Good morning Division 9!

I have enjoyed reading some of your letters to me and look forward to seeing more emails in the next few days. Watch your email for a reply from me!

A note to your parents: When your child is doing a written assignment, please let your child do the actual writing on their own. It is wonderful to discuss ideas, like we would during a class discussion, as that gets their ideas flowing. However, I would like to see “student” spelling and punctuation – yes, even if it’s not conventional! If your child does read it aloud to you while they are proofreading, it is helpful to ask them questions to help them add more details to their writing and remind them to check for COPS (Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling).

I am hoping to schedule a Zoom video conference with students soon, however I have to wait for some guidelines from the school district to be finalized and shared with staff so that we can all be safe online.

ASSIGNMENT #1 –  INTERNET SAFETY

As we are going to be doing a lot of our learning online, it is important that we know safety rules for the internet. Please watch the Digital Footprint video then the Online Safety video. After watching, tell your parents two safety rules about sharing information online.

ASSIGNMENT #2: RAZ KIDS

Click the link here or under the Bookmarks. Then click your name and enter the password that I emailed to you yesterday to login to your Raz Kids account. Please try to read one book per day on school days.

  • Go to the Reading Room and make sure you Listen to the book, Read the book then Answer the Questions (?) I will get reports telling me what you have read and your scores on the comprehension questions – including how many times you tried! So please take the time to read the stories carefully before attempting the questions.
  • Go into the Star Zone  to Build your Avatar and start decorating your Raz Rocket. As you complete more online reading activities, you will earn more stars to spend : )

ASSIGNMENT #3 – MONEY

Yesterday you collected some coins and thought about some questions that I asked. You should have nickels – 5 cents, dimes 10 cents, quarters 25 cents, loonies $1.00and toonies $2.00.

The Canadian coins  in the first picture were all the same because they all have a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the back. The American coins in the second picture have different pictures on the front and on the back there are portraits of former USA presidents.

Part A: Read the attached Coin Poem. If you want an extra creative challenge, write a verse for the loonie and/or the toonie and email it to me. I would love to share your new verses in our class blog!

Part B: Money notation – practice writing the values of different coins using both types of money notation. You can print the attached Money Values sheet here or just look at the sheet then print your answers on a piece of paper.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY – YOGA

Try out this Pokemon yoga video.  What was your favourite pose? What was your most challenging pose? Please post your answers in the comments section (under the date at the top of this blog post). Then your classmates and I can see your answers.