Blacklock
Fine Arts Elementary
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Kindness Mission
Each day at 7:00 pm, step outside your home (with your family) and make some noise (use your voice, instruments or anything that makes noise) for all the essential workers who help to take care of our community (ex. nurses, doctors, paramedics, hospital cleaning staff, grocery store clerks, truck drivers, etc.).
Important Parent Information:
Langley School District offers general technology help for students and families.
To access this service, please email supportme@sd35.bc.ca
Monday, May 4th
Let's Write! (20 min.)
Today's Topic:
Pick your favourite animal. Write about what you think that animal would do if it was a mother taking care of her babies.
Hint: Think about what the babies need to survive, and how the Mom would help provide that.
1. Instructions:
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​​​Write for at least 10 minutes.
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Write in your journal or special writer’s notebook.
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Pick any topic you like or use the topic for today.
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2. Look Over Your Work and Ask Yourself:​
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Does my writing make sense?
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Is there a better way to say that?
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Did I try to use some interesting and descriptive words?
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Did I start with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark?
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3. Make Corrections and Changes to Your Writing.
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4. When You Are Finished:
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Scan or take a picture of your work and upload it to your portfolio (myBlueprint).
House Points
50 Points = Login to Mathletics and take a look around
10 Points = Watch Chopsticks video
10 Points = Watch Super Science Time with Mr. Thiessen video
Reading Time (10 min.)
Read aloud in a funny voice.
Math Activity (20 min.)
Choose 4 objects to measure.
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Use a ruler or measuring tape to measure:
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Length
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Height
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Width
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Depth
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Perimeter
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Record your findings using pictures, numbers, and words.
Remember to include the “unit” (cm, m) of measurement you used.
Scan or upload a picture of your work to your portfolio (my Blueprint).
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Optional Math Activities:
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Choose a math game you know how to play. (You could use a 100s chart, your computer/tablet, dice or cards.)
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Login to play on Mathletics
Taking Care of Myself (20 min.)
Where or where do the chopsticks go?
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Watch Grade 4 Blacklock student, Cyedonia, as she sets the table and notice where she places the chopsticks!
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Super Science Time with Mr. Thiessen
Tuesday, May 5th
Let's Write! (20 min.)
Today's Topic:
Pick a favourite sport.
Explain how you use pushes and pulls when you play this sport.
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Example:
In hockey, you use your arms to move the stick to push the puck. You also can pull the puck towards you.
1. Instructions:
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​​​Write for at least 10 minutes.
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Write in your journal or special writer’s notebook.
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Pick any topic you like or use the topic for today.
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2. Look Over Your Work and Ask Yourself:​
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Does my writing make sense?
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Is there a better way to say that?
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Did I try to use some interesting and descriptive words?
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Did I start with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark?
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3. Make Corrections and Changes to Your Writing.
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4. When You Are Finished:
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Scan or take a picture of your work when it is completed and upload it to your portfolio (myBlueprint).
House Points
10 Points = Watch Miss Dobbie's video
10 Points = Complete the self Assessment for your math work today
25 Points = Complete the Science experiment from Monday
Reading Time (10 min.)
Match your reading voice to the punctuation in your book:
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A period (.) means telling.
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An exclamation mark (!) means to use lots of emotion.
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A question mark (?) means asking. Your voice should go up at the end.
Math Activity (20 min.)
Choose a number:
25 or 58 or 99 or 490
Write that number down and answer the following questions:
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What number is 2 more?
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What number is 2 less?
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What number is 5 more?
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What number is 5 less?
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What number is 10 more?
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What number is 10 less?
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What number is 100 more?
Then, record all eight numbers (including the original number) in order from greatest to least.
**Remember to show your work.
Scan or upload a picture of your work to your portfolio (myBlueprint).
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Optional Math Activities:
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Choose a math game you know how to play. (You could use a 100s chart, your computer/tablet, dice or cards.)
or
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Login to play on Mathletics
Taking Care of Myself (20 min.)
*Today's Special Task:
I can reflect on my thinking.
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Click on the self assessment tool PDF:
*You can print it off or create your own.
Think about your math work for today.
Which picture/statement from the PDF
best matches your understanding of the math work.
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Any of the options are okay - it’s important to be honest in your learning.
Important Parent Information
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Reflection
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Self Assessment
Wednesday, May 6th
Let's Write! (20 min.)
Today's Topic:
Write a story about camping with your friends or family.
It can be fiction or nonfiction. Describe what you saw or would see in the night sky.
1. Instructions:
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​​​Write for at least 10 minutes.
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Write in your journal or special writer’s notebook.
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Pick any topic you like or use the topic for today.
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2. Look Over Your Work and Ask Yourself:​
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Does my writing make sense?
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Is there a better way to say that?
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Did I try to use some interesting and descriptive words?
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Did I start with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark?
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3. Make Corrections and Changes to Your Writing.
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4. When You Are Finished:
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Scan or take a picture of your work when it is completed and upload it to your portfolio (myBlueprint).
Reading Time (10 min.)
Read aloud to your favourite stuffy.
While you’re reading, pause and share your thinking.
