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DAILY 

“DO’S” 

(try to do these every day) 

1. Reading – We recommend signing up for a trial of EPIC at www.getepic.com. Epic offers a huge collection on stories and many options for levelled books. 

2. Get active (see suggestions below “Get outside/get active”) 

LITERACY 

–BEE LESSON – click here to listen to Ms.C. describe your bee work for this week. “Bee” prepared with your bee booklet and pencil. 

–WRITING: “Toy Story” – 1. Imagine your toys/stuffies have come to life. Position your toys/stuffies in a unique setting in your house or yard doing something silly.  2. Now create a comic strip about what your toys/stuffies could be talking about and doing. Use the comic strip handout (click here) or recreate your own using a blank piece of paper. 4. Add some details and color your comic strip. 

–FRACTURED FAIRY TALE: Can you remember when we got to see our big buddies from Ms. Chu’s class and they bought their fractured fairy tale books for us to see? Watch this fractured fairy tale of Red’s Riding Hoods (changed from Little Red Riding Hood) and then see if you can write your own fractured fairy tale. https://youtu.be/WoguunKEYc8 

–MY REFLECTION JOURNAL: Write your answers and draw pictures for pages 7-9 in your journal package. 

–STORIES: Parents, please have a look at the following stories. You may want to share the appropriate stories with your child to compliment your family’s decision about continuing to stay at home or returning to school.  

1) Returning to School 

2) Staying home from School 

3)Why we stay home: A story about COVID https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu07djSvLNg 

NUMERACY 

–ADDITION/SUBTRACTION PRACTICE CARD GAME – click here to watch Ms. C. demonstrate how to play this game. We will review strategies for addition like doubles, doubles plus one, making a group of ten, and counting on. Grab a deck of cards! 

–SANDCASTLE MATH GAME– use this handout or copy your own version to play the game with a partner. Click here 

–3D SHAPES PACK: Complete the 4 pages of “Shape Sorting”  

–SHAPES EXPERIMENT: Find one of each of the 3D shapes in your home (you could use some of the items you found during your scavenger hunt). You should have 7 items. Before you start, see if you can guess which 3D shapes will roll and which will slide. Create a chart like the one below and test your hypothesis (guess of which shapes will roll/slide).  

Things to think about as you do the experiment: Does the way the shape move change if it is on a smooth surface or a bumpy surface? Are there any similarities for the shapes that roll vs. the ones that slide?   

-MONEY BOOKLET / MATH PRACTICE – feel free to complete any pages in these booklets.  

–BUTTERFLY LIFE CYCLE- our caterpillars have turned into chrysalids! 

-click here to watch the butterfly lifecycle  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVm5k99PnBk 

-click here for a directed drawing activity of “Butterflies” 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWNOafqfh0 

GET OUTSIDE/GET ACTIVE 

–Cosmic Kids: The Listening Game.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUIGKhG_Vq8 

-P.E. with Joe  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADg5Nunkmow 

WELLNESS 

–SUN SALUTATION YOGA SEQUENCE: Try this sequence of yoga poses. It is great to give your brain a break and concentrate on your body. https://youtu.be/8oGR5xucItI 

“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  

–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!

–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? 

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? 

–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

-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! 

– 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 

“DO’S” 

(try to do these every day) 

1. Reading – check out your RAZ kids reading book.  

2. Get active (see suggestions below “Get outside/get active”) 

–BEE LIFE CYCLE – get your “All about Bees” booklet and a pencil ready for this activity. Click here to watch Ms. C.’s lesson about the bee life cycle. 

-WELCOME EMAIL TO MS. AUJLA -with your parent’s help, type an email to welcome Ms. Aujla to Brantford School. Some things you may want to tell her can include: What is the best part of Brantford? What are the best places to play outside? What are some special activities that happen at our school? What is your favourite thing to learn about at Brantford? Why are you proud to be a part of the Brantford community? Her email is Navdeep.Aujla@burnabyschools.ca 

-WRITER’S WORKSHOP: Choose one of the daily topics or create your own topic to write about in your writer’s workshop. 

-TREE JOURNAL: Take out your “My Tree Journal”, which was in your package, and draw a picture of the school tree (or a tree near you) and fill in the blanks describing the tree. Try to write on extra sentence about any changes you notice about the tree. 

–MONEY LESSON – complete the 4 pages of “How much money do you have?” 

–CREATE A STORE- Perhaps you have time to create a pretend store this week. Will it be a grocery store, an electronics store, a dollar store, a toy store, or a coffee shop? Then create items to sell at your store with prices. You can make some pretend money and ask family members to buy things from your store. Make sure they give you the right amount of money! 

 Video of Ms. Mah reciting the 3D Poem

-3D SHAPES PACK: Trace all the shapes up to the 7th page and then use your playdoh and toothpicks to make the 3D shapes. Remember, 3D shapes are fat not flat!  

