Good morning Boys and Girls,

Wow, it really feels like summer these last few days.  I know it will get harder and harder to work on these lessons but it is important to read some every day and do a little Math.  You can do it! 

It is so fun to hear some of the fun things several of you are doing outside and with your families.  It really has been a unique learning time for all of you.  Baking and planting flowers and walks in the woods are all still learning experiences and valuable.  I hope you are all getting outside in the fresh air daily.

Reading

Grade Two - 15 minutes per day

Grade Three - 20 minutes per day

Reading Comprehension

- Compare and Contrast- When you compare two things or people you are looking for things that are similar or they have in common.  When you are contrasting two things or people you are looking for things that are different or not similar.

ie.  If I were to compare and contrast an apple and an orange it might look something like this

        Apple                                     Same                                  Orange

- has a stem                                  - have seeds                           - divided into sections

- eat the peel                                 - fruits                                  - do not eat peeling

- has a core                                   - grow on trees                       - citrus fruit

Comparing and contrasting can be done for people too.

ie.  Mom                              Same                            Grandma

- strict                                - love me                        - not strict (lets me do what I want)

- feeds me veggies                 - protect me                    - feeds me cookies

You can compare and contrast almost anything or anybody.  Try to find two characters in a story you are reading and compare and contrast them.  One may be funny and the other bossy.  They both may be good friends.  Then compare two items in your room.  Take for instance a stuffed animal and an action figure or barbie doll.  How are they the same and different?

Writing

- Read a story book and then create a different ending for the book.  Your ending might just be more interesting than what the author came up with.

Punctuation Marks

-Using Colons ( :  )

A colon is used on a digital clock to seperate the hour from the minutes.  ie.   7:30 The hour is 7 and the 30 is the minutes past the hour.  

A colon is also used in writing when a list of items is to follow.

ie.  Please bring each of the following items to class:  pencil

                                                                    paper

                                                                    eraser

                                                                    glue

Grade 2 Key Math Skills

6.  Be able to determine which number is greater given two numbers.

ie.  47     or     39     You must also be able to explain why 47 is greater than 39.

47 has 4 groups of ten and 39 only has 3.

7. Students must be able to solve an equation and explain how they solved it in words.  They can use paper and pencil to show an open number line or use their making ten facts, doubles or subtraction.

ie.  60 = 32 + ______     I could use my making ten pairs and add 8 to make 40.  Then I would add 20 to get from 40 to 60.  Then I would add those two number together 8 + 20 = 28.  The missing addend is 28.

8.  Be able to look at a number line to determine which number is not in the correct spot.

ie.  ___________________________________________________________________________________

    25                                    29   50               60                           75

In this example the 29 is not where it should be.

9.  Students should be able to represent a number in at least two different ways.  (Think about "number of the day")

place value

base ten blocks

tallies

written words

standard form

expanded form

number line (remember to use equal spacing between groups of ten)

ten frames

10. Students should be able to write an equation and solve it for a word problem involving numbers to 18.

ie.  Laura invited 17 people to her pool party.  13 people came.  How many people that she invited were not able to come?

Solution:  17 - 13 = _____         Four people who were invited to Laura's party could not come.

  OR        13 + _____ = 17        Four people who were invited to Laura's party could not come.

**When solving word problems you must always answer in numbers and in words.**

Grade Three Key Math Skills

5.  Students should be able to identify a certain fraction and represent it in numbers ( 2/3) and words (two-thirds).  

ie.  If I showed them pictures of fractions and asked them which one represented 1/2 they would be able to identify that fraction

6,  Subtraction of 3-digit numbers.  

7.  Division up to 25/5=5 and understand multiplication and division fact families.

ie.  18 / 3 = ______   belongs to the fact family of 18 / 6 = 3,  3 X 6 = 18, 6 X 3 = 18

8.  Students should be able to describe and extend a decreasing pattern.

ie.  36, 33, 30, 27, 24, ____, _____, _____, ____, ____, ____, ____, 0

Pattern rule would be "Begin at 36 and decrease by 3's to 0. 

