Good morning students and parents!

Here are your morning announcements from our very own Mrs. Leroux!

#1. Health: Hand Washing 

• Parents, please watch this hand washing video with your child. Then help your child wash their hands using the steps demonstrated in the video.  If your child is returning to school next week, could you please practice this specific hand washing routine every day so that they are prepared.  If your child is continuing to do at home instruction, then please review this hand washing procedure with them after going on outings.
• I’ve included written step-by-step instructions to help you remember the order.
• You could try this great simple experiment for hand washing

#2. Reading:

• RazKids: read 1-2 stories and complete the questions
• MySciLearn: read your first story of the week
• Epic Books: read for enjoyment after you have completed the rest of your work

#3. Math: Today you will be completing the worksheet on perimeter. If you were apart of the group chat yesterday, you will know that perimeter is the distance around an object. We find the distance by adding up all the side of an object. Make sure you write the unit of measurement after each object. It could be cm, m, or square units.  All students will do the same sheet today. Add up all sides of the object to find the perimeter Worksheet 1 and 2

#4. Physical Education: It should be beautiful morning, so try and get out for a walk or a bike ride. Or, try this at home workout! You should be exercising every day for at least 30 minutes.

#5. Art: (for fun-optional!) Art For Kids Today’s art lesson: draw a folding surprise Poke ball! If you would like to share your drawings with the class, please ask a parent to email me (Mrs. Leroux) your picture and I will put it into the Gallery.  Just like before,  you will need a piece of paper, a pencil and something to colour with.  Please put a spare piece of paper underneath your paper to protect your table.  The artist does the lesson with a marker. You may wish to do your drawing with a pencil in case you’d like to erase and make improvements.  You can always fine line the edges with a marker after you are done.

Good morning Division 8! Today we have a group chat with Mrs. Nicoll at 1:00. We will be talking about your reading group assignment and I will introduce a new math concept called perimeter and area. Please join me on Zoom by using the code in Teams.  **The zoom meeting originally planned for Wednesday has been moved to Thursday to accommodate a last minute staff meeting. Sorry for the inconvenience. **

Here is today’s morning announcement presented by Ms. Hall.

#1. Reading Groups: We won’t be using the regular reading programs today. Instead, read aloud the following stories based on your reading group (students should know their group):

• Blue Group: What is Covid-19 (Level 1)
• Yellow and Purple Group: What is Covid-19 (Level 2)
• Complete the questions below based on your reading group. If you are in the green or purple group, make complete sentences by using the question in the answer. For example, if the question is “Why shouldn’t we touch our face?” The answer would start, “We shouldn’t touch our face because ____”. I am leaving the sheet open to editing so students can type their answers on the sheet. When you save it, please hit “save as”, not “save” or you will change the file and everyone will see your answers. Submit the worksheet to Teams when completed.
• Blue group questions
• Yellow and Purple group questions

#2. Math: 

• Grade 2’s: Today will be a review day. The first sheet is two digit adding with regrouping. Don’t forget to carry any tens over to the tens column and add them into your answer. The second sheet is writing the hour hand (the small hand) on the clock.  Worksheet 1 and 2
• Grade 3’s: Today we will talk about millimetres (mm for short). Millimetres are quite small. There are 10 mm in 1 cm. Most of you have already figured out that the little lines on a ruler between each centimetre are millimetres. The order of measurement from smallest to biggest is mm, cm, m, and km. On the first worksheet, you will choose the best measurement by circling the answer.  On the second sheet you will also choose the best measurement. Question 14 asks, How far can you run in an hour? Most kids could probably run about 5 km an hour. Worksheet 1 and 2

#3. Music: Join Mr. Smith for his Zoom class at 2:30.

#4. Art: (for fun-optional!) Art For Kids Today’s art lesson: drawing a turtle! If you would like to share your drawings with the class, please ask a parent to email me (Mrs. Leroux) your picture and I will put it into the Gallery.  Just like before,  you will need a piece of paper, a pencil and something to colour with.  Please put a spare piece of paper underneath your paper to protect your table.  The artist does the lesson with a marker. You may wish to do your drawing with a pencil in case you’d like to erase and make improvements.  You can always fine line the edges with a marker after you are done.

