Month: May 2020

Here we are at another Friday! I hope you all had a great week and have been enjoying the sunshine.

I have titled this post ‘Feel Good Friday’. Fridays can put us in a good mood and make us feel good. But what if we are in a bad mood? When you feel sad, or down, and you have low energy, what do you do to boost your mood? Really think about what helps you elevate your mood. This is a bit different than just what makes you happy. I’m talking about a change in mood.

For example, I could come home tired, stressed, or grumpy and when I put on loud music, my mood changes.

To do – Writing:

#1 What is your go-to for boosting your mood? Explain. (at least 3 sentences)

Choose 1:

A) Here’s a quote I found by someone named Jim Rohn – “Either you run the day or the day runs you” – What do you think he meant by that? Explain

B) Write about a time when you helped someone boost their mood. What did you say? What did you do? How did you know their mood changed?

Math: We are still being told to stay 2 metres or 6 feet away from people not in our immediate families (and maybe a friend or two).

#1 Make a list of all the items you can think of to show what 2 metres looks like. It would be helpful if you had a measuring tape so you could see for yourself how long that is. For example, I saw a picture of someone using a hockey stick to show 2 metres. I’m not sure it is exact but it was a good visual. Get creative, but be reasonable 🙂 Try to come up with at least 5!

#2 Choose one of your items and use it to illustrate people staying 2 metres apart.

#3 If my classroom is 16 metres wide (which it’s not), and I need to space the desks 2 metres apart, how many desks can I put in the classroom? Psst…think repeated addition…or division 🙂

#4 What 3 numbers come next in the pattern:
– 2, 5, 8, ___, ___, ___
– 4, 8, 12, ___, ___, ___
– 10, 21, 32, ___, ___, ___
– 29, 24, 19, ___, ___, ___
*challenge – 3, 7, 15, 31, ___, ___, ___

#5 Time yourself with your 6 timestables. What is your fastest time?

ART:

Draw a snail! Click here for step by step instructions. Remember to add colour and send me a photo!

I hope you have an amazing ‘Feel Good Friday’! Happy Weekend 🙂

First of all, I want to let you know that I have been going to the school to plan for the upcoming weeks when students start arriving. This is actually a complicated job because there are so many different things to think about. We need to make sure everyone stays safe. Because of this, I am not able to get to your posts and emails very quickly. Also, I want to apologize for not responding to all your posts. Please know that I have read them.

OK. Back to Wonderful Wednesday. Today I want you to think of something wonderful that has happened to you in the last year. This could be something that happened at home, at school, or as part of a group/team you are in. This can be really short because this is not your journal topic for today 🙂

JOURNAL: What is something that makes you WONDERFUL? Explain.
– Remember to check for capitals, periods, complete sentences. This is important whether you use a pencil or choose to type it out. I’m checking closely 🙂

ART: Nature Name – If you can, go outside and collect a variety of items from nature, and use them to write your name. Be careful not to pick flowers and ask permission if you are not sure what you can use. These are similar to our portraits we did with leaves, twigs, pebbles, etc.
You can choose to glue them on paper if they are small and light enough, or you could make it outside just loose on the ground. Either way, take a picture and send it to me.

MATH:
Measurement part 1 – Scavenger hunt
Take a piece of string, a shoelace, or dental floss, or…? Measure the length of 1 arm. Take this string (the length of your arm) and try to find objects in, and around, your house that are the same length.

Measurement part 2:
A while back we learned that there were 10 mm in 1 cm. So, if we have something that is 5 cm, it would be 50 mm because we need to multiply the cm by 10 to find the mm.
Your task – Find 10 things in your house to measure with cm and convert each into mm

Timestables – Time yourself doing your 8’s. I didn’t get very many times for the 7’s but I know some of you are getting pretty fast!

Good luck today and remember, I am at the school so I might not be able to answer you very fast. I will try to check as often as I can.

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. I fell off my bike again and scraped my knee but it wasn’t too bad. I was trying to ride between two trees and my handlebars hit one of the trees and I fell off. It was actually kind of funny 🙂 I wasn’t going fast enough to hurt myself badly.

I named this post Motivational Monday because I want you to think of a time when you had to get yourself, or someone else, motivated to do something. What did you say? Did it help? TO DO: make a poster, or a sign, with a motivational message. Keep your words short and add a burst of colour. If possible, put it in your window for people to see when they are passing by. Send me a picture.

In connection with this, here is your journal topic for today:

‘Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard’. What do you think this statement means? Remember to send me your writing either on this post, or on Teams, or by email.

For Math, I want to have a little, friendly competition with your 7 timestable. Write out the numbers 1-10 and then time yourself as you multiply by 7. Send me your best time out of 3 tries. Who will be the fastest?

Here are some word problems for you as well:
1) Chef Crazy was making his famous bug pie. His recipe called for 41 black ants, 52 beetles, 29 worms, 27 red ants, and 16 flies to make one batch. How many bugs did he use all together? How many would he need for 2 batches?

