Ms MacInnes' Cedar Grove Blog

Good Morning Division 1! Shape of the Day – Thursday (Last Day in April!) 8:30 - 8:50am – Record your sleep patterns. 8:50 – 9:00am – Stretch break.  Listen to one or two of your favourite songs and move around. 9:00 – 10:15am – Math – Check the Math Page and if interested, click on the other sites I’ve linked for more choice.  See if you can solve this riddle: There are two fathers and two sons. They walk into a candy store and each buys a candy bar for 50 cents. The total for all of the candy bars was $1.50. How is that possible? 10:15 – 11:15 – Go Outside.  Be active.  Be mindful.  11:15 – 12:00 – Science  or  Social Studies – Watch a documentary, create a science fair question, enter Pharoh Ramesses Tomb (if you dare – it’s on the social studies page)… the possibilities here are limitless! 12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch Break 1:00 – 2:00 – Language Arts.  Remember to check th...

Good Morning Division 1! Shape of the Day – Zoom Day!! 8:30 - 8:50am – Check in and Sleep Record.    You might also wish to prepare for the Zoom meeting today.    Please remember to work through the two questions below: 1)      A boy has as many sisters as brothers,  but each sister has only half as many sisters as brothers… How many sons and daughters do the parents of the boy have? 2)        You will also need to have a pen/pencil and paper with you for an activity that we will be doing together.    Fun!! Check your email inboxes (or junk box) for invitations and your small zoom group for this week. 8:50 – 9:00am – Stretch break.  Listen to one or two of your favourite songs and move around. 9:00 – 10:15am – Math – Use the math page to guide you. 10:15 – 10:50 – Go Outside.  Be active.    Be mindful. (You can stay out longer dependant...

Good Morning Division 1! Remember that tomorrow (Wednesday) we will have a Zoom call.  This call will be in small groups.  Please see your email for the link to the call and for the people in your group.  Please note that this is optional and is a just for checking in.  If you are going to attend, please consider the following riddles below ahead of time so that you are prepared to speak about them and share how you tried to solve them: 1)      A boy has as many sisters as brothers,  but each sister has only half as many sisters as brothers… How many sons and daughters do the parents of the boy have? 2)        Please check your inbox for the invitation.  If you have your own email account, I will send it to you directly.  The questions above will be just one of our discussion points.  I look forward to seeing your faces!! Shape of the Day – Tues...

Good Morning Division 1! Feel free to click on the other headings on the top of this page.   If you created your own day plan, get to it!  Otherwise, feel free to use mine. Shape of the Day – Welcome back! 8:30 - 8:50am – Record your sleep patterns. 8:50 – 9:00am – Stretch break.  Listen to one or two of your favourite songs and move around. 9:00 – 10:15am – Math – Check the Math Page and if interested, click on the other sites I’ve linked for more choice.  10:15 – 11:15 – Go Outside.  Be active.  Be mindful.  If you’d like to participate in the Scavenger Rock Hunt, today officially marks the start! Have a look at the rocks below: These have been placed strategically around various areas within the school vicinity: Bonniebrook, Grandview Trails, and the school itself.  Feel free to click on the Choice Activity page and scroll down to Scavenger Hunt for picture clues. ...

Good Morning Division 1! Feel free to click on the other headings on the top of this page.   If you created your own day plan, get to it!  Otherwise, feel free to borrow from mine. Shape of the Day – Thank Goodness It’s Friday! 8:30 - 8:50am – Record your sleep patterns. 8:50 – 9:00am – Stretch break.  Listen to one or two of your favourite songs and move around. 9:00 – 10:15am – Math – Check the Math Page and if interested, click on the other sites I’ve linked for more choice.  If you’ve got a crib board or a chess board and a willing opponent, have a game.  I’ve added a link for how to play crib.  Or, if you’ve got another game that focuses on numbers or patterns, play that! 10:15 – 11:15 – Go Outside.  Be active.  Be mindful.  11:15 – 12:00 – Science – Check the science page for science fair procedures.  Investigate and research a science experiment. ...

Good Morning Division 1! Feel free to click on the other headings on the top of this page.  On the day plan below, I will just give you a quick idea of the day and then you can click on the relevant pages for more information. Shape of the Day – Friday Eve! 8:30 - 8:50am – Record your sleep patterns. 8:50 – 9:00am – Stretch break.  Listen to one or two of your favourite songs and move around. 9:00 – 10:15am – Math – Check the Math Page and if interested, click on the other sites I’ve linked for more choice. 10:15 – 11:15 – Go Outside.  Be active.  Be mindful.  11:15 – 12:00 – Science – Check the science page for science fair procedures.  Investigate and research a science experiment. 12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch Break 1:00 – 2:00 – Language Arts.  Remember to check the Language Arts Page.  The theme this week for Creative Writing is ISOLATION. 2:00 – 2:30 – Choice Activity – ...

Good Morning Division 1! Shape of the Day – Earth Day!! 8:30 - 8:50am – Check in and Sleep Record.  You might also wish to prepare for the Zoom meeting today.  Here is the prompt I mentioned yesterday: What focus would you choose for a self-directed passion project?  What makes that focus so interesting to you?  How might you even start investigating your passion? 8:50 – 9:00am – Stretch break.  Listen to one or two of your favourite songs and move around. 9:00 – 10:15am – I’ve updated the Math page.  Don’t feel that you must use Khan.  It’s one option.  I’ve added some other links on the page and am encouraging you to give me feedback.  I will only do what I think is best… until I’m told that it isn’t.  I want to do both what’s best for your family and what will make you practice your math. 10:15 – 10:55 – Go Outside.  Celebrate the Earth. ...

Good Morning Division 1! Remember that tomorrow (Wednesday) we will have a Zoom call at 11:10am.  Please note that this is optional and is just for checking in.  If you are going to attend, please consider the prompt below ahead of time so that you are prepared to speak about it: What focus would you choose for a self-directed passion project?  What makes that focus so interesting to you?  How might you even start investigating your passion? Please check your inbox for the invitation.  If you have your own email account, I will send it to you directly. Shape of the Day – Your Choice! You were asked yesterday to create your own day plan for today!  If you did not get a chance to do this, just flip back to yesterday’s plan, or spend some time making one right now. Remember to include 50 minutes of Math and 50 minutes of Language Arts.  Please send me the plan via email.  I’m super inte...