Monday, February 1st

Today’s Announcements:
✓ Please return Valentines to school in the paper bag provided.
8:30-9:00 Physical Education & Parent Meeting
Students are expected to be completing physical activity of some sort
during this time. Stuck? Check out our class website under the “Physical
Education” tab.
Parents, please be logged on to TEAMs prior to 8:30. Our meeting will likely
be wrapped up by 8:45.
9:00-9:40 Language Arts: Writing: Selecting the Winners!
For the last week and a bit, we have been busy nominating books to
receive specific awards! Today is a culmination of this activity. Students
will share ONE of the nominations they’ve completed. As students share,
we will become the judges and select the books we think should win based
on the arguments made by our student-authors.
9:40-10:15 Celebration Time!
Students will celebrate by re-reading winning books, sharing them with
classmates, and taking some time away from class!
10:15-10:30 Whole Group Read-Aloud: The Very, Very Far North
We will continue reading about the adventures of Duane the polar bear
and his friends!
10:30-11:05 Snack and Physical Activity Break
11:05-11:10 Language Arts: Reading
Overview of what our reading time will look like.
11:10-12:10 Independent Work Time Kids to Read
Suggested allotment: with Today:
✓ 20-30 minutes of reading to self, reading to
someone, or listening to reading (this would include
recording yourself reading a book on RAZ Kids).
✓ 5-15 minutes of practicing reading snap words
✓ 5-15 minutes of practicing writing snap words
✓ 0-15 minutes playing literacy-based games (Teach
Your Monster to Read, Dreamscape, ABCYA, etc.)
12:25-1:20 Snack and Physical Activity Break
1:20-1:25 Prepare Valentines:
Since we have wrapped up our unit on Magnetism in good time, we have
some time that will be designated to work on our Valentines. Remember,
these Valentines NEED to be handed in on Friday, February 5th. Please
check your list sent home in this week’s package to make sure you’re
including everybody. With remaining time, students may wish to
decorate the paper bags as I will be reusing them as their “mailboxes.”
1:25-2:35 Independent Work Time:

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 Students will use this time to work on making their Valentines.
2:35-3:25 Family Check-Ins
2:35-2:45: Ishika
2:45-2:55: Holden
2:55-3:05: Domeiko
3:05-3:15: Linnèa
3:15-3:25: Alec
Work to be Submitted
 Evidence of mastery of their reading or writing snap level (if mastery has been
achieved).
 A picture of the writing your child completed today.

Tuesday, February 2nd

8:30-9:00 Physical Education & Parent Meeting
Students are expected to be completing physical activity of some sort
during this time. Stuck? Check out our class website under the “Physical
Education” tab.
Parents, please be logged on to TEAMs prior to 8:30. Our meeting will likely
be wrapped up by 8:45.
9:00-9:05 Language Arts: Reading
Overview of what our reading time will look like.
9:05-10:15 Independent Work Time Kids to Read
Suggested allotment: with Today:
✓ 20-30 minutes of reading to self, reading to
someone, or listening to reading (this would
include recording yourself reading a book on RAZ
Kids).
✓ 5-15 minutes of practicing reading snap words
✓ 5-15 minutes of practicing writing snap words
✓ 0-15 minutes playing literacy-based games
(Teach Your Monster to Read, Dreamscape,
ABCYA, etc.)
10:15-10:30 Whole Class Read-Aloud: The Very, Very Far North
We will continue to read about the adventures of Duane the polar bear
and his friends.
10:30-11:05 Snack and Physical Activity Break
11:05-11:15 Math Mini-Lesson: Introducing Fact Families
Have you noticed the relationship between addition and subtraction? If I
were to give you the numbers 2, 3, and 5, what addition and subtraction
statements could you make with it? These are what we call fact
families. Fact families are important to know because they help us
recognize the answers to questions faster! For example, if I know that
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 6+1=7, I should be able to easily remember that 7-6=1 because 1 is the
other number in that fact family! There are a few different ways to
show fact families.
11:15-11:45 Math Independent Work Time
Students will complete pages 1 and 2 in their math booklet. With remaining
time, students are encouraged to practice math facts or play math
games on the class website or Prodigy.
11:45-11:55 Math Mini-Lesson: Word Problems
Word problems are always one of the things that students struggle with
the most! There are a few word problem tricks that we can use to help
us solve these tricky problems! Primarily, our tricks come with reading
the problem multiple times and each time we look for something
different. The first time we read through, we ask ourselves if the
question is addition or subtraction. When we do this, there are some
words we can look for. If we see “altogether,” “total,” or “in all,” that
usually means we need to add! If we see “fewer,” “difference,” or “less”
that tells us to subtract! The second time we read through, we can fill in
the addition or subtraction sentence. Then, we can solve!
11:55-12:25 Math Independent Work Time
Students will complete page 3 in their math booklet. With remaining time,
students are encouraged to practice math facts or play math games
on the class website or Prodigy.
12:25-1:20 Snack and Physical Activity Break
1:20-1:25 Prepare Valentines:
This will be the last class time that students are given to prepare their
valentines for their classmates. With remaining time, students may wish
to decorate their paper bag.
1:25-2:35 Independent Work Time:
Students will use this time to work on making their Valentines.
2:35-3:25 Family Check-Ins
2:35-2:45: Andreas
2:45-2:55: Callen
2:55-3:05: Zachery
3:05-3:15:
3:15-3:25: Mara-Jade
Work to be Submitted
 Evidence of mastery of their reading or writing snap level (if mastery has been
achieved).
 Math pages 1, 2, and 3.
 Valentines (on Friday)