2) Uncle Chapeau arrived at my birthday party wearing 479 hats. He tries to get through the front door but couldn’t, so he removed 128 hats. He tried again, but still couldn’t make it through. He took off another 237 hats and just squeezed through. How many hats did he take off? How many did he make it through the door wearing?

3) I had 722 marbles ready for the big marble show. I had a hole in my pocket and lost 302 of them. I need 400 to enter the show. Will I have enough to enter?

4) The CN Tower is 553 m tall. The Empire State Building is 380 m tall. How much taller is the CN Tower than the Empire State Building?

5) The telephone was invented in 1876. About how many years ago was that?

Remember to check Epic and Khan Academy if you have time and want more to do.

Hello my lovelies! I hope you had a great week and are looking forward to our Zoom meeting. I split the class into grade 3’s (11:00 am) and grade 4’s (11:45 am) this time.

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As you can see form the title of this blog, today is all about feeling good. The activities you have today should not cause you any stress. 🙂

READ:

I have assigned two books on Epic. One of them is about stress and is very long so if you can only read one of them, please read the book titled ‘Be Positive’. Write down 5 things you can say or do to help you stay positive or to help you be more positive.

JOURNAL:

Do you consider yourself to be an optimist? Why or Why not? Give an example of a time when you were optimistic. (I should get at least a paragraph…please)
(psst…an optimist is someone who is hopeful and sees the bright side of any situation)

Act of Kindness:

Doing something for others is one way to make ourselves feel good. Choose an act of kindness that you could do for another person. Here are some examples of things you can do: make a card with a positive message, fold laundry, clean your room without being asked, make lunch for your mom or dad, or call a relative to say hello. The list is endless. I’m sure you could think of something nice to do for someone else.
*Tell me what you did and how you felt afterwards.

MATH:

Play games! Find a game to play that uses math. Better yet, make one up! It doesn’t matter what kind of game as long as you are using adding, subtracting, or multiplying. Tell me what you decided to do.

*If this doesn’t work for you, practice getting faster at your timestables or use the flashcards you have (or made).
*If this doesn’t work for you, email me and I will give you some word problems to do.

The math I have given for today is NOT optional. In other words, you still need to do math today. Even though I have not given you specific questions, I still want you to practice your math and I have given you some flexibility in how you do that. I also know that some of you are doing your own math practice and that’s great. Your job is to let me know how you practiced your math today.

I hope you have a fantastic Feel Good Friday! See you all later…hopefully 🙂

Hi everyone! I hope you had a fantastic long weekend. Seems like so long ago now. As you may have noticed, I titled this post ‘Wonder Wednesday’. Here’s why:

I WONDER…
I want you to take 10 minutes (or more) to just sit somewhere quiet. I find outside is best but anywhere quiet is good. As you sit, look around your surroundings. What do you see? What do you hear? What do you smell? Now, start to make a list of your wonders. I would love to see at least 10. This will take some time, so be patient. Based on your responses to the last journal question I gave you, this may be hard for some of you 🙂

Look at your list. Choose something from this list to research. I have attached my example. wondersexample

Some of you may be choosing to continue with the topic you chose last week. That is fine but please do the wonder activity and make your list of at least 10 questions. (email me if you are not sure what I mean)

JOURNAL:
If you could have one superpower, what would you choose? Why?

Math:
– There are a lot of unfinished assignments on Khan academy. Please check there.
– Go to Epic books and read the book on measurement. Do the quiz.
– Make a neighbourhood map.
*take a walk around your neighbourhood and take some notes or pictures.
*be sure to go at least one street away from you in all directions
*on a piece of paper, draw and label your map. Add colour.
*you can add symbols and a key if you want
*include one measurement statement (eg. It is 1 km to my friend’s house)
*take a photo of your completed map, and send it to me (email is easiest I’m guessing)

I hope you have a great day! Remember to reach out if you need help.

Happy Friday everyone. I’m looking forward to our Zoom meeting today.

For today:

JOURNAL: Do you consider yourself to be a patient person? WHY or WHY NOT?

MATH:
a) Word Problems: (Choose 2) – Read carefully

#1 The Yinx is an unususal bird. It flies 10 km a day, but it only flies on days that begin with the letter ‘T’ or ‘S’. How far does the Yinx fly in 3 weeks?

#2 Doodlewazzers have 3 eyes on each of their 4 heads. Fangwanglers have 7 eyes on each of their 2 heads. How many eyes do 3 Doodlewazzers and 3 Fangwanglers have all together?

#3 You are taking care of your neighbour’s pet stinkbugs, Mel and Molly. They each get 2 vitamin drops per day. How many vitamin drops will you have used after 5 days.

b) Practice your facts. Try to beat your best time or choose another factor to challenge yourself.
c) Check Khan academy and catch up on missed work.
d) Check your Epic mail box for the math book and quiz assigned. Only a few of you completed it.
e) Visit bc.mathgames.com to find worksheets and games for extra practice

TOPIC of CHOICE
Hopefully, you have all had a chance to do some research on your topic of choice. Your job today is to finalize your findings in some way. Tell me what you found out. Remember when we were in class and I said just stick to the points you think the audience would want to hear? Do that. If you are able, add a picture.

