Monday, June 1st

Good morning!

I hope you all had a relaxing weekend and that you managed to stay warm yesterday. Brrr! Here are a few ideas to get your school week started...

Language: Your word wall words this week are:

• probably
• through (i.e. I accidentally walked through a spider's web.)
• threw (i.e. I threw a great spiral while playing football.)
• weather (i.e. The weather outside is wonky cold!)
• whether (i.e. I can't decide whether to play Minecraft or Skylanders.)

Complete the sheet below. You can choose 2 additional words from a previous week to fill out the chart.

Math: Today we are going to learn about perimeter:

Can you thinking of an example in daily life when you might need to measure perimeter? My sister needed to know the perimeter of her garden when she purchased this netting to protect her veggies from squirrels and bunnies:

If I successfully convince my husband that we need a puppy, we will have to calculate the perimeter of our backyard to build a fence so that the adorable puppy doesn't run away!

I have assigned you a brief video on Epic Books that clearly explains how to calculate perimeter.

Now you can complete today's worksheet. Remember to show your addition and to include the units (cm) in your answer: Perimeter Practice

Have a super day and look for opportunities to practise your growing measurement skills! 

Fun Friday, May 29th

Here are some learning suggestions for Fun Friday!

Word Ladder:

Math:

Try this measurement game to practise your measuring as well as your adding skills. If you don't have a printer, make your own game board using a ruler and challenge someone to play! Round your measurements to the nearest cm.

Line Up!

Science: This week's Mystery Doug investigates whether unicorns are real and includes a bonus box of magic tricks. You will want to show the last trick with the ape to all your family members - it is hilarious! Mystery Doug: Unicorns and Magic Tricks

Religion: Here is a wonderful YouTube animated video which explains Jesus' Ascension: Jesus' Ascension

Have a fabulous weekend 2/3 W Families!

Thursday, May 27th

Good morning boys and girls,

I hope you have been managing to stay cool over these past couple of days. It feels like the middle of summer out there!

Language:  Have you ever wondered why we put our money in piggy banks? Why pigs and not doggie or mousy banks? Today you will read about the origins of piggy banks and then answer a few comprehension questions. You can also access these pages at the following link (the quality will be better): Piggy Banks

Math: Try this measurement sheet out! You will need a ruler.

Centimetres, Metres and Kilometres

Happy Birthday Joshua!

Pianos

Joshua, the birthday boy, read a book on Epic all about pianos and wrote this very informative piece. Some of the information also comes from his own mind and memory. Thank you for sharing!

Artworks

Here is Xander's explanatory paragraph about creating artworks. I also included one of the artworks Xander created for his narrative "Xander's Magical Journey" - just looking at the bright colours, straight lines and smooth colouring makes me feel cheerful and peaceful. Thank you for sharing your talents with us, Xander!

Tasmanian Devils

Gia researched Tasmanian Devils and she has a special job for you - read until the end of her informative piece to find out what she would like you to research...

Wednesday, May 27th

Good morning!

Language: Hopefully you found an interesting topic to research and managed to fill up yesterday's graphic organizer. Today you get to use your research to write an explanatory paragraph. Remember to include both topic and closing sentences as well as at least three detail sentences. If you discovered lots of interesting facts during your research, you can always organize your information into a few explanatory paragraphs. For example, if you have chosen an animal, you might write one paragraph about its habitat, and a second paragraph about its habits. I am looking forward to learning from all of your new areas of expertise!

Math: Today you will do a similar activity as yesterday's but you will be looking for items that you estimate to be about 1 metre long (a giant footstep). You will need either a metre stick or measuring tape to do your measuring. If you don't have any of these - no worries! Get a piece of string and use a ruler to measure 100 cm!

Tuesday, May 26th

Good morning!

Language:
Today you get to research any non-fiction topic that fascinates you and that you want to learn more about. It could be about an animal, a country, a flag...whatever is interesting to you.You can go on Epic and click on Explore to search for different topics. Once you have chosen a topic, read the book and fill out the graphic organizer below with your ideas for your paragraph. Remember this is just a plan so it doesn't have to look perfect!

Math: For today's measurement activity. you will need a metric ruler (units are in cm and not inches). You will be using your estimating, rounding and measuring skills. Before you do, watch this quick video on how to accurately use a ruler. When you start measuring your objects, you can round them to the nearest cm. Measuring to the Nearest Centimetre

Monday, May 25th

Good morning families!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Here are some ideas for your Monday learning:

Language: This week's word wall words are:

• your (I like your spunk!)
• you're (I think you're very kind.)
• found
• float
• discover

Complete the sheet below. Choose a challenging word wall word from a previous week as your 6th word.

Math: This week we begin linear measurement! Take a look at this video to review measurement units. Get ready to rock out! I found myself doing the robot while listening to it! Metric System Song

I usually tell students that:

•  1 cm is about as wide as a their pinkie finger
•  1 m is about the length of a really big step or hop (depends how long your legs are)
• 1 km takes about 15 minutes to walk (less if you are walking briskly). 

On the following page, choose whether you would measure the objects using centimetres (cm) or metres (m). 

