April 13th - 17th Learning Plans

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Week 3: Are fractions all around us or only in Math? 
  
It was so unbelievable to see all of your smiling faces on the meet-ups this week. I am excited to see you again next week. I know the technology can be hard for some of you, but I promise you will be experts by the end of this. At the end of the meet up, I will stay on in case your caregiver has questions about specific assignments that I have posted.  

Parents, if you or your child would like have an individual meet-up with me, please email me and I will set it up. This individual conference could be about a specific skill they are having difficulty with, or any technology issues that you may be having with Google Classroom.

Some key times to keep in mind for this week are:  

Tuesday: Meet up 1pm – check-in and to see if there are any questions – read aloud to follow 
Wednesday: Read aloud 1pm 
Thursday: Read aloud 1pm 
Friday Meet up 1pm – Check-in and celebrate successes and achievements! Read aloud to follow 
  
Our key learning intention this week is:  I can find examples of fractions in real life  

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Tuesday 

Personal Challenges: Goal setting 
Learning Intention:  I can set goals and make a plan.  

The very first thing we would like you to do at the beginning of the week is to have a conversation between you and your caregiver (mom, dad, grandma, guardian). During this conversation go over the following questions:   
  
  • What is the BIG learning intention for the week? - Review the question and discuss how each of the activities given this week goes with the question  
  • How are you going to organize your week? - Look at all the tasks that have been assigned and the optional tasks. Will you follow the schedule that was provided? Will you need to move/shuffle/modify when you do the activities?  How will you ensure everything is completed this week?  
  • What is your learning goal for the week? - What is something you want to work on? This can be organizing yourself independently this week; submitting something through google classroom; editing your written work for punctuation, spelling and capitals; trying a new math strategy. This goal is for you.  
  • Share your goal in the comment section of this assignment.  

Setting the Stage: 
Learning Intention: I can identify and describe different sounds. 

Listening Carefully 

For this task you will be identifying and describing the different sounds you hear around you. You will need to use the Google Doc provided or a blank sheet of paper and a pencil to record your observations. When you are looking for a good sit spot ask your caregiver if you can sit on the front step of your house or go into your backyard. You can also choose a spot in your house but try and find somewhere that you wouldn’t usually sit. 

  1. Find a good sit spot and spend a few minutes quietly listening to the sounds around you. 
What can you hear?  
  • Example: buzzing, humming, whistling . . .  
Which is the quietest sound?  
  • Write a Q next to it 
Which is the loudest?  
  • Write an L next to it 

  1. Take a few minutes to sit quietly again and listen closely! 
What is making each of the sounds you hear?  
  • Use words and pictures to share what you find 
Can you hear things that you can’t see?  
  • Make a prediction of what is making that sound and write a ? next to it 
What natural sounds do you hear? (wind, trees, water)  
  • Write an N next to them 
What man made sounds do you hear? (cars, machines, voices)  
  • Write an M next to them 

  1. Move to another good sit spot and spend a few minutes quietly listening. 
How did the sounds you heard before change?  
Are some sounds easier to hear than others? 
What can you hear now that you couldn’t hear before?  
  • Write a paragraph (4-6 sentences) to answer these questions 

  1. Spend a few more minutes sitting quietly and listening. 
How do these sounds make you feel? 
  • Use words and pictures to share what you are feeling 

***Share your completed observation page with your family and teacher 

Math – Fractions 
Learning Intention: I can explain that a fraction represents a part of a whole. 

  1. Watch the video: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/k-8-grades/cc-third-grade-math/imp-fractions/imp-fractions-intro/v/fraction-basics?modal=1 
  1. Complete the activity by either printing off the attached document or, drawing the rectangles on a piece of paper and then completing the fractions. Remember the top number is the numerator and the bottom number is the denominator. The numerator is the number of boxes you need to colour in.  
  1. Take a picture of your work and upload it to Google Classroom. DO NOT HIT SUBMIT TILL FRIDAY 

Daily Journal 
Learning Intention: I can put ideas and information into short paragraphs with a topic and supporting sentences.   

  1. Click on the document created for you in google classroom.  
  1. Write 2-3 sentences using the following question as your guideline. Submit it only if you want feedback on something or if you have asked a question for your teacher.  
 Question: What is the goal you set forward to achieve this week? How do you plan to achieve that goal? 

Wednesday  

Story Telling 
Learning Intention: I can use different story beginnings to excite and interest my audience.  

  1. Watch this video about how to write an introduction or beginning to your story! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2H29fRVqf8 
  1. Using one of the beginnings from the video, write or tell an introduction to a story using the story prompt:  

Imagine you are a big, majestic lion living in a zoo. How do you feel being surrounded by people all the time? 

  1. Upload your story introduction to Google Classroom. 

Math – Fractions 
Learning Intention: I can explain that a fraction represents a part of a whole. 

  1. Watch the video: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/k-8-grades/cc-third-grade-math/imp-fractions/imp-fractions-intro/v/cutting-shapes-into-equal-parts?modal=1 
  1. On a piece of paper draw a picture for each of the following fractions. Be sure to label which fraction goes with which picture. I will be looking to see that each part is EQUAL. 
  • 5/8 
  • 2/4 
  • 3/5 
  • 4/9 
  • 1/2 
  • 5/7 
  1. Post a picture of your work to Google Classroom. DO NOT HIT SUBMIT TILL FRIDAY 

See the provided example 
 

Daily Journal 
Learning Intention: I can put ideas and information into short paragraphs with a topic and supporting sentences.   

