Learning Lounge: Ms. Petrie

Congratulations, you have completed Grade 3. I will see you in September.

Have a safe and happy summer!

Week 12: June 22nd- 26th

For your final week you can complete all the activities that Ms. Merritt has provided for you on the home page. Below are some resources that you can work on throughout the summer.

summer reading .pdf

Summer Reading Challenge

Try our summer reading challenge

Check out PebbleGo this Summer!

First you have to login, click here to go to library services

The username is: library

The password is: library123

Link to PebbleGo Animals Link to PebbleGo Social Studies Link to PebbleGo Sci

RazKids

Use your RazKids account all Summer long.

Click here to go to the Raz-Kids website.

You will need your teacher’s username, and your password.

Did you know that you can click on these icons (see picture below) to find fiction series, songs, poems and books sorted by topic?

Week 11: June 15th-19th

readingactivity1.pdf

Activity 1

Read the story at the top of the page and complete the chart making inferences using clues from the story.

readingactivity2.pdf

Activity 2

Click here for activity 2

Read the story at the top of the page and complete the chart making inferences using clues from the story.

readingactvity3.pdf

Activity 3

Click here for activity 3

Read the story at the top of the page and complete the chart making inferences using clues from the story.

Don't forget to fill out this weeks Reading Form

Reading Form

Narrative.mp4

Narrative Writing

Listen to the instructions by clicking play above.

Writing Activities week of June 15.pdf.webm

Editing

1) Read your narrative story out loud to a family member

2) Does it make sense? Do you need to change anything so that your story makes sense to your audience?

3) CAPITALS- are your capitals in the correct places?

4) and and and and.... does your narrative have lots of 'ands'? Can you change the and to a period and start a new sentence instead?

Good Copy.mp4

Good Copy

When you are all finished your good copy share your document or send a picture to:

merrittjo@hdsb.ca

petriej@hdsb.ca

Don't forget to fill out this weeks Writing Form

Writing Form

Week 10: June 8th-12th

Inferring1.mp4

Reading Activity

Character Inferring

1) Click the picture above to listen to the instructions

2) Complete the page below

Inferring1.pdf

InferringActivity2.pdf

Reading Activity

Inferring the Setting

Click on the picture above.

Remember that you are using what you already know + the clues from the picture to guess what the setting could be.

Activity3.mp4

Reading Activity

Inferring the Setting

Click here to listen to the instructions

Click here to complete the page below

Inferring3.pdf

Don't forget to complete the reading form

Reading Form

NarrativeOrganizer.pdf

Narrative Writing

Brainstorming

1) Click here to listen to the instructions

2) Click on the image above to fill out your graphic organizer

Narrative RoughDraft.mp4

Narrative Writing

Rough Draft

Click on the image above to listen to your instructions.

Narrative RoughDraft2.mp4

Narrative Writing

Rough Draft

Click on the image above to listen to your instructions.

Don't forget to complete the writing form

Writing Form

Week 9: June 1st- 5th

Inferring.pdf

Inferring

Reading Activity 1

Click here to listen to your instructions

inferring2.pdf

Character Inference.mp4

Character Inference

Reading Activity 2

Click here to listen to the "Guess Who I am?" character inferencing.

What Should I Buy.mp4

Reading Activity 3

Listen to the story "What Should I Buy?"

Don't forget to fill out this weeks Reading Form

Reading Form

Narrative Story

Click here to listen to “Prudy’s Problem and How She Solved It”

Think about the problem in the story and the solution.

What is a Narrative

Narrative Writing

1. Click here to listen to "Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise"

2. Click here to listen to "What is a Narrative?"

Narrative Writing

Brainstorm

There's a Creature in my House!

1. Click here to listen to the instructions

2. Click here for the brainstorm page "There's a Creature in my House"

3. After you are finished brainstorming circle or underline your favourite idea in each section. See below for example.

Don't forget to fill out this weeks Writing Form

Writing Form

Week 8: May 25th- May 29th

Reading Activity

1) Click here to go to Book Flix (if you get sent to another page, click the top link)

username: librarypassword: library123

2) Click on a topic you would like to read about. Example: Animals

3) Choose any non-fiction book you are interested in and complete the "Fact and Opinion" page above.