Except Adam: Joshua's Informational Paragraph!

All living mammals have mothers. Humans and animals are both mammals. Most mammals have fur, but humans are the only ones with hair. They are both mammals. Both animal and human mammals grow inside their mothers, except for Adam who God created whole. The mothers feed milk to their mammal babies (both animal and man) from their bodies. All mammals have mothers (except Adam) who feed their babies milk. Most mammals are covered in fur except humans are covered in hair.

Friday, May 22nd

Good morning!

It was wonderful to catch up with a few of you yesterday and to say goodbye to Mr. K. Juan Miguel read a lovely prayer written by his sister Lyra. I will post it so that you can share it with your family today. Thank you Lyra for your faith-filled words.

Language:

We are going to continue with our procedural writing next week. Today being Fun Friday, you get to take a bit of a break and complete the following word ladder!

Mystery Doug: Watch How Do Flowers Bloom in Spring? It includes an awesomely cool bonus segment about animals and their babies. 

Math: Grab some counters, dice and a partner and play this fractions game! If you can't print it off, you can grab a ruler and pencil and make a simple version of this game board. You can use either game board or both. The second one is a bit more challenging. Have fun!

Thursday, May 21

Good morning!

I am so looking forward to meeting with you this morning at 10 on our class Google Meet! Here is what I would like you to work on today!

Language:
Hopefully you read the book about mammals that I assigned on Epic Books and filled out yesterday's graphic organizer. Maybe it looks something like this:

Today, you get to transform this chart into an explanatory paragraph using complete sentences! Your paragraph should contain at least 5 sentences: 1 topic, 3 or 4 detail sentences and 1 closing sentence. The information from yesterday and today's posts will help you with this task!

Math Corner

Try these fraction sheets - don't get spooked by the word "test" at the top! You can also find them using this link: Fraction Review

Wednesday, May 20th

Good morning!

Google Meet:
I sent all of you a Google Meet invitation for Thursday morning at 10. It will be nice to see each other again. It will also give us an opportunity to say goodbye to Mr. K as I will now be assigning you Math activities. If you able to join us for this Meet, please go to your e-mail and accept the invitation!

Language:
Last week, we focused on reading and understanding non-fiction texts. This week, we are going to do some research and some informational/explanatory writing. Explanatory writing is non-fiction and tells the reader about a topic. Here is a great anchor chart that shows you how to structure an explanatory (informational) paragraph.

Here is an example of an explanatory paragraph. I used a highlighter to show you the parts of the paragraph:

Today, I would like you to log onto Epic Books, and read the book about mammals that I assigned to you. If you do not have our class code, please e-mail me.

Once you have read it, I would like you to to fill out this graphic organizer explaining what makes a mammal a mammal. You do not have to use complete sentences for the details as this is just to organize your thinking. Tomorrow, you will turn these ideas into a paragraph!

Mr. K's Math Corner:

You can find the link for the page below at: Thinking About Fractions

A Spinnin' and a Graphin'!

DJ Juan Carlos is spinning some wacky slow-mo word wall words in the video below. Check it out!

Gia combined probability and graphing in a game she created to practise her word wall words with her Mom. Very creative!

Tuesday, May 19th

Good morning 2/3W students,

I hope you had a wonderful long weekend and that you had a chance to enjoy some of that delightful warm weather! I did a lot of gardening and showed those dandelions who's boss! Here are some learning ideas for your Tuesday:

Language: Use this week's word wall words listed below to complete the following activity:

• buy
• by
• another
• question
• usually

Mr. K's Math Corner:

This week we will continue our fractions unit. Please watch this video before starting your practice.Fractions for Kids

Complete the sheet below which you can also access at this link: Fraction Fill & Compare

Friday, May 15th

Language: Here is a fun Friday word ladder:

Here is another activity to get you moving!

Mr. K's Math Corner:

Check out this link for the page below: Division and Fractions

Have a terrific long weekend! Have fun and stay safe! There will be no blog post on Monday as it is the Victoria Day holiday! 💗

Happy Birthday Noah!

Noah turns 9 years old on Sunday! Happy Birthday Noah! We miss you!

Lyka's Messages of Hope!

Check out these thoughtful and beautiful messages of hope made by our friend Lyka! Thank you so much Lyka!

News from George!

George's Mom shared these pictures of him working hard and posing with his sweet sisters. It is great to see you, George!

Thursday, May 15th

Language:
Here is an EQAO text about dragonflies. It is filled with some of the text features (subtitles, diagrams, text boxes) that we learned about before Catholic Education Week. It is a Grade 3 level text. Use the pictures, diagrams and labels to help you make sense of the text if you can't decode all the words!

Now try these multiple choice questions about the text. Choose the best answer  - it is always a good idea to go back to the text to be sure. Highlight the proof in your text with your computer cursor.

Now use APE to answer the following question. Remember to answer in complete sentences and to find your proof in the text!

Check out this brief video about Dragonflies which shows their flying in slow motion and captures the movement of their wings! Dragonflies

Mr. K's Math Corner:

You can also access the page below at this link: Sophie's Marbles and Ricky's Fish