-3D SHAPES AND LABELS: (This was separate from the 3D pack). Cut out the “3D Shapes and Labels” page and line them up, in a row, on a flat surface. Cut out the “Item Cards Set 1” and place them (in a column) under the matching 3D shape. Please do not glue them down. Take a picture of all your sorted shapes:) Please keep your 3D Shapes and labels in a safe place so that they can be used at a later date to sort set 2.  

–MS. MAH’S PLANT GAME– What has Ms. Mah planted? Can you match the following plants with their photos? blueberries, kale, strawberries, raspberries, garlic 

–SCIENCE WORLD CENTRE STAGE SHOW- I am so excited to share this show from Science World with you. It’s like being at Science World! 

https://www.scienceworld.ca/dome-at-home/#science-surprises-show 

–BEE CRAFTS – if you missed our Monday meeting, here is the craft that we worked on. Perhaps you can think of other ways to make a bee using materials that you have at home or that you find outside. Have fun! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecmeVzTpsNI

–COSMIC KIDS YOGA – try a new yoga like Harry Potter or Star Wars yoga (thanks for the recommendations!) 

–Get outside and enjoy the sunshine! 

-RAINBOW BREATH: Try out this Rainbow breath exercise  https://youtu.be/O29e4rRMrV4 

“DO’S” 

(try to do these every day) 

1. Reading – try to check out RAZ kids this week. Ms. Mah reports that about half of our class has checked out this awesome website. Way to go! It would be amazing if every student could check it out sometime this week. This is a wonderful resource that is being offered for free right now! We are very fortunate to have access to it so let’s use it! 

2. Get active 

–BEE ANATOMY LESSON: click here to watch this lesson with Ms. C. and complete the activity in your “All About Bees” workbook 

–WRITER’S WORKSHOP: Write about your mom. What is it that makes her special to you? What is a way you could show her how much you appreciate her? 

–STORY: Listen to the story “The Name jar”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2k829FSBU Ask your parents why they chose to give you your name and write about the significance of your name in your journal. Try to write three sentences.

–STORY – Read a loud – Click here to listen to Ms. C. read “The Pigeon Goes to School”

–MONEY LESSONS: -please complete the remaining pages of “Identifying coins” booklet. 

-EXTRA MONEY PRACTICE: Can you make groups of coins that equal the same value? For example, 3 dimes, 6 nickels, and one quarter/one nickel all equal 30 cents. 

-EXPLORING SHAPES IN ART: Below are two pictures.  

One shows the shapes that are found in aboriginal art work and the other is a picture that was created by Michelle Stoney who is a Gitxsan artist who lives in Hazelton, BC. She has worked very hard to get to the point that she’s at in her art and I have included her youtube biography here:  

https://youtu.be/8HHgjYVR_iA 

A note from Ms. Mah: “I have asked the artist if we have any questions, can I pass them along to her, and she has said yes:) So please think of any questions you have and I will pass them along. I will email everyone a few of her drawings for you to look at and colour. She has given us permission to do so.”  

So, here is your assignment: What shapes do you see in the bumble bee? How many of each shape do you see? Can you draw a picture using these shapes? 

-2D MATH BOOKLET:  Make the die and then roll it 12 times and graph your results. I wonder if anyone will have the same results?  After you’ve made your graph try to find all the I Spy shapes on the last page of the booklet. 

–MATHLETICS AND MATH PRACTICE BOOKLET 

–MYSTERY DOUG VIDEO & LESSON TITLED: “How do bees make honey?” 

https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/honey-bees?code=871f9ee8d12d50bf50c7791758367bc0 

make sure you click on the blue arrows at the side when the clips are finished. You will be able to access more of the lesson this way.

–MO WILLEMS AUTHOR VIDEO – learn how the Pigeon books were created and learn how to draw “Pigeon” 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzjCPQv3y8 

–MUSIC CLASS ACTIVITIES: from Ms. Gaspar including a musical scavenger hunt: https://sd41-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/e14702_burnabyschools_ca/EaMB5C1HOItDpMFm4ybYs3gBSsa382EZB7PtEHI0AECFdg?e=xD84hW 

–MOTHER’S DAY CARD: If you want to make a different version of a card, you can follow along with Art for kids hub: How to Draw a Mother’s day Folding Surprise here:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUVAoJvln7s 

–P.E. WITH JOE – try out these 30 mins. Exercise videos. He is a P.E. teacher from England who now has children from all over the world joining him for exercise classes. 

Click here 

–TAKE A BREAK: Sometimes when we are feeling a bit frustrated, or sad it’s a good idea to take a look at what is happening outside. Take a moment to go outside and find a tiny critter and sit back and observe what it is doing. Is it collecting food, flying, moving slowly, making a home? Take deep breaths as you watch them. You will find that after a while your body feels calmer. If you can’t get outside, sit by a window and watch the clouds or see if you can see the trees swaying in the wind. A lot is happening in nature when we take a bit of time to look closely:)