Aquarium Field Trip – from home!

Posted on June 24, 2020 by cobbettr

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 the age of 3, and you will need to purchase a ticket ahead of time with a specific window of time, etc) but I am so excited to hear that the Aquarium is opening again – did you know that this has been the longest it has EVER been closed? In 64 YEARS!!!

Instead of getting to do our class field trip with Div. 12 to the Aquarium, you can take an afternoon to do an at home field trip!! Pack yourself a lunch, settle in front of a device, and take a look at the different web cams that you can watch aquatic creatures from!

There is my personal favourite, the penguins: https://www.vanaqua.org/visit/live-cams-penguin

There is the adorable sea otters: https://www.vanaqua.org/visit/live-cams-sea-otter-cam 

You can also see those guys from under water! Over here: https://www.vanaqua.org/visit/live-cams-underwater-otter

There is also the super cool jellyfish: https://www.vanaqua.org/visit/live-cams-jelly-cam

After you’ve browsed the webcams, here are some ideas of crafts and activities you could do!

You can make this fun jellyfish guy out of craft supplies you find around the house! You can even make it a moving jellyfish by cutting a line into the plate and gluing your jellyfish onto a popsicle stick! (super-detailed instructions can be found here if you’d like more information on how this example was made!)

Here is a REALLY COOL science experiment you can do to make a jellyfish at home!! Here is the video on how you can do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJk1rZ35LY

If you’re looking for a drawing challenge, here is a website that shows you how to DRAW some really cute otters otters!

Here is a presentation on penguins that you can practice reading! After you’ve read it with someone, and practiced a little, you could even give a penguin presentation! What can you tell them about penguins? What do they look like? What do they eat?

The Monteray Bay Aquarium also has a live cam of their penguin habitat, so you could compare the penguins! Do they look similar? Are they doing the same things? Does the environment look similar, or different?

You can also watch this video about African Penguins with someone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPveNFudKro

And then here is a short video of some really cute (funny) moments with an African penguin named Chocolate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajkEDHZH5rI

Here is a penguin science experiment you could try!!

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More Money!?

Posted on June 15, 2020 by cobbettr

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

Posted on June 15, 2020 by cobbettr

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, or 200 cents), a quarter (which is worth 25 cents), a dime (which is worth 10 cents), a nickel (which is worth 5 cents), and the penny (which is worth one cent).

Now, you won’t be able to find many pennies around, because Canada doesn’t use pennies anymore when we pay with coins for things. But we still use them when we are paying for things by credit or debit cards, and we count prices with pennies and cents, so we still need to know what they look like!

Looking at our Canadian coins, what do you notice about them? What images are on our coins? Why do you think those images were chosen? Do you recognize any of them? 

Working with pennies is like counting by 1s. If you have one penny, you have 1 cent. If you have two pennies, you have 2 cents. If you have three pennies you have???? Yep, 3 cents!!

Working with nickels is like counting by 5s! If you have one nickel, you have 5 cents. If you have two nickels, you have 10 cents. If you have three nickels, you have 15 cents. 5, 10, 15…so if you had four nickels, how many cents would you have? 5, 10, 15…yep, 20 cents!!

Working with dimes is like counting by 10s! If you have one dime, you have 10 cents. If you have two dimes, you have 20 cents. If you have three dimes, you have 30 cents. If you have four dimes, you have 40 cents. If you have five dimes…? 10, 20, 30, 40…..50!! If you have five dimes, you have 50 cents!!

See if you can find some coins, and practice counting them with an adult. How many nickels do you have? How many dimes? How many cents do you have? Can you practice counting by 5s and 10s with coins, by moving them when you count how many cents they are worth from one pile to another? Try recording your total number of coins with your counting of how many cents!

Here are some worksheet booklets from the internet that you can use! If you can’t print them, you can always draw your own copy of them, or use blank paper and real coins if you have any!

CanadianMoneyFreebie

Here is a great video to watch about our Canadian coins to help memorize information!

And here is a short video about Canadian coins! What new information did you learn from watching these videos? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTG0HK6ovg

 

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Oh, Canada!