*The Non-Fiction books are always on the right hand side. See circled Non-Fiction book below.

MainIdea.mp4

Reading Activity

Click the play button (on the image) to listen to your instructions.

1) Click here to go to Book Flix (if you get sent to another page, click the top link)

username: librarypassword: library123

2) Click on a topic you would like to read about. Example: Animals

3) Choose a different non-fiction book you are interested in and complete the "Main Idea and Supporting Details" page above.

Reading Activity

Click here to listen to "My Money Book" (if you get sent to another page, click the top link).

After Reading the story work on a written reading response answering this question:

What are you saving your money for?

Example: Ms. Petrie is working hard and saving her money in the bank. I am saving my money to buy a new car. I would like to buy a white SUV.

Don't forget to complete this weeks Reading Form

Reading Form

SyllablePractice.pdf

Syllable Practice

Click here for 2 syllable word practice!

The word DOG is a 1 syllable word. Even though it has 3 letters in it

HaikuBrainstorm.mp4

Haiku Poem

Brainstorming

Click here to listen and learn about Haiku poems. After listening click here to work on your brainstorm page.

HaikuBrainstormPage.pdf

Haiku.mp4

Haiku Poem

Click here to listen to your instructions.

When you are finished creating your poem, send a picture to merrittjo@hdsb.ca

Don't forget to complete this weeks Writing Form

Writing Form

Week 7: May 19th-22nd

The Day The Crayons Came Home.MOV

Reading Activity

First Person Point of View

First person is when one of the characters is telling the story: I, me, we, our, my.

Listen to the story "The Day the Crayons came Home". Each Crayon is talking through their letters in a first person point of view. Can you find a book on RazKids or in your home that uses a first person point of view?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar.MOV

Reading Activity

Third Person Point of View

Third person is when the author or the narrator is telling the story: he, she, they, them, her, him.

Listen to the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". This is an example of a story where the third person point of view is used. Can you find a book on RazKids or in your home that uses a third person point of view?

Reading Activity

1) Read a non-fiction story of your choice.

2)Think about 3 facts that you learned from the book.

3) Write a personal feeling or idea you have after reading the book.

Don't forget to fill out this weeks Reading Form

Reading Form

RiddlePoemBrainstorming.mp4

Riddle Poem Brainstorming

1) Click play to listen to the instructions for this weeks riddle poem.

2) Click here for the graphic organizer to help you brainstorm your 3 clues.

BrainstormRiddlePoem.pdf

RiddlePoem.mp4

Riddle Poem

1) Click play to listen to the instructions for writing your riddle poem.

2) Use your 3 clues to write your riddle poem.

Remember to include full sentences!

3) Send your poem or a picture of your poem to petriej@hdsb.ca

Don't forget to fill out this weeks Writing Form

Writing Form

Week 6: May 11th-15th

After listening to the story think about what the author is trying to tell you?

Reading Activity 1

1) First, click here to go to the library services access page

The username is: library

The password is: library123

2) Click here to listen to (if it redirects you- click the top link)

"Children Make Terrible Pets"

After listening to the story think about what the author is trying to teach you?

Reading Activity 2

1) First, click here to go to the library services access page

The username is: library

The password is: library123

2) Click here to listen to (if it redirects you- click the top link)

"Earth"

After listening to the story think about how the author tried to make you laugh or entertain you.

Reading Activity 3

1) Listen to Ms. Jansz read the story "The Book With No Pictures"

Click on the link to hear the story! drive.google.com/file/d/1Rgd6MnxjjF3S4-x5zveXaUZ65GeOAAcW/view?usp=sharing

2) Did you enjoy the story? Why?

Action Word Poem.mp4

Brainstorm

Writing Activity 1

Click here for the Graphic Organizer

ActionWordPoemOrganizer.pdf

Action Poem.mp4

Write an Action Poem

Writing Activity 2

Send me a picture of your poem

petriej@hdsb.ca

Week 5: May 4th-May 8th

Reading Activity 1

Listen to the story: Stick and Stone

1) First, click here to go to Bookflix.

username: library

password: library123

2) Then, click here to go to the book.