Missing numbers are 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3, 0

9.  Students will be able to identify polygons (closed figures with straight lines) by the number of sides they contain and be able to find their perimeter(distance around the outside.)

ie. triangle, square, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, septagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon.

10.  Students will be able to determine the appropriate measurment of mass to use to measure different items.

ie.  A paperclip would be measured in grams (g) while a person would be measured in kilograms (kg).

Good Morning Boys and Girls,

I hope you are all enjoying your sunny long weekend with your families.  It is so nice that the warm weather seems to be upon us.  I hope that you will still take some time to do your homework in between activities outside.  I would encourage you to spend some time on Dreambox and do some reading on Epic if you aren't already into a chapter book at home.  Keeping up your reading skills is very important for next year.  I have read some books myself on rainy cold days when my children were studying for their courses.  Reading is something i hope you will enjoy throughout your lifetime.  So take a little time each day to read a good book at your level.  Remember, if there are more than 5 words on a page you do not know, the book is too difficult for you yet.  Happy Reading!

Mrs. Vickers

Literacy

Syllables- Every word can be divided into syllables or segments.  Each syllable has one vowel sound in it.  That vowel sound can be from one vowel or can be made up of two vowels that together make one sound.  ie. sail = 1 vowel sound

Breaking words into syllables can help when you are sounding out a word to read it or when you are sounding out a word to spell it.

ie.  com/pan/y          or/der          in/tro/duc/tion          us/u/al/y          com/pu/ter          run/ning

Try breaking some words into syllables while remembering every syllable has one vowel sound.

Reading Strategies to remember when you come across an unknown word:

Lips the Fish- Get your lips ready to say the first sound in the word or the first blend of sounds until you hit a vowel.

ie. f in           sh ip          sk ipper           spl ash

Eagle Eyes- Look for clues in the pictures

Chunky Monkey- Look for chunks in the word you already know such as suffixes, prefixes or vowel sounds.

ie.  ing       er      ly        un       est         tion       

Stretchy Snake- Stretch ou the sounds in a word using syllables

ie.   plan/ ta/ tion

Tryin' Lion- Don't give up on the word.  Try it again before you ask someone.

Reading Comprehension

There are different types of questions wihich can be asked about a text.  Try asking your child some of each.

Hand Questions

These types of questions are easily answered from the text because you can literally put your finger on the answer in the book.  

ie.  What was Sylvia carrying in her bookbag?   a puppy

Heart Questions

These questions are asking for your opinion and are more inferential in nature.  (reading between the lines)

ie.  What would you have done if you were in the same situation as the character in the book?  How do you think the characer was feeling when she got caught with the puppy in her backpack at school?

Head Questions

These questions require the student to draw on their life experiences or prior knowledge to answer.

ie.  Why are dogs not allowed in public buildings such as libraries, malls, schools or churches?

Writing

Write a story this week comparing "home learning" to "classroom learning."  Say wha tyou like and dislike about each.  Use a new paragraph for each point.  Try to think of at least 3 things to compare.

ie.  I love seeing my friends at school.  We can walk in the gym together duriing "Walking Program" each morning, hang out in the cafeteria during Snack, and play on the playground at Recess.  At home I get to play with my siblings but I can't see my friends unless their family is in my bubble.  I love playing with my sister but I miss my freiends.

- no bus rides                     no lunch cans                   no early mornings                  study in my PJ's               etc.

Math

Review of Key Concepts in Grade Two (focus on 5/14 this week)

1.  Skip Counting by 2, 5, 10 to 100 going forwards and backwards.

ie.  Begin at 3 and go forward by 2's to 21.         3, 5, 7. 9. 11. 13, 15, 17, 19, 21

     Begin at 95 and go backwards by 5's to 60.         95, 90, 85, 80, 75, 70, 65, 60

2.  Doubles up to 10 + 10 = 20

ie.  1+1=2    2+2=4    3+3=6  and so on

3.  Mental Math Addition Strategies to 18 and the the ability to explain orally what you did.  (Doubles, Making Ten Pairs)

ie. What is the sum of 9+4?      9+4= 13   I used my "making 10 pairs" and said 9+1 = 10 plus 3 more equals 13.

