Week 1: April 3-10 Learning Plan

Here is next weeks learning plan.

Hopefully you received my e-mail with the Google Classroom and Raz-Kids codes. If not please let me know.

Remember there is video tutorial guiding you how to get your child going with Google Classroom.

Your child can choose two tasks a week to share with me via Google Classroom. Please share only Via Classroom going forward.

Google Meet: We will be having a Google Meet next Thursday at 11:00 am. And Friday is Good Friday (time to relax!)

There is a few families that I have not yet reached over the phone, this is taking longer then I had anticipated and will be reaching out to you soon!
Thanks so much for your on-going support
Stacy McCaw

This Week In Grade One April 6-9 2020
Weekly Focus		Happiness- What makes us happy?
Task One English Language Arts		Story Response: In Search of Happiness Listen to the story In Search of Happiness  What made Alexander happy? What makes you happy? Draw and Write What would be in your land of happiness?  Draw a picture or build a place that would make you happy. Label your land of happiness and write about the things there that make you happy.
Links		In Search of Happiness Book https://youtu.be/wfmxejeA_3U
Learning Intentions		I can connect stories and characters to personal feelings and experiences. I can listen to stories and retell important information.
Optional Extensions		Do something that makes you happy- dance to your favourite song, paint a picture, hug your family, play a game.
Task Two English Language Arts		Writing task: Letter writing  Listen to the story, “Dear Mr. Blueberry” While you are listening, look closely at the format of each letter. What do you notice?  What does each letter include?  There are 4 parts that need to be included in a friendly letter. A greeting, body, closing and signature. Below is a sample letter:  Today your challenge is to write a letter to someone you love/care about. This can be someone who is currently at home with you, or someone who you haven’t been able to see lately. Your letter should include 4 important parts (greeting, body, closing, signature) as well as a detailed picture.  Some things to think about in your letter:  -why is this person special to you?  -what do you enjoy about them?  -how do they make you feel?  -what special memories do you have of time with them? Choose how you will share this letter. You could: -give it to the person if they are at home with you -call/video chat with the person (with permission, of course) and share it with them  -hang onto the letter until you see them next Remember: By sharing kindness with others, and filling their bucket, we get drops in our bucket too!
Links		Watch “Dear Mr. Blueberry” - link to story in Google classroom -can also be accessed on YouTube “Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James” - PV storytime - caution, there may be a commercial before the story
Learning Intentions		I can write and share my ideas with others  I can write about my experiences and important people
Optional Extensions		-Write a letter to a “helper” in our community.  -Write a letter to a friend in our class -Write a letter to someone asking questions like Emily did in the story -Think of some other ways that you could spread kindness to your family this week. Make a list of some kind things that you could do for others.
Task Three English Language Arts and Science / Social Studies		Building Challenge: Listen to the story The Magnificent Tree written by Nick Bland and Stephen Michael King. What made Bonny and Pop happy in the story? How did Bonny and Pop make the birds happy? Challenge: Choose an animal that you like or are interested in learning more about. Design and build something that will bring that animal joy or happiness just like Bonny and Pop did for the birds in the story. Use materials around your home to build your idea (cardboard boxes, pipe cleaners, paper, straw, LEGO, blocks…) Criteria: 1. Must have a blueprint with labels showing your idea and materials 2. Must be helpful to your animal 3. Must use three different building materials
Links		https://youtu.be/4NgoW1be30Q https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
Learning Intentions		-I can respond to a story -I can show my thinking through drawing, writing and building
Optional Extensions		-   Research your animal and record information about their diet, habitat, predators and winter activity (hibernate, migrate or adapt) -   Create a scientific sketch of your animals with labels and details
Task Four Math		1. “All Out”  -deck of cards -15 objects per player (coins, beans, paper clips etc) Deck is in between players. Player 1 picks a card off the top. Player 2 picks the next card off the top. They find the difference between the 2 cards. Player who drew the lower card has to pay the other player the difference in coins (or whatever object you chose). The game ends when all cards are played or a player loses all his coins/objects. Eg Player one gets a 5 Player two gets an 8. Player one has to pay because they have the lower card and pays 3 coins because the difference is 3. 8-5=3 Extension: Make your own cards with higher numbers. 2. Use stuffies or objects around your house to tell subtraction stories. Write a number sentence to go with your story. Tell and act out stories  for the following number sentences or other sentences your parents feel are just right for you. 7-4 13-5 18-9 See the anchor chart for strategies to help solve. Create multi step problems using addition and subtraction. 3. Subtraction Bowling Set up 10 objects (plastic cups, toilet paper rolls, play characters).  Roll a ball and create a subtraction sentence. 10 - how many knocked down= how many are left. Eg 10-4=6 Extension: use more pins 4. SPLAT! Choose picture 1, 2 or 3. The challenge gets more difficult so choose what is right for you. In the top corner it tells you how many circles total. Use the picture to figure out how many circles are hiding under the Splat. Draw one of the pictures you solved and explain your strategy. Tip: If the splats are the same colour, it means they will all have the same amount of objects underneath. Extension/Options: Cut out your own splat using paper and create your own problems with different numbers of objects.  Share with your teacher through video or a picture and written explanation.
Links/Resources		Visuals including a number line or hundreds chart as well as objects are important for students to be able to access during math activities.
Learning Intentions		Math Task 1, 2 and 3 -I can create and solve subtraction problems using objects  -I can explain my strategies for addition and related subtraction facts to 18
Optional Extensions		-make a 6x6 grid with numbers from 4 to 20 (you will use them more than once). Roll 2 dice and add. Cover two numbers on the grid that have the difference of the total on the dice. Eg. roll 6+3=9. You could cover 20 and 11 or 4 and 13. The game is over when a player can’t complete their turn because the numbers are covered.