Good morning class!

Here are your morning announcements brought to you by Mrs. Kumar!

#1. Reading: Today I would like everyone to do a reading assessment on Raz-Kids.  During the reading assessment you will record yourself reading a short piece of writing, then you will record yourself telling us about the information you just read, and then finally you will answer 5 questions. It will take about 15 minutes or less!  You will really need to think about what you are reading, while you are reading it, in order to tell us about it as there is no going back!!

• Step 1: If you have already signed on to Raz-Kids skip to Step 2!  If this is your first time using Raz-Kids then you will need to log on using the instructions in the Online Reading Program tab above.
• Step 2: When you are on your home screen (the space ship control station) click on Flight Check, instead of the usual Level Up, and begin.  You will earn 300 points for completing this assessment!!
• Step 3: Go to the library link and listen to Mrs. Field’s book of the week

#2. Math

1. Grade 2’s: You will continue to measure in cm. On the first sheet you will draw a snake the length given. On the second sheet, you will take a ruler and measure the length of the people in cm.  Worksheet 1     Worksheet 2
2. Grade 3’s: Today you will be learning about kilometres. Kilometres are long. There are 1000 metres in a kilometre! We often use kilometres when we are driving or traveling long distances. Next time you are in the car with your family, look for signs that say how far away a place is. You will notice it says the distance in kilometres. On the first sheet, you will need to add numbers together if you are traveling between more than one town. For example, if you are traveling from Yarmouth to Truro, you will need to add the distance form Yarmouth to Halifax (300 km) and Halifax to Truro (90 km). Add 300 + 90 = 390 km. On the second worksheet, please read the instructions for each question.  Worksheet 1 and 2

#3. P.E.: Go for a scavenger hunt walk in your neighborhood or on a local trail (like Squint Lake).

#4. Art: (for fun-optional!) Art For Kids Today’s art lesson: drawing a cute puppy!! If you would like to share your drawings with the class, please ask a parent to email me (Mrs. Leroux) your picture and I will put it into the Gallery.  If you have a look now, you will see Louie’s art from last week!  Just like before,  you will need a piece of paper, a pencil and something to colour with.  Please put a spare piece of paper underneath your paper to protect your table.  The artist does the lesson with a marker. You may wish to do your drawing with a pencil in case you’d like to erase and make improvements.  You can always fine line the edges with a marker after you are done.

Have a great day!

Love, Mrs. Nicoll

Good Morning Division 8!

Please enjoy the  Morning Announcement presented by Fluffy and Finnigan!

#1. Reading:

• MySciLearn: finish your third story for the week       OR
• RazKids: read 1-2 stories and complete the questions. Record yourself reading 1 story this week.
• Epic Books: read for enjoyment after you have completed the rest of your work

#2. Math:  Please make sure you have completed all of your math from this week.  Choose 4 pages of math to submit to Teams in the “May 19-21 Math” assignment folder. Here are some fun math games for you to try:

• Addition facts to 20
• Addition facts to 20
• Subtraction facts to 20
• Adding 2 digit numbers
• Adding 3 digit numbers
• 3 Digit subtraction
• Rounding numbers
• Rounding numbers to 1000
• Multiplying 1 digit numbers

#3. Art: (for fun-optional!) Art For Kids Today’s art lesson: drawing sushi!! Just like yesterday, you will need a piece of paper, a pencil and something to colour with.  Please put a spare piece of paper underneath your paper to protect your table.  The artist does the lesson with a marker. You may wish to do your drawing with a pencil in case you’d like to erase and make improvements.  You can always fine line the edges with a marker after you are done.

#4. Physical Health: Please choose an activity or two to complete 30 minutes of exercise today.

• get outside for a walk or bike ride
• Go Noodle
• PE with Joe : a new video
• Cosmic Kids Yoga

Have a great weekend!!

