Dear students and parents,

This past week, students have continued to work diligently on their daily tasks in OneNote. Our Passion Project small group meetings were a great success! I felt so energized and excited for them after all of our meetings on Friday.

We have been working on developing our skills. Your child should now be able to (or with increasing independence):

• log in to check daily assignments and complete with progressively less support unless it is a new concept
• go back to yesterday’s Daily Activities to check for messages from me. If they did any work, there should be messages from me to read.
• stay connected with classmates by contributing to our Collaboration Space daily and attending Zoom meetings
• read independently for 20-30 minutes each day, and write a double-entry journal with increasing details that include thoughts and feelings
• subtract up to 3-digits with regrouping and be familiar with navigating in IXL
• get some physical activity every day
• have a direction for what they will be working on for their Passion Project
• send me an email if a question arises or something isn’t working

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Digital Book Club

I originally mentioned that we will begin our Book Club meetings on Monday but I do not have everyone’s book selections yet so I will give people one more day. Our first meeting will be on Tuesday, May 5th instead. If your child made their selection, they will receive an invitation by tonight. Ask them to check their district Outlook Mail and click ACCEPT so I will know they will be attending. Thanks! Please click here to review the Book Club information.

How to prepare for the Book Club meetings:

• Students should have read at minimum the first chapter of their chosen book.
• Review the Say Something strategy. They should be familiar with this because they have had many opportunities in class. They can also choose to share what they wrote for their double-entry journal for their reading response (found in Thursday or Friday’s page in OneNote).
• Come prepared to “say something” to the group about a part of the story or a quote from the text and their reaction to it.

Here’s the schedule for Tuesday, May 5 on Zoom:

A Boy Named Bat	Three on Three	Chocolate Touch	Mr. Popper’s Penguins
10:00 AM	10:30 AM	11:00 AM	1:00 PM

Here’s the schedule for Wednesday, May 6 on Zoom:

Danny’s Doodles @ 1:00 PM (to accommodate a classmate returning by plane on Tuesday)

Any questions? Please ask.

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Something fun!

It has been five weeks since “returning” to school after spring break and I thought it is time for some extra fun… not that we weren’t having some elements of fun along the way! We will soon be diving further into how we continue to stay healthy – physically, mentally,  and emotionally. These are important elements of our health as we continue to stay at home to keep safe. So, I was inspired when I saw what the Physical and Health Education teachers at Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver created. It is a video that challenges their students to stay active. Enjoy watching! My friend is the one who is playing football in his backyard.

So, as a launch into our focus on healthy habits, I am asking students to videotape themselves doing some kind of physical challenge with a roll of toilet paper. They are welcome to copy something they saw in the video but this is a fantastic opportunity for their creativity to shine. I would LOVE to see what they come up with! Here are some videotaping hints:

• ensure there is enough lighting
• film outside
• film in landscape mode and NOT vertically if you are using your phone
• keep the video to less than 10 seconds

Feel free to include any family members including pets! I would love to share the finished video on YouTube but I understand if you have concerns so I will create two versions. I will not be posting any names. I will create a video that will be shared only in Stream, which is a private channel within O365. If there are enough of you who are comfortable with it being shared on YouTube, then I will proceed to make a second one. Note: There are creative ways to videotape so no faces are shown too. Video can be taken of the back of your child’s head, for example. When finished, please upload the video to their own OneDrive folder with their name in O365. Rename the file to include “toilet paper” in the title. Then send me an email to let me know it has been uploaded, please. If you wish for your child’s video to be included in the version that is uploaded to Stream only, our private channel, then please mention it in your email. Thank you for your participation. I am so looking forward to seeing what your child and you come up with! Feel free to make this a family project for extra time together! Have fun!

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Appreciation

Thank you for your continued support at home. I will be going into school this week to pack up belongings that your child may be able to take advantage of like colouring pencils so we can do some art lessons at home. If you have not yet informed me what your child’s inside shoes look like yet, please send me an email. If you believe an umbrella was left at school too, please also include a description. I appreciate you all for working with me as partners at home. I am truly thankful. Please always feel free to email me. I am more than happy to answer any questions or address any concerns as we move forward. If you prefer a phone call, please let me know and I will call you instead of responding by email. We are supporting your child together!

With deep gratitude, Ms. Chan