Now that we have reviewed the parts of a story, we are going to move onto our next writing unit, which is creative writing! When doing creative writing, you are going to use your imagination to create your own story. Remember that in stories we need: characters, setting, problem, and a solution. It needs a clear beginning, middle, and ending. To help you get started, we are going to write a story together. Using the story map that I gave you yesterday, I have put the setting, characters, problem, and solution for our story. Your job is to come up with a TITLE and write out the BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END of the story using what I've given you. You can start with 'Once upon a time...' if you want.
Learning Goal: I am writing a story that is from my imagination.
Success Criteria: - I have a title for my story - I have included in my story the setting, characters, problem, and solution. - I have a beginning sentence like "Once upon a time.." or "There once was..." - I included details to make my story interesting (e.g., HOW did the owl lead them home? HOW did bear and fox get lost?) - I check my work to make sure it makes sense and that I have included capitals and periods
You can use the template below to help you or write it on a piece of lined paper. I can't wait to read your stories!
Today we are going to revisit how to retell a story. When retelling a story, we always need to remember the characters (who was in the story), setting (where the story takes place), the problem, solution, and know what happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Since it was just Easter, we will listen to a story about a rabbit named Peter. The story is called 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter.
Please go to THIS LINK to read the story yourself. You can also press PLAY at the red bar at the beginning of the story to have it read to you.
Here is also a video of Rose Byrne reading it to you on Storyonline.
After you finish reading and listening to the story, please use the following graphic organizers to help you retell the story. You can use these or just write them on a piece of paper. Remember to READ OVER your work afterwards, making sure that you have capitals and periods, and that your sentences make sense!
I loved reading all of your handwashing procedures!! I just wanted to remind you to remember to check the Success Criteria before handing in your work. Some of us forgot our capitals and periods and missed some words in sentences. Also, procedures will be more helpful if they have pictures included as well! Since we are not at school, I can't read work that is Level 3 or 4. So, I will post them here instead...great job!
You can always practice writing procedures in your own time. Just pick something that you want to teach me! Happy writing!
Welcome back to another week of learning! I hope everyone had a good Easter holiday. I know that it may not be how we usually spend it, but remember the positives in your life and try to celebrate those! Some
Easter customs include Easter egg decorating, egg hunting, the Easter
Bunny and Easter parades. This week's poem is about the Easter Bunny.
Spelling Words: 1) quickly 2) really 3) flower 4) white 5) yellow 6) blue 7) red 8) green 9) purple 10) orange
Additional Questions:
1) What is a synonym (words that mean the same) for:
rabbit: ___________
fast: ___________
2) Make a sentence with the following colours (*please remember your capitals and periods!)
Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! Just a reminder that this is a long weekend, so our poem and spelling words will be posted on Tuesday, April 14th. If you did not submit last week's activities, you should have received a reminder email from me. Please let me know if you need help with the activities or if you need more time. Thank you! If you want to do some Easter crafts, you can pick one from HERE. If you want to do some Easter baking, you can choose a recipe from HERE. Feel free to send me any crafts or baking that you do! :)
Yesterday we talked about the characteristics of each 3D shape. Today, we will continue with the describing more characteristics! Some 3D shapes roll, some stack, and some slide. Here is a video to explain what each term means:
Now it's your turn to explore! Remember how we found some 3D shapes around your house? You can go grab them and see whether or not each 3D shape slides, stacks, or rolls. Fill in this chart once you know.
FUN CHALLENGE: When you are finished all of this week's activities, here is a challenge that you can do with 3D shapes. You have a cylinder, cube, rectangular prism, cone, and pyramid. With these 5 3D shapes ONLY, build a robot that stands. Which shapes did you use for the base? Why? Take a picture of your robot and share with me! *NOTE: ALL activities from this week are to be sent to my email by FRIDAY.
Today we will continue learning about 3D shapes. 3D shapes have special characteristics that make up the shape. They have a certain number of edges, vertices (or corners), or faces. Here is a video that explains where the edges, vertices, and faces are on 3D shapes.
This next video shows us how to count each of those on the 3D shapes.
Now
that you know what edges, vertices, and faces are on a 3D shape, can
you use your 3D shapes and fill in the blanks to describe what each
shape has? For example, a cube is made up of squares, and has 6 faces,
12 edges, and 8 vertices. You can use this worksheet or copy this onto a lined piece of paper.
