Week of June 8-12th

This Week In Grade One June 8-12
Task One English Language Arts		Weekly Wellness  Make a list, how many feelings can you name? How would you describe each of those feelings? Are there some feelings you experience more often than others?  Listen to the story “In my heart: A book of feelings” Discussion questions:  -what were some of the feelings that they talked about in the book?  -what did some of those feelings look like?  -if you could imagine, what does your heart look like right now? How does it feel? Can you think of a time when it felt different? What did it look like then? Task: Choose one of the feelings from the book. Create a puppet play about it. Think about what your character will be doing. How are they feeling? Why do they feel that way? What would their feeling look like? Create your puppets and your background. Share your play with someone in your family.  There are some different options for making puppets:  Make sock puppets - most of us have old socks at home that have holes in them or we can no longer find the matching sock. Take the sock (after you have washed it, of course), put it on your hand and make it into a puppet! You can use hot glue to add googly eyes, hair and a face! Paper bag puppet - find a brown paper bag (one that you may use for a lunch), put it on your hand and make it into a puppet! You can glue or draw eyes, hair and a face!  Popsicle stick puppet - use a piece of paper to create a character, cut out your character and glue it onto a popsicle stick, toothpick or straw. If you want, you can share a video of your puppet show with your teacher! We would love to try and guess what your character is feeling.
Links		In My Heart
Learning Intentions		I can create puppets and a setting. I can tell a story using puppetry. I can recognize and demonstrate different ways to show feelings.  I can identify positive and negative feelings.  I can identify how feelings impact my body.
Optional Extensions		Choose another way to represent feelings: write a song, create a comic page, make a stop motion video or write a play.
Task Two English Language Arts		Follow Your Passion! It has been exciting to hear about what you are planning to learn. Some of the things students are planning to learn about include: woodworking, butterflies, dinosaurs, knitting, coding, speaking French, and playing guitar! Week Two: (this week!) Getting Started This week there are a few ways you can share your learning with your teacher. Please choose one of these ways: Take a picture of your research journal. If you are doing research, you may include sketches and notes on the topic you are learning about. Create a drawing about what you have learned. Take a picture of something you have made or started to make. Take a photo or video of yourself working on your passion project- maybe playing an instrument, or speaking a phrase in a different language.  Build something to show your learning (maybe a scene with toy dinosaurs, or a demonstration of what you have learned with Lego) We can’t wait to see what you have learned! Week One (last week!) Choose a topic- anything you like! (a topic could also be a project you would like to complete) See where you can find information on your topic. Do you have books in your house? Is a family member an expert? Can you do research online? Is there an online class available? There are some links below to help you look.  Create a research journal page or notebook.. This is where you can write down your topic, and any notes, plans or information you might need.  Ask questions- what do you want to know about this topic?           (eg. “How do I count to ten in Spanish?”, “How does an       athlete get to the Olympics?” “How do you knit a scarf?”etc.) Make a plan- what do you need to help you learn more about your interest? Do you need to gather materials? Make a practice schedule? Draw a blueprint? Put your plan in your journal. Take a picture of your planning to share with your teacher. If you need additional help finding what you are looking for, send a message to your teacher or ask the class on the Classroom stream. Resources: Please find a link to the Calgary Public Library’s online learning for kids below, as well as a link to a resource guide about a variety of topics.  You can also check out the Maple Ridge iLab in Google Classroom for more great resources.
Links		Calgary Public Library- Kids  Resource Guide
Learning Intentions		I can talk with others about something I recently learned. I can experiment with different ways of exploring and developing ideas and experiences. I can ask questions to get additional ideas and information on topics of interest.
Task Three English Language		Word family Bingo Make a Bingo card that is five squares by five squares (25 in total). Think of words from the following word families to write inside each of your squares. During one of your class google meets you will be playing Word Family BINGO. Your teacher will call out words from the following word families. If you have the word you mark it either with a Bingo marker or a pen. Once an entire row has been called out you say “BINGO”. Don’t forget to put your free space in the middle of your BINGO sheet! (I have attached an example of a BINGO card, but please make up your own words from the following word families). Word families: an: (can…) at: (rat…) ing: (sing…) ide: (ride …) est: (best…)
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Learning Intentions		I can statements: I can make word families. I can read words from word families. I can listen to words and find their match.
Optional Extensions		Try making a BINGO card with other words like sight words or descriptive words. If your family speaks another language you could use words from that language.
Task Four English Language		Listen to the story called “Butterfly Park” Discuss: Parts of a Story What happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story? Who was the main character? What was the setting? What was the problem in the story? How was the problem solved? Task: Watch the video of our Painted Lady Butterflies being released. Where do you think our butterflies went?  Create an adventure story with a butterfly as the main character. Present your story in your favourite way. You could tell the story orally, write a story, create a comic, make a stop motion video, make a play and act out your story.  Make sure your story has a beginning, middle and end with a problem and solution. Brainstorm: Where does it go? What does it do? Does it meet any other animals? What danger does it find or problem does it have? How does the story end?   There is a planning page attached that may help you organize and remember your ideas.
