Monday, March 30, 2020

Day 6!

Haaapppppyyyy Mondaaaayyy!!!!!!
Below is a picture of our daily schedule, along with some details on what we will be doing in each subject. 

All of the information below has been posted on Seesaw under the subject's task for the day. All French, Gym and Music tasks will all be created and posted on Seesaw by the teachers who teach your child that subject.

Language
All spelling activities, every week, must be completed on paper and in cursive! 
Your spelling activities are due at the end of the week, which means you have ALL week to complete your spelling activities, just like you do when we are at school. They can then be uploaded on Seesaw by:
  1. Clicking the green “Add Response” on the Spelling Language task
  2. Take pictures of worksheets
  3. Click the green check mark to submit.

Level B Learning Goals: We will be able to identify the rules for when we add -ed, -es or -s to the end of a root word. We will create SUPER sentences using our spelling words.

Level C Learning Goals: We will be able to identify the sounds of vowel pairs and vowel digraphs in our list words. We will create SUPER sentences using our spelling words.
  1. Complete your spelling workbook pages
  2. Complete your spelling SUPER sentences in cursive on a sheet of paper.

Success Criteria:
  • I wrote my sentences in cursive and skipped lines between each sentence.
  • I understand the meaning of each list word and used them in a SUPER sentence with 8 or more words.
  • I began each sentence with a capital letter and ended each sentence with a punctuation mark.
  • I underlined my list word in each sentence and made sure it’s spelled correctly.

Unit of Inquiry
In today’s lesson we will learn about 4 different types of soil and their characteristics. While reading the worksheet, highlight any important information to help you explain the difference between sandy, silty, clay and loamy soil. Once you finish reading and highlighting, watch the video attached to see the difference between sandy, clay and loamy soil.  After you’ve finished all the above, record your voice explaining which type of soil is best for plants and why.
The last part of todays task involves a separating soil experiment. You should have already completed Part 1 before you move onto this experiment. If you do not have a glass jar to complete this today, try to complete it tomorrow or another day of the week when you do have the class jar with a lid. Time to use some FRACTIONS when filling the jar! Follow the procedure very carefully when completing this experiment.
Make sure you draw a what you see BEFORE SHAKING THE JAR, 5 minutes later, and you will have to come back to record the last jar tomorrow. This worksheet must be completed ON PAPER, using pencil crayons/markers to show me what it looks like.
** Remember the importance of washing your hands after playing with soil, even if you used gardening gloves. **
  1. Complete reading & highlight important information
  2. Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7zfeK4OTQ
  3. Record voice explaining which type of soil is best for plants and why
  4. Separating Soil Experiment

Learning Goal: We will be able to identify and describe the different types of soil and their characteristics.
Success Criteria:
  • I can name and describe the 4 different types of soil.
  • I can explain which soil is best to grow plants.
  • I follow safety procedures when playing with soil (ie. Washing hands).

Math
In today’s math activity you have to identify the probability of a variety of events from the spinner. I know there is not much space on the line to fit the WHOLE probability statement (P(favourable outcome) = ____), so I am asking you to write the answer to the question underneath each question. The first two are done for you as an example. It is helpful if highlight any important information like I did in the first two examples.

Learning Goal: We will be able to identify the probability of a variety of events on a spinner.
Success Criteria:
  • I could identify the favourable outcome in each question.
  • I used the probability statement to express the probability of an event in fraction form.

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Friday, March 27, 2020

Day 5!

Happpy Fridaaaayyyyy!!!!

Below is a picture of our daily activities:

Inquiry into Language
Let's have some fun with verbs today! Your task is to see how many verbs you can record on your worksheet within 3 minutes.
1. Start a 3 minutes timer
2. Write down as many verbs you can think of in the first column (without any suffixes added). Ex. If you're using the verb "dancing" you need to write this as "dance" in the first column.
3. Once your timer goes off, start to add the suffixes from each column to each of your verbs. 

Remember to use the suffix rules below to know when to:
- Double the final consonant at the end
- Remove the final "e" before adding the suffix
- Change the "y" to "i" before adding the suffix
Let's see who can think of the most verbs within 3 minutes and add their suffixes correctly! 

Inquiry into Math
In relation to what we've been learning over the past couple days, we will continue to look at how to make reasonable predictions for probability experiments. While some of you may noticed, division helps us make reasonable predictions for each outcome, when given a set number of trials. Join our class conference at 11:00 to review how to solve a reasonable prediction for an experiment.

