Entry for Monday, June 8
Today in History
On this day in history, June 8, 1937, the world's largest flower bloomed. It was a 12 foot calla lily like the flowers shown above.
Calla lilies come in a variety of colours and the four above are lovely specimens!
"My sister and I love learning about today in history Mr. Hamer! they exclaim together.
Last Friday in History
Mr. Hamer had computer issues Friday so we will combine Friday and Monday's work but lessen it slightly!
On this day in history, June 8, 1937, the world's largest flower bloomed. It was a 12 foot calla lily like the flowers shown above.
"My sister and I love learning about today in history Mr. Hamer! they exclaim together.
Last Friday in History
Mr. Hamer had computer issues Friday so we will combine Friday and Monday's work but lessen it slightly!
On this day in history 399 BC, Socrates was born in Athens, Greece. This was before the time of Jesus.
(Of course, the keeping of records from that time was not as accurate as today, so we only assume this was his date of birth from varying accounts.)
He was a teacher of philosophy which is the study of knowledge and how we acquire it and use it as a way we choose to live our lives.
One of his most famous sayings is, "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
What that means, boys and girls, is that education should ignite an excitement in students for learning rather than just filling the students heads with tons of knowledge.
We know that knowledge learned by ourselves out of interest and excitement will remain with us longer than knowledge that is "pushed" our way.
"I'm sure Socrates was a very smart man, Mr. Hamer!" she says with an understanding nod.
Language Learning
Video of Read Aloud "Because You Are My Teacher
Below are the words on one page of this "fun to read" book...
If we had swift kayaks we would plunge through twists and falls
Exploring the Grand Canyon where the river carves the walls!
Let's look at the word "kayak"
Spell it backwards..."kayak"
The word "kayak" is a palindrome.
A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same backwards as frontwards. Here is a list of ten palindromes but there are many more. Check to see if they are spelled the same front to back and back to front.
kayak
level
madam
noon
racecar
radar
wow
mom
dad
Anna
Sometimes, palindromes can be full sentences that are spelled the same front to back and back to front...just ignore the different spacing between the words, that's all.
Check out these examples.
Step on no pets.
Was it a cat I saw?
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Rats live on no evil star.
Madam, I'm Adam.
No lemon, no melon.
Do geese see God?
Never odd or even.
A car, a man, a maraca.
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
Your Reading Task
Print your three favourite Palindrome words from the list above. For each one, write down why you like it.
Then, print your two favourite Palindrome phrases and print immediately below each one your reasoning why you like it.
"Palindromes are so cool!" states this cool looking lad.
French Learning
Les Formes
Mme Pepe wants you to read the following French Book linked below. She has also asked you to be prepared to read a page or two from this book during our classroom meet this coming Thursday.
Book on "Les Formes"
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17VdUGCNHLuAT17uMbzKGsGJhBqiUB8O9AMLX8lgPbE0/edit#slide=id.p
Mme wants you to bring three different objects to the meeting and be prepared to describe their shape and colour.
Example: C'est un circle et orange.
Mr. Hamer loves learning his shapes in French!
"We love les formes in French too, Mme Pepe!" all four of them announce from the park!
Mme wants you to bring three different objects to the meeting and be prepared to describe their shape and colour.
Example: C'est un circle et orange.
Mr. Hamer loves learning his shapes in French!
"We love les formes in French too, Mme Pepe!" all four of them announce from the park!
Math Learning
We have only a couple more lessons on Algebra.
Today's lesson deals with both multiplication and division.
Let's investigate multiplication first.
We know that...
3 x 5 = 15
so
3 x __ = 15
The missing number will be a 5.
or
__ x 5 = 15
The missing number will be a 3.
For 12 = __ x 6, we ask...
What number times 6 gives me 12?
Simple...2
2 x 6 gives me 12, so
12 = 2 x 6
Let's investigate multiplication first.
We know that...
3 x 5 = 15
so
3 x __ = 15
The missing number will be a 5.
or
__ x 5 = 15
The missing number will be a 3.
For 12 = __ x 6, we ask...
What number times 6 gives me 12?
Simple...2
2 x 6 gives me 12, so
12 = 2 x 6
Your Math Task #1
Because we will lessen the amount of work due to the combined nature of today's posting, feel free to select any six equations above and draw the boxes.
Complete the equations by filling in each box with the appropriate number to make the equation accurate.
Now for division.
Look at #1 where Mr. Hamer has already added the answer for you as an example.
Look at #1 where Mr. Hamer has already added the answer for you as an example.
12 divided by 3 = ___
I do the reverse operation of multiplication to help solve the problem.
What number "times 3" gives me 12.
Well...4 x 3 = 12
so
12 divided by 3 = 4
Your Math Task #2
Again, select any six equations from above and draw the boxes.
Complete the equations by filling in each box with the appropriate number to make the equation accurate.
"Algebra is hard...but it's fun too!" he offers to his teacher with a smile.
Student Sharing
With student sharing, sometimes you may notice a minor mistake in the work. That's okay...because we are learning.
I find it fun looking at all of the work students submit.
Great sharing everyone!
With student sharing, sometimes you may notice a minor mistake in the work. That's okay...because we are learning.
I find it fun looking at all of the work students submit.
Great sharing everyone!
Mme will enjoy this work sent in.
I wonder why?
Perfect French word finds S.G-S.
Here we have a lovely version of our scientist poem.
A great list of things we really want to do!
Some prefix work!
More prefixes.
Money addition.
Looking good! Thanks for sharing, G.M.
Some more nice math work is coming in!
He followed my instructions carefully and included the number for the total on both sides of the equation. Bravo K.B.
Here we have a lovely version of our scientist poem.
A great list of things we really want to do!
Some prefix work!
More prefixes.
Money addition.
Looking good! Thanks for sharing, G.M.
Some more nice math work is coming in!
He followed my instructions carefully and included the number for the total on both sides of the equation. Bravo K.B.