Entry for Thursday, April 2
Welcome to Thursday, April the "tooth".
Get it."twoth" the twoth of April. Hehehe!
Of course we know that it is April the second or April 2nd
(Mr. Hamer sure can be silly at times!)
Yesterday, a student from our class really wanted to face time "live" with Mr. Hamer .
I set up a google hangouts meet and, with the help of her dad, we were able to enjoy a lovely conversation with the student, her sister and her dad along with Mr. Hamer.
In short order, I will arrange a Google Hangouts Meet with you and your child and some of the other children in the class where they can see and speak with each other and Mr. Hamer on-line.
Thanks to those families who have been sending me pictures of what their child is doing at home. It's so great to see all of the creativity!
Love the on-line learning where the children take what I am showing in the blog and running with it! (I see a large gold hexagon there with the other shapes!)
He is making a segue from 2D shapes to 3D ones. Brilliant!
Love to see some parents having purchased the traditional phonics, language and math workbooks. (I learned how to read and write using these...and today I write for some magazines in my hobbies and actually get paid to do so!)
Role-playing with a doll is so good to keep your mind active and creative. Her doll looks like a real baby in this photo dad had sent along!
Play time is...
...time for creativity...
...and time for relaxation...
...and time for simply have good old fun!
This young lad is working beautifully in his art journal. Wonderful.
Thanks for those photos and, please, do keep them coming along. I'll post them if you e-mail them my way! Mr. Hamer
Remember, you can always grow your growth mindset with lots of practice and perserverence!
For example...see this puzzle above. It is made up of 1000 pieces.
Mrs. Hamer and I started it two days ago...
...and now it is finished! Now, I'm not saying that you have to race to complete a puzzle...take your time...because slow and steady wins the race. If you have a great growth mindset, you can complete anything you begin.
And we thought...
...that a puzzle with 100 pieces...
...would take a lot of time!
Today, I will share ideas in two subject areas...Language Arts and Math.
Language Arts Suggestion
We are really good at writing a summary about a story we have read in class or about an account of an event that has taken place around the school. We often turn these writing adventures into a class book Let's "turn the page" and learn about "Procedural Writing."
As the above image indicates, when you write up a procedure, you tell how something is done or how something is made.
The words above are great sentence starters for procedural writing.
In grade two, only four or five sentences would be required for this sort of activity.
Check out my example below of procedural writing regarding how students copy down their agenda each morning.
Getting My Agenda Done
By: Mr. Hamer
First, make sure you have your agenda on your desk.
Then, open your agenda to today's date.
Now look up at the blackboard in class where Mr. Hamer has posted the agenda items.
Next, copy the items on the lines for today's date.
Finally, place your agenda back in your school bag so you do not forget to take it home.
Note how four of my five sentences begin with one of the suggested words from the picture before. Yes, I used these four words...First, Then, Next and Finally. I added the word Now to the beginning of my third sentence...a very suitable word to use.
Below are a few more examples of procedural writing.
Knowing what to do in a fire drill is very important!
Notice how this person did not use any of the brainstormed beginning words, but it still makes sense and it still offers up a process.
Notice how this person did not use any of the brainstormed beginning words, but it still makes sense and it still offers up a process.
Yum Yum! I'll eat your apple sauce! Yet another form of procedural writing.
Below is a short two-minute video on procedural writing as offered by an Australian instructor. It is more science based.
Procedural Writing Video
Below, Cookie Monster tries to follow a procedure to make an egg salad sandwich. Too funny! Maybe,he should have written down the procedure in proper format!
A Funny Procedural Writing Video
"That Cookie Monster video was too funny, Mr. Hamer!"
"Yeah...that was hilarious!"
"I wonder how many sandwiches and cookies the cookie monster can eat at one time?"
Say, maybe you and an adult can learn how to make cookies like the ones below!
Yummy...marshmallows!
Love the googly eyes!
So colourful!
Try Your Hand at Procedural Writing
On a sheet of paper, how about trying to write your own steps to do something or how to make something. If you share a picture of it with me via e-mail I'll be sure to post it and then your classmates can see your example of procedural writing! Yes, indeed, a parent can help out!
Math Suggestion
We have been learning how multiplication is related to addition.
3+3+3 = 9 just like 3x3 = 9
5+5+5+5 = 20 just like 5x4 = 20
4+4 = 8 just like 4x2 = 8
2+2+2+2 = 8 just like 2x4 = 8
Look at the last two sets of equations.
Remember how we learned that we can rearrange the factors 2 and 4
2x4 = 4x2
8 = 8
We have also studied different 2D shapes and we offered up some cool art activities around these shapes. Check the artwork above.
Feel free to try creating a work of art like one of the four images above. Again, I'll be sure to post it for you if you send along a picture of your work!
One large different shape is superimposed above a combination of a single type of shape.
That's really cool.Feel free to try creating a work of art like one of the four images above. Again, I'll be sure to post it for you if you send along a picture of your work!
Today, let's investigate the 5 times table. It's an easy one!
Your product will either end in a five or a zero.
Let's prove that below.
5 x 0 = 0
5 x 1 = 5
5 x 2 = 10
5 x 3 = 15
5 x 4 = 20
5 x 5 = 25
5 x 6 = 30
5 x 7 = 35
5 x 8 = 40
5 x 9 = 45
5 x 10 = 50
5 x 11 = 55
5 x 12 = 60
Remember, we really only need to know the five times table up to the number 9.
The image above shows how we skip count by fives.
This number line model proves to us that 3 x 5 = 15 with no doubt about it! Hehehe!
This image show a times table chart for 5.
Mr. Hamer has highlighted the horizontal line for 5.
Now, we have both the horizontal and vertical lines for the five times table.
Hey! Note where the two lines intersect, or cross over.
That is where 5 x 5 would be.
Yes, 5 x 5 = 25
Now, let's check in on some 5 times arrays.
The above image shows five columns of three.
5 x 3 = 15
The green array on the left also shows 5 x 3 = 15
The green array on the right shows us 3 x 5 = 15
This proves that 5 x 3 = 3 x 5
15 = 15
This red array shows us four columns of five.
4 x 5 = 20
Spend a little bit of time today memorizing your 5 times tables.
Your grade three teachers will really appreciate you for this next year! (Big grin!)
"It's so interesting to see so many ways we can showcase the five times tables!"
Penny and Lilly are so smart. When I ask them their times tables, they get it right every time. Let's try it out!
Penny, what is 5 x 0.
Penny says nothing.
She is right. 5 x 0 is nothing!
Lilly, your turn. Here is a higher one. What is 8 x 0?
Lilly says nothing.
She is right. 8 x 0 is nothing!
Smart dogs, eh!
Have a barking-filled day everyone!
Mr. Hamer OCT, Penny K9 and Lilly K9
Penny, what is 5 x 0.
Penny says nothing.
She is right. 5 x 0 is nothing!
Lilly, your turn. Here is a higher one. What is 8 x 0?
Lilly says nothing.
She is right. 8 x 0 is nothing!
Smart dogs, eh!
Have a barking-filled day everyone!
Mr. Hamer OCT, Penny K9 and Lilly K9
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