4.  Subtraction Mental Math Strategies to 18 and the ability to explain what you did.

ie.  What is the difference of 12-7 ?  12 - 7 = 5  I used my doubles.  I know that 6+6 = 12 but 7 is one more than 6 so the answer is 5 becasue it is one less than 6.       6+6 = 12  so 7+5 =12

5. Balancing Equations  ( equal or not equal)

ie.  5 + _____  =  9 + 2               7 + 3 not equal 4 + ______ (there could be an array of answers here as long as it isn't 6)

Practice several of each daily.

Grade Three     

Division- taking a larger number and dividing it (sharing) in equal parts.  It is the opposite of multiplhying.

You can make fact families in multiplication and division like you can in addition and subtraction.  They are related.

ie.  2X3=6,   6/2=3  

     3X2=6   6/3=2   (two multiplication and two division sentences using the same numbers)

Division consists of a dividend (largest number)  being divided by the divisor(number of groups) equalling the quotient (answer of how many per group)  Watch the attached videos to see a visual.

In grade three you are required to know up to 25/5=5  If you know your multiplication facts up to 5X5 = 25 division will be easy.

Review of Key Math Concepts in Grade 3 (5/14 this week)

1. Compare and order numbers to 1000.

ie.  Where would you place a certain number on a number line?

2.  Determine value of a set of coins.

3.Place value for numbers up to 1000.  

ie.  if shown base ten blocks you could tell the number represented or you could put a number in a place value chart.  

Hundreds/  Tens/   Ones

4.  Multiplication - making and interpreting arrays up to 5X5 = 25

ie.     XXX               3X4 = 12   or    4X3 = 12                  Factor X Factor =  Product

       XXX

       XXX

       XXX

5. Division  ( a dividend up to 25)

ie.     15/5 = 3   or   15/3 = 5        Dividend/Divisor = Quotient

Good morning Boys and Girls,

I hope you had fun pampering Mom yesterday.  I am sure she appreciated all of your Mother's Day surprises.  The unexpected snow storm was not something I enjoyed but perhaps you did.  My dog, Lily loves to pounce into the snow so she really enjoyed this final blast of winter more than I did.  Warm weather is on the way!  At least I hope so!  

Here are this week's assignments:

Math

Grade 2     Time

It is important to know the units involved with time and how they relate to each other.  

second

minute= 60 seconds

hour = 60 minutes

day = 24 hours

week = 7 days

month = 28-31 days  

     January, March, May, July, August, October, December have 31 days

     February has 28 days (29 on Leap Year every four years)

     April, June, September, November have 30 days

Year = 12 months

Decade = 10 years

Century = 100 years

Millenieum = 1000 years

This concept also includes telling time on a digital and analog clock.  Review this concept as well this week.

Calendar usage - Have your child mark activities on your family calendar.  Use a pencil so they can be erased later.  Sally has a Doctor's appt. on the 5th of May.  Two weeks later she has a Dentist appt.  Two days after her Dentist's appt. she has a hair appt. (we wish).  Just get your child used to using the calendar.  After you have put in events ask them what day something will happen and they can search for the event and respond.  Important to note that asking what "day" an event is means a week day.  Asking the "date" of an event means for example April 5th.

Grade Three

Fractions revisited

A fraction is a part of a whole.  It is made up of a numerator and a denominator.  A numerator tells us the number of parts shaded in the whole.  The denominator tells us how many parts there are in the whole.

2/3 (two-thirds) for example means that an object is divided into 3 equal parts (*if the parts are not equal you can not have a fraction).  This fraction also tells us that 2 of the parts are shaded.  Have your child draw a rectangle and divide it into 3 equal parts then shade in 2 parts.  This will represent the fraction 2/3 (two-thirds).  You could also use a pie shape if you prefer.

