Ms. Watt and Ms. Lowe's Class

Hello Division 8!
Thank you so much to everyone who has responded to my email, was very patient with my response time and knew to come here for all the information about activities for the upcoming month! Hopefully the blog is already familiar to you but if not, please spend some time getting to know it.
It’s been truly wonderful reading about and seeing all the activities you’ve been taking part in over the last month apart. Thank you for sharing them with me and please continue to do so! I miss seeing everyone so much and I absolutely love seeing all the fun and creative things you’ve been to to since I last saw you in class! 

Our new schedule (subject to change as we work through the next few weeks) is posted under the SPRING SCHEDULE tab above (I’m trying to post it larger, my apologies as it’s hard to read). We are slowly and gradually working towards this schedule.
Each week I will be posting detailed descriptions of the activities listed on the schedule. I have already written descriptions of many of the reoccuring activities in recent blog posts.
* If words/phrases below are underlined, they’re linked to a post with more info*

Tuesday, April 14th -Friday, April 17th

Art ~ If you haven’t already emailed me your Rainbow for Hope, please do so by Friday.
*optional* Music ~ Music Bingo 
*optional* D.P.A. ~ P.E. with Joe! and Yoga
Zoom Meetings will NOT happen until teachers are given access to Zoom Ed. There are many security and privacy concerns associated with Zoom that do not make me comfortable hosting a meeting with your children.

EVERYDAY
Bookbeast Reading. 15-20 minutes. Everyday.
Silently reading, reading to a someone at home, listening to someone read to you, watching Tumblebooks etc, reading to a family member or friend on FaceTime/Skype/over the phone…
Print off the Reading Bingo sheet to add a little more fun!

TUESDAY
Spelling ~ Weekly word lists posted under HOMEFUN tab
Math About Me 

WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Roberts’ Read Aloud and activity (I will post on Wednesday)
Mr. Marquis activity

THURSDAY
Math About Me

FRIDAY
Monthly News 

*optional* WEEKLY/BI-WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
These extension activities have been optional for students during the year both in the classroom and online.
LITERACY
Boggle ~ a new set of letters is posted twice a week on Mondays & Thursdays
MATH
This Week’s Number ~ a new number is posted every Monday
Think Math ~ a new answer is posted every Monday
SOCIALS
Where Am I ~ a new clue is posted twice a week on Mondays & Thursdays

Any questions? Please email me @ stephanie.watt@burnabyschools.ca

Everyone should be really familiar with Monthly News by this time of year.
Below is your first article to work on at home. Remember how we: 
1) Read through the article once or twice. I encourage you to read it aloud to someone at home or on the phone with a friend.
2) Read the questions and highlight/underline the answers in the article
3) Record the answers on the answer sheet or a piece of paper (being careful with spelling, capital letters on proper nouns and full sentence answers should start with a capital and end with a period).
Great Bear Rainforest

Our wonderful teacher counsellor has hopped in to say hello! Yay! Click on the picture to see his special message to Nelson students.
After watching, please send me 2 things that you have done over the past few weeks to fill someone’s bucket. How have you spread or encouraged kindness when spending more time with your family at home? Remember to use juicy sentences…Who? How? What did you do? Why? How did it make them feel/you feel? 
You may write your bucket fillers HERE, write on a piece of paper and take a picture to send to me or write them in an email. 
I will compile your wonderful deeds and share them with Mr. Marquis. He’ll be so proud!

Our 1st math activity is creating a Math About Me poster. The purpose of this project is to make you aware of math and numbers and their importance in our everyday lives. Please be creative and have fun with this project. I have provided some examples of the types of information you may like to include. Posters should include 8 numeric references to yourself. They should be coloured and may also include pictures, stickers, colourful paper, etc.
All posters must include your name in the design.

What month, date and year were you born?
How old are you?
How many days old are you?  How many months old are you?
How old will you be in 10 years?
How many members are in your family?
How many animals do you have?
How many people live in your household?
What’s your favourite number?
I have __ letters in my first name. I have __ letters in my last name.
Letters in my first name + letters in my last name =
How tall are you in centimetres?
How many books do you own?
How many pages are in the book you are reading right now?
How much money is in your piggy bank?
How many months old were you when you learned to walk?
How long does it take you to get to Nelson each day?

Click HERE for some examples
      

Mrs. Little has created a wonderful Musical Literacy Bingo Sheet for students at Nelson to complete over the next few weeks. It includes musical activities that can be done with or without a computer. 

Spelling restarts this week with a new list of words given at the beginning of each week. I will be providing the new list of words each Monday, but I will not be sending the rest of the booklet that we worked on in class. The SPELLING tab at the top of the page has dozens of fun ways to practice your spelling words. You may do some activities just on Mondays or do 1 or 2/day during the week, totally up to you! Parents are welcome to test their kids at the end of the week ( Spelling Test Paper), but I will not be collecting the results. 

One of your options for D.P.A. (Daily Physical Activity) over the next couple months will be Yoga/Stretch & Strength!
There are 26 different poses, from A is for Airplane to Z is for Zebra. When choosing this activity, pick a handful of poses at a time to practice by yourself or with a family member and start to feel more flexible, stronger, more coordinated and more aware of your body!
Click HERE for a picture and description of each fun pose! Happy Stretching Nelsonites!

Happy Easter Weekend Division 8! Thank you so much to those who have already sent in their rainbows. It lifts my spirits and I know it’ll be putting smiles on those who walk by your windows and see your wonderful work.

Keep sending your artwork and I’ll post them up as I receive them this weekend! Can you guess whose work is whose?!  Click HERE to see them up close!
You can also see them under the YOUNG ARTISTS tab at the top of the page.
 

Rainbows can motivate us to continue and endure through dark times.
Rainbows bring the promise that the troubles of today will surely come to pass.

Families all over the world are adding a little colour to their days by painting or colouring rainbows of hope and placing them on their front windows.
Using paint, crayons, balloons, streamers etc., these rainbows are cheering people up and bringing smiles to many faces. 

Make a rainbow and put it in your window! As you go for walks in the neighbourhood – see how many rainbows you can find! 🌈
Send me a picture of yours! I look forward to seeing the beauty and hope you bring to your neighbourhood. Kennedy and I will be posting ours this week.