Learning at Home May 18-22
Learning at home for the week of May 18 – 22
No Monday Zoom meeting this week due to the Victoria Day holiday.
The zoom schedule for our small group sessions will be sent in a separate email.
If you want extra activities to do this week see “Caps for Sale” in the GET CREATIVE section below.
CLASS PHOTO PROJECT: Unfortunately, we will not be able to have our traditional whole class photo this year. However, we definitely need a keepsake class photo to commemorate this exceptional school year. We would love for you to send us a photo of your child. When taking the photo please use the following guidelines: outside for good lighting (but not in direct sunlight), use greenery or non-distracting background for the photo, portrait orientation (up and down), and include the child’s head and shoulders. We will make a collage keepsake for every student. Please send your photo to Ms.C. by May 31. Please see the example (Thank you to my niece for allowing me to share her Gr. 7 grad photo!!)
Example:
Here are some activity suggestions to try this week. Families can choose how to best fit these into your week. Do one or do some!
| DAILY
“DO’S” (try to do these every day) |
1. Reading – continue reading books at your level. Did you know you can get more points by listening to stories and taking a quiz? When you are listening to the story, be sure to track the words. 2. Get active |
| LITERACY
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–LET’S WRITE TONGUE TWISTERS: Watch this video of Elmo describing what “tongue twisters” are before you start the activity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP8NiBI-vD0
Now let’s write our own tongue twister about ourselves! Make a list of words that begin with the same letter as your first name. My name is Jennifer so my list includes words like jump, juggle, jellybeans, jam, jolly, joyful. Then I am going to put all of these “J” words into a sentence. After a few tries, I created a tongue twister: Jennifer joyfully jumps and juggles jellybeans. Now try to say it 3 times quickly! I can’t wait to read your tongue twisters!
–BEE FACTS: Watch the following videos in order. 1.click here to see Ms.C describe this activity 2.Bee video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta154f5Rp5Y 3.Pollination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txv2k7OoY7U Now write 4 new bee facts that you learned in your “All About Bees” booklet.
-MY REFLECTION JOURNAL: Write your answers and draw pictures in pages 4-6 of your reflection journal.
–WRITER’S WORKSHOP: Write about one of the daily topics, create your own topic, or write about what you think your day would look like if you were a bee. What would you do throughout the day? Watch this video of banded bumble bees from Ms. Mah’s backyard!
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| NUMERACY
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–MONEY PRACTICE – finish “Let’s go shopping” pages in your money booklet –SUBTRACTION GAME – CONNECT FOUR: play this game to practice your subtraction skills. Click on this link to print a gameboard but if you do not have a printer you can easily draw your own. You will need: the gameboard, 2 dice, about 10 little squares of paper in 2 different colours. How to play: roll 2 dice (eg. You get 11), roll 2 dice again (you get 7), now subtract 11-7. It equals 4 so you put your coloured square on a 4. Then your partner takes a turn. Continue. The first person to cover 4 numbers in a row wins!
–3D SHAPES SONG AND SCAVENGER HUNT: Listen to this 3D shape song: https://youtu.be/ZnZYK83utu0 After you listen to the song, can you find 2 items that are these 3D shapes in your house? A rectangular prism, a pyramid, a cube, a cylinder, a sphere, a triangular prism, and a cone? Take a picture- so your friends can see if they found the same items in their homes. Please remember you need to put away the 3D shapes that you find😉
-3D SHAPES PACK: Complete the Tracing pages in your 3D Shapes Pack. After you’ve completed this, can you draw a picture using 3D shapes?
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| SCIENCE |
BUTTERFLY UPDATE: What do you think the caterpillars are doing? Do you notice that some of them are hanging from the top? Why are they doing this? What do you think will happen next?
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| GET CREATIVE
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–STORY/ACTIVITY: CAPS FOR SALE 1.Watch and listen to the story by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-mEe-4ZO4 2.Cap stacking: Can you find some different caps/hats around your house? How many can you stack on top of your head? Challenge your family members to do this too! 3. Make a fun hat out of newspaper!
4.Draw your own picture from the story using this link to help you when drawing the monkeys. Click here |
| GET OUTSIDE/GET ACTIVE
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-The weather should be beautiful this week so get outside and have some fun. Practice skipping, draw 3D pictures with sidewalk chalk outside, or create a game with your yellow bouncy ball! |
| WELLNESS
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– If you feel you need a bit of quiet time, close your eyes and listen to this enchanted tea party meditation. Find a quiet place that you can lie down and listen to the story. What images do you see as you listen? https://youtu.be/b57QvR1Ysyw |