 Incase you have forgotten how to use long division, watch the video below explaining the steps through a song.

Unit of Inquiry
Today we are exploring the difference between soil textures and structures. 

When we refer to the texture of soil, we are talking about how soil feels; does it feel gritty? Smooth? Sticky? Depending on how it feels, tells you the size of mineral pieces that make it up.

The structure of soil refers to the type of mineral pieces that make up the soil, such as sand, silt or clay.

Soil Texture Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wspKtgHzT-c

French
Check our Mme. Rawan's Youtube video to help you with today's lesson: https://youtu.be/gMBez1VbRtI

Learning goal: Read and understand a text in French, identify silent sounds and the different parts of speech.
Success criteria: I can read and understand a text in French while paying attention to silent letters and identify the parts of speech.

The students read the attached text out loud twice.
-The students prepare a line paper with the date (Vendredi 27 mars 2020) and the title: Lecture.
-The students copy the text using a neat and clear handwriting, and make sure to skip a line to space their text lines.

-The student will now follow the instructions below:
Ø Souligner les lettres silencieuses (underline the silent letters).
Ø Entourer les sujets (circle the subject nouns).
Ø Utiliser une couleur differrente pour souligner les verbes (use a different colour to underline the verbs).
Ø Encadrer les adjectifs (draw a rectangle around the adjectives).
Ø Trouve la réponse à la question dans le texte et écrit la réponse (find the answer to the comprehension question in the text and write it down).

Text:
Des vêtements bruyants

Victor entend un bruit étrange venant de sa chambre. Il entre et fait le tour de la pièce. Il veut trouver d’où provient le bruit. Victor soulève ses vêtements empilés sur le sol. Son robot est pris dessous. C’est lui qui fait ce bruit.

Question:
D’où provident le bruit?

     A.  Du robot de Victor.
     B.  Du sac à dos de Victor.

     C.  Du téléphone de Victor.

 Gym
PE with Ms. V!

Happy Friday everyone!! We made it through the first week of online learning. Congratulations!

For PE today, I have created 2 YouTube videos for you to follow along with. 



Have a fantastic weekend! Check out my Instagram @physedwithmsv for some activities to do this weekend!
Don’t forget to be active! J

Music
Mrs. McMillan would like for you to join her for your music class exercises by watching her Youtube video below and engaging in your daily singing activities she does throughout the video. If you have a sibling in Grades 1 or 2, I would like for you to spend some time together completing this music activity.

 Music with Mrs. McMillan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0p8RhOGroc&t=8s

 Agenda
- Math: Predicted and Actual Results worksheets (2 pages)
- Unit of Inquiry: Soil Texture & Structure Worksheet & dig up soil
- Inquiry into Language: Verb Fun!
- French: Oral reading and Comprehension Activities
- Gym: Ms. V's DPA videos
- Music: Join Mrs. McMillan's vocal exercises video
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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Day 4!

Good morning Grade 3s!
Our daily class conference will be from 11:00 - 12:00. We will have our math lesson during this time again since yesterday went well!! Don't forget to bring all your supplies like yesterday incase you need to use them. 

 Below is a picture of our daily schedule!

Language
We will continue to explore suffixes to ensure we are applying the rules correctly depending on the suffix you have to add to the end of a word. In today's activity, you have to complete a worksheet by adding the suffixes from each column.
Once you've finished this worksheet, you need to pick 4 of those word families and write a sentence for each of them, unless you accept the challenge below. For example, if I picked the word family that belongs to work, I would have to use all 5 of these words that belong to this word family "work, worker, works, working, worked," each in their own sentence. This means you should have a total of 20 sentences.
A Challenge for you to accept!
Instead of writing individual sentences for each word, I challenge you to create a paragraph for each of the 4 word families you selected. Take a look at my example below for the words "work, works, worker, working, worked". P.S. you cannot use my example😜
"My dad works as a construction worker in Mississauga. He is such a hard worker, always making sure he finishes the work he has to do on time. One day I went to his work and saw him working on building a wooden frame. Last night he worked so late that I didn’t even get to say goodnight to him. I am so proud of how hard my dad works." 
Math
In math today, we will be learning about fair vs unfair spinners and how this affects the probability of an event occurring. We will have our lesson together at 11:00 so make sure you bring your math materials. Before our lesson I want you to think about:
What do you think the difference is between a fair and unfair spinner? 
Can you create an example to show me your thinking?

