Month: May 2020

Hello Parents and Students,

Parents, thank you for all the videos and pictures of your child’s work.  It is wonderful to see their work and smiling faces!

Students, keep up the good work!  I miss you!

This week we will be continuing the unit on bugs.

First, I will go over some of the vocabulary you will hear in this week’s story.

Then, I will read you the story The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle.  In this story, the click beetle tries over and over to click, flip through the air and land on his feet.  Here is the story:

Finally, after I read the story, I would like you to think about something you had to practice over and over to get good at.  (For example:  skating, riding a bike, playing piano, swimming…)

Please complete this sheet:

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example:

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle (1)

Stay healthy, everyone!

Hello Students and Parents,

I hope you are all happy and healthy!

Thank you to all the parents that sent videos and/or pictures of their child’s work.  I greatly appreciate it.

This week we are continuing to learn about bugs.  Today we will learn about a bug called a cricket.  A cricket is like a grasshopper but it has longer antennae.

First, I will go over some vocabulary and then I will read the book, The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle.

For your homework,  I would like you to find a bug.  Sometimes you can find a bug in your home (like a spider or a fly) or you could go into a park or your yard and look for bugs.  Then I would like you to investigate it.  Investigate means look at very carefully and notice things.  I would like you to find out how many legs it has, how many body parts it has and how many antennae is has (it might not have any!).  Please try not to hurt the insect.  Just look at it.  Insects are important creatures on Earth.

Here is the Insect Investigation sheet that you have to fill out:

insect investigation

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s Insect Investigation example of a crane fly.  (A crane fly is like a really big fly with long legs.)

Insect investigation Mrs. Favaro

If you don’t have a printer, just make your own Insect Investigation sheet.

Please send me a picture and/or video of your homework.

Take care and stay healthy, everyone!

Hello Parents and Students!

Thank you so much to those parents who have sent me pictures and/or videos of your child’s work.  It is very much appreciated!!

This week we will be continuing to learn about bugs.  Today we are focussing on caterpillars and butterflies.

This week’s book is Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  Before reading it, I will go over the lifecyle of the butterfly.  It will help you understand the story.

Your activity this week is to complete this sheet:

Lifecyle of a Butterfly

Please colour it and print the name of the stages.

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example so you know the names of the stages:

Butterfly by Mrs. Favaro

Then, if you have time, please make your own Lifecyle of a Butterfly.  You can use a paper plate or just a piece of paper.  Then, using things from around the house, make the different stages of the life cycle.

For the eggs, I used rolled up pieces of white paper.  For the caterpillar I used buttons.  For the pupa I used a wrinkled leaf and a stick.  For the butterfly I used a piece of pink paper and an elastic band.  Here is my example:

Hello Parents and Students!

I hope you are all happy and healthy!

We are continuing with the Bugs unit and today we will be talking about spiders!

After going over some vocabulary from the book, I will read you  The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.  Eric Carle is a famous author who has written many beautiful books.  I love the art in his books.

This week’s activity is Parts of a Spider.  Here is the sheet that you can print off:

Parts of a Spider 1

If you don’t have a printer, you can simply draw a spider and label it.

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example so you know where each spider part is:

Spider Parts Mrs. F

Take care of yourselves and please email me pictures or videos of your work!

Mrs. Favaro