Here are the answers to your long and short -i word sort. Did you get them all correct? If not, what did you do wrong? Fix your mistakes!

This week we are learning about the lives of sea turtles and all of the difficulties they face trying to survive. Here's a quick video showing how to draw your very own sea turtles using oil pastels!

Or try making an origami turtle instead!

Yesterday we read the story On Kiki's Reef by Carol Malnor. Sea turtles are endangered. This means that they are in danger of becoming extinct! What are some of the dangers sea turtles face? How can we protect them? Visit the website below to find out more about endangered sea turtles in Malaysia.

Here is a video you can use if you need some help with retelling stories!

Explore the coral reef with this informative game from Funbrain!

Here is a sweet poem about koalas for your enjoyment!

Here are some strategies you can use to solve word problems in Math.

Practice two-digit subtraction using this game from Math Playground!

Is it better to work hard or let somebody else do your work for you? In this Australian folktale, learn what happens when a lazy koala makes a tree kangaroo do all of the work.

Here are the answers to your short and long u word sort! Hope you got them all correct! What new words did you add? Check out StudyLadder for some additional spelling activities!

This week we are learning a little bit about the country of Australia. Click on the map below to find out some interesting facts about "the land down under". Here is another link you use: Australasia and Oceania

Some of your drawings!

Today we read a story, Finding Home by Sandra Markle, about a mother koala and her joey. They were victims of a terrible bush fire. How did the mother koala show perseverance? Do you think this is a true story? Why or why not? Check out DK Findout! for more information about koalas. Koala Facts

Today we are learning all about koalas. Check out the video below or search for your own on Youtube Kids (Please ask you parents for help if you want to choose a different drawing). Share your pictures with me and I'll post them on the blog!

Here is a fun way to practice your spelling skills! Try out Splat-n-Spell from Spelling City!

Here is the compost assignment to be completed over the holiday! Click on the picture below to find out more! (Don't worry if you don't have compost accelerator, the process is the most important thing!) If you'd like to design your own, feel free!
Have fun getting your hands dirty!

Here is a link to the science booklet you can use to record your information. If you don't have access to a printer, you can make your own based on this document! This assignment will be due on April 1st upon returning to school! It takes time for the compost to 'work' so get started as soon as you can!

Here is a video from Math Playground to assist you in learning how to regroup when subtracting using base ten blocks. Enjoy!

Here is a missing digits subtraction game you can play as well, to test your understanding!

You can use base ten blocks on this app to help you add and subtract two-digit numbers! Just click on the picture below!

Here is an infographic on why composting is good!

Super cool science experiments from Sick Science!

Want to make some recycled paper?

Lego Building Activities

Here are a few videos from The Kids Should See This about how worms turn compost into soil. Have a look if you dare!

Some pictures of leprechauns made by YOU today!

A little more clarification on retelling!

Draw a leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day! Want to know more about this Irish holiday? Click on the link!  https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/whats-the-story-st.-patricks-day

Here are the pages for you to work on for Math. You can use additional activities on this page to practice more!

Listen and watch the story carefully. Be prepared to write a summary of the story when you are done. Use the sequencing chart below this post to help you!

When we want to explain how to do something or retell the order of events in a story, we can use sequencing words. Look at the chart below. Can you write a story or explain how to do something using these words?

Another game you can use to practice your mental math skills! Try adding two-digit numbers to prepare for next week!

Please review and practice addition with regrouping to prepare for the upcoming Math lessons.

Want to practice writing some stories at home over the holiday? Try story jumper. It's an online writing tool for kids! Have fun!

Please review the vocabulary we practiced this week. What sounds do you hear? Can you add more words to the list?

Humans use soil in many ways. One way we use soil is to build houses. This week we are designing models of Bhungha huts, found in the small town Kutch, India. A traditional Kutchi house is in a circular shape and made of mud walls and a thatched roof. Cow dung and mud are used as the wall plaster to make them beautiful and strong!

Read Shark Lady again. What connections can you make to other stories we've read recently?

This months' virtue is honesty. How do we show others we are honest? Why is it important to tell the truth?

You can practice your mental math on TopMarks using the Hit the Button game!

These are the work habits and learning skills we are working on at school. Read over each skill. What are you doing well? What areas to you need to improve on? Can you set a goal to improve on one of these skills?

Clark the Shark has some trouble regulating his behaviour at school. His teacher has some advice for him. What is her advice? How does Clark stop himself from doing things that hurt other people? What can you do to keep yourself regulated at school and at home?

Here are the long a and short a patterns we learned last week for you to practice at home:

Review skip counting with this interactive game on AbcYa!

Practice finding sums and differences uses this interactive hundreds chart game! You can also practice skip counting using this splat square 100 chart! 

Soils are living!

Review adding and subtracting with tens along with Annie and Moby!

Make your own number spinners and practice estimating at home!

Practice estimating sums with this interactive game from Abcya!

This week we are learning all about the famous explorer, adventurer, film-maker and ocean advocate, Jacques Cousteau. Have you ever tried to invent something? Have you ever tried to write and illustrate your own book? What can you do to help Earth's oceans? Watch the video below and dive into Jacques Cousteau's amazing life!

Today we met our new class pet, Jacques C., a tiger shark from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Click on Jacques' picture below to learn 12 fearsome facts about tiger sharks!