Hello friends,
It was time for my butterflies to go. Watch this short clip to see how I released them.
-Ms. Lee
Month: May 2020
I caught a video of one of our butterflies emerging from the chrysalis! (Sorry it’s a little shaky and difficult to see because the chrysalis fell and it was laying on the grass.) All of our chrysalides have now became butterflies! Check out our instagram page for more photos, https://www.instagram.com/edmondsdiv.13/
STEM challenge: Toilet Paper Tower
I am challenging all of you to build a toilet paper tower!
How high can you build it in just 60 seconds? Can you make a pyramid, a staircase or an arch?
Here’s Ms. Lee’s attempts, send me pictures of your attempts and I will post it on our class blog!
Caterpillar transforming into a Chrysalis video
While I was observing the caterpillars last week, I caught one of them in the middle of transformation! Take a look!
Daily photo of our class butterfly
If you haven’t had a chance to look at the photos of our butterfly on Instagram, here’s the link and a snapshot of what it looks like. (You don’t need an account to open the link)
https://www.instagram.com/edmondsdiv.13/
Hi everyone!
This is a reminder that package pick-up for next week will be on Tuesday, May 19 from 10-2, as Monday is a holiday. As a special treat, Mrs. Wong and I will be there to hand out your packages, and another surprise. Please remember to bring your books back at the same time!
See you Tuesday!
Hi friends,
Here is a link to daily photos of our class caterpillars. Check it out!
https://www.instagram.com/edmondsdiv.13/
Welcome to another week!
You will notice lots of new things in your work packs this week. First, though, let’s start with what’s the same. You have 5 more letters to practice your printing, another colouring sheet, a subraction sheet to use with your dice, and a Rainbow Scavenger Hunt. Remember to read all your books and write in your writing book. This week we’d like you to write about what you miss about school. Try to write at least 3 sentences with proper uppercase letters, finger spaces, and periods at the ends. I would like you to take a photo of your writing and send it to me by text or email so I can see what you’re thinking about.
Math is new this week. You have 5 Daily Math sheets to review math concepts we’ve already learned this year. Put your mathematician hat on and try to remember how to do everything! Also new is Build a Sentence. You need to cut out the words on the bottom of the paper, and move them around to figure out the sentence. Once you know, glue them down in order, then practice printing the sentence & draw a picture that matches it. Fun, right?
The really fun stuff is the science activities! We have real live caterpillars at home. Right now they are little, about 1.5 centimeters long:
They live in this little container until they make their chrysalides;
The stuff you see at the bottom of the container is their food:
First, I want you to read about caterpillars. If you go to our Epic website you will find some books I have assigned for you to read. “Creepy but Cool Caterpillars” is my favourite! You have a caterpillar anatomy sheet to do. Cut out the names of the caterpillar’s body, and glue them in the right spot to label the caterpillar. The other fun thing to do is to have a caterpillar race! You have 2 strips of construction paper & 2 straws. Watch this video to learn what to do, then race someone else!
Here are a couple science videos that are cool to watch:
Learn about how germs get inside your body
Learn how hand sanitizer kills germs
As always, send me a text or an email if you need help with anything!
Hello again!
We were sssooo excited to see everyone who picked up their packages yesterday! we were so happy to see all your smiles again. Have you enjoyed your bubbles yet?
We really enjoyed reading your letters. If you haven’t had a chance to write to us your letter yet, you can do it this week and return to school next week.
This week you will notice that the daily math work and the word work is the same as last week. You also have a new colouring sheet, more printing letters, and a Spring Scavenger Hunt.
This week in geometry we are moving from 2D shapes to 3D shapes. These are the shapes of things you use in real life. For example, a basketball is a sphere. Can you think of other things in your house that are 3D shapes? Try making them with your toothpicks and Play Doh, like this:
You also have a template to make a cube. Cut it out, glue it together, and use it for the game inside your booklet.
We gave you 2 new activities to do with your dice. One is an addition sheet, the other is a game to play with someone in your family.
As always, there are 5 new books for you to read. Everyone is doing such a great job at returning their books, it makes us very happy! This week we would like you to choose one of the books you read to write about in your writing book. If you want even more books to read, don’t forget to check out RazKids!
Did you know that Karin has come up with some music activities you can do at home? You can check them out on her music blog.
We will be trying to connect with small groups of students over the TEAMS online platform this week. You will get an email with instructions later today, so please look for that.
Have a great week, and send us a text or an email if you have any questions or anything you need support with!
Hello friends!
This is your friendly reminder that there are new packages ready to be picked up this Monday, May 4. The new pick-up time in from 10am-2pm. Mrs. Wong and I are going to be there to say hi, so we hope students are able to come, too. Please remember to return all your reading books when you come and your letters if you haven’t already brought them! Looking forward to seeing you all!