Hi Families!

Here is your weekly learning plan for this week – we have a fun and creative board game making project, and many other exciting activities to do at home.

-Ms. Osiris

Weekly Learning Plan June 1-4

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Week of Monday, June to Thursday, June 4, 2020

Theme: Creation Time

This logo before an activity means that I would like you to share a picture or video on Fresh Grade! (you are always welcome to share more)

Create and Count!

Let’s make some fun stories and games together! You can do bits and pieces throughout the week at the pace that is best for your family.

 

Read!

Check out Albert’s Bigger than Big Idea on Epic!

Around your home, how many collections of “small, smaller, smallest” and “big, bigger, biggest” can you find? Here is my collection of “small sloth, smaller sloth, and smallest sloth”:

How Many Me Hands?

Trace your hand onto a piece of paper (you can use a blank one or something from your recycling bin) and cut it out. Use your hand tracer to measure things around your home! Ideas:

  • How tall are you?
  • How long is your bathtub?
  • How wide is your room?
  • How tall is your mom or dad?
  • How long is your favourite toy?

Story Workshop

Each day this week, spend some time creating stories using items from your home. Make up a pretend story or retell something that happened to you. Practice telling your story out loud, to yourself, to a family member, or even to your favourite stuffy! We are familiar with using loose parts for storytelling, so here are some ideas for helping to create your story:

  • Use found nature items (like pinecones, rocks, sticks, and leaves) as story elements. You can build your story on the ground outside, or bring your items into your home and build on a blank piece of paper.
  • Use loose parts from around your home to help build your story (like bread ties, buttons, bottle lids, elastic bands, and more). You can create your story on a blank piece of paper to act as a story mat.
  • Use your small toys to help tell a story! Pretend that your toys are the characters and build them a setting to help show the “where” of your story.
  • Paint a story! Build your story using paint and paper – you can tell the story from one painting or paint many to represent the beginning, middle, and end of your story.
  • Use playdough or plasticine to build your story. Create the characters and other items that can help tell the “who,” “what,” and “where” of your story.
  • Use your body to build your story! Pretend that you are the main character in your story and act it out using your voice and body. If you can, ask other family members to be the other characters.

Choose your favourite story and document it – you can do this a number of ways:

  • Draw a picture and write some words.
  • Make a book using pictures and words.
  • Record a video of you acting out the story.
  • Make a voice recording of you telling the story out loud.
  • Take some pictures of your story mat or items you used.
  • Create a comic strip using a series of pictures in boxes.

English Language Learners

Be prepared during your Wednesday meeting to share your favourite story with me and Ms. Parke!

Count!

For each day this week, build a counting collection. On a blank piece of paper, record and represent your collection including a drawing, numeral, number word, tally, and ten-frame. If you want, challenge yourself to build a number larger than 10! As you do, figure out:

  • How many more than the full ten-frame do you have?
  • How many tally bundles?
  • How do I write the number word for 13??

Graph It!

Make your own dice graph and roll away! On a blank piece of paper, make a graph like this:

We have played this game in our classroom before – the goal is to see which number will be the first to reach the star. Before you play: make a prediction as to which you think will win!

Roll a dice and record what you roll by filling in the square above the numeral on your graph. Keep rolling until one number’s column is filled up to the top! Was your prediction correct?

Don’t have a dice at home? Use this virtual dice roller! https://www.random.org/dice/

Keep Rolling!

Time to get creative and make your own board game! Think about boardgames you have played before – maybe you are familiar with Candy Land, Checkers, or Monopoly. Take some time throughout this week to design your very own that you can play with your family! For inspiration on different ways of going it, you can check out some of these videos:

Kid Sisters TV – https://youtu.be/yE_wzP9mKs8

Kids Art Challenge – https://youtu.be/mFIGohsRRYc

Teacher Alison – https://youtu.be/6Hp1-AtQpIc

Museum of Australia – https://youtu.be/r-7IvAnDCDE

Move It!

Check out all the fun videos over at Cosmic Kids Yoga!

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga