Suggestions for Week of June 8th to June 12th There is another suggestion from ASD_N on the last page. Lots of fun activities about sinking and floating. Do you think you could build something that could float? This week’s from ASD - N has some great Summer suggestions as well! It is not necessary to do both suggestions. You might like the Language art writing activity about the stick but want to do the math from ASD -S that’s ok. Mix and match. Language Arts Butterlies – Another insect that is important for our Planet. Listen and find out just how important they are. 1. This is a fantastic non fiction book. I even learned 2 amazing facts about these insects that I did not know. What new things will you learn? The Amazing Life Cycle of Butterflies Book by Kay Barnham https://safeYouTube.net/w/b8jK Science Kid video ( listen carefully.. Squeaks’s partner Jessi, talks really fast. ) Butterflies https://safeYouTube.net/w/MLjK Writing and Art How to draw a Butterfly https://artprojectsforkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Draw-a-Butterfly.pdf Writing Choose 1 or 2nd idea. 1. Now we will do a report about Butterflies . Take a picture of your writing and have mom or dad e-mail it to me at [email protected] Example, Worms Opening sentence Not everyone likes worms. They are very helpful creatures. There are 4 common types of earthworms: night crawlers, garden worms, manure worms, and red worms. Worms dig through the soil creating burrows or tunnels that help air and water get to the roots of plants. They eat leaves, grass and even dirt. As this materials passes through their bodies it becomes fertilizer. Closing sentence. Farmers and Gardeners know that seeing worms in the soil means the soil is very healthy. 2. Maybe you would like to pretend you are a butterfly! If I were a butterfly Write a story about where would you go. What would you see? Did you have an adventure?
Math This is another fun activity put together by our district math mentors! This activity will allow students explore and extend patterns Learning Activity: describing, extending, and creating patterns. Where do you see a repeating pattern in your home? What makes it a pattern? What patterns do you see on someone’s clothing? (could be your own) o Describe a time when you heard a pattern. (Sample Response: I hear a pattern in the song “We Will Rock You”: it goes stomp-stomp-clap, repeated.) o Describe some increasing patterns that you have noticed in your home or outside. o How might you arrange library books on a shelf to make a pattern? (Sample Response: I could arrange them in a repeating pattern that goes thin book, thick book; OR I could make an increasing pattern by arranging the books from shortest to tallest). Practice: Pattern Time! O Create a short dance (or series of actions) that includes a pattern. Show it to a family member or friend. Ask them to guess your repeating pattern. O Choose a coin worth less than a dollar. Show or draw a handful of those coins. Skip count to figure out the value of the coins and write down the numbers that you say. What patterns do you see or hear? If needed, use the 0-99 chart . o Choose a number less than 50. Keep adding 10 until you have a total of 5 numbers. What pattern do you notice? If needed, use the 0-99 chart. o Choose a number greater than 50. Keep adding 2 to that number until you have a total of 10 numbers. Record the numbers. Do this two or more times starting with different numbers. What do you notice about each set of numbers? If needed, use the 0-99 chart. THIS IS ANOTHER IDEA FOR ACTIVITES FOR THE WEEK Covers a little bit of everything This is a fun all-inclusive activity from ASD – N about sinking and floating-- This looks VERY FUN! http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/sites/stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/files/doc//y2020/May/asdn_weekly_steam_issue_10.pdf
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Suggestions for Week of June 1st to June 5th There is another suggestion from ASD_N on the last page . This week is all about cooking. Looks very fun.You and your child might enjoy completing. It is not necessary to do both suggestions. You might like the Language art writing activity about the stick but want to do the math from ASD -S that’s ok. Mix and match. Language Arts Not everyone is a fan of Bees! They are very important for life here On Earth. Listen and find out just how important they are. There are some questions at the end. Write your answers in one of the scribblers I sent home and have mom or dad or grandmother or grandfather or aunt or uncle or sister or brother take a picture and send me your answers. What If there were No Bees by Suzanne Slade https://safeYouTube.net/w/0wPI This is a great non – fiction about bees and what goes on in the hive. I really enjoyed. Bees and Their Hives by Linda Tagliaferro https://safeYouTube.net/w/VZOI 3. Cute story. Did it remind you of another story? The Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman and Jack Tickle https://safeYouTube.net/w/o5PI Science Kid video ( listen carefully.. Squeaks partner talks really fast. ) Bees https://safeYouTube.net/w/ghPI Writing and Art