Also, let me know if you want to do more research on the same topic. Maybe you aren’t done or you had more questions the more you researched. That’s OK too. You will be asked to come up with another topic next week unless I hear that you are continuing. Either way, please present your findings to me.

Have an amazing day and a great long weekend!

Hi everyone. I couldn’t think of a fancy name for this post. Ideas for Friday?

Today’s work includes some research, a journal write, and some math. Be sure to read through this entire post. I’d hate for you to miss something 🙂

OK, I hope you had a chance to think of your topic of choice. Remember, this is a topic that you want to learn more about. Remember too, that we’ve done this in class and it’s not new for you.

Hopefully, you are ready to do some research today. I’ve seen some great topics and some great questions so far. In case you are having trouble with your questions, here’s an example on the topic butterflies.
– I wonder how long they live?
– I wonder how many different kinds there are?
– I wonder if they all migrate?
– I wonder if they can still fly with a broken wing?
– I wonder if they live in groups or by themselves?
– I wonder if they make some kind of home?

Now what I need to do is focus in on an area of interest before I start my research. My example research could be “do all butterflies migrate?” Do you see how your research needs to be narrower than just your overall topic? I could narrow this topic even further by specifying which butterfly or asking where they migrate. *Remember to ask for help if you need it.

To clarify: your job today is to start researching your focus question (30 minutes) (or…catch up by writing your questions). As you research, think of the phrase ‘did you know’ and try to find information to answer this. That way, you are not copying everything from the website you found! Hopefully you can post your findings on Friday.

Also for today:

JOURNAL (15 minutes): If you could join your favourite sports team or musical group, which one would it be? WHY?

MATH: (15-20 minutes):
1. Read the assigned book on Epic (about decimals and money) and do the quiz.
2. Answer these:

– A family of 4 went to the movie theatre. Adult tickets were $15.25 each and child tickets were $6.50 each. How much did this family spend to go see a movie?

– Which is the better deal: One T-shirt for $12.99 OR two T-shirts for $25.00 OR three T-shirts for $30.00? Explain.

– The manager at the concession stand ordered 850 large popcorn bags. On Saturday, 415 bags were used and on Sunday 372 were used. How many bags were used on this weekend? How many does he have left?

– The local baseball stadium holds 1000 seats. If 783 people were watching a game, how many seats were empty?

– Choose your most difficult fact to multiply with. Write out the numbers 1-10 OR 1-12 vertically and challenge yourself. See if you can improve your speed over 3 attempts. Remember to choose the ones you find the hardest to remember. I would probably choose the 6’s or the 8’s. What did you choose?

Good morning everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and you spoiled your mom 🙂

Starting this week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, you will be doing a journal but we will also be starting to look deeper into topics of interest. I may add in some other things occasionally, but this is what you can expect for some time.

For your journals, you don’t need a fancy book but a piece of paper big enough to write on would be good. Of course, you could practice typing if you want but it may take longer!

I will be giving you the topics for the first while. Here are my expectations:

– Full, complete sentences. A paragraph.
– Capitals and periods. (of course question marks and exclamation marks can be included)
– Make sure your entry makes sense. Did you respond to the topic? Will I understand what you have written? Does it flow from one idea to another or jump all over the place?
– Spell common and familiar words correctly. Don’t worry about harder words because that will stop your thought process. Just sound them out as best you can.
– You can include pictures like we did in our picture journals at school if you want but it’s not necessary.

OK. Let’s get started.

JOURNAL TOPIC: If you could be anyone else for a day, who would you be? Why?

TOPIC Of CHOICE: Just like in class, I want you to start thinking of something you would like to learn more about. The ONLY work you need to do today is: 1. Think of a topic and
2. Start a list of questions you have about that topic. Try to frame your questions as ‘I Wonder’ questions. This is an important part of the process because it will help you narrow your research later on.

Be sure to send me your work in any way you can. I look forward to seeing all your work!

Hi everyone! Happy Friday 🙂 Today I thought I would just give you a few things to do.
1. Tell me how your week was and your plans for the weekend (aim for a paragraph). Include your thoughts, feelings, frustrations, questions and I will write back. You can write it (and send a photo), email it, or post it.

2. Draw your mom a flower bouquet and send me a picture of your work. I have attached a step-by-step guide if you would like to use it. (maybe make a card too…it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday)
How-to-Draw-a-Flower-Bouquet-PDF-325

3. Play. Do not use a device for this. Go outside. You could build a fort, make a fairy garden, play tag, paint some rocks, play hide-and-seek, or ride your bike. (Just make sure you ask permission for some of those ideas…and let your parents have some time to do their own work.

You have all been so amazing and you deserve a bit of a break. I said a bit of a break 🙂

I’m looking forward to our meeting today. I hope you all got the invite. Remember we are meeting together as grade 3’s and then again as grade 4’s. Bring a piece of paper and pencil to the meeting. While you wait, here are some thinking tasks for you to complete. Just click on the date! May7