Week 2

Grade 4/5

Week 2 Lessons

LITERACY

Reading and Responding To Text

For students to choose a book of their choice and reflect

Double Entry Journals

To increase comprehension by thinking more deeply about the texts students are reading, and to summarize reading.

Activities by Topic

These activities may take a few days or a week to complete. They can be varied or modified to suit your environment.

LITERACY

Reading and Writing

Reading:

Ensure you have a text for reading (something you chose and that you enjoy)—read at least 30 minutes per day Choose a short “just-right” story to read aloud to someone else in your home—think about reading with expression and fluency (smoothness). You could also record yourself reading aloud and listen back. Check out “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick” by Chris Van Allsburg online (http://tiny.cc/harrisbur).

Create a table like the one below, or write in point form.
Choose four of the pictures to take notes about with each of these headings

Name of Picture
What I Observe [what objects/people do you see in the image?]
What I Wonder [what questions do you have about who, what, where, when, why, how?]
What I Infer [what do you think might be going on?]).

Writing:

Keep a reflective journal – focus on feelings, experiences, and observations
(the “inside story”); write in it 3x per week
Write numbered instructions for a simple task that you know off by heart (i.e., making and sandwich or brushing your teeth). Include written and visual instructions. Could someone else follow this easily? If you have computer and internet access, check out the Josh Darnit Exact Instructions Challenge on YouTube – PB&J Classroom Version http://tiny.cc/85sqlz
Choose one set of the Harris Burdick notes, and put them into full sentences to make a paragraph.
Write a short story about one of the Harris Burdick images (could be the same one you wrote about, or a different one!)

Reader's Theatre:

choose a book that you want to recreate in a script
identify speaking parts (including narrators) and break down the story into dialogue
what stage directions are needed for the actors?
If you have enough people in your home, you can read your script together, otherwise hang onto it for later!

NUMERACY

Close to 100:

(from YouCubed: http://tiny.cc/v0mqlz ) You can either download the handout OR create your own grid by drawing the lines with a ruler. Use a 10×10 grid (or less as an adaptation)

Goal is to fill the grid paper with math arrays.
Roll 2 dice (or 1 if you only have one).
Each die is a number. On the grid, colour in the squares. It can be anywhere on the grid.
Record the number sentence (Eg. 2 x 3 = 6) at the bottom of the grid or on another piece of paper.
Keep going until you have filled the grid as much as possible. How many squares are left?
NOTE: this activity can be one person or two people. If two people, each person can use a different coloured pencil.

Multiplication Game

Split a deck of cards between two players (use cards A-10, but for a challenge you can use J [11], Q [12], and/or K [13 or some other value]).
Players do not look at their cards.
Each player draws their top card and slaps it down at the same time.
The player who says the product first wins that round and collects the cards – ex, Player A draws 5, and Player B draws 6. Player A says, “30,” first and collects both cards.
Whomever has the most cards at the end of the game, wins!

Map Your Home

Draw your home layout from a “bird’s-eye-view”
Include furniture (remember to draw it like you’re looking at from the ceiling)
Use estimation—for example, how much of that wall is taken up by that dresser? 1/2? ¼
How big is the kitchen compared to the living room?

If you have access to a computer, try Prodigy Math:

https://www.prodigygame.com/pages/parents/
Parents will need to sign up for a free account. This site provides opportunities to think, play with math ideas and support extensions. Select Number Sense or Measurement.
*NOTE: it is a good idea to limit screen time to 15 minutes.

MAKER TIME / ADST

Follow the Leader:

You will need Player A and Player B
Player A creates a simple design (a doodle, a small Lego creation, a pattern with blocks, etc)—this design must be kept HIDDEN from Player B!!
Player A verbally describes their design, while Player B follows the instructions and tries to recreate it (*make sure there is enough materials for Player B to use, too!)
Both Players reveal their designs—were they the same? Similar? Way off?
Switch roles and play again!

Structures:

Using materials around your home, how wide a bridge span can you construct? Build your span connecting two chairs or other pieces of furniture. Can you put weight on the bridge? What kinds of strategies did you use to strengthen and support your bridge?

Chef in Training:

Help your parents make breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Follow your parent’s instructions. You might mix things, cut or break apart things, scoop things.
Fold napkins – Here is a youtube video that has some simple instructions: http://tiny.cc/72mqlz
Even cleanup is important.

Extension Activity

Tynker:

If you already have an account with your class, you can continue working on your assigned courses.
If you do not have a class account, Tynker is currently offering free access if you sign up at home. https://www.Tynker.com

Extension Activity

Zentangle: A Zentangle is a miniature abstract work of art created by a collection of patterns.

It is typically done on a 3 ½” x 3 ½” paper “tile” using a pencil and a black pen. The small size allows for a work of art that can be completed in a relatively short period of time. The “zen” part of it is that it can be a very relaxing and meditative experience. The size of the artwork actually can be any size and color can be added as well. You can use any size paper you like, but I do think a square is a good idea. Use a black pen that has a fine tip.

Directions:

Using a pencil, put a small dot in the each of the corners of your paper.
Connect the dots with a line, not necessarily a straight one though.
Using the pencil, sort of “scribble” in some lines, going this way and that, until you have created several spaces on the paper.
Using your black pen, create a different pattern in each one of the spaces that you have drawn with your pencil.
If you like, do some shading with a pencil.
Zentanglers create a signature of sorts, most use initials, and put these in the bottom right hand corner of their Zentangle. Give your work a title and date on the back.

Extension Activity

Scientific Sketching Scientists are expert observers. Long ago before people could easily take photos of things, scientists would have to carefully sketch out their observations.

Choose something to observe closely and sketch it—pay close attention to shape and texture. If you are outside, look for a tree beginning to bud, or a flower, or some bark. Even a blade of grass! Remember to look with your eyes only, and handle any living thing with great care—please do not pick or cut anything! Include any notes or wonders you have while sketching, and try to include more than one angle of your specimen.