https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/how-to-draw-a-bee/ Check out this video where you can use the word bee to draw a bee https://safeYouTube.net/w/SMPI Now we will do a report about bees . Take a picture of your writing and have mom or dad e-mail it to me at [email protected] Example, Polar Bears Opening sentence : Polar bears are very interesting animals. Here are 3 amazing facts about these animals. The first fact I was amazed to learn about these animals is that their skin and even their tongue are black in color. I always thought they were white. It turns out they just look white . Their fur is made up of hollow tubes that reflect the sun’s light making they look white! Who would think a Polar Bear can overheat! It’s true. This can happen when they are running and in the summer. Just like us. What a sense of smell they have. Polar Bears can smell seals, 1 kilometer away. They can even smell the seals if they are under 1 meter of snow. Closing sentence. Polar Bears are incredible. No wonder they can survive the Arctic. Math This is another fun activity put together by our district math mentors! This activity will allow students to count as well as use directional words With a partner and using direction words create a path to get from one area to another. This could be from one object to another or from one area of your home to another. This activity could also be completed outside. · For this activity students could use grid paper or simply put a plan in place to get from one area/object to another. · Students will use direction words such as right, left, up, down to get their partner to the end of the path. Students can choose to draw out their path or have their partner act out the directions they give. Students may wish to go from one area of the backyard to their treehouse. Anything goes if they are having fun! Example: Living Room to bedroom of a house · Take 5 steps and then turn right · Take 5 more steps and then turn left Practice: Exercise circuit with patterns Use three movements below or make up your own · Jumping Jacks · Touch your Toes · High Five the Sky Push Ups · Hop in a circle To make your pattern, decide how many times you will do each movement. Repeat the pattern 3-5 times to create your exercise circuit. Source: https://www.granderie.ca/board/parentportal/parent-resources/weekly-literacy-numeracy-and-physical-education-resources-grade Additional Resources: Zorbits Math Adventure - https://zorbitsmath.com/ Coding – Try out an hour of code - https://code.org/hourofcode/overview or try scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/. There is also a scratch app. Extension for Activity – Pick an area or object that you would like to get to using direction words. With a partner, students will explain where they are needed to get to and show the directions that they have given. They must try to get to the selected area/item in 10 or more steps. THIS IS ANOTHER IDEA FOR ACTIVITES FOR THE WEEK Covers a little bit of everything This is a fun all-inclusive activity from ASD – N about cooking !!. This looks VERY FUN! http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/sites/stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/files/doc//y2020/May/asdn_weekly_steam_issue_9_2.pdf There is another suggestion from ASD_N on the last page . You and your child might enjoy completing. It is not necessary to do both suggestions. You might like the Language art writing activity about the stick but want to do the math from ASD -S that’s ok. Mix and match. Language Arts Seed to Plant (National Geographic Readers) by Kristin Baird Rattini This is a great non – fiction about a seed turning into a plant. I really enjoy the fun fact page. It is really amazing the number of plants found on our planet. There are a lot of scientific vocabulary in this story. Be sure you can explain each one. This read aloud is done by Scout Sheys and came from Youtube. She is a teacher. Please note the table of content page that tells us where to look for information in the book. https://safeYouTube.net/w/lbpH Writing and Art https://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-plants/ https://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-vegetables/ Now we will do a Procedural writing. You remember that’s a fancy word it means you write down the directions that tell how to do something like read a book, ride a bike or look after a pet. You will tell how to plant a seed. See if you can use the words first, then, next and finally. Try to get someone in your house to follow your steps . Did you forget anything? Take a picture of your writing and have mom or dad e-mail it to me at [email protected] Example, How to Plant A Tree Opening sentence : Trees are very important for our planet. Yesterday, I bought one at a garden center. Here are the steps I will need to do to plant my tree. First, get my gloves , shovel, manure , and watering can . Second, dig a hole in my garden that is 1 meter deep. Then ,put the manure and tree roots in the center of the hole. Next , fill in the hole. Lastly, water tree thoroughly. Closing sentence. That’s how you plant a tree! Math This week we are going to work on our skip counting. Skip counting helps with addition, and subtraction. By the end of grade 2 we can skip count forward and backwards by 2s, 5s and 10s to 100 from different starting points. 