Draw fractions to represent each of the following:   1/2 (one-half)     1/4 (one-quarter)      2/6 (two-sixths)

Literacy

Reading

Grade 2 - 15 minutes per day

Grade 3 - 20 minutes per day

Summarizing means retelling the story in your own words.  You do not tell every detail but rather hit upon the main ideas of the story.  After your child has read a story or chapter of a book have them summarize what it was about.

Word Work

Commas are used for various reasons.  A comma indicates a "pause" when reading.  Try some of these out in your writing.

- Commas are used in list.

ie.  Jennifer went to the store to get onions, peppers, ketchup, potato chips and cheese slices.

-Commas are used in dates.

ie. Thursday, April 7, 2020  (between days and months, between dates and years)

-Commas are used in Friendly letters for the Greeting and the Closing.

ie.  Dear Victoria,          Your friend,

- Commas are used between cities and provinces

ie.  Miramichi, New Brunswick

- Commas are used between provinces and countries.

ie.  New Brunswick, Canada

-Commas are used after addressing someone when using their name.

ie.  Susan, I like your new outfit!

Try using commas in your writing when they are needed.

Writing

Paragraphing - We begin a new line and come in the width of your thumb to begin your sentence.  Most paragraphs should have at least three sentences unless it is a dialogue (conversation between two or more people)

We begin a new paragraph:

-when we are changing the topic

ie. In a story about looking after your dog, you write about feeding them then you switch to walking them, etc.

-when the "setting" (place) changes.  

ie.  Your character moves to the backyard from their bedroom.

-when there is a new speaker in a dialogue

ie.  One person speaks and another responds to them.  It is a back and forth.

Practice trying to put paragraphs into your story for this week.  

Hello boys and girls,

I hope you were all able to pick up your items from school today from Mr. McCabe.  I am sure you were glad to get your markers, scissors and glue if you don't have doubles at home.  Just in time to create a card for mom for Mother's Day this Sunday.  Perhaps you could write her a little poem or a letter telling her how much you love and appreciate her and all she does for you.  Maybe you just want to draw a picture for her.  It is up to you!  I know from experience that she will love whatever you do because she loves you so much.  Try an acrostic poem:  M- makes me feel special

                                       O- often gives me hugs

                                        T- teaches me to be kind

                                        H- helps me with my homework

                                        E- everything to me

                                        R- really makes me happy!

Math:

Grade Two

Arrays (see Math Videos #3)

Try creating an array which represents a repeated addition sentence.  ie.  3 + 3 + 3 = 9                 XXX

                                                                                                                                XXX

                                                                                                                                XXX

Grade 3

See Math Videos #3 sections on Multiplication and Bar Graphs.

Try to survey the people in your family bubble and create a tally sheet.  ie.  What is your favorite type of flower?

                                                                                                  daisies

                                                                                                  tulips

                                                                                                  daffodils

Then take the data and create a bar graph using your looseleaf to keep your numbers evenly spaced on the side of your graph.  Next you can ask questions about the data in your graph.  Which flower was the most popular at your house?  How many more people like daffodils than tulips?  Which flower was liked the least of the three?

Try to come up with different topics for graphs and create a few.  What is our favorite sport to play?  soccer, baseball , basketb

Which is your favorite type of playground equipment?  slide, swings, monkey bars

What is your favorite summer activity?  biking, swimming, skate boarding

Language Arts

Reading:  Grade two- 15 mins. per day

             Grade three- 20 mins. per day

Reading Comprehension:

Try to relate something from your book to your real life.  What happened in the book or chapter that reminded you of something that has happened to you or someone you know in real life.  Making connections to real life will help you to remember details from the book and understand the story better. 

Writing:

Why not write a story for your Mom this week.  It can be a recall story where you are remembering something that really happened to you and your Mom or a make believe story where your Mom is one of the main characters in the story.  Maybe you want to tell a story about your Mom when she was a little girl (fiction or non-fiction).  Let her be the heroine in the story this week.  Then read her your story and draw a picture of her for the cover.  She will love it, I promise!

I hope you have a great week ahead and try to help Mom out, not just because Mother's Day is coming but because you love her every day!

Mrs. Vickers