Week 4 Updates

Dear Parents and Students,

Thank you again for your continued patience and support as we continue to move forward.  Below are this week’s tasks. Approximate completion times are listed by each task to help you plan your week.  You are encouraged to complete all tasks by Monday, May 4^th.

Our Google Meet times and my office hours are listed below.  I will continue to be available by phone and email during regular office hours.   

Google Meet Schedule  (code Grade4Hussain)

1.     Tuesdays 11:00 – 12:00 - ENTIRE class meeting

2.     Mondays 10:00 am – 11:00 am Drop-in time if students need help

3.     Thursdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Drop-in time if students need help

Mrs. Hussain’s Work Day Hours

Monday – Friday 8:00am – 2:30pm

  

Week 4 Tasks:

Task	Time ~ 5 hours
Journal or Story Writing Complete a journal entry or work on your story on WriteReader.  Don’t forget to edit and revise your work (use the checklist and the Read&Write extension to help!).	60 min
“SNACK/RECESS” à Stream! Go say “Hi!” to your classmates on Stream!	20 min
Imagine Literacy ·       Work on assigned task	60 min
Imagine Math   ·       Work on assigned task   (Remember to keep a journal to show all work.  You do not need to submit your journal at this time.)	60 min
Math Talk ·       Head over to FlipGrid to complete a math talk assignment	60 min
Social - Indigenous Stories on Epic   ·       SMART lesson – Review what we have learned/Alberta’s First People   ALSO ·       Respond to someone’s book review if you haven’t done so already! OPTIONAL  ·       Add another page to the Covid-19 Classroom Scrapbook!	60 min

  

If you are still bored, don’t forget about all the OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES you can do!  See the Resources section in the Classroom.  

If you haven’t completed the following activities from previous weeks, you can still complete them as optional activities:

-       Digital Citizenship games

-       Earth Day Choice Board

-       Response to Indigenous stories

-       Respond to a classmate’s book review

-       Covid-19 Scrapbook

Completion Checklist (April 27 - May 3) 

  

Use this checklist to ensure you have completed all tasks this week.

  

Task	Completed
Write a story or a journal entry
Do lessons on Imagine Literacy
Do lessons on Imagine Math
Do the Math Talk
Review Social SMART lesson
Optional PE Activities
Optional Music Activities

Week 3 (April 20 – 26)

 Dear Parents and Students,

We are now into Week 3 of Ongoing Learning!  Once again, I’d like to thank you for patience and support as we continue to work together and figure things out.

Thank you students for giving me some feedback on how you are doing with your learning online.  I will be connecting with families this week to follow-up on the feedback I received.  

I am attaching our Google Meet times and my office hours below.  I will continue to be available by phone and email during regular office hours.    

Google Meet Schedule  (code Grade4Hussain)

1.     Tuesdays 11:00 – 12:00 - ENTIRE class meeting

2.     Mondays 10:00 am – 11:00 am Drop-in time if students need help

3.     Thursdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Drop-in time if students need help

Mrs. Hussain’s Work Day Hours

Monday – Friday 8:00am – 2:30pm

The tasks below are for the week of April 20-26. You can do them in any order that you would like. The approximate time to complete your assignments are listed to help you plan your week.  You are encouraged to complete all tasks by Monday, April 27^th.    

  

Task	Time ~ 5 hours
Digital Citizenship   Play a story game!	30 min
“SNACK/RECESS” à Stream! Go say “Hi!” to your classmates on Stream!	20 min
Literacy - Guided Reading, Spelling, Grammar, and Phonics   ·       Work on assigned task	60 min
Math   ·       Work on assigned task   (Remember to keep a journal to show all work.  You do not need to submit any work at this time.)	90 min
Social - Indigenous Stories on Epic   ·       Read at least 3 book reviews posted on FlipGrid by one of your classmates ·       Choose a new book to read based on one of the reviews ·       Respond on to the review with your own video response – tell what you agree/disagree with and why? OPTIONAL   ·       Add another page to the Covid-19 Classroom Scrapbook!	60 min
Science – Intro to Plant Growth and Changes ·       Continue working on Waste project if not finished ·       Complete SMART lesson: Intro to Plants	45 min

  

If you are still bored, don’t forget about all the OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES you can do!  See the Resources section in the Classroom.  