1. I start at 0 and skip count by a number. If I say 15, what number might I be skip counting by? What number am I NOT skip counting by? How do you know? (Feel free to use the number line and hundred chart resources provided below.) 2. Count backwards from 40 by 2s. What is the fourth number you say? How did you get there? Repeat this by skip counting backwards from 40 by 5s and then by 10s. Record the fourth number you say each time. 3. Choose 2, 5 or 10. Use a number line or hundred chart to skip count backwards from 50 by the number you chose. What patterns do you notice? Repeat by skip counting by a different number. Practice: Spinner Game (source: Open Questions for Rich Math Lessons p. 67) For this game you will have to make 3 separate spinners like the ones shown in the photo To spin the spinner, place a paperclip in the middle of the spinner underneath the tip of a pencil. The first spinner tells you whether to start at 0, 10 or 20. The second spinner tells you whether to skip count by 2s, 5s or 10s. The third spinner tells you whether to write the 5th, 6th or 10th number in your skip counting sequence. Again, feel free to use number lines or hundred charts. How to play: 1.Play in pairs. 2.Both players spin the spinners and skip count as indicated. 3. The player with the lower number wins a point. 4. The first player to get 10 points wins. Adapted from( https://nbed.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/curriculum/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7B45235C1E-9EC7-4E58-A5F1-AE2766E3877B%7D&file=WEEK%207%20NUMERACY%20K-5.docx&action=default&mobileredirect=true) THIS IS ANOTHER IDEA FOR ACTIVITES FOR THE WEEK Covers a little bit of everything This is a fun all-inclusive activity from ASD – N . http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/sites/stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/files/doc//y2020/May/asdn_weekly_steam_issue_8.pdf Read Aloud: Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpMBQnCuJCQ If you choose to write this book please email a copy! Suggestions for Week of May 19th to May 22nd . Language Arts Rosie Reverie Engineer This is a great story about not ever giving up on your dreams! As well , this story reminds us that we all get better at things the more we practice! Mistakes help us learn and create all kinds of new things. https://safeYouTube.net/w/t0NF Writing and drawing What would you build if you were Rosie Revere Engineer? Draw a picture of your creation. Explain with words what it is, what it does Do you have Lego or blocks or rocks? Build a creation. Write 3 -5 sentences that tell me what it is , how it can be used. Take a picture of your creation and paragraph and have mom or dad e-mail it to me at [email protected] Math This activity will look at all the different ways we can make 18 in two parts. Consider this question___If there are 18 fish and two aquariums, what are all the different ways that the fish can be placed in the two aquariums? Make an estimate Or guess of how many different ways. _______ You can either draw all the different combinations to 18 or use 18 items (dried beans, little toys, coins) as fish to move between two different plates, bowls or circles as aquariums. 1. Students should first estimate ( guess) how many combinations they will have. 2. Move or draw items into each aquarium and record the number sentence that your fish represent ( ___ + ___ = 18 or 18 = ___ + ___). 3. Keep track of how many ways. Do you notice a pattern? 4. How do you know you found all the ways? 5. Was your guess close to the actual number of ways to make 18? Example Game Pig (source: https://mathforlove.com/lesson/pig/) This game encourages strategy, estimation, probability and addition. Roll the die and collect points for as long as you want but roll the wrong number and you lose all your points from that turn. If you do not have a die at home the app called “Dice Roll” is free and can be ad free for a small fee. Pig is a game for 2 to 6 players. Players take turns rolling a die as many times as they like. If a roll is a 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, the player adds that many points to their score for the turn. A player may choose to end their turn at any time and “bank” their points. If a player rolls a 1, they lose all their unbanked points and their turn is over. Record your points as you roll. If you decide to end your turn put those points in your “bank” – you cannot lose them. If you roll a one, you get no points to put in your bank for that turn. Beginner’s Game: The first player to score 50 or more points wins. Advanced Game: The first player to score 100 or more points wins. Good questions for students: 1. Do you have a strategy? 