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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Fantastic Friday!

Hello SK families, we made it through our first week back! It has been a challenging week, but we all made it!  I am so proud of the students and all of the hard work that has been put in so far =)

Keep up the great work!






Morning Routine:
Calendar – Students will read the morning message, students will learn about the months of the year, days of the week, season, weather.
Weather song: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn7uAsLWXpk

Inquiry into Language:

Learning goal: students will review the sound, action and song for the blend AIR & URE.
1.       1. Students will apply the sounds that they learned to their “real” life items that they find in their environment (around the house, in a book, on TV, etc).
Review blend sounds:
2.       2. Students can discuss what did they find and their observations.
3.       3. Students can write a simple sentence what did they find in their Journals (“I found the stairs.  Stairs is an AIR word.”)
Success criteria: I can show my understanding of the formation and sound of the blend URE.


Gym:
Happy Friday everyone!! We made it through the first week of online learning. Congratulations!

For PE today, I have created 2 YouTube videos for you to follow along with. 



Have a fantastic weekend! Check out my Instagram @physedwithmsv for some activities to do this weekend!
Don’t forget to be active! J

Inquiry into Math:
Learning Goal: Students will be reviewing the quarter and its value.
11.  Review the quarter to students as a Show & Share activity (the student will explain to you what they know/remember).
22. Have students show their understanding by displaying the correct amount of quarters with a matching activity (use the 100’s chart if needed).
 3. Have students play with the coins
Success criteria: I show my understanding of the name, value and characteristics of a quarter.

Unit of Inquiry:
Learning goal - students will understand how life guards help out in the community
  1. Students will read a book/watch a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxmo3zp6lE
  2.   Students will work on matching activity sheet: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:lifeguard/Order:Price-As
  3. Success criteria: I can show how life guards help our community.
Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuaUOj_H3UQ&t=12s

French:
Here's the updated one:


Bonjour!
Students will play a game of Charades (Le jeu de mime) with me!
Please click on video link here: https://youtu.be/BlvdOrorKJM

Please watch this video again to review what we see (Je vois), what we smell (Je sens) and what we hear (J'entends) during spring/le printemps : https://youtu.be/B31Kc21YLtw

Now can you complete each sentence with one thing that you see (Je vois), one thing that you smell (Je sens) and one thing that you hear (J'entends)? Draw a picture for each.
Je vois _______.
Je sens________.
J'entends________.

Passez un bon week-end!

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Terrific Thursday!

We have almost made it to the end of our first week back to school!

Keep up all the hard work everyone =)











Morning Routine:
Calendar – Students will read the morning message, students will learn about the months of the year, days of the week, season, weather.
Weather song: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn7uAsLWXpk

Inquiry into Language:
Learning goal: students will review the sound, action and song for the blend URE.
1. Students will watch a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw8TwtoyEdU
2. Students will brainstorm a list of URE words together.
3. Students will make a URE word out of playdough or match word cards: https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/printable-resources/flash-cards-14621.pdf
Success criteria: I can show my understanding of the formation and sound of the blend URE.
Journal: Write a sentence using one or two words that begin or have the URE blend sound.
Success criteria: I can practice my printing skills.

Gym:
Hello everyone!

I hope you all enjoyed the workout video I had created for all of you! I’d love to see some photos or videos, and I will try to include my puppy Jay in more of my videos and posts!

Today’s task for PE is your choice as I prepare the next YouTube video!

Choose from the list below, or get creative and use your imagination today!
  1. Ms. V’s Workout Video - https://youtu.be/jaGPih5WR0M
  2. A video from “Little Sports” - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIwFB4ciFi5ZCIu-VlwaOg/videos
  3. Cosmic Kids Yoga - https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga/videos
  4. Use your creativity and imagination!

*Don’t forget to fill out your activity logs and send me updates via evasconcelos@stjudesacademy.com or on WhatsApp 905-617-2577

PE CHALLENGE!
The Phys-Ed team (myself, Mr. Orr and Mr. Beresford) have decided to run a competition amongst all students at SJA! Each Wednesday there will be a physical challenge that ends the following Tuesday. If a photo or video is sent to me, you automatically get 100 house points!! On Tuesday next week, we will be choosing a winner from JK-2, 3-6, 7-10. The winner will be chosen based on your ability to properly do the skill and how long you do the skill for. The winner will get 1000 house points!

This week’s challenge is the plank! JK-2 may try the “bird dog”. Try to do a plank for 60 seconds!! You can start with 10 seconds today, try 20 seconds tomorrow, and work your way up to a minute!

@physedwithms
Inquiry into Math:
Learning Goal: Students will be introduced to the quarter and learn its value
11.  Introduce the quarter to students and tell them how much it’s worth
2.2. Explain to students that 1 quarter is 25 cents, 2 quarters is 50, etc.
3.3. Have students show their understanding by displaying the correct amount of quarters with a matching activity (use the 100’s chart if needed).
4.4. Have students play with the coins
Success criteria: I show my understanding of the name, value and characteristics of a quarter.


