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Good morning, Div. 4,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend with your families. This week, some families will be coming back into our school building, and some families will be continuing their learning journeys at home. I wanted to share this video with you. Our connections might be harder to feel right now, but even though we can’t give each other hugs, or see everyone in person, we are still connected.

A few things to look forward to as a whole class:

• Wishtree read aloud on Wednesday at 10-10:30
• Class Meeting on Wednesday at 11-11:30

If you are learning from home today, you can check out your math channel!

You can also start our new Creative Planet Project! Inspired by our country inquiry project, you are going to start a creative extension of your learning! This assignment will be available on Teams as well!

Good morning and happy Friday, Div. 4!

This morning we have our Wishtree read aloud at 10:00am on Teams! 

Our rainbow walk way is complete, I can’t wait for you to see it!

Post your art for the art contest! The contest closes on June 1st!

Yesterday your families received an email outlining what to expect for June 1st. For those of you returning you will be divided into two cohorts based on your last names.  

• A-L last names will be in the Monday/Tuesday cohort 
• M-Z last names will be in the Thursday/Friday cohort 

Please make sure you take a look at both of the letters! It has important information for your family to know and understand before you return in June. 

Next week will be the first week that some of us will have in-class learning and others will continue only with distance learning. Be patient and kind with yourself and your families. It’s going to be different for all of us. At this time I’m not sure when we will have zoom and team next week. I will send an updated schedule on Monday. 

Today, there is a new figurative language assignment all about personification.  Keep playing with language!

Check out your individual math team for a numeracy activity!  

Have a lovely weekend. 

Love, Ms. Carley

Good morning, Div. 4,

This morning we have our Book Club Meetings!

• 11:00-11:20 A Boy Called Bat!
• 11:20-11:40 Rise Up
• Join us for one or both book club meetings! Bring a connection, question, inference, wonder, thought to share!

Our third term has been so different than we ever could have imagined. I am so glad we have been able to stay connected in many different ways.

We have many friends, classmates, and teachers that we haven’t been able to see for a long time. For today, we would like you to create a special message for your little buddy class! You might want to remind our little buddies that we miss them and hope they are feeling well and happy. You could:

• record yourself reading a picture book (just like Ms. Carley has done)
• create a poster/drawing/art
• write a letter
• create a card
• take a special photo to send
• share your best wishes in another way

Once you send your video, photo, or creation to me, I will send it to Ms. Cooper to share with her class. Thank you for sharing your leadership and care with our little friends in Division 10.

Keep on Reading! 

Spend at least 20 minutes reading today! Pick up a book and find a comfortable spot! Be on the look out for similes, metaphors and hyperboles! If you don’t have anything to read at home you can always check out Epic Reading!  

If you’re looking for a new book, one of our classmates has recommended a newer series called The Terrible Two! This is a great series about a pair of pranksters. You might recognize one of the authors Jory John, he also wrote some of Ms.Yee’s favourites, The Bad Seed and The Good Egg! 

Pollinators

Did you find any pollinators and pollinator plants yesterday?

Good morning, Div. 4 Scientists!

This morning we have our read aloud of Wishtree at 10-10:30!

Start your morning with this stunning video: The story of Flowers (thank you, Bryony!!)

Today our mystery science is: How do bees make honey? 

• At UHE, we have been busy bees trying to create a pollinator garden with pollinator hotels for our roof! Even though that project has been delayed, we can still start our learning about the importance of pollinators! There are so many different pollinators on Burnaby mountain! Can you see some today visiting flowers? What are their favourite flowers? What can you learn about pollinators today?
• Check out your teams assignment for our reflection and extensions!

Check out your math channel for some numeracy activities!

One more exciting bit of news is our rainbow cross walk is starting!!!

Good morning, Div. 4,

We have a class meeting at 11 am today.  I hope to see you there!

Today is Tuesday, so that means it’s inquiry time! How is your PowerPoint coming? Have you looked at the self-assessment rubric yet? It is posted in the assignment #4.  

There is another figurative language worksheet for today! This one is only one page and asks you to identify whether a phrase is a simile or metaphor.