Unit of Inquiry
In today's reading, you will learn about the different nutrients that plants have and their roles.
After reading the article on Seesaw, watch the video that is attached to deepen your knowledge on the 3 plant nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. 
Soil Nutrients: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrhZKuG-HY

Once you have finished reading the text and watching the video, it's time to fill in the blanks on each petal. Use the text you are provided with to help you fill in those blanks.

French
Thursday, March 26th, 2020
Learning goal: Develop listening skills in French and identify previously learned nouns and verbs.
Success criteria: I can listen to a French narration and identify words I know.
-         Students will watch the linked video below two to three times (more or less if needed):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mKiqtYTbdc

-         While listening they should focus on pronunciation and vocabulary: try to identify the words that they already know or learned in the previous days of this week and write them down on a notepad, white board or a sheet of paper.

-         Now students will need to make a table with at least 6 boxes, in each they should write one of the words that they noted down while watching the video and draw what it represents (words can be nouns or verbs). 
Note to students: make sure to properly and neatly present your work on the sheet (date, title…).

Gym
PE with Ms. V!

Hello everyone!

I hope you all enjoyed the workout video I had created for all of you! I’d love to see some photos or videos, and I will try to include my puppy Jay in more of my videos and posts!

Today’s task for PE is your choice as I prepare the next YouTube video!

Choose from the list below, or get creative and use your imagination today!
  1. Ms. V’s Workout Video - https://youtu.be/jaGPih5WR0M
  2. A video from “Little Sports” - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIwFB4ciFi5ZCIu-VlwaOg/videos
  3. Cosmic Kids Yoga - https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga/videos
  4. Use your creativity and imagination!

*Don’t forget to fill out your activity logs and send me updates via evasconcelos@stjudesacademy.com or on WhatsApp 905-617-2577

PE CHALLENGE!
The Phys-Ed team (myself, Mr. Orr and Mr. Beresford) have decided to run a competition amongst all students at SJA! Each Wednesday there will be a physical challenge that ends the following Tuesday. If a photo or video is sent to me, you automatically get 100 house points!! On Tuesday next week, we will be choosing a winner from JK-2, 3-6, 7-10. The winner will be chosen based on your ability to properly do the skill and how long you do the skill for. The winner will get 1000 house points!

This week’s challenge is the plank! JK-2 may try the “bird dog”. Try to do a plank for 60 seconds!! You can start with 10 seconds today, try 20 seconds tomorrow, and work your way up to a minute!

@physedwithmsv

Agenda
- Language: Suffix Search Worksheet & Sentences or Paragraph
- UOI: Nutrients from the Soil Reading and Writing worksheets
- Math: Fair vs. Unfair Spinner worksheets (3 pages)
- French: Video plus reflection
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Day 3!

Good morning Grade 3s!
Our class call will be from 11:00 - 12:00 today and we will be having our math lesson together so save your math sheets to complete at this time! Please ensure you are ready for our lesson by having a print out of the math sheets/ Seesaw open on another tab or some paper with them to work through the problems together (and a pencil of course).

 Below is a picture of the tasks to complete for today. Thank you for all the hard work you have been putting in to ensure you are completing the tasks that were assigned for the day.

Inquiry into Language
You will continue to explore suffixes today. There are two worksheets for you to complete on Seesaw. Based on yesterday's learning experiences, you should be able to edit both of these documents online to complete right on Seesaw.
It is very important that you think of the meaning of words once you've added a suffix to a root word since it's meaning changes. (ex. jump → jumper: you could not use both of these words in the same sentence)

Unit of Inquiry
Yesterday, you should have read through the three pages on how water, plants and animals help soil and highlighted all of the important information. Using this information that you highlighted, complete the first UOI worksheet on Seesaw which required you to write a summary of how water, plants and animals help soil, in your own words. Once you finish this summary it would be nice if you drew a picture showing how water, plants and animals help soil. I'm curious to see how you draw pictures using the paint and pencil tools on Seesaw. If you are not using Seesaw and need to reread the articles from yesterday again, go to yesterdays blog to find the images.
Once you finish this activity you are going to read a text on The Importance of Soil. As instructed on Seesaw, you have to summarize each paragraph on the reflection worksheet where there are lines for you to write on. You should be able to submit this right on Seesaw after you've completed it.😊

Math
Our online video call at 11 will revolve around our math lesson, so please do not complete the math sheets before our lesson. We will work through them together.

