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This Week’s Number ~ 638

Please complete the form below (new one!) and email a picture or the answers to grant.ewert@burnabyschools.ca and every Friday one will be randomly selected for a prize! 
This week’s number is: 638
Click on the link to print off a copy of the sheet! Number of the Week


Optional: Extension activities
1. Use 638 and create a story problem
2. Find objects or items around the house to estimate 638 things
3. Draw a picture of 638 cents in as many different ways
4. Draw a picture of 638 using different base ten block symbols
 For example: 5 hundreds,  13 tens and 8 ones

Mr. Ewert’s Introduction

Dear Division 8, 

As most of you have already been introduced to me from the last few online class meetings, my name is Mr. Ewert, and I am excited to be your teacher for the remainder of the school year!

I know that you have had a wonderful year so far with Ms. Watt. As you know, Ms. Watt is taking a bit of time off in order to have her baby and spend this important time with her family. We wish her all well and will keep in touch with her as we can! She is sure to send us some updates too.

I am looking forward to spending the remainder of the year as your teacher. At this time, we are still going to be doing online learning, and if there are any changes or updates to this, we will let you know as soon as we can!

I am looking forward to seeing you all on our Zoom meetings and to reviewing your assignments in order to get to better know you.

A little bit more about me:

I have been a teacher with the Burnaby School District for the last 12 years (which is since before you were all even born!). I taught at a school called “Cascade Heights” in Burnaby, with Ms. Kwok (your previous principal!). 

I have a daughter who is almost 2 years old, and her name is Altheya. You might occasionally see her in the background at our Zoom meetings. My wife, Mrs. Ewert, is having our second baby soon, but not until the end of the school year. 

I have a dog named Winston, who loves to swim and chase the ball. We take him outside every day, and he makes sure we always get our daily exercise. 

My favourite hobbies are running, biking, and swimming, and in the summertime I often compete in a type of sport competition called “Triathlon” that combines all of these individual sports together. I also love to read books, to go hiking, and learning to play the guitar.

As a fun extra activity for this week, if you have time, I would love for you to share a little bit about yourself with me (interests, hobbies, pets, family, and anything else you would like to share), so that I can learn more about who you are!

Looking forward to hearing more about you!

Mr. Ewert                                                                 grant.ewert@burnabyschools.ca

THINK MATH ~ 24

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 30 flowers blooming in the garden. amazing-butterfly-smiley-emoticon-animation
There were 50 flowers blooming in the garden. 20 got picked. How many
flowers are left? ~ Misa
There were 21 flowers in the garden. Some kids came along and grew 9 more flowers. How many flowers are in the garden now? ~ Connor
There were 5 flowers blooming in the garden. A bird dropped 10 seeds and those grew into flowers. A gardener came and planted 10 more. A snake saw 5 seeds at the garden shop and brought them to the garden. She planted them and they grew into flowers. How many flowers in the garden now? ~ Sophia
There were 33 flowers blooming. 3 got old and died. How many flowers stayed alive? ~ Lauren
There were 40 flowers blooming in the garden. A cat picked up 10 flowers in its mouth. How many flowers were still there? ~ Coleen
The gardener planted 10 tulips, 5 roses, 7 geraniums and 8 hyacinths. How many flowers will be blooming in the garden? ~ Ms. Watt

IMG_6751Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Monday!
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The Cedar Tree

This week we’ll be learning more about the cedar tree ~ the “tree of life”! Indigenous people used each part of this incredible tree – roots, bark, wood, and branches – to make canoes, Bighouses, totem poles, storage and cooking boxes, baskets, mats, clothing and cedar bark regalia…making life much easier for their communities.

TUESDAY
Read through the 4 sections of the Cedar Tree of Life for West Coast Peoples.
Complete the Tree of Life Questions and email the answers to Mr. Ewert.
You can also visit SFU’s Archaeology and Ethnology site to learn more about the cedar tree and its importance in the lives of many indigenous people HERE.

THURSDAY
Watch two wonderful videos on the cedar tree.
~ Totem poles and the great cedar trees they are made from HERE
~ The Importance of Cedar to Coastal First Nations HERE
Create an Expand-A-Word piece of poetry about Cedar Trees and email it to Mr. Ewert.

Expand-A-Word Poetry

In Expand-A-Word poetry the poet writes about a particular item in a five-line, free-verse poem.

DESCRIPTION
First Line: Name the item

Second Line: Describe and rename the item
Third Line: Where item can be found
Fourth Line: What can be done with the item
Fifth Line: How the poet feels about the item
EXAMPLES
Click HERE and HERE for a couple examples of Expand-A-Word poetry on trees.
ROUGH COPY
Write your rough copy using this Expand-A-Word Rough Draft.
GOOD COPY
Write your good copy using this Cedar Poem Good Copy.

We Love and Miss You!

Mr. Ewert and I were so lucky to be part of a very important message to all of you, can you find us?! Have a wonderful long weekend Division 8 🙂
Click on the photo for a closer look. 

Totem Poles!

I am so enjoying seeing everyone’s totem poles! Keep on sending them and I’ll keep posting as I receive them. Everyone is matching themselves to their animal really well! Click HERE to see the animals!

Send in your Bookbeasts!

Bookbeast Update! As Mrs. Roberts shared at our last class meeting, she is accepting Bookbeast sheets NOW!
If you have misplaced yours or need the next one, click HERE to print off a new one. Mrs. Roberts will also accept regular lined paper if you don’t have access to a printer.
Please take a photo of any completed Bookbeast sheet and send it to me or straight to Mrs. Roberts at heather.roberts@burnabyschools.ca

This Week’s Number ~ 936

Please complete the form below (new one!) and email me a picture or the answers to stephanie.watt@burnabyschools.ca and every Friday one will be randomly selected for a prize! 
This week’s number is: 936
Click on the link to print off a copy of the sheet! Number of the Week

Jay is our 5th winner! YAY Jay! Well done!

Optional: Extension activities
1. Use 936 and create a story problem
2. Find objects or items around the house to estimate 936 things
3. Draw a picture of 936 cents in as many different ways
4. Draw a picture of 936 using different base ten block symbols
 For example: 9 hundreds, 2 tens and 16 ones