Lastly, physical activity can help us feel well in so many ways. I can see from your letters that many of you have wonderful routines of yoga, walking, and judo, and more. If you are looking for inspiration, you can check out this link for a guided workout.

I hope you have a wonderful day. Thank you for posting your art and creations to share and inspire your class!

Good morning, Div. 4,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend! 

There are two new assignments posted today in our classroom Team! The first is our second mindfulness journal. Today being Monday and a fresh start to our week, it is a perfect opportunity to start your day practicing being mindful. These entries combines a little writing and some art.

The second assignment is a digital version of classroom Guess Who! The more categories you can come up with the better! We can play during our class meeting tomorrow at 11am!

Lastly, please check out your grade specific math Team for your math assignment for today and Tuesday! 

Have a wonderful Monday Div. 4! 

Good morning, Div.  4,

Today, you can join our read aloud of Wishtree at either 9:15am or 1:00pm! We will be reading the same chapters, but with 2 options for times!

Today is Burnaby’s IDAHAT Reimagined Event! It will be from 10:00-11:30 and you can join in any time at this link. One of the guest speakers is author, Robin Stevenson. We will be reading one of her beautiful books during the next few weeks called, Ghost’s Journey: A Refugee. 

Today’s STEM/Writing activity is a Miniature Adventure! Check out Teams for the description!

Check out some Div. 4 creators from previous weeks!

Good morning, Div. 4!

Hope you are having a lovely start to the day.

Today, there is a live broadcast of Mystery Science with a NASA astronaut happening at 10am! You can watch it here: mysteryscience.com/live 

We have a new figurative language assignment posted! See how you can find figurative language in your book club books! Try and read today for 30 minutes or more! 

 You can check your math teams for a new assignment! 

 Your teachers will be at the school today, so we might take a little longer than usual to get back to you. Please be patient, try your best to problem solve, and help your classmates. 

Can you get outside in the sunshine today?

Good morning,  Div. 4 Scientists!

Unfortunately, this morning’s read aloud needs to be cancelled, but we will still have on Friday at 1pm!

 Your science mystery for today is can animals laugh?  

1. Watch the video! 
2.  Answer the reflection questions form on teams!  
3. Try an extension: 

• • Try this experiment. Tell a friend a joke — and laugh out loud when you get to the funny part. Now tell another friend the same joke — but don’t laugh. Scientists say that people often laugh when they see someone else laughing. Do you think scientists are right about that? (If you need a joke, here’s our favorite: What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? (A carrot).) 

 You can check out our next figurative language lesson: hyperboles! 

Last Sunday, May 17th was International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia Day (IDAHAT Day). Usually Burnaby School District hosts an IDAHAT breakfast, which UHE’s diversity club got to attend. This year, the event is virutal and open to all K-12 students and families. This year’s IDAHAT Reimagined event will be May 22nd from 10-11:30. Please see the IDAHAT Reimagined Invitation for more information and how to register. Please feel free to share this letter with anyone.  

Good Morning, Div. 4, 

I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend and had a chance to get outside!

Today we have our class meeting for all that can attend on Zoom at 11am. Please check the post on Teams for more information! 

It’s Tuesday, so that means you can continue to work on your Inquiry project or passion project. I’m just finalizing a checklist for you, look for that to be added to the 4th assignment shortly.  

Make sure you check out your grade specific math team for your next math assignment!  

I loved receiving your letters! Please make sure you send your letter today if you haven’t already! Then, check your inbox for a response from me 🙂

Lastly, there is a free broadcast of a new family opera, Flight of the Hummingbird on today at 10 am. It is 45 minutes long. It is a beautiful story and I can’t wait to see it performed in a new way! 

This is presented by Pacific Opera Victoria and Vancouver Opera. You can watch here: 

https://youtu.be/ld4hY00uRgk

Before the opera, you can watch the animated video to understand the story (you might have heard Ms. Carley read this story already):  

After you watch the opera, here are some activities for you to do, scroll down to the “Post- show activities”. There is a story activity, visual art activity, dance activity, and music activity.  

https://www.hummingbird.vancouveropera.ca/