Mrs. Leroux

Good Morning Division 8!

Please enjoy this morning’s announcement presented by Mrs. Mann, Ms. Foy and Mrs. Vaughan.

#1. Reading:

• MySciLearn: continue reading your second or third story of the week       OR
• RazKids: read 1-2 stories and complete the questions. Record yourself reading 1 story this week.
• Epic Books: read for enjoyment after you have completed the rest of your work

#2. Writing: Yesterday during our Zoom meeting we brainstormed a list of Listening and Speaking Skills that we use during a Zoom meeting.  Today I would like you to record your ideas on the attached Worksheet.In the first sentence I would like you to choose and write two listening skills that you show during Zoom meetings. In the second sentence I would like you to choose and write two speaking skills that you show during Zoom meetings. In the third sentence, please choose one skill that you think you could get better at and then explain why you should get better at it or how you could improve. When finished, please upload your writing assignment to Teams in the Listening and Speaking Assignment folder.

#3. Math: 

• Grade 2’s:  For the first sheet you will decide if an object would be measured in cm or m. Cut and paste the measurement you would put on the sheet. Worksheet 1 For the second sheet you will use your metre string (or whatever you used to measure a metre) and your ruler. Choose items in your house to measure. First estimate how long it is by guessing the size of the object. Then, measure how many metres and/or centimetres an object is.  Worksheet 2
• Grade 3’s: For the first sheet you will need your metre string and a pencil or two (that are the same size). Lay the string out and count how many times the pencil fits along the string. You could lay your pencil down and flip, counting how many times you flipped your pencil; or, you could lay two pencils down, pick up the back pencil and bring it to the front. Count how many times the pencil fits along the string as you go. The second sheet  is covering (or changing ) metres into cm. We know that there are 100 cm in a metre.  How many cm are there in 3 metres? All you have to do is add two 0’s to the end of the number; so, 3 m=300 cm. Here is an example of another question. Which is bigger, 155 cm or 2 m? I know 2 m is 200 cm, so 2 m is bigger than 155 cm.    Worksheet 1 and 2

#4. Art: Art for Kids: Draw a popsicle!  You will need a piece of paper, a pencil and something to colour with.  Please put a spare piece of paper underneath your paper to protect your table.  The artist does the lesson with a marker. You may wish to do your drawing with a pencil in case you’d like to erase and make improvements.  You can always fine line the edges with a marker after you are done.

Bye for now!

Mrs. Leroux

Good morning Division 8!  Great job on your reading. On Epic Books our class has now read 500 books! Amazing!!

Please join Mrs. Leroux for a Zoom meeting at 1 o’clock today. The link will be in Teams. To join the conversation, highlight and copy the web address, paste in the web search bar, add the access code and wait to be admitted. Mrs. Leroux is going to be talking with you about an assignment that will be included in your report cards.

Here are your morning announcements from Ms. Peters.

#1. Reading:

• MySciLearn: finish your first story of the week or start a second story                                                      (or)

• RazKids: read 1-2 stories and complete the questions. Record yourself reading 1 story this week.
• Epic Books: read for enjoyment after you have completed the rest of your work

#2. Math: 

• Grade 2’s : Today you will decide if an object should be measured in metres or centimetres. Remember that there are 100 cm in a metre. If an object is less than 100 cm you would measure in centimetres. If an object is bigger than 100 cm, you would measure in metres.  Worksheet 1 and 2
• Grade 3’s: Your first sheet is the same as the grade 2’s. Please read the grade 2 lesson for how to do your first sheet. Your second sheet requires you to count by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s or 10’s to figure out the answer. For example, if a floor in a building is 4 metres high, you will need to think about how many floors are in our school and  count that many times by 4. I don’t want to tell you the answer, so I’m going to give you a similar question. An apartment building is 4 floors high, how many metres is it? I would count by 4’s, 4 times: 4, 8, 12, 16 . An apartment building is 16 m tall. If you are counting with a adult, think of how many adults would fit across our classroom floor. Count that many times by 2. If you are counting by buses, think of how many buses would fit across the school field and count that many times by 10.   Worksheet 1 and 2

#3. Physical Education:

• Kidz Bop Dance try a few different dances or play the same one a few times until you get good at it.
• Soccer Drills at home work on your foot handling skills from the comfort of your home.

