Entry for Tuesday, April 21
Our queen, Queen Elizabeth, was born on this day in the year 1926.
Let's do the subtracting...2020 - 1926 = 94
Yes, our Queen is 94 years old today! God bless her!
She has been on the job for a very long time.
My daughter works for our Governor General who is the Queen's representative in Canada.
Indeed, 0 divided by 3 = 0 is a proper equation.
However...
3 divided by 0 is undefined.
It's great to see students extending their lessons.
This young lad completed an amazing activity on adjectives.
(You can click on each picture to enlarge it to see better.)
(Click outside the image to return to the normal look of the page.)
Such wonderful visuals around a division equation!
Love those fish!
Some more adjective work! That naughty dog sure looks happy!
Nice Language Arts work.
3D solids coming to life!
"I think I'll eat a vertex!" he says.
A huge structure based on a number of 3D shapes!
A beautiful example of descriptive writing was sent in by this young lady.
She also submitted her anchor chart for division.
As well as 36 division equations completed. Wow!
Way to go. A.D.
Some more fine examples of brilliant math work!
Mr. Hamer really appreciates seeing how creative each student is with their work.
Mme Pepe will be excited to see this French work just as Mr. Hamer is with the math!
Well...hello there!
This young lady wrote a lovely story telling us about how much she loves dogs.
She's right...my puppy, Lilly, does not like taking baths at all.
I love what the kitty cat has to say. Hee hee!
Some fine math examples!
It sure is fun including family and friend names in our math!
Great looking French work.
H-e-r-e's Tuesday! As always, it is better to look on the bright side of life!
Today In History
Our queen, Queen Elizabeth, was born on this day in the year 1926.
Let's do the subtracting...2020 - 1926 = 94
Yes, our Queen is 94 years old today! God bless her!
In 2017 she became the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee commemorating 65 years on the throne. She has reigned for 68 years as of February 2020.
She has been on the job for a very long time.
My daughter works for our Governor General who is the Queen's representative in Canada.
When Mr. Hamer was teaching in Canada's north, he was invited to dine with the queen in a large assembly in Quebec City. Although Mr. Hamer was unable to attend, he felt very honoured to have been invited. (Two individuals from each political riding in the province of Quebec had been sent invitations.)
"Mr. Hamer...our Queen is very special!" she says.
I wonder why she thinks so? Hmmm....can you guess why?
French Learning
Mme Pepe sent these two worksheets for you to work on.
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Mme also asks that you continue reciting your days of the week, months of the year and seasons too!
Math Learning
Today we learn the proper math vocabulary for a division equation.
The largest number is the one we start with. It is called the dividend.
The number we are dividing the dividend by is called the divisor.
Finally, the answer to a division equation is called the quotient.
In the video you will also see three different ways we can represent a division equation as Mr. Hamer is showing above.
Video on Division Vocabulary
Learning Task
Have an adult print out these twelve division problems. Then you can complete them by yourself or with the help of an adult.
Hint: in the back of your agenda is a times table chart that can help you with your division. If you can't find your agenda, I've posted a chart below.
Times Tables Chart to Aid in Dividing
Our class already knew something about division. They were very good at dividing themselves up into groups for our curling demonstration!
Note to Parents
Here is a tricky concept.
You can divide zero by a number but you cannot divide a number by zero. Below is the reasoning.
Indeed, 0 divided by 3 = 0 is a proper equation.
However...
3 divided by 0 is undefined.
If we follow our "check" using multiplication to verify our division work then...
0 divided 3 does = 0 because working backwards from the answer...
0 x 3 = 0.
This does not work with the equation 3 divided by 0 because...we cannot work back from the answer with a multiplication check as
"no number x 0 will give you the answer of 3. Cool, eh!
Language Learning
This story is about a very different queen than our Queen Elizabeth!
Read the story at the link below then complete the activity Mr. Hamer has arranged.
It is an inspirational story about a school bully who has a change of heart. Thanks to a new kid in class, Jean learns how to get along with the sweet little girl and her classmates.
Mr. Hamer is proud to say that all of the staff take bullying very seriously at St. Bernard Catholic School and we have given our children strategies to cope should a situation arise.
Ask your child about WITS.
It was nice to see how "Mean Jean, the Recess Queen" was able to "turn herself around" and change to become a better person...similar to our Zacchaeus story...only that it was a little girl who helped out this time. (Although I am sure Jesus had a role in this adventure!)
Learning Task
Today we will continue our focus on verbs.
We all know that verbs are "action words"
Check out this sentence...
Greta walked back to her desk.
What is the action?
What is it that Greta did?
Yes...she "walked"
That's the verb in this sentence.
Let's underline the verb in the sentence and boldface it.
Greta walked back to her desk.
Your assignment is to print the following four sentences on paper.
Then underline and boldface the verb (action word) in each sentence.
Finally, make up a fifth sentence which is all your own and show us the verb.
1. Nobody bounced a ball until Mean Jean did.
2. Mean Jean should never push other kids!
3. Katie Sue kicked the ball before Mean Jean.
4. Mr. Hamer liked the ending of the story.
5. (Your own sentence.)
You must be pretty knowledgeable about verbs by now with all of these posters Mr. Hamer has splashed onto the blog! Big smile!
Indeed, verbs showcase the action in a sentence.
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And...our class loves lots of action!
Student Sharing
It's great to see students extending their lessons.
This young lad completed an amazing activity on adjectives.
(You can click on each picture to enlarge it to see better.)
(Click outside the image to return to the normal look of the page.)
Love those fish!
Nice Language Arts work.
3D solids coming to life!
"I think I'll eat a vertex!" he says.
A huge structure based on a number of 3D shapes!
"Hmmm...." he thinks, "should I eat these pyramids or should I save them?"
Thanks for sharing these eight pictures I.Z.
A beautiful example of descriptive writing was sent in by this young lady.
She also submitted her anchor chart for division.
As well as 36 division equations completed. Wow!
Way to go. A.D.
Another young lady offered up her colourful version of a division anchor chart.
Lovely effort, M.S.
Some more fine examples of brilliant math work!
Mr. Hamer really appreciates seeing how creative each student is with their work.
Mme Pepe will be excited to see this French work just as Mr. Hamer is with the math!
Well...hello there!
An eager beaver hard at work!
Thanks for those four image R.H-F.
This young lady wrote a lovely story telling us about how much she loves dogs.
She's right...my puppy, Lilly, does not like taking baths at all.
I love what the kitty cat has to say. Hee hee!
Some fine math examples!
It sure is fun including family and friend names in our math!
Great looking French work.
Lovely examples of our Jackie Robinson questions.
Thanks for sharing, G.M.
With this lovely prayer we ask God to look after everyone on our beautiful planet.
Have a terrific Tuesday everyone!
Mr. Hamer OCT.
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