2. How do you know your strategy works? Is there a way to test it? 3. Which player do you think has the best strategy? Source: https://mathforlove.com/lesson/pig/ THIS IS ANOTHER IDEA FOR ACTIVITES FOR THE WEEK Covers a little bit of everything This is a fun all-inclusive activity from ASD – N . The story The Stepping Stones is a beautiful story about one family having to leave their home to come to another country to find peace. The art activity that goes with the book would be very popular. http://asd-n.nbed. .ca/sites/asd-n.nbed.nb.ca/files/asdn_weekly_steam_issue_6_joey.savoynbed.nb_.c.pdf Art Rosie invented a flying machine – draw a flying machine that does not need fuel. Let you imagination sore Or follow these instructions. https://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-an-airplane/ https://artprojectsforkids.org/draw-a-ww2-plane/ Send me a picture I’d love to see your creation. Suggestions for Week of May11TH to May 15th . Language Arts Listen to The Mitten by Jan Brett https://safeYouTube.net/w/U8nD Writing and draw What was your favorite animal in the story? Use a book or internet ( with help from a parent) to look up 3 to 4 facts about your animal. Write a paragraph telling about your favorite animal from the story. Take a picture of your paragraph and have mom or dad e-mail it to me at [email protected] Write a paragraph about a special thing that you lost. What was it? Why was it special? How did you lose it? Did you ever find It? Take a picture of your paragraph and have mom or dad e mail it to me at [email protected] (Adapted from file:///C:/Users/ann.armstrong/Downloads/InteractiveReadAloudFreeSamplePack%20(1).pdf) Math This activity will help us improve counting, representing numbers, and patterning . We will create a Foot Parade counting various animal feet, either from the printable attached (From the Website below) or coming up with animals of your choice. (Students could also use stuffies if they would like, or draw pictures of a 4 legged animal, a two legged animal, an eight legged creature, a six legged insect and an animal that has no legs). For this activity we will be working with even numbers from 20 to 30. We will be able to see how different numbers can give you a different sum. (If you wish to use the animals/insects provided you will find them in the link provided below) 1. First choose an even number between 20 and 50. Students can display this number either on their sheet or in some form in front of them (ex. Sidewalk Chalk, twigs, pebbles, etc) 2. Carefully think about what animals will be in their parade. They can use the same animal over again, as long as the animal parade does not include more feet than the number they have chosen. 3. Now we will write a number sentence below their parade to explain how they reached the number they choose. For example, if I choose the number 30. Octopus, ladybug, ladybug, moose, moose, ostrich 8 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 30 ! Then I can do another group of animal legs or pick another number. Obstacle Course - How to Play –We will attempt to complete an obstacle course consisting of tasks using the numbers 1-10. Complete each task two times. Then have students use their double facts to determine the number of times they completed each part. For example, if they find 6 leaves and then 6 more the double would be 6+6=12. Here are some suggested tasks 1. Run/Walk and touch one tree. 2. Walk around your yard two times. 3. Hop on one foot three times. 4. Take giant steps to find four rocks that will fit in your hand. 5. Hop like a frog five times. 6. Find six leaves 7. Do seven jumping jacks. 8. Run on the spot while you count to eight forwards and backwards. 9. Write the number nine using nine items from nature. 10. Pick up ten pieces of garbage. Do each day and change the number of tasks. Source: For pictures for Foot parade or ideas of animals children can draw https://www.youcubed.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WIM-Foot-Parade-Grades-1-2.pdf Another resource to practice with https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/lifeguards/index.html Challenge for foot parade Make a foot parade of any length you choose. Decide on the number of feet. Make an animal parade that equals that number but cover one of the animals. Ask someone at home: How many feet does the animal have that is hiding behind the paper? Extension for Obstacle Course - Have your child complete the obstacle course in sets of 5 or 10 and see if they can figure out how many times they completed each part. THIS IS ANOTHER IDEA FOR ACTIVITES FOR THE WEEK Covers a little bit of everything This is a fun all-inclusive activity from ASD – N . The story “The Diary of a Worm” is a great story to introduce Diary writing. http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/sites/stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/files/doc//y2020/May/asdn_weekly_steam_issue_7.pdf Art Math -- go to Art projects for kids and under drawing there are many neat instructions for drawing all kinds of different animals. OR Paul Klee was a Swiss painter who was famous for trying out lots of different abstract ideas. One of his paintings shows a figure that looks like it was drawn pretty much from one straight line. This Paul Klee drawing project guides students to make a continuous line drawing that resembles one of his famous paintings, “Arrival of the Bridegroom”. https://artprojectsforkids.org/paul-klee-drawing/ I’d love to see what you do this week! Send me a picture.