Good morning everyone, we hope you all have a good long weekend!

Thank you to all the families who have submitted their work on Teams. We’ve really enjoyed reading about the pet you want and are impressed with the amount of ideas in your writing! Last week was a big writing week, so we are going to skip the Tuesday writing assignment.

Here are your morning announcements brought to you by Mrs. Chan and Mrs. Mihaylova.

We have a Zoom chat today at 1:00 for everyone who would like to join.  Please go to Teams and click on the link in the Posts to join  at 1:00! Also, pick out a show and tell you would like to show the class. Be prepared to share three things about your show and tell.

#1. Reading:

• MySciLearn: read your first story of the week                                                          (or)

• RazKids: read 1-2 stories and complete the questions. Record yourself reading 1 story this week.
• Epic Books: read for enjoyment after you have completed the rest of your work

#2. Math: 

• Today you will be learning about metres. There are 100 centimetres in a metre. You will need a ruler and an object that is 1 meter long to complete today’s assignment. How will you do that? A string or piece of yarn are the easiest ways to make one. You could also find a long stick and get your family to help you cut it to size. How can I be sure it is 1 metre? Watch this quick video of Mrs. Nicoll to see how to make one!
•  Please copy or draw out today’s  worksheet. In the first column you will write if the object is measured in cm (centimetres) or m (metres). In the second column, you will measure the object. To measure the door or height of the ceiling, you will need to ask an adult to help you. Watch this video of Mrs. Nicoll to see how to measure a large space.

#3. Music: Join Mr. Smith at 2:30 for this week’s music lesson.

Good Morning Division 8! 

It was wonderful to see so many of you on the parade route yesterday! We had such a great time! Thank you for coming out to see us!

Happy Birthday to Grayson on Monday, May 18th!  We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating your day!

Please enjoy the morning announcement presented by Ms. Foy and Mrs. Cook!

Did you know that the Maddock Family from Montecito school is in a contest called  Canadian Family’s Got Talent?  If you click on the link you can hear them sing and then vote for them! Voting will happen from now until Tuesday and you can vote every day!

*A reminder to please check in Teams for feedback and corrections from Mrs. Nicoll and Mrs. Leroux on your writing and math assignments!*

#1. Reading:

• MySciLearn: read your third story of the week
• RazKids: read 1-2 stories and complete the questions. If you have not recorded yet this week, record 1 story.
• Epic Books: read for enjoyment after you have completed the rest of your work

#2 Writing: Today you will take your planning sheet from yesterday and put it together in a paragraph. That means one sentence will follow after the other. We learned about transition words before Spring Break. You will use these to connect one sentence to the other. If you recall, some transition words are: also, next, after that, then, first, second, third, and finally. Remember when you use them, they need a comma right after them. Once you have finished please upload your work onto Teams.          Final Copy Sheet

Here is what my final sheet looks like:

#3 Math:  Today is “catch up” day!  Please make sure you have completed all of your math from this week.  Choose 4 pages of math to submit to Teams in the “May 11-14 Math” assignment folder.

#4 Physical Health: Please choose an activity or two to complete 30 minutes of exercise today.

• get outside into the sunshine for some fun!
• Go Noodle
• PE with Joe : a new video
• Cosmic Kids Yoga

Have a great long weekend!! Talk to you on Tuesday!

Mrs. Leroux

Good Morning Division 8! 

Today is PARADE DAY!!  🙂

We are looking forward to seeing you somewhere along the route!  We will be leaving the school at 1:00 and driving the route slowly, so it may take a little while to get to you.

Get ready to wave!

Please enjoy the morning announcement presented by Mrs. Kimmie today!

