Parents:
As you know we have been given guidelines from Alberta Education that suggest we provide ~5 hours of schoolwork per week focused mainly on literacy and math. We will work to follow these guidelines but also hope to continue integrating more of our science and social studies work that students have already started. We will work to follow these guidelines. Each week we also hope that you will be able to determine a schedule that works best for your family. Each task has an estimated amount of minutes per week that the task may take. This is just an approximation, each student will work at their individual pace.
We would really appreciate feedback by the end of the week about a few things. We are all figuring this out together and want to make sure the work we are doing is working for you. Please send me an email and comment on:
- How was the workload? Do you need more things to keep your child going or was it difficult to work through the activities provided?
- What activities were tough?
- What areas need more practice?
- Where is your child ready for more of a challenge?
We will do our best to adjust things for the weeks to come based on your feedback.
The basic instructions for each task are here on the blog. We have shared this same document with all the worksheets and visuals to your child’s google docs. The document is called Learn From Home Week #1 Room 4. Your child can access this by logging in to their email account or clicking this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kUJrZSe5Upz8i_xl2ZhWanUCLZk2tEjheib1bWC9jBQ/edit?usp=sharingDear Students,
Welcome to our first week of learning-from-home Room 4. Each week we will send you tasks to complete and ways to show me how things are going. We know that things are weird right now and depending on your family’s situation it may be challenging to complete everything. Don’t worry, it’s ok if you can’t do everything or if you need to take some extra time. Just let me know if you need help. I will be working every day and can be contacted via email if you need anything.
How to “Hand In” Your Work
- We would like you to do all your Week’s work on Google Docs or Google Slides.
- Please share your document as soon as you create it. This will allow us to see your work at any time during the week, whether you are finished or not. We can comment and help with edits. For sharing, email it to sacjones@educbe.ca
- How you organize your work in Google Docs is up to you and your parents can help you with this.
- We would suggest that you give each subject a title and put all the work underneath it. To help you with this, we have put all the headings in red.
- If you have access to a printer, you may want to print out this document and do the work on the worksheets (ie Science/cursive writing) and then take a picture of it. Please insert the picture into your google docs or slides. You can do this by dragging the picture from your desktop into the doc/slide.
Daily Five Activities (to be done throughout the week)
MATH
Listen to Reading: Please complete your assignment on Raz-Kids. You must listen and read the book before completing the quiz. Only complete the quiz once. (approx 30 min)
Read to Self:Please also make sure you are doing at least 20 minutes of reading everyday. For one of these days, we ask that you complete a read to self ticket. You can just fill this out on your google doc. Tell us what book you are reading and write a sentence telling us what was your favourite part and why.
If you need some new books to read please check out the Calgary Public Library for some great e-books or you can find books in the Raz-kids reading room. On the link section of the blog there are some links for the Tumblebooks libraries also. (approx 20 minutes)
Cursive writing: On a piece of lined paper, write down the riddle and it’s answer twice. You can also print this sheet out and fill it in that way too. It is not necessary to hand this in, have your parents admire your lovely handwriting. (approx 10 min)
Work on Writing (WOW): Each week we will give you a writing prompt for your assignment. Each week mom or dad will decide if you are going to write your WOW entry on the computer or on a piece of paper. Learning to type is a great skill but it is also important to keep practicing your printing skills by writing on a piece of paper or your own journal book at home. Mom and Dad will help you find a balance between these skills. It is not ok to argue with Mom and Dad’s decision on this. We are giving this choice to them, not to you. (approx 30-45 minutes, but I do know some of my students will need extra time.)
Here is this week’s Work on Writing, WOW #1
Tell me how your family is adjusting to our new staying safe measures. Are mom and dad working from home? What are you doing to stay busy and entertained? How are you feeling about all these changes?
Journal checklist:
- Make a plan, including a beginning, middle and end for your journal
- Interesting beginning- make your beginning catchy and wanting the reader to read on
- You should have 2 similes/ metaphors
- Using interesting and juicy/descriptive words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)- brainstorm a word bank with your parents or older sibling
- Make sure you use description when telling us what you have been doing (use the 5 senses when you can) It is the biggest part of your journal.
- Good concluding sentence to wrap up your journal
Writing expectations:
Grade 3: 10-14 sentences
Grade 4: 15-20 sentences written in paragraphs
MATH
Math Stretch
Look carefully in the bottom right hand corner of each problem to do the problem for your grade level. We would like you to try and complete one problem each day. (approx 10 min)
MATHLETICS
This week, please login to mathletics and do the activities assigned to you. Remember to use Safari or Explorer instead of google chrome for best results. (approx 15 min)
MATH ACTIVITY
Grade 3’s: This week I would like to review our multiplication strategies. If you need a reminder, look for the strategy sheets that were packed in your belonging bags. (they had 4 boxes and a number line). Please complete the questions below. We did not do near facts, so if you are not comfortable with that one ask a parent or skip it. Print out and complete. If you can’t print it, that is okay, you can just type up the answers on your google doc, write them down on a piece of paper and send a picture. (approx 30 min)
If you have cards, some cups and a bouncy ball, you can play Quidditch with a family member.
Grade 4’s: This week I would like to review our long division strategies. We have been practicing strategy D & E in class. Please answer question 1 in your math scribbler and take a picture of it. (approx 30 min)
I will also be emailing you a game called Long Division Tic Tac Toe to play with your family.
SCIENCE
Print out and complete. If you can’t print it, that is okay, you can just type up the answers on your google doc, write them down on a piece of paper and send a picture.
This experiment asks you to use materials you may not have at your house. Be creative and use things that you have around your house. Do not feel that you have to have the exact materials. Mom and Dad can help you with this. Cardstock and index cards are a stronger type of paper, so if you only have regular paper you may want to double or triple it or fold it a couple of times. (approx 30 min)
GYM and MUSIC (optional)
Let’s keep moving every day! This week we were supposed to start our dance residency with DANCEPL3Y. Since we aren’t able to work with them in-person they very kindly sent along a Youtube link so you can dance along at home! Enjoy! DANCEPL3Y HERE
Mr. O'Reilly has also posted some lessons to his blog to check out if you would be musicians would like. https://drewcoffinmusic.blogspot.com/
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