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 Wednesday, February 3rd
8:30-9:00 Physical Education & Parent Meeting
Students are expected to be completing physical activity of some sort
during this time. Stuck? Check out our class website under the “Physical
Education” tab.
Parents, please be logged on to TEAMs prior to 8:30. Our meeting will likely
be wrapped up by 8:45.
9:00-9:05 Language Arts: Reading Mini-Lesson:
Overview of what our reading time will look like.
9:05-10:15 Independent Work Time Kids to Read
Suggested allotment: with Today:
✓ 20-30 minutes of reading to self, reading to
someone, or listening to reading (this would include
recording yourself reading a book on RAZ Kids).
✓ 5-15 minutes of practicing reading snap words
✓ 5-15 minutes of practicing writing snap words
✓ 0-15 minutes playing literacy-based games (Teach
Your Monster to Read, Dreamscape, ABCYA, etc.)
10:15-10:30 Whole Class Read-Aloud: The Very, Very Far North
We will continue to read about the adventures of Duane the polar bear
and his friends.
10:30-11:05 Snack and Physical Activity Break
11:05-11:15 Language Arts: Writing: Narrative Writing Assignment
We are going to start our mid-year Narrative Writing Assignment. This is
a quick two-day story assignment so we can track our growth from
the beginning of the year and set goals for the last half of the year.
Students can choose a fiction or non-fiction story to write. They may
want to use an event that has happened to them if they are stuck for
ideas.
Students will want to remember to:
- Make a beginning for their story
- Show what happened, in order
- Use details to help readers picture their story
- Make an ending for their story
- Check spelling, capital letters, and punctuation
11:15-12:10 Independent Work Time
This is one of two classes that students will have to work on their story.
We will continue our story writing tomorrow.
12:10-1:20 Snack and Physical Activity Break
1:20-1:30 Social Studies: Inuit Traditions
We will think back to our discussion of traditions from our unit on
Saskatoon. Then, we will learn a little bit about some Inuit traditions! We

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 will discuss some of the more dominant Inuit traditions, then students
will get a chance to experience them!

Throat singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IqOegVCNKI

Drum dancing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyIYYgRgTkA

Inuit games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT8kY_YsOCA
(Take a break and try some of these out yourself!)

Inuit legends:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xhWWdGm8fE

1:30-2:35 Social Studies: Independent Exploration Time

Time for students to explore the above links about Inuit traditions.
Students will write/video record a journal entry reflecting on their
thoughts about Inuit traditions. Some questions to consider may be:
- Why do you think throat singing was almost lost?
- Why do you think drum dancing is important?
- What Inuit games did you find the most challenging?
- What is the importance of the story told by the Owl and the
Raven?
2:35-3:25 Family Check-Ins
2:35-2:45: Olivia
2:45-2:55: Paulinda
2:55-3:05: Harper
3:05-3:15: Macey
3:15-3:25: Eloise
Work to be Submitted
 A picture of the writing your child has completed today.
 Social studies reflection (written or video)

