Primary – 3 Literacy
Grades Primary-1 - Literacy
Play is an important way for children to explore and learn
Do one or two literacy ideas from any section each day. You can do these activities as many times as you like.
Telling and Making Stories #1 (10-15 minutes)
Tell a story about what is happening in one of these pictures.
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Tell a story about any of the following.
If you could plant anything, what would it be? Why?
If you had 3 wishes, what would they be? Why?
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Why?
Reading # 2 (10-15 Minutes)
Read to and read with your child as often as you can.
Read and talk about the following message from Book Bunny.
Hello Friends,
Did I tell you I like to go for walks? I can see and hear many things. Sometimes I see fish swimming in the river, eagles flying in the sky, beavers building a home with sticks, and flowers growing in the grass. I can hear birds singing, bees buzzing, and dogs barking. Nature is so busy! What can you hear and see when you go outside?
From,
Book Bunny
Try the following phonics related activities:
Find the words Book Bunny. Why does Book Bunny need uppercase B?
Find the word Sometimes. Why does Sometimes need an uppercase S?
Say these rhyming words sky/fly/my. Can you hear the part that sounds the same?
Say can/ran. Can you add another word that rhymes?
Say like/ bike/ grass. Which word does not rhyme?
Say bee/ car/ tree. Which word does not rhyme?
Clap, drum or tap the words: Hello (Hel-lo), sometimes (some-times), beavers (bea-vers), nature (na-ture)
Find flying. Cover -ing with your finger. What part do you see now? (fly)
Find barking. Cover -ing with your finger. What part do you see now? (bark)
Find outside. Cover out. What part do you see now? (side)
Creating and Writing # 3 (10-20 minutes)
Looking out my window today I saw so many exciting things. I made a list of what I saw.
Take my list when you go for a walk or look out your window. Check off the things you see.
Take a walk or look out your window. What do you see? Add more things to the list below, or make your own list. You can draw pictures of the things you see.
Can you think of a word to describe the things you see? I put describing words in my list. Can you add more?
Nature Poem
Use your list of words and describing words to help write a nature poem. Draw pictures or collect things to add to your poem. Read this poem as an example.
Display your poem so others may enjoy it! .
Using Weekly Flyers # 4 (10-15 minutes)
Look for words you know in the flyers. Say them out loud. Do any of them have 2 claps/syllables like stuffy?
Find and cut out pictures of foods you and your stuffy might like to have for breakfast.
Make a list of your favourite foods.
Making and Finding Letters and Words # 5 (10-15 minutes)
big go day today
little book go not
here play over up
into be my because
went not away like
Read and write the words you know as quickly as possible
Name all the words that have 2 syllables
Name all the words that have 3 letters, 4 letters
Play a game - I am thinking about a word that has 4 letters, 2 syllables, starts with the letter o. (over) Have someone guess your word. Take turns making up clues and guessing each other’s words.
Snap and Clap - Snap for vowels and clap for consonants
Jumping Jacks - One letter for each movement
Toe Touches - Touch toes for each letter
Frog Jumps - Start in a standing position. As you say each letter, crouch down a little lower. Jump in the air as you say the word.
Games # 6
Hide a mystery object under a blanket. Give clues or ask questions about the object. See if you and your child can stump each other!
Guess the animal/stuffy/toy. Put 3 of these in a bag, reach in and choose one. Describe what it looks like, feels like to someone in your house (parent, sibling) and they have to guess which one it is.
Animal charades- choose one of your toys to act out and see if your parents or siblings can guess which one you are.
Create a dance and teach it to someone or a stuffy.
Daily Reading # 7
Keep reading to and with your child as often as you can.
Things to talk about or do while reading to your child or while listening to your child read:
Make your reading sound like talking (use expression)
At the end of a page ask your child to show you a letter, a word, a sentence
Encourage your child to make predictions about what might happen next
Things to talk about or do after reading:
What was your favorite part? Why?
Does something in the book remind you of something in your life?
Did you notice…? or What did you notice…?
Colour the pictures and cut out the “If I Get Stuck Reading” bookmark. Encourage your child to use the strategies on the bookmark while reading.
Fill in a circle every time you do an activity: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Grade 2 - Literacy
Dear Grade 2 friends, you can do these activities every day! These activities will help you practise your skills in English and math. I hope you will like them! You can try the activities meant for other grades.
Fill in a circle every time you do an activity.
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A message for you
Dear student,
Do you remember our last conversation? We had talked about investigating bees. I am excited to share what I have discovered with you. Did you know that bees collect nectar to make delicious honey? They also help plants reproduce. Without bees, we would not have any tomatoes, strawberries or yummy apples. Unfortunately, our bees are threatened. So if you want to help them, you could plant some flowers.
Kisses,
Book Bunny
For you:
Find a word in my message of the day that rhymes with money.
Find a word that you don’t often use.
Find words that are plural.
Did you know?
The Mi’kmaw word for bee is amu (ah-moo). The bee is a good example of Msit No’kmaw (mm-sit-NO-go-mah), which means all my relations. It is the Mi’kmaw principle that says that all forms of life on earth are connected.
Chatting (20-30 minutes)
During a meal, discuss a different theme every day:
Your favourite meal
What you like about nature
Your thoughts on pollution
The friend you would like to visit once we are allowed
Your favourite season
Don’t forget to speak at a good volume – not too loud and not too soft.