  1. Add to your daily journal from yesterday.  
  1. Write 2-3 sentences using the following question as your guideline. Submit it only if you want feedback on something or if you have asked a question for your teacher. 

Question: Explain to me, what is a fraction and why it is important that each part is equal?   

Thursday 

Passion Project –  
Learning Intention: I can make research questions about a topic I’m interested in. 

This week for our passion project we are going to think of some research questions to help us find the information we need about our chosen topic.  

  1. A research question is a little bit different then some simple questions that we might ask. A simple question is something that we could put into the google search bar and it would tell us an answer. An example of a simple question would be questions that starts with who, what, where, and when.  
? Talk with your family about some simple questions you could ask about your topic. 

  1. When we are thinking about a BIG research question we want to think of a more complex question. We want to create a question that makes us think of smaller questions. For example, my topic is plants. My BIG question could be how could you create a garden if you don’t have a backyard, like people who live in a condo?  

  1. Using the question starters think of a BIG question about your topic.  
Complex questions starters for research questions: 
  • Why . . . ? 
  • Why do you think . . .? 
  • How would you create. . . ? 
  • How do you know . . . ? 
  • What caused . . . ? 
  • What would happen if . . . ? 
  • What is the difference between . . . ? 
  • Would it be better if . . . ? 


  1. To guide our actual research, we need small questions which help us answer our BIG question. These kinds of questions can use the same starters or may have different starters.  
? Look at the question starters below to think of some small research questions you might ask about your topic.  

  • Why . . . ? 
  • Why do you think . . .? 
  • How would you create. . . ? 
  • How do you know . . . ? 
  • What caused . . . ? 
  • What would happen if . . . ? 
  • What is the difference between . . . ? 
  • Would it be better if . . . ? 


***An Example:  I would need to think of 3 more questions about plants. How do plants grow in small places? What plants grow best in pots? How is it possible to grow a garden inside?  

  1. Use the Google doc in the assignment to decide on the topic for your passion project and then write 4 research questions that you could use to help you find information.  

  1. After you have shared your questions and asked for some feedback from your family submit your assignment so your teacher can also give you some feedback on your project. 

Math – Fractions 
Learning Intention: I can explain that a fraction represents a part of a whole. 
Fraction Art Project 

  1. Print off the template or recreate the chart on plain paper. (There are 80 squares in the chart 8x10).  
  1. Create a picture using different colours of markers, crayons or pencil crayons. You must use every square. 
  1. Write the fractions of colours you have used. Your denominators will all be 80.  
  1. Take a picture of your art and upload it to the classroom. NOW YOU CAN HIT SUBMIT! 

See attached example 
 

Daily Journal 
Learning Intention: I can put ideas and information into short paragraphs with a topic and supporting sentences.   

  1. Add to your daily journal from yesterday.  
  1. Write 2-3 sentences using the following question as your guideline. SUBMIT this assignment. 

Question: Share two questions you think are strong questions for your passion project.   

Friday 

Letter to the Teacher 
Learning Intention: I can put ideas and information into short paragraphs with a topic and supporting sentences.  

  1. Using a medium of your choice, such as journal, google doc, video with a picture, share with your classroom teacher what you learned this week. The following questions may guide you.  Post in Google classroom. 
  
- May include a picture, video  
- How did you play this week?  
- How did you experiment this week?   
- What is one new learning from this week?   
- What are new wonders?  
- What questions do you have for me?   

Math: Fraction Reflection 
Click on the form in google classroom to answer the guiding questions.  
  1. What is a fraction? 
  1. Why do parts need to be equal? 
  1. Which assignment do you think shows your best understanding of fractions? 
  1. Coloring fractions 
  1. Drawing and coloring fractions 
  1. Fraction art 
  1. Why do you think this work best represents your understanding of fractions?  

Additional Explore Activities 

Sound Effects: Once you have finished writing the beginning of your story, read it one more time and think about what sound effects you could add to build interest.  
  • Try and think of a few sounds that you would like to create.  
  • Then using items you find in your house try and make those sounds.  
For example: a walking through the grass sound could be the swishing of some clothing or a cricket sound could be running your fingers over a comb.  
  • Once you have found your sounds try recording yourself reading your story beginning and adding in the sounds. If you have a family member who can help you ask them to read your story while you do the sound effects. 

Music: Mrs. Hebenton helped the grade 3 teachers this week with a few ideas. Here are a couple videos she wanted to share to help us remember what we learned about pitch. 

  • I’m sharing with the grade 3 students this week a video that talks about instruments and sounds and what changes the pitch of a stringed instrument.  

Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijTEn2q-jFM&feature=share 

  • After watching the video the students can make their own stringed instrument with the challenge of trying to create at least 3 different pitches.  

Here is an example of how to make a stringed instrument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsyU73YvGcw 

Drawing: This is a blindfolded challenge that you can try to do on your own or if you have a family member to try this with have them join you.  
  • You will need a blank piece of paper, a pencil, a blindfold and something that you would like to draw (stuffy or a toy, something simple).  
  • Put on the blindfold and then do your best using your fingers, pencil and your memory to draw what you chose. If you have a family member helping you have them describe the item to you to help you draw its different parts.  
  • Once you are done take off your blindfold and see how you did.  
  • Now here’s the best part!! It doesn’t matter if it looks like what you were trying to draw. Use your pencil and some pencil crayons to add details to your drawing but try not to use an eraser. 
  • Post your picture so classmates can see them.  


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