Home Learning Weeks 18 - Thank You Cards, Math Without Help, Term Two Reflection

Writing - Thank You Card

Showing appreciation, writing message of thanks, decorating and illustrating, addressing an envelope, mailing letter

That looks like a B - oh no! I don't want her to get confused! 

Agh - I don't like the smell of Sharpie! Is it toxic? Hopefully it is not, 'cause that would not be good. Toxic is bad, bad, bad for your nose. It is bad for everything. My spelling is improving, Mom; you know what I mean, right? I don't like the smell of Sharpie at all. You know what I mean? 

Now I'm just gonna make a heart. I wanna make a blue heart, but I don't know how. I'm gonna try and make a heart. I'm gonna make an emoji. Will she know what this is? A coat you can use for a polar bear - if it is tame! She will not know what it is, but she will say, "Nice drawing." Right? 

K - I'm done!

Science - Hummingbirds

Observing wildlife in the city; following directions, measuring, mixing, pouring

Hummingbird Nectar

1 cup sugar

4 cups boiled water

Mix together. Cool. Pour into hummingbird feeder.

I'm really thirsty. Did you know cold water is the best to drink? 'Cause it refreshes your mouth.

The pee is the boss of you when you have to go to the bathroom. You just have to sit and wait for it to come out.

Math - Addition and Subtraction

Addition and subtraction to 20: +1, -1, +10, 10-, using Cuisenaire rods (real or virtual),
"10 parters" or number line

1), 4) and 5) Hedgehog - look: I've got 12 there, I've got 12 there! 12! Is this all 12's, Andrew? Well, no.
6) 12 minus 7: now this is hard, but I'm going to do it. When I'm done this one, can I have a break? It seems like it's 5. Did I do something wrong? Let's count: 5!
9) 7 plus 1. 17? No, 8.
11) 8 plus 3: I don't get it... I don't know what to do. Red! 11: look, Mom!
13) 5 minus 5. I don't get this. Zero.

Physical Education - Running Laps, Energy Break

Sixteen laps, and then we'll do it (page 2, math). Open the door first, or you might bonk into your face. Let's do it, Mom! Come on!

Back to Math

4) 8 plus 8: that's hard. This is getting a bit tricky for me, but I can do it: 16.
5) 8 plus 1. Of course I know that, cause I'm 9, and I know it.
8) 15 minus 7. Oh god, how do I do it? 5 and a ten makes 15. Put 7 on the bottom and get another one. 8! I don't know what it is. 8 - yeah! Silly me. 8.

Art - Painting, and Writing - Thank You Card

Showing appreciation, writing message of thanks, keyboarding, softening paints with water, cleaning brush between colours

Thank you, Grandma, for finding my retainer case. Thank you for the presents for my birthday. I hope they're gonna turn out nicely and not break. I'm worried about that. I opened the books that you got me, but there are two other presents I hadn't opened. I'm excited for my birthday. I wish you can come here one day, Grandma. The end. Love you Grandma. Love you, too Grandpa. AZ

I'm gonna turn 10 - I'm not lying. I'm pretty lucky - I'm gonna get two digits. Am I still 9?

Oral Reading - Critter Club

Reading aloud - reading for understanding and pleasure, making predictions

Tricky words: field, Sullivan, St. Bernard, any, rained

That kind of sounds like mischief to me! It's totally a mystery: they're going to find the dog, but how are they going to find the dog?

I'm going to read that part all over again.

Term Two Reflection

1. One thing I did to help a person recently: I helped a person get to the hospital. She falled down on the sidewalk, in the snow, and she hit her leg and her head. We put two blankets on her and there was a dog and I got to pet the dog and help the dog get calm. The dog was still scared and I had to help the dog. We waited until the firetruck came, and then I went to my buddy, Owen's, house, and I saw my buddy Owen and I played with him with his dog.

It seemed really dangerous for the lady, so we decided to help her. It felt really, really, really, really something good for my body 'cause I didn't do that before, but I felt good that I helped that person get safe.

2. My favourite book to read: Junie B. Jones and also Critter Club, because it was my favourite books. They were nice. I liked the pictures, how it was made (how they drew the pictures). I like Junie B. because she is really feisty. I think all of them, when you are done those books, are going to be mysteries in there - they are all going to be Critter Club mysteries. I have four.