Your reading goal (15-20 minutes)
Think about the reading goal you set last time. How many books did you read? Now set yourself another goal. Look for different texts in your house. For example, you could even read a box of cereal! Every reading counts toward your goal. Here’s an example:
Last time I read 5 books. This time, I will read 7 books.
Draw a circle here for every book you will read to reach your goal:
Every time you read a book, fill in one of the circles you drew. Good luck!
Word of the day (15-20 minutes)
Write the word quickly three times.
Write the word in a sentence.
Draw the word.
Write the word with your toes on the floor. Not easy, is it?!
Writing about what you like (20-30 minutes)
Write a text to tell your reader about one of your favourite activities. Choose an activity that you like a lot. Here are some examples: riding your bicycle, playing board games, reading, playing soccer, fishing, observing nature. In your text, explain why this activity is one of your favourites, like the following example:
I really like watching birds from my window. We put a bird feeder outside. The birds like to come eat breakfast there. I like looking at their pretty colours.
Sing the rhyme (20-30 minutes)
Sing the rhyme.
While you sing, do the movements that are in parentheses.
Draw a nice picture of a bee.
The Bee
(Music: Michaud)
Lyrics: Caroline Allard; found on Éducatout
The bee is buzzing in the garden
The bee is buzzing in the garden
She sees a flower YUM (rub your belly)
She gathers pollen from the flower YUM YUM (rub your belly again)
Her mouth is full, full of pollen (puff out your cheeks)
Oh! I need to go back to the hive, quickly (fly with your arms)
To start making my honey recipe! (stir like a recipe)
Word of the Day
another
bee
boy
earth
girl
inside
lots
orange
outside
truck
Grade Three - Literacy
All students in Grade 3 can participate in the following activities every day to strengthen their skills in Literacy.
Reading (15 min)
Read what you have in your home (books, flyers, magazines).
When you are reading, think:
What is this about?
What have I learned?
What surprised me?
How do I feel after reading this?
Writing (15 min)
You can use what you have at home for writing; paper, cardboard.
Writing can look different every day (sentences, a list or a picture with labels).
Where do writers get their ideas?
Something that happened.
Something you like.
Something that excites you.
Something that you wonder about.
Working With Words (5 min)
How many words can you write in 5 minutes? Think of words you have learned in your classroom or words you use in your writing.
In addition, students in Grade 3 may choose to participate in 1-2 choice learning activities (15 minutes each) each day for literacy including:
How to Make a Kite
Materials:
paper or garbage bag
string
two straight twigs
ribbon
scissors
tape
Steps:
1.) Lay down two twigs to create a ‘t’ shape. This is the frame. The vertical twig is the spine. The horizontal twig is the cross twig.
2.) Next, use the string to tightly tie the two twigs together where they meet. Make sure you wrap the string around each twig to keep the ‘t’ shape.
3.) Cut the sail out of the paper or plastic bag and tape to fit the frame. Tape the ends of the sail to the frame.
4.) Attach the line, or bridle, to the kite. Tie a piece of string from one side of the cross stick to the other, leaving slack to form a triangle (see photo). Then, tie the end of a long piece of string to the slack piece of string with a double knot.
5.) Make a tail for your kite. Tie ribbons or strips of a plastic bag or paper to the end of the kite to help balance it.
6.) Find wind and a nice open space. Have someone hold your kite while you back up slowly into the wind. Let the string out as they let go of the kite or you can hold it and run into the wind!
Glossary
Frame: The skeleton of the kite.
Sail: The material used to make the kite
Spine: The center rod that runs down a kite.
Tail: Attached to the kite for visual effect or to help keep it balanced
Bridle: The lines which connect to the kite sail and frame to help support the kite
History Headline
Did you know? Alexander Graham Bell is best remembered for inventing the telephone, but he was also interested in flight. He began studying the possibility of building a kite large enough to carry a man. His first invention was the box kite. He then joined several of these together to create a large tetrahedral kite which they called Cygnet, which means little swan in French.
Be a reporter and go back in time to capture this moment in history. Create a front page story that includes: a headline, an illustration and a caption that highlights the main
idea.
Science Writing - Wind
Kites need wind to fly. Use the following materials to make a “wind director”:
pencil with an eraser
thumbtack or pin
ribbon or string
See Image
Use your “wind director” to determine the direction of the wind. First hold the “wind director” inside your home, then hold it outside your home. Write down your findings.
Reflection Questions:
What differences did you notice with your “wind director” indoors compared to outside?
How were you able to tell the direction of the wind using your “wind director”?
Writing- Procedural
Procedural writing has a purpose and a title, such as “How to …”. It includes a list of materials and steps. Make a list of titles that could be used for procedural writing. Then select one title from your list and write your own procedural piece.
Poetry- Acrostic
Create an acrostic poem for the word kite. Brainstorm words or phrases that describe a kite.
Example:
Kite
K- keep sailing
I - in the sky
T - touching the clouds
E - each gust makes it move
Design Challenge
Option #1:
Draw a kite. Use the glossary from the text How to Make a Kite to label your kite.
Option #2:
Make your own kite. Use materials from in your home or materials you may find outside. Follow the steps from the text How to Make a Kite.
Smile File
What's the best day to fly a kite?
Winds-day or Fly-day
Writing Response
“Kites rise against the wind-not with it.” -- Winston Churchill
What does this quotation mean? What does it mean to “rise against”?
Writing prompts:
Write about a moment in your life where you had to overcome an obstacle.
Write about a moment in history where a person or group of people faced and overcame an obstacle.
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