Today focuses on exploring predictions in probability. This means we will be looking at how we can create a reasonable prediction around the certain events that may be possible based on the results after so many trials. We will also be looking at how we can predict the number of times a favourable outcome occurs when given a specific number of trials and probability of each event.

French
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020

Learning goal: Read and understand new vocabulary words and conjugate verbs correctly to match the subject.
Success criteria: I can read and understand new words and conjugate verbs correctly to match the subject.

-The students are provided with a sheet (print if possible and keep in the folder with the rest of your work) that contains more vocabulary related to the unit.

- The students read and try to define the words or find their equivalent in English. 


- The students will complete a worksheet following the instructions on it (to be printed and completed and an answer key is provided but only to be shown to them after they have completed the worksheet on their own or at least tried their best).
Parents, please print out the French worksheets from this mornings email.

Gym
PE with Ms. V! 

Hello everyone! 

Today Ms. V has something very special for you to do for PE! I have created my very own workout video on YouTube for all of you to follow along with. Make sure you have your water bottle, maybe a yoga mat or blanket to kneel on for certain exercises. You can repeat this workout as many times as you'd like, but make sure you drink lots of water to replenish your body! 

We will be working on our cardio, leg muscles, arm muscles and our core (tummy) muscles. 
Are you ready!?!? 


Music
I was so happy to hear so many wonderful compositions about the importance of "staying home!" I heard  lovely singing, piano playing and lovely lyrics written.  Today in music class please listen to the example of a concerto.  A concerto is a piece of music where one or more instruments plays in front of an orchestra.  You will find this example on:
  1. Please click on the green arrow and listen to examples of a concerto including Bach's concerto.
  2. Please draw a picture or write a story that explains how the music makes you feel, or what it makes you think of.  Examples could include what instruments does the music make you think of (flute?  Violin?). 
  3. When you are finished you play  musical games on the game section such as "Play note names" and
    compose your own music.
  4.  Next you may write rhythms which can include spring words to match the rhythm.  A fun way you can do this would be outside on your sidewalk with chalk!  Be creative and have fun!  Or inside on paper with markers or crayons.  For example "I love spring flowers" ta, ti ti , ta, ta" - quarter note, eighth note eighth note, quarter note, quarter note.  
  5.  I will be recording a video for next class that you can sing along with at home.  If you have any requests for songs that you love that we sing in class please email them to me at amcmillan@stjudesacademy.com.  I will try to include the songs that you love to sing!

    Mrs. McMillan😃
Agenda
- Math: Exploring Predictions (2 pages)
- Math: Dice Roll Investigation
- Language: Suffix Rules Worksheet (2 pages)
- UOI: How weather, plants and animals help soil paragraph worksheet
- UOI: The Importance of Soil Worksheet
- French: Vocabulary Activity
- Gym: Ms. V's exercise challenge
- Music: Bach's concerto reflection & Rhythm creation activity
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Day 2!!!

Good morning Video!
Our class meeting call will be from 11:00 - 12:00. Can't wait to see you all then. 

Below is a picture of the work that is assigned for today.

Inquiry into Language
Today you will continue to explore suffixes by adding them to the end of words.
There are some suffix rules to remember when adding suffixes to a root word:

If the root word ends with the letter pattern that follows consonant, vowel, consonant, like run, then you must double the final consonant before adding the suffix
run → runner → running
Remember how I always tell you to check if a word makes sense by using it in a sentence, well here is a perfect example. Sometimes there are verbs that do not follow this rule for certain suffixes. Take run for example. If I used the rule above to add the suffix "-ed" it would be runned. Now let's use that in a sentence. Make sure you read the sentence out loud.
Yesterday, I runned to the park to catch my brother.
Hmmm... that doesn't sound right... can you figure out what the past tense of run is to make this sentence make sense? 
First person to write it in the comment box at the end of this blog post, with their name, will get 1 house point when we return to school!

In the image below you will see some more suffix rules that you may need to use in future activities.
Watch the Video Below!
Doubling the Final Consonant Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmO1KoPY5aU

Today's worksheets require you to sort words based on whether you need to double a consonant or not, before adding a suffix, along with reflect on the rules we talked about above and in the video you watched. Read the example on the worksheet to better understand what to do.
The second worksheet requires you to add a variety of suffixes to the root words provided, while making sure that you follow the suffix rules provided.