Tell your stuffed animal about a connection you’re making or what you’re wondering.
Math Activity (20 min.)
Find some materials in your home
or outdoors.
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Create a repeating pattern with them. Can you create a different pattern using the same materials?
Draw and label your patterns.
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Find some small materials like cubes or rocks or coins at home.
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Create an increasing (growing)
pattern with them.
What is the pattern rule?
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Draw and label your pattern using words and numbers.
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Optional Math Activities:
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Choose a math game you know how to play. (You could use a 100s chart, your computer/tablet, dice or cards.)
or
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Login to play on Mathletics
You've Got to Move It, Move It!
*Today's Special Task: Go for a walk, bike ride, or follow along with a dance video.
Keep track of how far you biked or walked or how long you danced.
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Email your kms or dance time to BFAkmclub@gmail.com
Taking Care of Myself - Part 1
Listen to the story:
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Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns About Courage
by Howard Binkow
Narrated by Mrs. McRae
Taking Care of Myself - Part 2
*Today's Special Task:
In a video or voice recording,
tell about a time you felt scared and needed to be brave to do something.
Upload your recording to your portfolio (myBlueprint).
House Points
25 Points = Complete the Camping/Night Sky Writing
10 Points = Listen to Mrs. McRae's story
10 Points = Create a video for Taking Care of Myself - Part 2
Reading Time (10 min.)
Thursday, May 7th
Parent Chart Resource
for
Reading & Visualizing
Good readers visualize while they read.
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Visualize: Readers make pictures in their head about what is happening in their book.
While you’re reading, make a picture in your head. After you’re done reading, you can draw your picture.
Let's Write! (20 min.)
Story Time with The Mischievous Librarian
Today's Topic:
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Listen to the story, If I Built a School by Chris Van Dusen
(Langley Picture Book of the Year #5).
Write about and describe the school you would build.
What special rooms and objects would it have?
Click on the PDF to print and/look at the writing worksheet.
1. Instructions:
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​​​Write for at least 10 minutes.
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Write in your journal or special writer’s notebook.
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Pick any topic you like or use the topic for today.
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2. Look Over Your Work and Ask Yourself:​
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Does my writing make sense?
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Is there a better way to say that?
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Did I try to use some interesting and descriptive words?
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Did I start with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark?
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3. Make Corrections and Changes to Your Writing.
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4. When You Are Finished:
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Scan or take a picture of your work when it is completed and upload it to your portfolio (myBlueprint).
House Points
Math Activity (20 min.)
What different ways
can you make or show the fraction 1/2?
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You can use:
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pictures
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ten frames
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numbers
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words
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rulers
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materials you
have around home.
Use pictures, numbers and words to show your thinking about one-half (1/2).
Go to the “Activities” section of your myBlueprint account to find today’s activity and select “Start Activity.”
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Optional Math Activities:
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Choose a math game you know how to play. (You could use a 100s chart, your computer/tablet, dice or cards.
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Login to play on Mathletics
Taking Care of Myself (20 min.)
*Today's Special Tasks:
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Complete a Self-Assessment for today’s Math work.
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Play a game with someone in your family.
**Remember: Play fair, take turns, and compliment the other players.
Yay! We get to meet the wonderful Mrs. Thiessen!
Slideshow by Mrs. MacLean
Langley Picture Book of the Year #5
10 Points = Complete a self assessment about your math work today
10 Points = Do a Think/Pair/Share with a "human being"
10 Points = Play a game with your family
Friday, May 8th
Happy Mother's Day! (Sunday)
The Congo Pod Teachers
Reading Time (10 min.)
Pick a nonfiction book to read today.
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You can find many nonfiction titles on Epic!
Let's Write! (20 min.)
Math Activity (20 min.)
Today's Topic:
Write a poem about your Mom.
Click on the PDF for fill-in-the-blanks poem worksheets
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Create a card out of your own paper and write your poem inside it.
1. Instructions:
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​​​Write for at least 10 minutes.
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Write in your journal or special writer’s notebook.
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Pick any topic you like or use the topic for today.
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2. Look Over Your Work and Ask Yourself:​
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Does my writing make sense?
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Is there a better way to say that?
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Did I try to use some interesting and descriptive words?
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Did I start with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark?
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3. Make Corrections and Changes to Your Writing.
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4. When You Are Finished:
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Scan or take a picture of your work when it is completed and upload it to your portfolio (myBlueprint).
Fractions are a type of number.
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Write a math story
with a problem to solve
that involves fractions.
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Add pictures to your story to show your thinking.
Scan or upload a picture of your work to your portfolio (myBlueprint).
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Optional Math Activities:
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Choose a math game you know how to play. (You could use a 100s chart, your computer/tablet, dice or cards.
or
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Login to play on Mathletics
Taking Care of Myself
*Today's Special Task: Write a song or cheer made to honor your mom.
House Points
10 Points = Read a nonfiction book today
25 Points = Make a video of your mom song/cheer and upload it to your portfolio (myBlueprint)
10 points = Email your grand total of house points for the week to
10 Points = Email your grand total of house points for the week to housepointsbfa@gmail.com