Entry for Friday, March 27
Hello families! It's been so nice receiving e-mails from so many of you...even pictures of what you have been up to with your learning! I'm so proud of you all. I trust all families are keeping safe as we "den" in throughout the next few weeks... hopefully not months! Yikes! It's great see how so many of you are checking out Raz Kids and Zorbits Math for great reading and math practice!
How did Friday get its name?
The day "Friday" is related to the German goddess, Frigg..."Frigg's Day" translates to "Friday!"
For our French term "vendredi," the day is associated with the Roman goddess, Venus.
Thus..."Venus's Day" becomes "vendredi."
"Thanks for teaching us about the names of the days of the week, Mr. Hamer," she says.
Language Arts Suggestion
This is called an "array". It shows 3 x 6.
We have three columns with six red circles in each column.
We can show the same array sideways.
We now have three rows containing six red circles.
How many red circles do we have in all?
Remember how we read this special story?
Remember how a man from Samaria helped out a Levite?
Samaritans and Levites belonged to two different groups of people and they didn't get along.
"We should all be good Samaritans..." he thinks.
How did Friday get its name?
The day "Friday" is related to the German goddess, Frigg..."Frigg's Day" translates to "Friday!"
For our French term "vendredi," the day is associated with the Roman goddess, Venus.
Thus..."Venus's Day" becomes "vendredi."
"Thanks for teaching us about the names of the days of the week, Mr. Hamer," she says.
Language Arts Suggestion
Mrs. Hamer wanted to say "Hello" to everyone. She misses coming in to read to the class and share her STEAM toys with you. Hey, look what she is holding in her hands...yes, it's "The Magic Faraway Tree" storybook.
Mrs. Hamer tells us that we can visit a special "read aloud" of the story as read by famous actress, Kate Winslet through an audiobook. It lasts for over ten hours...so you can bookmark the site and read a chapter a day if you wish!
Mrs. Hamer also tells us to take note that the children's names have been slightly modernized in this version. They are Jo, Beth, Frannie and Rick (as opposed to Jo, Bessie, Fannie and Dick in "our" version.)
"I love when Mrs. Hamer reads The Magic Faraway Tree!" he announces with a smile.
Art Suggestion
Check out the various versions of the covers for the Magic Faraway Tree I am posting below.
Compare and contrast the covers. That means...what is the same and what is different about each cover? Study them carefully. Determine the one you like the best.
What are the art concepts that made you like this book cover over all of the others?
Colour? Lettering? The image itself? The placement of items?
If you feel like e-mailing Mr. Hamer with your book cover choice, that would be fun as well. To make it fair, I won't include the cover of Mrs. Hamer's book because many of you might want to pick that one as your choice.
Here goes!
Book Cover #1
Book Cover #2
Book Cover #3
Book Cover #4
Book Cover #5
Book Cover #6
Book Cover #7
Book Cover #8
Book Cover #9
Book Cover #10
Book Cover #11
Book Cover #12
Finally...if you wanted to...go ahead and design your own book cover for the story!
"All of those book covers looked great! It is hard to try and pick out a favourite!" she smiles.
Math Suggestion
By now, you should be a "pro" at the zero times table, the one times table and the two times table. How about spending some time learning the 3 times table.
3 x 0 = 0
3 x 1 = 3
3 x 2 = 6
3 x 3 = 9
3 x 4 = 12
3 x 5 = 15
3 x 6 = 18
3 x 7 = 21
3 x 8 = 24
3 x 9 = 27
No need to go any higher as going up to "9" is sufficient for when you get up into the higher grades and must solve much larger multiplication problems.
We have three columns with six red circles in each column.
We can show the same array sideways.
We now have three rows containing six red circles.
How many red circles do we have in all?
You've got it! We have 18 red circles in all.
Remember that we call the numbers we multiply "factors" and the answer to a multiplication is called the "product". Say, for a challenge for those who wish to take it on...study the division chart on the right side of the picture above! See how division is related to multiplication...just like subtraction is related to addition!
"I love learning about multiplication!" he announces with confidence.
Religion Suggestion
Remember how we read this special story?
Remember how a man from Samaria helped out a Levite?
Samaritans and Levites belonged to two different groups of people and they didn't get along.
But that didn't stop this Samaritan from sacrificing his time, energy and money to assist a fellow human being.
Check out the cartoon version at the link below whenever you get a bit of time.
"We should all be good Samaritans..." he thinks.
...and she agrees wholeheartedly!
Have a great weekend everyone and check in Monday morning for more learning suggestions from Mr. Hamer
Mr. Hamer OCT
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