Thursday, February 4th

Today’s Announcements:
✓ One of today’s social studies activities is making Inuit bannock. This recipe
requires basic household baking items. Please note, this does not need to be
completed during this class time. If you have time this evening or tomorrow,
please take the time to do it then instead.
8:30-9:00 Physical Education & Parent Meeting
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 Students are expected to be completing physical activity of some sort
during this time. Stuck? Check out our class website under the “Physical
Education” tab.
Parents, please be logged on to TEAMs prior to 8:30. Our meeting will likely
be wrapped up by 8:45.
9:00-9:05 Language Arts: Writing: Narrative Writing Assignment, continued.
Students will continue working on their narrative writing assignment that
was started yesterday.
9:05-10:15 Independent Work Time
This is the last class time block that students will have to complete their
narrative writing assignment.
10:15-10:30 Whole Group Read-Aloud: The Very, Very Far North
We will continue to read about the adventures of Duane the polar bear
and his friends.
10:30-11:05 Snack and Physical Activity Break
11:05-11:15 Math Mini-Lesson: Double Digit Addition (no regrouping)
We will review double digit addition without regrouping. Remember to add
the ones first, then the tens!
11:15-11:45 Math Independent Work Time
Students will complete page 4 in their math booklet. With remaining time,
students are encouraged to practice math facts or play math games
on the class website or Prodigy.
11:45-11:55 Math Mini-Lesson: Double Digit Addition (with regrouping)
This is a bit trickier now! We will review double digit addition with
regrouping.
11:55-12:25 Math Independent Work Time
Students will complete page 5 in their math booklet. With remaining time,
students are encouraged to practice math facts or play math games
on the class website or Prodigy.
12:25-1:20 Snack and Physical Activity Break
1:20-1:30 Social Studies: Toonik Tyme
Toonik Tyme is a festival to celebrate Inuit traditions and culture. There
are lots of activities, like igloo-building contests, bannock-making
contests, and Inuit games. Check out this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LoVolOybqg
and the pictures from the Toonik Tyme website:
http://www.tooniktyme.ca/pictures/xmrsbpoiwhmbtc1bgdb0z63na4g3ls

1:30-1:45 Independent Work Time: Reflection

You could either:
1) Write/record a reflection about what you would like to do or see if
you went to Toonik Tyme OR

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 2) Write/record a reflection pretending you went to Toonik Tyme and
talk about the things you saw or did while there
1:45-1:50 Social Studies: Making Inuit Bannock
Since we can’t go to Toonik Tyme, we are going to bring Toonik Tyme to
us by making bannock! Use the recipe sent home in your package!
1:50-2:35 Social Studies: Independent Work Time
Use this time to make some bannock! Enjoy!!!
2:35-2:45, Miss Bourassa’s Office Hours
3:15-3:25 Feel free to connect with me if you have any questions or concerns! I will
be busy from about 2:45-3:15 but will respond as soon as I can once I am
available!
Work to be Submitted
 A picture of the writing your child has completed today.
 Math pages 4 and 5
 Toonik Tyme reflection
 A picture of you helping to make and/or eating bannock!

Friday, February 5th

8:30-8:40 Math Mini-Lesson: Addition with and Without Regrouping
We will complete an activity that practices addition with and without
regrouping.
8:40-9:15 Math Independent Work Time
Students will complete page 6 in their math booklet. With remaining time,
students are encouraged to practice math facts or play math games
on the class website or Prodigy.
9:15-10:00 Fact Friday
Suggested allotment:
✓ 10-15 minutes practicing facts (flashcards, XtraMath, etc.)
✓ 10-15 minutes practicing tricky facts using a strategy
(manipulatives, fingers, number line, etc.)
✓ 10-15 minutes returning to practice facts (flashcards, XtraMath,
fact-focused game, etc.) to help consolidate practice
✓ 0-15 minutes playing Prodigy or another math game (not
necessarily focused on facts)
10:00-10:15 Snack and Physical Activity Break
10:15-11:35 Art & Resource Exchange
Stay tuned to our ClassDojo for what our art project will be this week!

At some point during this time, please make your way to your child’s
home school to pick up their package of supplies for next week!
Work to be Submitted
 Math page 6
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 Your child’s art from today
 Evidence of Fact Friday activities
 Your child’s reading log for the week