshGrade.
I made one too! Found something approx. 6ft 5
- ADST Part 2: Create your “Not a Box”
- Create your not a box using your design and materials you planned
- Take your time and try using measurement strategies for planning out the length/ height of materials you are using.
- Post a picture of your completed structure to FreshGrade
3. SEL Calendar : Optional complete the May 12 activity.
- Watch the video “The Power of Yet” on the (link on the SEL Calendar)
- Listen to the story “Giraffes Can’t Dance” by Giles Andreae
- Change the following two statements into positive growth mindset statements using “yet”
- I can’t do it
- I am not good at this
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- Post a picture of your new sentence to FreshGrade
Select an activity on the bingo sheet. Remember to choose at least one activity to complete each day and each activity should be around 20 minutes of stamina.
Wednesday May 13
- Mathematics: Non-Standard Units of Measurement and Estimation
- Choose one non-standard tool to measure from what you have at home
- Make sure that tool is the same size as you will using more than one of those tools to measure
- Find 5 objects in your home to measure using that non-standard tool (use the same tool for each)
- Before measuring estimate how long you predict that object will be and write down your estimation (ex. 10 paper clips etc)
- Measure each object and write down the measurement
- Measure each of those objects again using standard units with a ruler/ tape measure
- Double check your measurement as well compare your estimation to your measurements
- Post to FreshGrade when completed
2. Visit the Blogs (pick one to complete 2a or 2b)
2a). Reading Comprehension: Visit Ms. Ho’s Library Blog
Re-telling the story is a vital part of comprehension and understanding a story.
- Select an Oliver Jeffers Story from Ms. Ho’s Blog
- https://www.oliverjeffers.com/books#/abookaday/
- Listen to one read aloud of your choice
- Why you chose to listen to that particular story? What caught your attention?
Activity: Re-tell the story in your own words. It is up to you how you would like to re-tell the story. You can act it out, use pictures, loose parts, create a comic story, talk about it in a video and/ or writing to share the re-telling.
- Post your re-telling to FreshGrade
2b). Visit Ms. Silva/ Sharma’s Blog
- Watch the video of the baby chicks hatching on Division 8’s blog https://sd41blogs.ca/silvad/
- The video is 16 minutes (to see the hatching you can fast forward to 7 minutes or watch the entire video)
- Put on your science hats, grab a piece of paper and write down your observations as you watch the video
- Part of being a scientist is observing. While watching the video what did you observe or notice (around 7 minutes to the end of the video) Using your sense of sight what do you see happening?
- Use pictures, words, and/ or labelling of events etc. to share what you observed
- Post to Freshgrade.
3. SEL Calendar : Optional Please complete the May 13 activity. Post to FreshGrade.
Select an activity on the bingo sheet. Remember to choose at least one activity to complete each day and each activity should be around 20 minutes of stamina.
Thursday May 14
Change of plans! There is a pro-d-day Friday and there is no school for students. How did I almost miss that?
We will have our zoom class meeting on on Thursday May 14 instead.
- Zoom meeting changed to day at 10:00am. Same link!
- Think Outside the Box Thursday! Use the image below and create something unique. Remember it is not an umbrella! Print out the picture or copy it on your own paper. Can’t wait to see what you come up with this week! Post to FreshGrade.
2. Language Arts: Spelling Patterns #3
- Please watch the video about spelling patterns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-1o7EXpTIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deUTRW1MTgg
- When you are finished watching, write down some words that follow these spelling patterns (please don’t use the words from the video)
- Post a photo of the words you thought of
As we have already completed this activity here is our class substitute.
If you could be a superhero, what would be your name and what power would you have!
- Create your superhero name
- Select a power or create your own (be creative/ mix some powers together)
- Create an outfit or even design one by selecting clothes from your wardrobe (you can draw it or even grab clothes from your closet or a bed sheet to create a cape)
- Create/ design a logo
- Post pictures to FreshGrade.
Select an activity on the bingo sheet. Remember to choose at least one activity to complete each day and each activity should be around 20 minutes of stamina.
Monday May 18 is Victoria Day! Enjoy your long weekend! New weekly post will be added on Tuesday May 19th!
Ms. Toor