Completion Checklist (April 20-26) 

  

Use this checklist to ensure that you have completed all tasks and submitted all your assignments to your teacher this week  

  

Task	Completed	Submitted
Play Digital Citizenship Story Game		NA
Do lessons on Imagine Literacy		NA
Do lessons on Imagine Math		NA
Watch 3 at least 3 videos		NA
Read a new Indigenous tale on Epic		NA
Record video response on FlipGrid		NA
Hand in Waste Project		Due Apr 20
Complete SMART Plants Lesson		NA
Optional PE Activities		NA
Optional Music Activities		NA

Week 2 - Ongoing Learning

April 14 – 19, 2020 

  

Good Morning Parents,

Welcome to Week 2 of Ongoing Learning!  Thank you for patience and support as we continue to work together to figure out how to move forward during these unknown times. 

Google Classroom and Google Meet are new forms of technology that many of us are learning to use for the first time. It was nice to see students comment inside Google Classroom workspaces and ask questions. This is important for students to become more independent over the next couple of weeks.

It was nice to FINALLY see faces! I will continue to have two weekly meetings on Google Meet. These meetings will provide an opportunity for students to “drop-in” and clarify instructions or to ask questions and get help with anything they require. 

Students will continue to use our Google Meet login code (Grade4Hussain) to enter the Meet. I will continue to be available by phone and I will be checking emails regularly during school hours. Below is a schedule of our class meet times and my work day hours.

Google Meet Schedule

1.     Tuesdays 11:00 – 12:00 - ENTIRE class meeting

2.     Mondays 10:00 am – 11:00 am Drop-in time if students need help

3.     Thursdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Drop-in time if students need help

Mrs. Hussain’s Work Day Hours

1.     Monday – Thursday 8:00am – 2:30pm

2.     Friday’s – 8:00am – 12:00pm (Teacher Meetings for the rest of the day)

The tasks below are for the week of April 14-19. You can do them in any order that you would like. The approximate time to complete your assignments are listed to help you plan your week.  You are encouraged to complete all tasks by Monday, April 20^th.    

  

Task	Time ~ 5 hours
Digital Citizenship   Watch a video and play a game to test your knowledge of “sharing on the web”	30 min
“SNACK/RECESS” à Stream! Go say “Hi!” to your classmates on Stream!	20 min
Literacy - Guided Reading, Spelling, Grammar, and Phonics   ·       Complete pre-test  ·       Work on assigned task	75 min
Math   ·       Complete pre-test ·       Work on assigned task   (Remember to keep a journal to show all work.  You do not need to submit any work at this time.)	75 min
Social - Indigenous Stories on Epic   Complete last week’s assignment: ·       Read another Indigenous story from the assigned collection ·       Respond on FlipGrid by responding to a question or retelling your own cultural creation story OR complete optional assignment: ·       Covid-19 Classroom Scrapbook	60 min
Science – Waste Project  ·       Continue working on Waste project (Due April 20, 2020) ·       If complete, head over to FlipGrid to complete optional assignment - Read and Respond to: Could Zombies Take Over the World?	45 min

  

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

PE  

·       Remember EASY from Jump Rope?! Don't forget to get your 60 minutes of daily exercise!  Head over to Ms. V's blog to see all the simple yet fun activities you can do right at home! (Link under Resources)  

Music  

·       Ms. Maceachern hasn’t forgotten about you either!  Head over to her blog to see what fun activities she has planned for you this week! (Link under Resources)  

Reading  

·       Read as much as you like, whenever you like on RazKids!, Epic!, or any book you have at home!  

Writing  

·       Feel free to write in your journal DAILY or whenever you like – I promise to read it!  (Journal is now Google Docs)  

Typing Club  

·       Practice your typing on typing club! (Link under resources) 

Imagine Language and Literacy  

·       You can spend as much time as you like on this program to help you build your reading and academic language skills.  I recommend 30 minutes, 3-5 times a week if you can! 

Imagine Math  

·       You can spend as much time as you like on this program to help you develop your math skills.  You will always have a new lesson waiting for you!

Completion Checklist (April 14-20) 

  

Use this checklist to ensure that you have completed all tasks and submitted all your assignments to your teacher this week  

  

Task	Completed	Submitted
Watch Intro Video		NA
Watch digital citizenship video		NA
Complete Imagine Language and Literacy pre-test		NA
Complete Imagine Math pre-test		NA
Read Indigenous stories from EPIC! collection		NA
Record video response on FlipGrid
Continue work on Waste Project		Due Apr 20
Optional PE Activities		NA
Optional Music Activities		NA