It is important to think about the main message, or lesson, the author wants us to take away from the text. What does the author want us to know? What does the author want us to learn?

3) Complete the "Main Message of the Text" organizer.

Reading Activity 2

Listen to the story: Chicken Little

1) First, click here to go to Bookflix.

username: library

password: library123

2) Then, click here to go to the book.

3) Complete the "Main Message of the Text" organizer.

Reading Activity 3

Find your own story to read at home, or on RazKids. Think about the message in the story that you are reading.

SpringAcrostic.pdf

Spring Poem

Create an Acrostic Poem for the word SPRING. Each word should relate to what you might see, feel, hear or touch in the Spring season.

Walking Home in a Storm.mp4

5 Senses

1) Listen to Ms. Petrie read the poem "Walking Home in a Storm"

2) Think about the words in this poem that connect to your 5 Senses!

Senses Poem.webm

Create a 5 Senses Poem

Listen to the instructions on how to create your own 5 Senses poem.

1) Brainstorm your ideas

2) Click here -> graphic organizer to begin your brainstorming

3) Use your graphic organizer to turn your ides in to a poem!

Send your poem to petriej@hdsb.ca

Week 4: April 27th- May 1st

Reading: You can complete Ms. Merritt's reading activities that she has posted

Don't forget to complete the reading form when you are finished!

MOD - Writing - Week 4 - Google Slides.webm

Writing Activities

Listen to your activities for the week. Send a picture of your poems to petriej@hdsb.ca

The Cat in The Hat

The Cat in the Hat

Listen to 'The Cat in the Hat' by Dr. Seuss. Get a pencil and paper so that you can play the story a second time and listen to all the rhyming words. Write down all the rhyming words that you hear!

Week 3: April 20th- 24th

Reading Activities

Activity 1: Read a book for 20 minutes. This can be a book from your home or a book on Raz Kids.

Write about a text-to-self connection you can make to your story. Text-to-self connections remind you of something that has happened to you.

Activity 2: Read a book for 20 minutes. Write another text-to-self connection you can make to your story.

Activity 3:

1) First, click here to go to the library services access page.

The username is: library

The password is: library123

2) Then, click here to read 'And Then it is Spring' first

3) Next, click here to read 'How do you know it is Spring?"

Write about a text-to-text connection you make between the two stories. Text-to-text connections remind you of another book. How are these books similar?

Petrie- Editing Paragraphs

Writing Activity 1

Edit the paragraph above. Look for all the missing capitals or capitals in the wrong place.

Petrie- Paragraph 2

Writing Activity 2

Edit the paragraph. There are no periods in this paragraph. Can you fix it?

Hint: there should be 8 periods.

Petrie-Paragraph 3

Writing Activity 3

Edit the paragraph

Weel 2: April 14th-17th

Reading Activity

Remember: If you don't have any books at home you can use your RazKids books

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login?_ga=2.101396674.27314553.1585830306-404131543.1585244683

Reading Activity

Use 1 of these sentence starters to help you answer the question "What can you infer about the character?"

Writing Activity

Use these sentence starters to help you write complete sentences in your letter explaining why your animal is the best.

Send a picture of your edited letter to me: petriej@hdsb.ca

Editing

Have you read over your writing? Have you asked yourself "DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?"

Read your writing out loud to a family member (sister, brother, mom, dad, grandma) and listen for mistakes.

Use this chart to help use capitals in the proper places.

Week 1: April 6th-10th

Here are some tools to help you with the reading and writing tasks for week 1.

Activity 1: Writing

Use these sentence starters to help you persuade your parents in FULL sentences whether books or TV is better.

Activity 3: Writing

Check out why I think blue is best! Remember to include the parts of a letter when writing your own.

Snap a picture of your letter and send it to me: petriej@hdsb.ca I want to hear why your colour is best.

Links:

https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login?_ga=2.101396674.27314553.1585830306-404131543.1585244683

Don't forget to sign in to your RazKids accounts.

Username: BOYNEESL

https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/

https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

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