Non-standard Units of Measurement

The following videos will help explain the standard and non-standard units of measurement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aU0f6ajtJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8o7n-A0SC0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0p2RD0VnR0

Measure 3 objects in your house using non-standard units of measurement. The easiest things to use are pencils, erasers, and paper clips. Before measuring your objects, estimate how long (how many pencils) it will be.

Play a Game

This is another fun game for beginners that requires very few pieces of equipment.

The name itself means "Who/What Am I?" and the goal is to guess what you are.

Together, create cards with familiar words. These words can be a name/an animal/an object/a profession/other categories. Examples: un chien, un enseignant, une maison, un bébé, etc...Shuffle the cards, and place in a pile. Each person will then choose a card.

Everybody, then, sticks the card on their forehead, WITHOUT knowing what's written on it. Now, whatever the card says, it becomes who the person is. And the goal is to find out what's on it by asking questions.

Examples of the questions:

• Est-ce que je suis un être humain? (Am I a human being?)
• Est-ce que je suis bien connu? (Am I famous?)
• Est-ce que je suis un outil pour fabriquer quelque chose? (Am I tool to make something?)
• Est-ce que je suis un appareil pour écouter de la musique? (Am I a device to listen to the music?)

Based on the answers, you can start guessing what's written on the card. The first person to guess right wins.

This game is also often called "Devine Tête" or Guess Your Head.

Art Lesson

We usually have an art lesson on Thursdays, so I thought it would be a nice way to end the week. Before March break, the students started an art project involving flowers. I thought this tutorial would be a fun little activity to continue/complete that art project. Use whatever art supplies you have handy. Have fun drawing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU_-LTH2Qts

Important Information

As per the Board's direction, I will be moving to Google Classroom to post classroom learning. The focus will include Literacy, Numeracy, and Religion.

I am new to this platform, so it will be a learning process for us all. The students' mytools2go accounts have been activated so that they are able to access Google Classroom. I will include a message from our IT person as to how to access their accounts. The Class Code is vp5n3ys. From my understanding, you will need this code to find the classroom.

Message from Sean Clements:

Hi Renee,

Yes, they do need mytools2go accounts and they do have accounts already.  They do not have gmail, however, so the need to login at classroom.google.com or drive.google.com.  If they try to log in at gmail.com it will fail.

The default password is their birthday in the format mmddyyyy and the username is firstname.lastname@mytools2go.ca (note the '.' between first and last name)

I hope that this helps. Have a great weekend! 

French Website

I found this website if you would like to practice some French. The site is completely in French, but it has free activities and games for you to use. The website is: https://anniversaire-en-or.com. There is a scavenger hunt for you to do while on a nature walk. It's called, Chase au trésor de printemp.

Updates

We have not received any news as to what is happening yet. When we do, I will update you all.

Continue with LALM. MATH TALK-Talk about the difference between standard and non-standard units of measurement. Remind them that we used standard and non-standard units of measurement when we were learning about time. Do they think pencils, paperclips, and erasers would be standard or non-standard units of measurement, why?

Bonjour!

I'm just sending out a message to wish you all well. I hope that you had a nice March Break with your families. Continue doing your LALM this week and next, I provided the students with 2 books, one for each week.

As I get information, I will notify you on the blog.

Here's a message from the government:

As a first step to ensure the continued learning of your children, our government has launched an online portal dedicated to curating and providing access to a wide variety of educational resources, for all students from Kindergarten through to Grade 12.

This online portal, which is available at Ontario.ca/learnathome, enables students at every grade level to continue learning while away from school. These resources are developed by Ontario educators, and resources for all grades are informed by leading instructional guidance. For those students who are in secondary school, we are providing access to online courses directly based on Ontario curricula.

LALM and Math

I will be sending LALM home for the students to work on during the break. I will send 2 worksheets and 2 books for the extended time off of school.

We will be learning about linear measurement when we return to school . We will start by measuring the length of different objects using non-standard tools of measurement (pencils, paper clips, erasers). Practice measuring things around the house using non-standard units of measurement.

Spitfire Visit

   

                                  

We had a visit from the Spitfire.

Reading Buddies

The grade 2 students had a great time reading with the grade 4 students today.  

  

                                              

Math Test

The students will be having a Math test on adding and subtracting with regrouping on Wednesday, March 11.

La semaine francaise

We will be celebrating French Week next week with a lot of fun activities. Monday is Wear Red and White Day. We will also be playing Bingo as a school. Tuesday is Tuque Day. Wednesday is Jersey Day. Thursday, the students will be given a poutine treat. This will not enough for a lunch, just a small snack. There will also be a movie in the afternoon. We will end the week with Carnaval on Friday. The students are encouraged wear Crazy Socks to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.

                                             
                                               

Also, There will be no LALM next week.

No School Tomorrow

Just a reminder that there will be no school tomorrow.

Hats on for Healthcare and Koolini's

We are participating in the Hats on for Healthcare initiative. For a 2 dollar donation, the students will be able to wear a hat for the day. The money raised will be donated to the hospital.

There will be a Koolini's hot lunch (pizza) on Friday, March 13. The money and order forms must be submitted by Friday, March 6.