Begin by writing the date at the top of your page. Remember the "math date" starts with the day of the month, then the month of the year (what number do we use for October?), then the year. Can you do this by yourself?. You may need to watch the beginning of the video, pausing to look at our calendar for help.
Now get ready to write our number word and tallies together. Watch the video, and work along at the same time. Pausing if you need extra time.
Now, draw the part of the number grid below on your page. Fill in the empty boxes around our number of the day. Remember that we are working in the 8s column of the chart, and how to count on and back to find one more and one less than a given number.
Today's Lesson: Solving Carnival Number Stories
Have your child recall strategies he/she has used to solve number stories. Sample answers: Using counters to act out the story; drawing pictures; counting on fingers Explain that today they will continue practicing strategies for solving number stories. Take a look at the picture below, and talk about carnivals with your child. Explain to them that when you play carnival games, you often win tickets to purchase prizes. To build context (if your child has never been to a carnival), youtube carnival games.
Make up a few number stories based on the items on the poster. (examples below.) Encourage your child to use whatever strategies they wish to help them solve the problems. Also ask your child if he/she can solve it in a different way.
After discussing solution strategies, encourage your child to write possible number models, using _____ (blanks) to represent the unknown. Remind them that they can use diagrams to organize their thinking. Keep in mind that there are multiple possible number models for a particular story. Below are number stories with sample solution strategies and tools that children might use.
Have your child use the picture above to write 3 number stories about carnival prizes and tickets in their notebook or on a loose sheet of paper.
Language Arts
Get ready to write all about your October break. First, let's think about what we did...
Think about all of the fun things that you did on your October break. Tell your parent or helper all about them. How was your break? What did you do? What are 4 exciting things that you did on your break?
Write your topic sentence. Say out out loud to your parent or helper.
Now you try! What is your topic sentence. Make sure that yours is different than mine. What is the main idea of your October break writing?
Now that you have written your topic sentence. Lets talk about how to sequence our ideas.
Practice telling your four exciting events out loud to your parent or helper. Use the words first, next, then, and finally to when you tell them.
Now, I want you to try writing all about your break, sequencing your ideas. I can't wait to read them! You can take a photo of your writing to email to me, or you can bring it to school when we return to our in class learning.
Here is a photo of my finished writing about my break. Can you read it out loud. Do you have any questions for me?
Unit of Inquiry
before the break, we planted lots of different kinds of seeds in our window green house. Here is an update on how they look now...
What were you most surprised about? Why do you think that some of the seeds haven't grown? Do you think that they still will? How long do you think that these plants can continue to grow in the bags? Do you think that they need to be planted in soil?
Read 'Two Seeds.'
In your notebook, or on your paper, I would like you to recreate the graphic organizer below.
Today you are going to do four experiments to see how seeds move. You can learn a little more from re-watching this flipped learning video below.
Parents/helpers, while your child is watching this video, you can collect seeds (poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, mustard seeds, or any other type of seed you may have in your kitchen will do). You may also wish to go outside with your child and collect some seeds from your garden, or the neighbourhood to conduct the following experiments. You will also need cotton or soft fabric, a plate, a piece of paper with a line drawn on it, and a pan of water.
In the first quadrant of your graphic organizer, write 'animals,' then do the following experiment:
Spread a handful of seeds on a plate. Now pick up a piece of fur (cotton) and touch the plate. Turn the fur over and look at it. What do you notice? Record your observations in this quadrant. You may write words of draw pictures. You can repeat the experiment several times. Brush the seeds back onto the plate each time you are done.
In the next quadrant, write 'wind,' and then do the following experiment:
Place a small line of seeds on the line on your paper. Bend down and gently blow the seeds. What do you notice? Repeat the experiment blowing harder, and blowing more gently. Record what you notice in this quadrant. Use pictures and/or words In the next quadrant, write 'water,' and then do the following experiment:
Place 4 or 5 seeds at one end of the pan of water. Gently tip the pan so that the water moves, but does not spill. What happens to the seeds? Record what you notice in the quadrant.
In the last quadrant, write 'gravity,' and then do the following experiment:
Pick up a seed and drop it. What happens? For each seed, record what happens when you drop it. Use pictures or words to show your observations.
Music
Art
Physical Education
PE recommandations for this week: Get outside in the garden and play with siblings :) Ideas: hopscotch, build a hut, build an obstacle course, pass-pass with balls, play tag, create a choreography, practice your skills if you have the equipment (bike, swim, kick, shoot)...Move and have fun. Mrs Guillemette