Inquiry into Math
Today in Math you are learning about how to identify outcomes of an "experiment" and predict what the results could be based on the possible outcomes you have. Let's review some information from yesterdays videos.

  • Probability is the chance of a particular event happening. You might also say the likelihood of an event happening
  • We can express the probability of an event as a fraction, decimal or percent. You will be focusing on representing probability as fractions, however if you want to challenge yourself you can try to solve the decimal and percent that equals that fraction.
  • When we write the probability of an event as a fraction the numerator represents the amount of favourable outcomes in that experiment. Favourable means the event you want to happen. The denominator represents the total number of outcomes from that experiment. 
  • The probability of all outcomes in an experiment add up to 1! (Ex. the probability of landing on head is 1/2 and the probability of landing on tails is 1/2. Those are the only two possible outcomes when flipping a coin, and when I add 1/2 + 1/2 it equals 2/2, which is equal to 1. 
On today's worksheets you will have to identify all possible outcomes and all of the different outcomes given a specific scenario. Listen to the verbal instructions on Seesaw for today's math worksheets better understand the difference between these two. You will also have to make more marble jars to match the probability provided.

Unit of Inquiry
In today's lesson you will learn all about soil! There are 6 worksheets for today's UOI lesson, however they are very short and easy to understand.

The first activity is 3 pages and explains what soil is and what it is made of. Once you finish listening to my reading of the first two pages on Seesaw, complete the third page using information from the reading to show your your understanding of what soil is made of.
The second activity is a reading and highlighting activity. You are required to read the three pages on how Weather, Plants and Animals help Soil. While reading, you have to highlight any of the important information. It is so so so important that you distinguish between what is important information and which information isn't very important. Tomorrow you will be using the information you highlighted to create a paragraph about how weather, plants and animals help soil. I know some of you may be eager to get started on the paragraph today however, try not to jump ahead and do this today because the instructions that I give tomorrow may be different from what you do today. In these readings it tells you to copy the bottom text into your notebook, and I know you probably really want to copy them down 😉 however I'm going to tell you, you do not have to do this.😊

Gym with Ms. V!
https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/ 
Hello everyone!

Today, Ms. V is creating something special for you! Your job today is to pick your own activity (or activities) to play in order to be active for 60 minutes!

Need some ideas?
  • Run around in the backyard or basement
  • Kick a ball around the house [be careful!]
  • Find a couple videos on GoNoodle
  • Check out Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube
  • Run up and down the stairs
  • Dance or Freeze Dance with your parents or siblings
  • Make your own Dance or Gymnastics routine using what you remember from our unit
  • Bear Walks, Crab walks, Walk backwards, Bunny hops, Frog jumps, etc. down the hallway and back in your home
  • Ms. V’s Instagram Channel - @physedwithmsv

Send me photos and videos of your creative games and ideas! J
***Make sure you fill out your Activity Log to track your activity throughout the day!

You can also check out my PE Instagram@physedwithmsv
I will be posting daily challenges and other resources to help you stay active at home!

Keep up the great work!

French with Mme. Rawan
Mme. Rawan would like for you to watch this Youtube video of her welcoming you back in French! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flc_sh-FyCI

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020

Learning goal: Conjugate new verbs and write complete sentences following correct sentence structure.
Success criteria: I can conjugate new verbs and use them correctly to write complete sentences following the correct sentence structure.

-       Students review yesterday’s brainstorm mind map.

-       On a lined sheet of paper, they write down the date, title and conjugate the following verbs: “Jardiner”, “Planter”, “Arroser” and “Cultiver”. (The students can do this independently).

-         Once they have completed the conjugation, students will have to use these verbs correctly conjugated along with some new words from the brainstorm to write 7-10 sentences (more or less is up to the student to decide what they believe they can do).

Below are some example sentences:
1-    Je jardine pendant le printemps.
2-    Nous arrosons les fleurs chaque matin.
3-    Ma maman plante des graines dans le jardin.

Agenda
- UOI: All About Soil reading & worksheet
- UOI: How Plants, Animals and Weather help Soil Reading and Highlighting
- Math: Identifying Outcomes and Predicted Results (2 pgs) & Probability as Fractions with Decimals
- Language: Suffix Rule Worksheet & Suffix Rule Reflection Worksheet
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