Entry for Tuesday, March 24
Indeed, happy Tuesday to all of our class families!
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While we look up to only one God, our God...the Anglo-Saxons looked up to many gods.
They named Tuesday after their god of war...Tui.
At the same time, the ancient Romans named this day Mars after their god of war. The French offer up a similar name...mardi...for Tuesday.
While we cannot attend school, we can think about the time in the future when it will be safe to do so once again. The "thumbs up" from the young lad in the front could very well be given for all of the fine people working in society to help keep us safe at this time!
Keep Fit While Staying Indoors!
Meanwhile, since we have to basically stay indoors...let's check out this Get Fit Video anytime you need a break from the computer!
Some Math Suggestions
While I do know that our grade two friends would solve the above problems with ease...let's roll back a bit and get down to the basics, shall we...hee hee hee!
As mentioned yesterday, we have been studying 2D shapes in Geometry.
The edges are the lines and the vertices are the angles.
Challenge
Let's say that Chloe has four "triangles" and Greta has three "hexagons".
Who has the most vertices in all? How many more does this student have than the other student?
Hint: You can count the vertices on all of the shapes one vertex at a time...or you can add them one shape at a time...or...you can skip count...
or...you can use multiplication to help you!
Look below the next two pictures to see possible solutions.
Chloe's four triangles:
1+2+3...4+5+6...7+8+9...10+11+12
3 vertices + 3 vertices + 3 vertices + 3 vertices
3+3+3+3 =
skip count: 3, 6, 9, 12
4x3= 12
Chloe's four triangles contain 12 vertices.
Greta's three hexagons:
1+2+3+4+5+6...7+8+9+10+11+12...13+14+15+16+17+18
6 vertices + 6 vertices + 6 vertices
6+6+6=
skip count: 6, 12, 18
3x6=
Greta's three hexagons contain 18 vertices
So...Greta has 18 vertices while Chloe has 12 vertices.
We subtract to find out how many more vertices Greta has than Chloe.
18 - 12 = 6
Greta has six more vertices than Chloe.
(Another time, Chloe will have more!) big smile
Parents/Guardians...feel free to think up another similar problem using different shapes.
Hey...we combined addition, multiplication and geometry in this single challenge!
Some Language Arts Suggestions
Yes, we love to read and write, speak and listen!
Recently we have begun to investigate the many nouns we find when we read a passage.
We have learned that nouns can be persons, places or things.
We have also learned that Proper Nouns name a specific person, place or thing and Common Nouns name ordinary persons, places or things. While we do not have to learn about Abstract Nouns, feel free to share them with your child.
Noun Video
This short video shows us the different types of nouns.
Some Science Suggestions
Some of you may have visited the Toronto Zoo. They offer a great website for children to learn all about animals, similar to the National Geographic Kids site.
Toronto Zoo Website for Kids
More Animal Research Project Ideas
Some ideas to consider when writing a short paragraph research on the animal.
Animal Category: mammal, fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, insect
Physical Characteristics: Describe its body
Habitat: Where it lives - oceans, rainforest, desert, mountain polar regions...etc
Food: What it eats herbivore/carnivore/omnivore
Life Cycle: born live or hatched/parents care for it or not/lifespan
Cute Animals Video
Check out this really cute video showcasing baby animals!
Some Religion Suggestions
I took the image above with my camera. It shows a page related to our Reconciliation study.
If you have time, feel free to review each pair of scenarios with your child to determine who made the correct choice. You may click on this image to enlarge it.
The video below is a read aloud with regard to the above pictured book dealing with children having to make choices.
Mr. Hamer OCT
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