Entry for Friday, May 1
What a special day today is!
It is "May Day!"
We always celebrate May Day on the first day in the month of May.
A wonderful celebratory tradition is to dress up and dance around the May Pole!
May Day is celebrated in many countries around the world as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honouring workers.
(Remember how Mme Pepe asked us about traditions in our class meet yesterday!)
(Remember how Mme Pepe asked us about traditions in our class meet yesterday!)
Indeed, Happy May Day.
Note: Not to be confused with the SOS call of Mayday when someone is in trouble which comes from the French verb meaning to help...m'aider...help me...help me!
May Day activities look like so much fun, Mr. Hamer!
Math Learning
Check out this cool video of a Fraction Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTce7f6KGE0
Fractions are everywhere!
Today we will integrate math with art.
Check out these cool "Fraction Flowers".
Notice how the center of the flower gives you a clue as to the fractions that will be on that flower's petals?
Why don't you try to make one or two "Fraction Flowers" similar to the ones showcased here!
That will be our math for today!
Combining math with art is too much fun, Mr. Hamer!
Language Learning
Being that it is May Day, we must observe an actual dance around the MayPole.
Watch carefully how the dancers intertwine themselves as the dance progresses.
Take note of how the ribbons wrap themselves around the MayPole nearer the end of the video.
Wonderful Dance Around the MayPole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhQ2hp68bY
Poetry
Today we will create an acrostic poem.
Let's print the month of "May" in a column like below.
M
A
Y
Then we use the letters in the month to start a sentence.
Poetry does not have to rhyme.
Check out Mr. Hamer's version.
His birthday is actually in this month of the year.
May Day activities look like so much fun, Mr. Hamer!
Math Learning
Check out this cool video of a Fraction Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTce7f6KGE0
By now we really understand fractions.
We can write them in math form (4/7)
and in word form (four sevenths)
Fractions are fun!
Fractions are colourful.
Fractions are everywhere!
Today we will integrate math with art.
Check out these cool "Fraction Flowers".
Notice how the center of the flower gives you a clue as to the fractions that will be on that flower's petals?
That will be our math for today!
Language Learning
Being that it is May Day, we must observe an actual dance around the MayPole.
Watch carefully how the dancers intertwine themselves as the dance progresses.
Take note of how the ribbons wrap themselves around the MayPole nearer the end of the video.
Wonderful Dance Around the MayPole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhQ2hp68bY
Poetry
Today we will create an acrostic poem.
Let's print the month of "May" in a column like below.
M
A
Y
Then we use the letters in the month to start a sentence.
Poetry does not have to rhyme.
Check out Mr. Hamer's version.
His birthday is actually in this month of the year.
My birthday is in the month of May.
All of the dancers move around the MayPole.
Yes, May is a wonderful month!
Your Language Task
Make your very own "Acrostic" poem for the month of May.
Then, select one more month in the year and make an acrostic poem for that month!
Here is Mr. Hamer's Acrostic poem for another month!
August is the eighth month of the year.
Usually it is very warm in this month.
Great things can be done by families at this time.
Under the August moon we can see at night.
Sometimes it feels like summer and sometimes not.
Terrific activities like camping can take place then.
Those Acrostic poems are really nice, Mr. Hamer!
Student Sharing
We have a great deal of student sharing to cap off the week.
Here is some super geometry work.
Sides and vertices 3D math. Great!
Love this multiplication page!
Some great comprehension question answering around the story about Mr. Ferris and his wheel!
It would be lots of fun if Roblox could come to life!
Love the division effort.
18 out of 18 correct! Bravo!
Summer creative writing.
Division by subtraction. Kudos to you!
Still more lovely dividing tasks.
Love the unicorn page!
Thanks for sharing all of these pictures, S.G-S. We'll post more of your contributions next week!
This young lad has responded nicely to some comprehension questions.
He has completed some fine division equations...
...plus a review of 3D geometry.
He has aced the faces, edges and vertices sheet he found.
Some lovely adjective work. Remember, adjectives are describing words and they describe nouns.
Yet another example of division.
A fine descriptive paragraph on the chameleon.
Some verb work...
...along with some French activities!
Fraction work found in a workbook.
A lovely "If I Were" poem which we enjoyed in our Google Classroom Meet this morning!
Some great looking science taking place!
Ah, yes! Static electricity! Thank you, I.Z. for sharing so many great images of your work!
Some more fine looking examples of splitting 2D objects in halves...plus some lovely French work.
Determining equal and unequal shares for these figures is lots of fun!
If you were a pilot, I would go up in a plane with you!
Nice examples of thirds.
Jaguars are beautiful members of the cat family.
A lovely diamond poem on the sun and the moon.
Also, a wonderful poem about Canada.
Beautiful fraction "action" R. H-F.
Some further great looking math work!
Along with these superb looking examples of more fractions.
Not to mention this fine Biopoem on Foxy who lives in the forest. Thanks for sharing, C.C.
It is so much fun see other students' work, Mr. Hamer!
Student Sharing
We have a great deal of student sharing to cap off the week.
Here is some super geometry work.
Sides and vertices 3D math. Great!
Love this multiplication page!
Some great comprehension question answering around the story about Mr. Ferris and his wheel!
It would be lots of fun if Roblox could come to life!
Love the division effort.
18 out of 18 correct! Bravo!
Summer creative writing.
Division by subtraction. Kudos to you!
Still more lovely dividing tasks.
Love the unicorn page!
Thanks for sharing all of these pictures, S.G-S. We'll post more of your contributions next week!
This young lad has responded nicely to some comprehension questions.
He has completed some fine division equations...
...plus a review of 3D geometry.
He has aced the faces, edges and vertices sheet he found.
Some lovely adjective work. Remember, adjectives are describing words and they describe nouns.
Yet another example of division.
A fine descriptive paragraph on the chameleon.
Some verb work...
...along with some French activities!
Fraction work found in a workbook.
A lovely "If I Were" poem which we enjoyed in our Google Classroom Meet this morning!
Some great looking science taking place!
Ah, yes! Static electricity! Thank you, I.Z. for sharing so many great images of your work!
Some more fine looking examples of splitting 2D objects in halves...plus some lovely French work.
Determining equal and unequal shares for these figures is lots of fun!
If you were a pilot, I would go up in a plane with you!
Nice examples of thirds.
Jaguars are beautiful members of the cat family.
A lovely diamond poem on the sun and the moon.
Also, a wonderful poem about Canada.
Beautiful fraction "action" R. H-F.
Some further great looking math work!
Along with these superb looking examples of more fractions.
It is so much fun see other students' work, Mr. Hamer!
We leave off this week with a special prayer for our upcoming month. Stay safe throughout this time.
All the best, Mr. Hamer OCT
