Week Ten Learning Activities

Hello Families,

Wow! The time is flying by so quickly. This will be our last post of weekly activities as our last instructional day will be Wednesday, June 24th. We want to thank you again for your continued support and working with your children at home. Please feel free to revisit any of the past post activities throughout the last week of instruction and throughout the summer months.

Time for another story time activity. Listen to Mrs. Nero read the story Imogene’s Antlers by David Small. There is a special moment in the story where you will get to participate. The story will be paused towards the end. You will be asked to predict the ending of the story. Draw a picture and write a sentence about what you think will happen when Imogene wakes up the next day. Remember to draw big, bright, and detailed pictures. Colour your picture with at least 5 colours. Write a sentence using all the sounds that you remember from the story. Someone at home can help you “Sound out” the words with you or scribe your words for you. Next listen to the rest of the story to find out how it really ends. It is a funny story and will make you laugh. 

It’s Father’s Day this Sunday June 21.

Remember to make your Dad feel appreciated. You can do this by helping with chores, making breakfast for your Dad, and telling him how much you love him.

You could also make him a ‘Happy Father’s Day’ card. Decorate your card by drawing pictures of all the special things your Dad does for you throughout the year. Some examples might be your dad cooking you meals, helping with your schoolwork, taking you for walks or activities like swimming lessons, skating or riding a bike. Remember to sign your name on the card you make so he knows who made the special card for him. Have someone in your home help you with spelling the words on your card.

Some words you might consider using in your card could be:

  • Dad
  • thank you
  • love
  • to
  • helping
  • special
  • me

Hidden Creature Picture

This is a wonderful activity to bring out your imagination. Start by covering a paper in patches of different colours using crayons or markers. You don’t have to have any specific pattern, just do whatever your mind wants to do. Let your hand flow. Next, find any faces and creatures in your picture you can see in the patterns and outline with a black marker. Then display your finished work for everyone in your house to admire.

Card games are great fun to play with your family! Learn to play a card game and practise your math skills. There are three engaging games (Naughty Nines. Speed, Go Fish Sums) on our Math Tab. Card games make you smile, laugh and make you happy when all the while you are supporting your learning about math. That is a really good way to spend your time when it is raining outside.

 

Story Workshop – Fairy door writing activity. This is a really fun activity. Can you guess who might live here? Think about what stories the picture setting can inspire. Can you make up and tell a story about the characters who might live in the tree? Tell your story orally to someone in your house or use pictures and words. Can you think of and draw another setting where these characters could visit? Use your imagination. There is no limit to imagination! click on the picture to the right to get a bigger image. It is a beautiful picture.

Why don’t we use baking once again as a fun activity to learn about sequencing, measuring in volume and counting. Then you have a reward at the end of the lesson! Bake delicious Two Hour Buns with an adult’s help. Remember to follow each step of the recipe in sequence from beginning to end. Help to scoop and measure the ingredients, notice the sizes of different measuring tools and how much ingredients they hold. Is it a big tool or a small tool? Help to clean up after you have finished. And, as always, share your baked goods with your family. 

Here are a few more activities to look over and do during the week:

  • Everyone loved the first math story so here are two more: How Big? and How Heavy?
  • Visit Starfall to practise the letters and letter sounds
  • Continue doing activities from Scholastic at Home
  • Continue to check out the June Music Activities
  • Remember to practise your alphabet sounds each day orally with an adult
  • Try to go out for a walk each day and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air.
  • Check out Mrs. Favaro’s ELL Blog 

Warmest regards,

Mrs. Lee, Ms. Maratovic and Mrs. Nero

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