Ms. Chin

Division 4

Day: May 6, 2020

Library Book Exchange-A Note to Parents

May 6, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Dear Division 4 Families,

I have spoken to Ms. Solomon about running the book exchange for our class.  If you would like to participate, here are the steps:

  1. Go to the Library Catalogue to look up book titles that you may be interested in checking out (go to the school website, click “library” and then click “catalogue” or you can access the catalogue through this link 
  2. Email me what book titles you are looking to take out. Because Ms. Solomon is working to organize a book exchange for two schools and hundreds of students, we have decided that I will send in book requests twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays. Every Monday and Wednesday I will send in a list of any students’ names/book titles to Ms. Solomon and then she will coordinate a pick up of the items outside the school. When you return the books they will be kept in plastic bags for 3 days before being re-shelved/made available to the next student. Pickup and Returns will take place at the same time.

*Please note each child can only have 5 books signed out at one time, however the 5 books can not be all the same type (i.e. 5 graphic novels).

Please note I will send in the first list by the end of today (3pm) if there are any book requests that are sent to me before then. I will send any orders received after that to Ms. Solomon on Monday.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Ms. Chin

Writing-Using Words from our Word Wall

May 6, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Here is our word wall from our classroom. I have also put in a picture of our posters from our classroom which are reminders for punctuation.

For our writing today, please write a short story or beginning of a story which uses some of the words from our word wall. The goal is to use as many of these words as you can for inspiration and for parts of your story or introduction to a story, but a guideline is also listed below.

For example, I could start a story like I did below. I could easily continue this story because the reader is wondering where the story will go next. I used 4 words from our word wall and wrote 10 sentences!  I look forward to reading what you write! Remember punctuation and to try using different words. For example, instead of always using the word “said”, try using other words that add more to the story like “yelled” or “whispered” or “asked”.

Example: One day while drinking a cup of coffee and eating scrambled eggs, I looked out the window and saw someone walk through my backyard. I didn’t know who this person was, so I jumped out of my chair to see if I could get a better look. I watched them for a minute and I saw them take a shovel our of their backpack and saw then start to dig a hole in my garden. I kept watching them and saw them slowly place something into the hole they dug, cover it up, and then they walked away. It was very mysterious! I walked outside after they left, and went to the hole. I got out a shovel of my own and started digging. Soon I hit something hard in the dirt! I moved the dirt away with my hands and instead of treasure I found a mysterious box. I opened up the box and pulled out what was in it. It was a …….

 

Grade 1’s: please aim for 2-3 sentences. Please try to use 2 of the words from our word wall! See if you can do more!

Grade 2’s: please aim for 4-5 sentences, or more! Please try to use 3 of the words from our word wall! See if you can do more!

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