Posted on June 14, 2020 by cobbettr
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, and 3 territories.

British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador are all provinces.

The Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut are all territories.

The difference between a “province” and a “territory” has to do with who gets to make political decisions for the whole area. Provinces get to make some of their biggest decisions on their own, while territories don’t have that same power, and instead need authority and responsibilities coming from the federal government (that’s the government that helps make decisions for all of Canada, the whole country).

Here is a colouring worksheet you can do while looking at a map of Canada, to show where the different provinces and territories are. It’s a worksheet for older students, so if some of the instructions on it don’t make sense to you, don’t worry about them.

ProvincesofCanadaMapColouring

Now, our maps of Canada, with the borders of provinces and territories, are based on boundaries that were decided a long time ago. But we know that Indigenous people lived here long before anyone decided on these boundaries. In order to make some of the decisions that happen within a province or territory, governments needed to make agreements with the Indigenous people who already lived there: this is called a Treaty. A Treaty is an agreement about who is allowed to do what, and who is in charge of taking care of what. Here is a map of Treaties in Canada that you can colour in:

TreatyMapColoring

What do you notice about the boundaries in this map of Treaties? What do you notice that is the same as the map of Canada? What do you notice is different? 

REVIEW

The country we live in is? (Canada)

The province we live in is? (British Columbia)

Do you know what city we live in? (Burnaby)

Do you know what street you live on? Try an find it on Google Maps. What about what street our school is on?

Try and make a map of your house! How do you get around from room to room? What is in the different rooms? Who spends time in these rooms? What streets are nearby?

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WOW!

Posted on June 11, 2020 by cobbettr

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 minutes each of you have been spending on math. I hope you are as proud of yourself as I am!

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Skip Counting Practice

Posted on June 8, 2020 by cobbettr

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 get!

If these worksheets don’t print properly for you, or you don’t have access to a printer, you can always copy the questions onto a blank sheet of paper, and decorate it with your own drawings!! 

Here is a worksheet to colour in for skip counting. Colour in one for skip counting by 2, one for skip counting by 5, and one for skip counting by 10.

Here are some worksheets for skip counting by 2.

Here are some worksheets for skip counting by 5.

Here are some worksheets for skip counting by 10.

Here are some tricky ones, with counting by 3!

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If You Take a Mouse to School…

Posted on June 8, 2020 by cobbettr

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 the book, if you’d like to join us in doing this Language Arts activity!

Here is a picture of Sophie’s work! She spent a lot of time working on adding details to her drawing. She added mini pens, a glue stick, and a sheet of paper for both her and the mouse.  The even both have backpacks! She also added our classroom door, with its random little hook, and our Kindness Rainbow door art. I love these classroom details! What details will you add to your drawing? What would you and a mouse DO at school!? 

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Silly Workout Time

Posted on June 8, 2020 by cobbettr

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 – I’m adding a Jungle stretch sheet to give you some ideas on how to stretch with a chair, inside!

Ask a family member if you can do this silly workout together!

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Science Inquiry Challenge

Posted on May 27, 2020 by cobbettr

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 is similar? What makes it similar? How might it change your results to try something different? What do you think will happen??

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Science experiment – playdough!

Posted on May 25, 2020 by cobbettr

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! Any kind/smell/colour conditioner will do!) and cornstarch (baking supplies were missing from grocery stores for a while, but I got this box at Safeway on the weekend and there was lots – in case you don’t already have some). Grab a bowl/container, and a spatula, and combine your TWO ingredients until you have a satisfying ball of playdough!

Here is an instructional video on the steps I used to make mine:

I have to thank Kashtyn for asking about doing science experiments at home, because I have had a lot of fun looking for easy science experiments!

If you make your own playdough, show me pictures or videos of your steps!

What is difficult about making playdough? How many times did you need to add more conditioner? How many times did you need to add more cornstarch? Why do you think the cornstarch changes how the conditioner feels on your fingers? How big is your playdough ball? How much conditioner did you use from your bottle!? 

 

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