I hope everyone had a very wonderful long weekend! Although it was a bit rainy yesterday, Saturday and Sunday were quite nice! It was also nice to chat with everyone last week...I’m glad that we are all doing well. Keep up the great work! Who had a good campout at the zoo over the weekend? I hope that you had a fun time pretending to be an animal at the zoo. This week, I have a poem about a particular animal that comes back in the spring...the robin!
Spelling Words: 1) cozy 2) wait 3) hardly 4) mother 5) father 6) brother 7) sister 8) best 9) nest 10) family Additional Questions: 1) Write sentences with the following words: tree: ___________________________________________ apple: ____________________________________________ family: : _____________________________________________ 2) Which 2 words rhyme? ___________________ 3) What is another word for cozy? _______________ 4) Do you have somewhere in your house that you think is cozy? ____________________________________________________ 5) What is another word for mate? _______________ 6) In the poem, why was the robin so happy to sing to you? _________________________________________________ 7) What do you and your family like to do together? ___________________________________________________
Happy Friday! Thanks for working hard all week! This is a long weekend coming up, with Monday being Victoria Day. I have a super fun activity for you to do over the weekend. First, the Toronto Zoo is offering a “virtual campout” this weekend. If you are available at that time, join them by CLICKING HERE. They have activities from 7:45pm-8:45pm for Saturday and Sunday. Next, visit the Toronto Zoo YouTube page and find an animal that you want to get to know. There are lots of animals that they introduce you to, from orangutans to rhinos to giraffes! You are going to pretend you are that animal living at the zoo this weekend. I want you to write a journal entry about your day as that animal living in the zoo. What do you do during the day? What do you do for fun? What do you eat? I am excited to see which zoo animal you will be and how life is like as that animal in the zoo!! Have a wonderful weekend and hope you enjoy your campout at the zoo!
Yesterday, you practiced counting some coins. Today, you will count a bunch of different coins again...this time with loonies! You do the same thing where you first organize the coins from the one that is worth the most to the one that is worth the least. The only difference is that you have to use ''dollar'' and use the decimal to show ''cents''. Here is another video for you today and the picture example.
First, you start off with the loonie, which is worth $1.00. When you add a quarter, you add $1.00+$0.25 to get $1.25. Next, you add a dime to $1.25, $1.25+$0.10 is $1.35. Finally, you add a nickel. $1.35+$0.05 is $1.40. You have $1.40 in total.
Practice
again with the following activity sheet. You can write down the value under
each coin to help you count like how I did above.
CHALLENGE: This one has coins all mixed up...remember to put them in
order and then count them. You can draw them out onto another piece of
paper.
** When you are done everything, you can practice with this COUNTING MONEY GAME.
Last week we practiced counting all the coins. We all did a great job! Are you ready to count a mix of coins today? When counting a mix of coins, one way to help you is to count from the coin that is worth the most to the one that is worth the least. Here is a video of me counting some coins. See how I moved one coin at a time? Under it is the picture of my coins.
You start off with the quarter, which is worth 25¢. When you add a dime, you add 25¢+10¢ to get 35¢. Next, you add a nickel to 35¢, 35¢+5¢ is 40¢. Finally, you add another nickel. 40¢+5¢ is 45¢. You have 45¢ in total.
Practice with the following activity sheets. You can write down the value under each coin to help you count. If you need actual coins to help you, please ask your parents. Or, you can always make your own coins!
Last week, we made connections to the story ''The Relatives Came". We all made really good text-to-self and text-to-text connections. However, many of us were stuck on text-to-world connections. When thinking about text-to-world connections, you can think about things that are happening in the community. You can think about maybe something you saw on TV, heard on the radio, or read in the newspaper. Does the story remind you of anything that is in the real world? For example, when the relatives were driving, they saw strange houses. This reminds me of the houses in Italy that I saw on the news. They seem a bit different than the ones we see here in Toronto.
Here is an example of all 3 connections:
Today, we will be practicing connections again with the story, 'Koala Lou', by Mem Fox. In this story, Koala Lou was feeling sad because her mom was busy taking care of her siblings. She came up with a plan to get her mom to notice her.
As we say ''goodbye'' to Ms. Onyido, please welcome back Ms. Thomson from her maternity leave. Here is the new music website that you can visit to get music activities for the week:
I hope that you all had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. I am looking forward to calling all of you this week just to say ''HI'' and see how you are doing! Thank you for all your work last week...we will be working more on making connections and money this week. For today, I have a poem about May.
Spelling Words: 1) month 2) sunshine 3) games 4) spend 5) showers 6) season 7) kite 8) weather 9) mother 10) helpful Additional Questions: 1) What is your favourite month? Why? ______________________________________________________________ 2) How do you like spending your days? ______________________________________________________________ 3) What is another word for ''showers''? ________________ 4) What kind of games can you play outside? ______________________________________________________________ 5) Tell me what you did for your mothers on her special day? ______________________________________________________________ 6) What is the past tense of 'spend'? Make a sentence with that word. _______________________________________________________________
7) What is the past tense of 'play'? Make a sentence with that word.