3. I am interested in learning science... science kits. I do science with Dad. There's all sorts of ones; trust me - none of them actually worked. I want colour-changing stuff and chemical reactions. I'm going to go and take a science class one day. (starting Jan 31, but now postponed to Spring)

Other Home Learning Posts

Home Learning, Day 1, Grade 4 - Smoothie, Recycling Rigid or Soft Plastic, Transfer Station, Compost

Home Learning - Week 2 Chai, Fruit Fly Trap, Garden Kiosk, Albinism

Home Learning - Week 3 Apple Taste Test, Gymnastics, Back Brace, Subtraction

Home Learning - Week 4 Subject/Predicate, Squash, Mint/Calendula Face Mask

Home Learning - Week 5 Slugs, Radish, Mushrooms

Home Learning - Week 6 Thanksgiving, Earthquake Kit, Soaring Eagle

Home Learning - Week 7 BC, +/- 1, Braces, Bees, Rain Water

Home Learning - Week 8 Pizza, Alberta, Halloween

Home Learning - Week 9 Dogs, Earrings, Adding White

Home Learning - Week 10 Christmas List, Cupcake Face Mask, Green Poodle

Home Learning - Week 11 Mango Lassi, Saskatchewan, 10 Partners, Cat

Home Learning - Week 12 Bees, World Book, Lip Balm, Seeds

Home Learning - Week 13  Memory, Sewing, Back Brace Adjustment

Home Learning - Week 14 Snow,  Salad, SPCA, Manitoba, Bison

Home Learning - Week 15 Christmas, Manure, Evil Sister

Home Learning - Week 16 Gerbil, Slime, Hummingbirds, Cocoa

Home Learning - Week 17 Ontario, Apple Taste Test, Denim Purse

Home Learning - Week 18 Thank You Notes, Math Without Help, Term Two Reflection

Home Learning - Weeks 19+20 Nerd Outfit, Quebec, Birthday

Home Learning - Week 21 Emotions, Ordering Numbers, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Soaring Eagles #4

Home Learning - Week 22 Valentine's Day, Science World, New Brunswick

Home Learning - Week 23 Worried, Adding Tens, Nova Scotia, Science World #2, DIY Lip Gloss Soap

Home Learning - Week 24 Real-Life Math, Nap, Lonely, Wolfdogs, Spring, Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Home Learning - Week 25 Schedules, Yukon, Pysanky, Bank Machine, Regrouping, Loved, Term 3 Reflections, Soaring Eagles #5

Home Learning - Week 26 Rotten Food, Embarrassed, Newfoundland and Labrador, Can Opener, Skating, Teacher Screecher, Rain Water, Slugs, Word Search

Home Learning - Week 27 Cheer, Fish, Digit Sequences, Spelling "ea", Sad, Spring 2, Matching Pictures, Butterfly Books, Math Review, Private Questions 2

Home Learning - Week 28 I Spy; Subtraction of Numbers Larger than 19, without and with Regrouping; Spelling "ee"; Frustrated; Ancient Greece; Nunavit; Quinoa Veggie Salad; Cat Whiskers; Dog Biscuit; Butterfly Cage; Baby Alive Food DIY

Home Learning - Week 29 Kitchen Scraps, Northwest Territories, Butterflies, Fort Langley, Bike Riding, Estimation, Helpful, Banana Orange Smoothie

Home Learning - Week 30 Watermelon, Money, Tired, Butterflies, Handsome Warren, Catnip, Water Measurement, OT Assessment 2, Rounding, Contractions, Silly, Soaring Eagles 6

Home Learning - Week 31 Ella Enchanted, Butterflies 3, Money, Story of Life 1, Watermelon 2, Sweet Pea, Tomatillo, Disappointed, Visual Memory, Adding Tens, Garden Beds, Muffins, Thank You to Carol, Contractions 2, Butterfly Cage, Ken

Home Learning - Week 32 Encyclopedia Brown, 41st Ave., Money, Chrysalides, OT Assessment 3, 600 Million Years, Mishka, Related Tens, Round-Offs, QE Park, Mother's Day Card, Acting and Dancing

Home Learning - Week 33 Butterflies, Estimating Sum and Difference, Thailand, Money Book, 600 Million Years 2, Library Holds, Mara the Meerkat Fairy, Soaring Eagle 6
Home Learning - Week 34 Castles, Planting Veggies, Long and Short "a", Butterfly Release, Banana Smell, Estimating Sum and Difference, Drawing v Colouring, Horrid Henry, Poppy Seed Pasta Salad, Pond Water 2, Trike Planter, Lush Gift Card, Beekeeping
Home Learning - Week 35 Money, 600 Million Years 3, Long and Short "e", Cirque de la Symphonie, Farm Visit, Sharks, Appropriate Questions, Microscope, Pandora, Telling Time, Estimation, Cheer