Language Arts Listen to read aloud The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer https://safeYouTube.net/w/ASrA Writing and drawing On a piece of paper, using the details you heard in the story , draw a picture of the salamander room. Write 3-5 sentences explaining why the room you drew would be perfect for a salamander to live. Make a prediction. Do you think the boy’s mother will let him keep the salamander? Why or Why not? Math This activity will help us improve our counting and comparing numbers. You will need a piece of paper. Divide the paper into 2 columns Movement 1. Walked 2. baby steps 3. Giant steps 4. hops Count 14 steps 27 9 10 Pick a spot where you can walk from a start point and count the number of steps it took you to get to a stop spot. You should be moving in a straight line.
Try again , Have a parent or brother or sister complete the task and count their steps. Was the count different? Can you explain why it might be?This lesson was taken from Source: https://mathforlove.com/lesson-plan/games/ Additional Resources: ASD-S Elementary Math SharePoint site Zorbits is offering a free membership to their site for parents until the end of the year. They are a kindergarten to grade three program and closely linked to our curriculum outcomes (although not exact). Parents who sign up would give their child access to on-line games and receive an e-mail a week with great ideas for math activities to do with their child. https://zorbitsmath.com/ - Click “Free at Home Learning Kits”. Students can also practice counting forward and backward from any number 0-10 on this free website: https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/count-forward-and-backward-up-to-10 THIS IS ANOTHER IDEA FOR ACTIVITES FOR THE WEEK Covers a little bit of everything This is a fun all inclusive activity from ASD – N file:///U:/dayplans/20192020/weekly%20suggestions%20during%20pandemic/asdn_weekly_steam_issue_5.pdf Art ArtProjectsforKids.org Drawing 3D letters—great practice for those fancy letters for projects. https://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-3d-letters/ Hi Boys and Girls!
I am sure you are getting frustrated with being stuck at home all the time, but now that the weather is getter much better, hopefully you can spend more time outside. Tell your parents to check their email for the District's Physical Education Calendar for May! Meanwhile, here is a list of things you can do if the weather isn't cooperating!
Writing suggestions . Choose an idea from below or use one of your own . Do a quick brainstorm send me a picture of your writing. If you can write your story on your computer email it to me.
1. Kindness Counts. Write about a time that someone did something kind for you. What did they do and how did it make you feel? 2. Menu Madness. Imagine that you’re in charge of the school lunch menu for the week. What meals would you include? 3. Wild and Wacky. Imagine your class is on a field trip to the zoo and one of the animals starts talking to you. Which animal is it? What does he tell you? 4. Drinks. Do you like milk? Soda? Lemonade? Name your favorite drink and give three reasons why it’s your favorite. 5. Best Day. What is your favorite day of the week? Write include three reasons why that day is the best. 6. Favorite Film. Choose your favorite animated film of all time and explain why you love it. 7. Bedtime. Explain why it’s important to get plenty of sleep every night. Give at least 3 reasons. How does lack of sleep affect you at school? 8. What’s the Difference? Choose two similar animals, such as a horse and a mule, a crocodile and an alligator, or a leopard and a cheetah. Explain how to tell them apart. 9. Sleep Habits. Some animals sleep standing up. Bats sleep hanging upside down. Birds sleep in trees. Choose an animal, bat, or bird and explain how they sleep without falling. 10. Superpowers. Name one superpower you’d like to have and explain how you would use it. Well, for us it means Tacos! What will you have for supper tonight and how are you keeping busy? Feel free to leave comments and send me emails and photos so I know how you are filling your days? I miss you all so much. I can't wait until we are together again. We have been working out, reading books, drawing pictures, making animal habitats and painting more rocks, of course. |
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