Zoom meeting tonight at 7pm  for those of you who have signed up! We are zooming at 7:00 tonight so that we can chat with Vettel in Taiwan!  Please go to  Posts on our Teams site and click on the link to join the meeting.

#1. Reading:

• MySciLearn: finish your second story of the week or maybe start your third.
• RazKids: read 1-2 stories and complete the questions. If you have not recorded yet this week, record 1 story.
• Epic Books: read for enjoyment after you have completed the rest of your work

#2. Writing: Please finish up your writing from yesterday.  Each box should have one complete sentence that begins with a capital, has ending punctuation and makes sense!  Read each sentence out loud to yourself to make sure!! If you need more than one sentence to complete your idea that is OK too.

#3. Math: For today’s work Grade 3’s will need a ruler, grade 2’s will not.

• Grade 2’s: The first sheet is showing you that little centicubes, like the ones we have in our classroom, are the same size as a centimetre. You will count the cubes to see how many centimetres long each object is. On the second sheet, you will estimate the length of different objects using your fingers. Your fingers are close in length to a centimetre, so it’s a good estimate.   worksheet 1 and 2
• Grade 3’s : Please read the the instructions on the top of the first sheet. When you are drawing and measuring a line, it is important that you start at the first line on the ruler. If you start at the edge of the ruler, your measurement will not correct. On the second sheet you will choose objects in your house to measure that are smaller than your ruler. Write the name of the object down and measure how long it is. Make sure you write cm after the number!    worksheet 1 and 2

#4. P.E.: While waiting for the parade to arrive  you could: do some jumping jacks, run on the spot, jump rope, play Simon Says, play Go, Go, Go, Stop! or …..

#5. Art: This is optional. Finish making a poster to bring to the Montecito staff parade this afternoon!

Good morning Division 8! Today it is Benjamin’s 8th birthday!!! We wish you a fun filled day of celebration!!

Please enjoy today’s morning announcements presented by the Mr. Happy family.  Can you guess who’s family this is?

#1. Reading:

• MySciLearn: start your second story of the week. Read for 20 minutes. (or)
• RazKids: read 1-2 stories and complete the questions. If you have not recorded yet this week, record 1 story.
• Epic Books: read for enjoyment after you have completed the rest of your work

#2. Writing: This is the second day of working on your persuasive writing piece about what animal you want to convince your mom and dad to get as a pet. You will need your brainstorm from yesterday to write this. First, complete in the topic sentence that starts with, “The pet I think we should get ______“. Next, choose your top 4 reasons from your web and in a sentence write the reasons you want this pet. Finally, make a conclusion sentence. A conclusion retells the topic sentence with some extra details. You could start the sentence like mine and write, “I would like a pet ________ and I promise to _________“. Keep this sheet in a safe place because you will need it on Friday to finish the lesson. At that time, families will be asked to submit the writing work from this week. Sorry for the error, here is the student copy of the sheet!

#3. Math: You will need a ruler to measure today. If you can’t find one in your house, take a look on your planner bookmark. This is also a sheet you won’t be able to do without a printer. If either of these is a problem, head over to IXL and complete V.3 (Measurement- measure using a centimetre ruler)

• Grade 2’s: You will be measuring items using a ruler. Be sure to start at the 0 marker or the first line you see. Don’t start at 1 or your measurement will be wrong. Look at the number where the item ends and write it down.   worksheet 1 and 2
• Grade 3’s: You will be measuring items using a ruler and estimating (making a good guess) how long you think an item is. Just like the grade 2’s, be sure to start at the 0 marker or the first line you see. Don’t start at 1 or your measurement will be wrong. Look at the number where the item ends and write it down. On the second sheet, you estimate by deciding if you think an object is more than or less than 10 cm. All you will do is put a check in the box. Then you will measure the length and put the answer in the spots at the bottom of the question.   worksheet 1 and 2

#4. P.E.: Try this beginner workout with Coach Joe from P.E. with Joe.

#5. Art: This is optional. Continue making a poster for the staff parade on Thursday at 1:00. If you missed the email of the parade route, please message Mrs. Nicoll and she will send you the information.