Month: May 2020

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Welcome Back Everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We certainly had some surprising weather! Did you see the hail storm yesterday? Hopefully you were safe indoors when it happened. I also hope you were able to get out and enjoy the few pockets of sunshine.

Here are some activities to start your week:

Read an Epic book. Our class has now read over 500 books! Great work everyone! It’s wonderful to see so many of you enjoying this site.

(Badge sent from getepic.com)

Over the next few days, spend at least 20 minutes reading or listening to a book or video of your choice. I have bookmarked the website on the side of this page for quick access.

Read 2 books on KidzA-Z, Level Up and take the quiz. Once again, please remember to use the “Kid Login” and type msbonar. You will see your name. The password is morley. I have also created a bookmark for this site.

Write a journal entry. Here are a few prompts to help you get started:

Think back to the first sounds of the hail storm on Sunday. Where were you and what did you do? If you looked out the window, what did you see? How did you feel? Describe what the hail looked and sounded like. If you were outside, how did you react? Where did you go to take shelter (protect yourself)? Did you touch the hail? If so, describe it.

Or

Look out a window today and describe what you see. What type of plants or trees do you notice? Are there buildings or houses in your view? How many cars or vehicles do you see? Are there any people walking by? Are there birds or animals? Draw a picture to go with your description.

Please plan to write for a focused 20 minutes. You do not need to use these writing prompts if you already have a journal idea in mind. Please make sure you are using your green journal and not the response booklet. Don’t forget to start with the date. If possible, I would like to see one of more of your recent journal entries. Please take a picture and email it to me at marisa.bonar@burnabyschools.ca. Thank you!

Geometry

Great work to all of you who identified the 2D shapes. If you calculated the number of sides and vertices, you can see if your numbers match the chart below.

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Shape Name	Number of Sides	Number of Vertices
rectangle	4	4
diamond (or square that is positioned on its vertex)	4	4
square	4	4
circle	0	0
triangle	3	3
rhombus	4	4
trapezoid	4	4
pentagon	5	5

For 2D shapes, the number of sides match the number of vertices. Other qualities that make a shape unique are the length of its sides and the angles of its vertices.

3D Shapes

3D shapes also known as geometric solids, have special qualities of their own. The following video provides us with an introduction:

After watching the video, examine the list of geometric solids below.

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See if you can identify objects in your home that match any of these shapes. In your response booklet, make a chart that looks like this:

Shape	Objects
Cylinder	Glue stick, can of soup
Cuboid/Rectangular Prism	Kleenex box
Sphere	Soccer ball, marble

These are just a few examples. You do not need to identify all the shapes listed  in the image but take a good look around the house and see how many you can find. Please note that a cuboid is another name for a rectangular prism. We will learn more about this later.

Visit the ELL page. Ms. Simmons has sent me two sets of activities which I have posted in the ELL page. One is specifically for the Blue and Brown groups and the other is a fun list of activities for everyone. Please make sure to take a look. Ms. Simmons is excited to hear from you!

Visit the music and library blogs.

The music teachers of Burnaby have made you two videos! Can you find Ms.Raap?

Her blog can be found here:

https://sd41blogs.ca/raapc/

Ms. Yee has updated her page with a special story inspired by Mother’s Day.

Her blog can be found here:

https://blogs.sd41.bc.ca/morley-library/

Thank you everyone. I look forward to another fun and productive week with you!

I will leave you with more lovely art work from your classmates.

Mariia sent in her rock art and picture inspired from “View From A Canoe”.

 

Luke has also finished painting his rock! Well done!

Thank you both for sharing!

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Thank you for continuing to email in your work. It is exciting to see your ideas and creativity. I would like to share some submissions with you.

Abbas has already decorated his rock and placed it in his neighborhood. Maybe you will come across it! Let me know if you do!

Camila has painted her rocks too!

Another student has his design all ready to go. Can you guess who?

(This picture is posted with parental consent.)

Mariia, Camila and Omar have come up with some excellent ways to save the environment.

Mariia says, to recycle, throw your garbage in the bin, never hurt plants, instead help them, and to not use bug spray near the water.

Camila writes:

“Let’s take care of our planet with love. We can take care of the environment by dumping our garbage in its place, recycling and not wasting our natural resources.”

Through pictures, Omar tells us that we should plant a seed, turn off the lights when we aren’t using them, use a cloth bag instead of plastic, use less water, and be more green by always thinking about the environment.

Malcolm , Emma and Ana have written descriptive journal entries.

Malcolm wrote about his walk around Deer Lake where he found frog eggs!

Emma described what her perfect party would be like. It includes a big, chocolate cake and glow-in-the-dark balloons!

Ana told us about buying flowers and a fuzzy plant with her mom. Ana was delighted to find a rainbow flower!

Ana also sent in her art work inspired by the virtual field trip, “View From a Canoe”.

Camila has worked very hard to send you this lovely message.

Thank you to all of you who have contributed. Please continue to send in your work and let me know if you would like it posted. I look forward to all your submissions.

Bush Beans Update

I would also like to send my appreciation to Luke who sent in pictures last week of his plant and observations.

I was very excited to see how big his plant has gotten and read the update. Luke, you are doing a great job taking care of it!

I would love to see how everyone’s plant is doing. If possible, please take a picture and send it in. I will post in on next week’s blog.

Today we will make another entry in our response booklets. Please complete the following steps:

1. Write the date at the top.
2. Write the title, Bush Beans Update
3. Draw and colour a picture of what your plant looks like today.
4. Below your picture, write and underline the word, Observations.
5. Look closely at your plant and write down what you see. How big is your seedling? What does it look like? Is your stem standing straight up, or tilting to one side?
6. Below your observations, write and underline the word, Care.
7. Write down all the ways you have taken care of your plant. Here are some questions to prompt your thinking:

Have you watered it? Did you move its location? Did you rotate it so the sun hit different spots? If it tipped over, how did you fix it?

You do not need to answer all of them or copy down the questions. Simply use them to help write your sentences.

Would you like to know the science behind what your seedlings have been up to so far? Take a peak at the following videos.

The first is an animation about a process called “germination”.

The second is a time-lapse of a bean plant. The creator condensed 25 days of growth into just under 3 minutes. I found it fascinating. Be sure to watch what is happening underneath the soil as the plant matures.

Your thoughts on these two videos would make a great journal entry!

2D Shape Refresher

Take a minute to think back to our 2D shape review on Monday. If you recall, each shape has a specific number of sides and points or vertices. Sketch these shapes into your response booklet and determine their name, number of sides and vertices.

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You can set your page up like this:

Shape Picture	Shape Name	Number of Sides	Number of Vertices

If you can’t remember the names of the shapes, scroll back to the previous post.

When you are done, try answer the following questions:

1. Do you see a pattern between the number of sides and the number of vertices?
2. If two shapes can have the same number of sides and vertices, what other qualities make a shape unique?

Get Moving

Let’s get out of our seats and end our week again with some movement. Try these stretches from Movelee to work out the wiggles and calm our minds.

Enjoy your weekend everyone!