Links		Butterfly Park Story Butterfly Release Story map planning page
Learning Intentions		I can create and share a story with a beginning, middle, end, problem and solution
Optional Extensions		Add descriptive words to your story. Where can you add them in?  Eg. Instead of saying ‘the butterfly flew over the fence,’ you could make it more lively and visual by saying ‘the beautiful, orange butterfly floated over the fence.’
Math		Problem Solving 1. There are 7 people on an elevator. Some got off. Some got on. Now there are 9.  Use pictures or objects to help you solve. Show 3 different answers to this problem. Represent your thinking with pictures, numbers or words. Explain what you notice about the numbers in all 3 of your answers.
Learning Intentions		I can use addition and subtraction to solve a problem I can use mathematical reasoning
Math		Equality Ask What does the word equal mean?  What are some examples of things that are equal?   What are examples of things that are not equal? Watch Numberblocks Equals Song Discuss What did you learn about equality?  What does equal mean?  Practice Fill out the practice sheet with = or ≠ signs. If you want a challenge, you can add greater than or less than signs. > and  <
Links		Numberblocks Equals Song Practice Sheet
Learning Intentions		I can describe equality as a balance and inequality as an imbalance, concretely and pictorially (0 to 20). I can record equalities, using the equal symbol.
Optional Extensions		Draw your own Blockzilla picture- Create a Numberblock character that is larger, and one that is smaller. Which way does his mouth point?
Math		Outdoor Math Games  Choose one of the following games to play outside, to practice your math skills. If you don’t have any of these materials at home, you can practice one of the addition or subtraction card/dice games that you have learned this year! Or, choose a board game that you and your family enjoy that has a math component (Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders, Sudoku, SET)  Water balloon math  Choose any 4 numbers between 1 and 20 to be your targets. For example, 2, 8, 11, 15. Write addition and subtraction questions on water balloons. Each addition or subtraction question must have an answer that matches your targets (in this example my equations must equal 2, 8, 11, 15). Then, fill your water balloons. Place 4 hoops or plates around your yard. Put one of your target numbers inside each hoop (or plate). Pick up your first water balloon and solve the equation. Once you have solved it, throw the water balloon into the proper hoop/plate. For example, if I picked up a water balloon that had 17-2 on it, I would throw it into the 15 hoop. **for additional instructions see the link called “water balloon math” Nerf gun/water gun math  Each player will need 10 plastic or paper cups. You will be using these cups to build a tower. Before building the tower, write the numbers from 1-10, one number per cup (to make this game more challenging, you can write larger numbers). Set up your tower outside. Using either a nerf gun, a water gun, or water balloons see how many cups you can knock down. Add all of the numbers together. For example, if I knock down 2, 5 and 7 I would have a total of 14. Whoever has the highest number gets a point. The first player to 10 points wins!  **for additional instructions/ideas see the link called “nerf gun/water gun math” Practicing doubles with sidewalk chalk (modified hopscotch) One of the Grade 1 students recently shared a doubles hopscotch game with us! Create a game board outside using sidewalk chalk like the one below:  Start with a square and write the number 1 in it  On top of that, draw another square and write the number 1 in it  Above that, draw a circle. In the circle write the answer 2 (1+1=2)  Above the 2 (answer) draw two squares (one on top of the other) and write a 2 in each square Then, draw a circle and write the answer 4 (2+2=4) Your game would look like this  16 (the answer) 8 8 8 (the answer) 4 4 4 (the answer) 2 2 2 (the answer to the doubles questions is always drawn in a circle) 1 1 See if you can find all of the doubles up to 20. Once you have made your game board, practice jumping up and down. Jump on one foot on the squares and use two feet inside the circles. Can you play this game using addition and subtraction? Try moving both ways on your game board, does it work? Skip counting in the sprinkler  If you have a sprinkler set up in your yard, jump back and forth through it, skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. Can you make it all the way to 100?
Links		Water balloon math   Nerf gun/Water gun math
Learning Intentions		I can add and subtract numbers to 20. I can identify and use efficient counting strategies, including doubles. I can skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s.
Optional Extensions		Make your own outdoor math game to play with your family.
Math		Clock Patience You will need a pack of cards. Start by taking out any jokers and give the cards a good shuffle. Place the cards in a circle like the face of a clock. Place 1 card in the middle to become the 13th pile. Then keep placing cards around the clock until you have 1 card left. Each of the 12 piles around the clock face should have 4 cards, the 13th pile in the middle should have 3 cards in it. Each pile should represent a number. Aces are number 1, Jacks are number 11 and Queens are number 12. The pile in the middle is for kings. Turn you remaining card over and place it next to the corresponding spot on the clock. So, if my card is a 5 I would put it beside the 5:00 spot on the clock. Next, pick up a new card from the 5:00 pile and place it in its corresponding spot. If you turn over a king then that goes into the middle. And you pick up a new card from there. The object of the game is to try to place all the cards in their correct spot before you draw all of the kings.
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Learning Intentions		I can statements: I can recognize numerals. I can match numerals.
Optional Extensions		Teach someone, either a family member or a friend, Clock Patience.