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THINK MATH ~ 14
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 4 chubby brown groundhogs.
1 brown hog appeared and then 2 more. 1 left and after 2 more came. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
4 chubby brown groundhogs. 2 went away and 2 more came. How many in all? ~ Briana & Faith
20 chubby brown groundhogs in their holes. 3 died from a sickness. Ms. Watt kidnapped 7. Ms. Pearl joined Ms. Watt. Ms. Pearl kidnapped 6. How many chubby brown groundhogs now? ~ Crystal & Andia
100 groundhogs. 96 farted and got embarassed then 2 went out for carrotts then 2 came back. How many? ~ Ryan
10 chubby brown groundhogs. 1 got stepped on. 2 got scared and left but 1 got too tired and fell asleep. 2 got scared off by a rabbit. How many now? ~ Kylie
2 chubby brown groundhogs were chilling and 2 joined and 2 more joined and then 2 left. How many now? ~ Charlie & Elijah
30 slim groundhogs under the ground. 10 got whacked when they came up on the ground! Then 3 died and 6 got chubby, but then 2 left the den and got eaten by a wolf. How many left? ~ Sana
140 groundhogs are underground but 100 have gone away and there are 40 groundhogs here. (10 4s are 40) 40 groundhogs are underground and 32 are away. 8 groundhogs are underground and 4 are gone. How many left? ~ Janelle
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Monday!
Posted in THINK MATH
Groundhog Day…the what and why?
Early or Late Spring?
Thousands of years ago when animalism and nature worship were prevalent, people in the part of Europe where Germany is today, believed that the badger had the power to predict the coming of spring. They watched the badger to know when to plant their crops.
This tradition was brought over to North America, predominantly to Pennsylvania in the United States, where it was the groundhog, not the badger, which made these “predictions”.
According to folklore, if the groundhog sees its shadow on February 2 it will return to its burrow, indicating that there will be six more weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow, then spring is on the way.
The Groundhog Day concept first became popular in Canada in 1956 when Wiarton Willie became a household name for his early February weather predictions. Wiarton’s Groundhog Day festival grew as Willie’s fame increased. It became one of the largest winter festivals in Bruce County, Canada.
There are also other groundhogs in different parts of Canada. For example, Shubenacadie Sam is reportedly the first groundhog in the country to stick its head out on Groundhog Day. Other groundhogs include: Gary the Groundhog in Ontario, Brandon Bob in Manitoba and Balzac Billy in Alberta.
Kennedy, Ava and I will be watching what Shubenacadie Sam does in Halifax and we’re both hoping he doesn’t see his shadow and spring is on its way! We need some sun and warmer weather!
What do you think will happen?! Let me know in the comment section!
Posted in Holiday Actitivies
FREE Hockey Tickets for Saturday night!
Hello Division 9 families! Nelson classes been given 6 tickets each to Saturday nights SFU hockey game. It is the Simon Fraser University Red Leafs versus the University of Victoria Vikes. It is at 7 PM at Bill Copeland Sports Centre in Burnaby.
Please send me a quick email at stephanie.watt@burnabyschools.ca with a “Yes!” and how many of the 6 you would be able to use. Depending on the results, I will give the tickets to 1 or 2 families and will let you know by noon on Thursday.
Thanks so much and good luck!
Ms Watt
Posted in Community Events
THINK MATH ~ 13
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 30 Chinese New Year dragons in all.
29 Chinese New Year dragons. 1 of them came but left for no reason but came back. How many now? ~ Adam
4 Chinese New Year dragons. 26 came out of the temple. How many in all? ~ Ben
29 Chinese New Year Dragons were outside talking about the Chinese New Year festival. 1 joined. How many now? ~ Charlie
5 dragons dancing on Nelson Avenue. 2 dragons went to go get a break. 5 dragons wanted to try. So they did. 10 dancing Masters were interested so they joined. 3 people fell down and got embarrassed so they ran away. 15 dragons dancing now. 8 dragons were forced to dance with them. 2 dragons ended their break. 7 joined for two minutes. Someone left. Two minutes is over. They left. 6 people got interested and joined. How many dragons dancing now? ~ Aurora & Crystal
90 Chinese New Year dragons. 60 got broken. Then 10 got broken but 10 kids helped to fix dragons. How many now ? ~ Ryan & Taiden
40 Chinese New Year dragons in Chinese New Year, but 10 are away. How many left? ~ Janelle & Faith
20 Chinese New Year dragons on Chinese New Year. 4 more dragons were built and then 4 more after. 2 more were built. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
40 Chinese new year dragons. 10 went away. How many now? ~ Briana & Andia
100 Chinese new year dragons. 2 got tired of flying. Then 6 got hit on the head. Then 2 dragons took 6 dragons to the hospital. 10 dragons went to Canada then 6 dragons went to Chinese school. 10 dragons went to the hot beach then 14 fell down. 14 dragons went to the pool. How many are left? ~ Justine & Genevique
35 Chinese new year dragons but five of them were hurt. How many left? ~ Kylie
40 dragons were playing. 2 farted and got embarrassed. 4 passed away. 4 got tired. How many left? ~ Bradley
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Monday!
Posted in THINK MATH