Typing Quiz

🎯 I can type home row letters without looking.

<Click here for the quiz.>

Typing Links again

🎯 I can keep my fingers over the home row as I type.
🎯 I can type letters by memory.

Level 1
Stage 1 (Home Row Practice)
Stage 2 (+ i and e)
Stage 3 (+ r and u)
Stage 4 (+ t and y)
Stage 5 (+ w and o)

Stage 6 (+?)

Planting one of our Apple Trees

On Thursday we went out and planted one of our baby apple trees.  We found a clearing in wild section to start digging.  The ground was very hard to dig up and the dirt was like clay.  There was too much long, wet grass on top of the dirt at first so we had to pull it out.  There were really pretty orange flowers where we decided to plant our apple tree.  We put a cut out plastic container around where we planted our tree so no one will step on it.  We will have to choose people to water it every day.  Now we will get to watch our apple tree grow.




Reporting By: Ellie and Reese.  Typed By: Miss Rachael

Friday Math Bonus

First, go to ixl to practice counting until you can't do more. <click here>

Then play this video game.  <click here>

Or this video game. <click here>

Constructing Our Garden

Yesterday we started digging and planting the plants in our garden.  We did allot of digging, shovelling,  planting, and watering, it was very of fun. We had allot of pretty plants to put in our garden.  Allot of people had shovels and buckets.  I liked seeing all the people work together.  When we were done planting all the flowers we put mulch on top which we got using a wheelbarrow.  We also used the wheelbarrow to get stones for a path around our garden so people won't walk on our garden just around it.  Our garden is very beautiful now and lots of people will enjoy it.


Reporting By: Liam and Miriam.  Typed By: Miss Rachael

Starting Our Garden

When we were digging, we found out that the dirt was too clumpy.  It was very hard to shovel and thick like clay.  The soil we brought in the bags was softer than the dirt we were digging up.  To help dig up the soil in the ground we could maybe use a rotary tiller.  We didn't know how to get the mulch to our garden, but then someone came up with the idea to use a wheelbarrow.

Reporting by Morgan and Quinten. Typed by Miss Rachel

The Green Teeth Alien Mystery

Summary of Act 1

The Coral Cove Elementary School is being sold to Mr. and Mrs. Moneybags. But there is an alien that is haunting one of the classrooms.  One of the characters is pretending to be the green toothed alien.  Who is it? Why would they do that? Leave your predictions in the comment section.

Characters:

• Mr. and Mrs. Moneybags
• Librarian
• Teacher
• Police Officer
• Mail Carrier
• Farmer
• Baker
• Dentist
• Gardener
• Plumber
• Fire Fighter
• Trash Collectors
• Reporter
• Vet
• Janitor
• Detective A and B

Clues:

• The sounds came from the iPad
• The alien was waving its arms
• There were seeds on the floor
• Mr. and Mrs. Moneybags didn’t pay for their room at the inn.
• There is a report of treasure in the classroom.

Suspects:

• Mr. and Mrs. Moneybags
• Librarian
• Teacher
• Police Officer
• Mail Carrier
• Farmer
• Baker
• Gardener

Bonus Math

Do this until you use up your daily questions.  <Click Here>
Then go to abcya.com and do numbers. <Click Here>

Some Fun

Here is a link to a game I made.

<click here>

Typing Links

🎯 I can keep my fingers over the home row as I type.
🎯 I can type letters by memory.

Level 1
Stage 1 (Home Row Practice)
Stage 2 (+ i and e)
Stage 3 (+ r and u)
Stage 4 (+ t and y)
Stage 5 (+ w and o)
Stage 6 (+?)

Typing letters

To type your letter, you don't need to write the "Dear .." part.  You won't need the "sincerely, ____" either.  You will just need to type the sentences into a google form.  The computer will make the letter that we can glue onto the postcard.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FORM.

Rounding

click here!

A Postcard From Yellowknife, NT

We got a post card.

We thought some things were interesting:

• You can dog sled there and you can drive on the river when its frozen.
• You can see the northern lights from there.

We have some questions:

• Can we go there?
• How would we get there?
• How do you speak Dogrib?

Dance Mat Typing

🎯 I can keep my fingers over the home row as I type.
🎯 I can type letters by memory.

Level 1
Stage 1 (Home Row Practice)
Stage 2 (+ i and e)
Stage 3 (+ r and u)
Stage 4 (+ t and y)
Stage 5 (+ w and o)

Finding out information about Milton

Our question: What school in Milton is named after an astronaut?

Ideas:

• Ask Siri
• Look it up on google
• Ask an expert (someone who knows about Milton)
• Look up a youtube video about Milton
• Download a game that is about Milton
• Think of all the astronaut names or look up names of Canadian astronauts.
• Ask mom or dad
• Look at a map of Milton

First we tried asking Siri. Siri gave us some websites to look up. We found a website about school naming history. Then, we found a school named after a high school teacher. We didn't find the astronaut. There were too many schools to read through.

Next, we went on google maps. We searched "Milton". Then, we searched for "schools in Milton". We found a list of schools. Then we looked at the list to see which we should look at. 

The first school wasn't named after an astronaut. After that, we found a different one that was named after an astronaut. It was called the Chris Hadfield Public School. 

We used satellite pictures to see their building, yard, and the whole neighbourhood. We also discovered that there are a lot of fields outside of Milton.

Next, we still have to contact the school to see if A. is in grade 6 there.

A Great Idea

It would be a great idea if Mr. Lee would make a typing game.  The levels will match what students are learning in class. What do you think?

Readers Theatre

Things we liked about Readers Theatre

• People were reading loudly so the audience could hear
• We liked that we could be in the plays
• Students were sitting well when they presented
• Students were quiet when they were in the audience
• It was great that we could have people come over to see them

What we could do to make it better next time

• We could be louder next time
• We could keep our books down, and still
• We could stand and use Drama BLOCKING
• We could have even more expression

Supply Slideshow

Click here for the supply plan slideshow.

We Got Mail!

We got a post card from a school. It was from the grade 3 class at Mount Pleasant Village Public School in Brampton. We do not know what some words mean. We have questions about what we read.

• The author did not put their name. Who wrote it?
• Can we go to their ice rink in Brampton?
• What is a GO station?
• What is a suburban community?

Questions we have about garbage and recycling

• Why do we need to recycle?
• Where does all of the Lunch Lady stuff go? Could we get a poster?
• Would it be a good idea if we had a compost bin in class? Could we put it in a cupboard?
• Can the school have their own compost bin?