Kindness Kelly Zwack 3/4: Wednesday May 12

Wednesday May 12 - Online

Today we started with a special presentation with Luna from our class and a special guest named Haze. They talked to us about GRIT which is the ability to do hard things. Luna shared her story as well as her G R I and T words that help her when she faces challenges. Mrs. Zwack and Haze also shared theirs. Please check Google Classroom today for the assignment related to this lesson. All directions and resources are there for each child to create their own GRIT words and poster. This may require some adult help to work through the game. The poster is due in Iris for Friday May 21.

In math we continued our work on measurement and looked more closely at linear measurement and we introduced standard measurement units of millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres.

Here is a little video to watch that will help build your understanding! *No assignment to be worked on.

In writing, we are trying to figure out the plan that Trudy Ludwig had as a writer for her book The Invisible Boy. We reviewed the story and added to our Event Story Planner. We were looking for what attempts Brian made to solve his problem of feeling left out. We will be using the same planning format to create our own stories.

We completed the first three boxes together as seen here. Students were then asked to watch the video again to determine two more attempts that Brian made and then add in the last box how the problem was solved at the end of the book. This should be completed for this Friday. Thank you!

During Science Inquiry, we shared some of the items we found around our homes that were made out of various materials. We talked about why each material was a good one for the item. For example, making a water bottle out of plastic is a good idea because it can hold water, is light, can be many colours ad can have a tight seal with the lid. We filled in the section for "glass" together to show its qualities and examples. Tomorrow afternoon, students will work on filling in the other parts of their web.