Unit of Inquiry:
Learning goal: students will further develop their knowledge about community helpers (construction workers).
1.       1. Students will watch a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sd2URRIKAQ
2.       2. Students will work on a sentence writing activity and draw a picture of what tools a construction worker would use.
Success Criteria: Students will understand the role of a construction workers in the community.


Music:
I loved seeing the pictures of the musical instruments that you made at home!  Today for music class we will begin by:
1. Clapping Food Rhythms.  For example, clap "ta, ta" and say "Ice cream" and clap,"ta, titi" and say "hamburger." The last row of rhythms clap "tika tika ti ti" and say "pepperoni pizza". Next class I will send you a video where you can watch me clap these rhythms and you can clap with me!
2. Practice singing along to your favourite "Frozen 2" songs or "Disney" songs, or a song of your choice with the new instrument that you made.  Have fun keeping in time to the music.
3. With chalk go outside and draw some of the following rhythms on the sidewalk or driveway.  Have fun! If you do not have chalk you can practice drawing your rhythms on paper with crayon or marker, or make your music notes with playdough.

Next music class you will be able to sing along to my you tube video for you to sing some of your favorite songs with me at home!


French:
We are going to start off with a little game that I made on the Powerpoint to review previous spring vocabulary. Make sure to play the game in full screen and follow the instructions carefully. Please check out the link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f2rTPsunzxUEsUsxAypZS9-HrGmeh2qh/view?usp=sharing

Today, we will discuss what we see (Je vois...), smell (Je sens...), and hear (J'entends...) during spring. I have added some new words in there. Please check out this video and practice saying along with me ðŸ™‚https://youtu.be/B31Kc21YLtw

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Wonderful Wednesday!

Hello SK families, we made it to the halfway point of the week! Here is a link to one of our favourite stories that I would read to the class:
The Monster at the End of This Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3947-T_hHw

Great job everyone!






Morning Routine:
Calendar – Students will read the morning message, students will learn about the months of the year, days of the week, season, weather.
Weather song: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn7uAsLWXpk

Inquiry into Language:
Learning goal: students will learn the sound, action and song for the blend URE.
1.       Students will brainstorm a list of URE words.
2.       Students will practice the blend sound URE with online activity: https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list-7412.htm
Success Criteria - I can identify and print the blend sound URE. 

Gym:
Today Ms. V has something very special for you to do for PE! I have created my very own workout video on YouTube for all of you to follow along with. Make sure you have your water bottle, maybe a yoga mat or blanket to kneel on for certain exercises. You can repeat this workout as many times as you'd like, but make sure you drink lots of water to replenish your body! 

We will be working on our cardio, leg muscles, arm muscles and our core (tummy) muscles. 
Are you ready!?!?

link: http://youtu.be/jaGPih5WROM
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxJKyxaHm1vsVVuebGPstfw

Inquiry into Math:
Learning goal: Students will explore the dime and count by 10’s
1.1.  Review with students how to count by 10’s, watch the count by 10’s song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7stosHbZZZg
1.       2.  Students will practice with online game: https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/count-money-nickels-only
Success criteria: I show my understanding of the name, value and characteristics of a dime.

Unit of Inquiry:
Learning goal: students will further develop their knowledge about community helpers (Hair stylist).
1.       1. Students will watch a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzm4wLnZNA
2.       2. Students will work on a sentence writing activity and draw a picture of their experiences going to the hair stylist in their Journals (“I liked going to the hair stylist because….”)
Success Criteria: Students will understand the role of a hair stylist in the community.

Music:
I loved seeing the pictures of the musical instruments that you made at home!  Today for music class we will begin by:
1. Clapping Food Rhythms.  For example, clap "ta, ta" and say "Ice cream" and clap,"ta, titi" and say "hamburger." The last row of rhythms clap "tika tika ti ti" and say "pepperoni pizza". Next class I will send you a video where you can watch me clap these rhythms and you can clap with me!
2. Practice singing along to your favourite "Frozen 2" songs or "Disney" songs, or a song of your choice with the new instrument that you made.  Have fun keeping in time to the music.
3. With chalk go outside and draw some of the following rhythms on the sidewalk or driveway.  Have fun! If you do not have chalk you can practice drawing your rhythms on paper with crayon or marker, or make your music notes with playdough.

Next music class you will be able to sing along to my you tube video for you to sing some of your favorite songs with me at home!


French
Students will review the spring vocabulary from my previous video.

They will complete the following vocabularty work sheet. Please click on the link below:

After completing the activity, students can watch and learn this very simple French song called "Il pleut", which is related to our spring theme.
 https://youtu.be/ADebzaIKpaE