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Author Archives: cobbettr

About cobbettr

I am a Grade 1/2 Teacher at a Burnaby elementary school, and I am happy to be sharing the resources I make with my students and their families! I hope that what I share here serves as inspiration and support for the at-home learning opportunities that students are currently engaging with. I am grateful to live, work, explore, revere, and respect the beautiful traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Nations of Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish peoples, stewards of this land since time immemorial.

Aquarium Field Trip – from home!

Hi Team! I hope you’re having a good last week! I wanted to share some last ideas of things you can do, since I just heard last night that the Vancouver Aquarium will be opening again! It will be open with some new rules on June 26th (e.g. face masks are necessary for everyone over … Continue reading »

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More Money!?

Here are some extra Canadian coin worksheets you can consider working with this week, in case you wanted them! CanadianMoneyCoinsPracticeSheets

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Money Time

We’ve been working with Canadian coins at school, so here is some work you can look into trying to recreate at home! First, we need to review what coins Canada has!! We have a loonie (which is worth one dollar – which is the same as 100 cents), a toonie (which is worth two dollars, … Continue reading »

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Oh, Canada!

Hi, Team! Does anybody recognize what this is? Could you point out where you think you live on this map? We live in British Columbia, down in the far left bottom corner. British Columbia is the province we live in. Our province is that whole teal area – it’s very big! Canada has 10 provinces, … Continue reading »

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WOW!

Wow, team! Check it out! I can tell our class has been working so hard on math at home, because our class just earned a certificate for answering 5000 questions!!! FIVE THOUSAND QUESTIONS!!! That is so many questions, team! It is so nice to see what math you are working on at home, and how many … Continue reading »

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Skip Counting Practice

As we start working with Canadian coins, it’s helpful to refresh our memories on how to skip count! It’s been a while since we’ve done any skip counting as a class, so ask someone in your house if they will practice skip counting with you a couple of times, and see how high you can … Continue reading »

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If You Take a Mouse to School…

Today in class, we read If You Take a Mouse to School. After we read the story, we talked about what different things a mouse would see and do if it came to our school! Then we wrote in our writing journals about what would happen, and drew what it would look like! Here is a read-along of … Continue reading »

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Silly Workout Time

Good morning, everyone!  I don’t know about you, but I find it a lot more fun to do my P.E. when I can go outside in the sunshine – but this weather is too weird. It was just raining! So here is a funny workout you can do – inside! Don’t forget to stretch – … Continue reading »

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Science Inquiry Challenge

Here is a science challenge you can try! The instructions and supplies are all included in the card…I can’t wait to see what you might try and build!! If you don’t have some of the suggested supplies, have a science discussion about what you could use instead! What do you have in your house that … Continue reading »

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Science experiment – playdough!

How is everyone feeling today? I am pretty excited. I came across a science experiment to make YOUR OWN super soft playdough – with only 2 ingredients! Of course, Miss Cobbett had to try it right away. And, oh wow, is it ever satisfying! All you need is conditioner (yep, the kind for your hair! … Continue reading »

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