Online Learning Day 64 – Tuesday, May 12, 2020

English

Last week, you read the story Hansel and Gretel, as retold by Katherine
Follett. The story is told in third-person point of view, which means
that a narrator tells the story and the pronouns “he” and “she” are
used in the text. The narrator tells the story from the perspective of
Hansel and Gretel, which means we learn about their thoughts,
feelings, and actions.

Hansel and Gretel are afraid of the witch, and think she is bad. They
think she wants to eat Hansel. Gretel was scared of the witch, so she
did all the chores that the witch told her to do. They tried to trick her
using a chicken bone, so that she would not eat Hansel. At the end of
the story, they pushed her into the cage and stole her treasure.

Today, we are going to think about how the story would change if it
were written from a different point of view. We are going to write
from the point of view of the witch, and explain what happened from
her point of view.
We are going to use our creativity to plan our writing today. In order to
get creative with our writing, we first need to get our imaginations
going!

Let’s start by imagining that when villains (the bad characters) in a fairy
tale get caught, they go to court for their case. This means that they go
to see a judge who will decide whether they go to jail forever, or
whether they can be free. The character has to persuade or convince
the judge that they are actually good! Remember from our media unit
that the word persuade means to make people do, buy, or believe
something.

Our purpose for this writing piece is to write a letter to the Fairy Tale
judge from the point of view of the witch in Hansel and Gretel in order
to persuade him or her that we are not bad, not tricky, and did not
want to eat the children!

We are going to organize our ideas in a graphic organizer.

Activity

Today, I would like you to listen and watch as I think and work through
the completion of my own graphic organizer for the story. Please log
into your student account on Seesaw to access the “The Witch’s Story:
Graphic Organizer” activity that has been assigned to you. You will
need to click on the “Activities” tab (look for the lightbulb icon) and
then tap +Add Response to complete the activity.

Math

Today, we are going to learn about another type of transformation.

Remember, a transformation is when a figure changes position, but it
remains congruent (the same size and shape). The type of
transformation we will learn about today is called a reflection. A
reflection can also be called a flip. A reflection or flip reflects a figure in
a line to create a congruent image.

Today’s instructional video on reflections/flips is attached to the

activity that I have assigned to you on Seesaw. You will need to click on
the “Activities” tab (look for the light bulb) and then click +Add
Response for the “Exploring Reflections” activity. Then, carefully listen
to the instructions that I have recorded for you on each of the 4 pages.
Afterwards, you can complete the chart I have provided for you.

Drama

Last class, we learned about the different types of people the

characters in the story, The Juice Box Bully by Bob Sornson and Maria
Dismondy were:

• Bully: Someone who is always cruel, mean, or threatening to

others who are weaker or smaller than themselves

• Target: the person who the bully picks on or hurts

• Bystander: a person who is present at an event or incident but

does not take part.

• Upstander: When an upstander sees or hears about someone

being bullied, they speak up. Being an upstander is being a hero!

In the story of the Juice Box Bully, many of you were able to see that
the characters would be categorized as the following:
Pete - Bully;

Ruby - Target;

David - Bystander;

Ralph - Upstander.

Today, you will learn to be and act like an UPSTANDER!

What would this look like? Well, some character traits of an upstander
include being:

• Courageous or Brave
• Clever
• Upstanding
• Honest
• Genuine

Watch the video bellow again to remind yourself of what it means to be

an Upstander (the video is also attached to today’s Seesaw activity):
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeqQCyQOCPg

Once you have completed the video, I would like you to write down the
4 different actions that an UPSTANDER could do when another person
is being bullied.

Next, please log into your student account on Seesaw and upload a
video of yourself doing one of the actions that NED did in the video to
the “Being an Upstander: Character Performance” activity that has
been assigned to you. You will need to click on the “Activities” tab (look
for the lightbulb icon) and then tap +Add Response to complete the
activity. Please label the video with the caption of 1) Be a Buddy, 2)
Interrupt, 3) Speak out, 4) Tell someone.

Science

Last week, you learned that there are 4 different types of soil. They are:

1. Sand soil
2. Silt soil
3. Clay soil
4. Loam soil
We learned about the qualities of sand soil and silt soil. Today, we will
describe clay soil and loam soil.

Clay soil:

Clay is the smallest size of soil. Because the pieces are so small, there is
not much space for water to travel through it. For this reason, it is not
very good for growing plants. It can come in many colours. It can be
white or grey, or even red or orange. It is sticky when it is wet, and
smooth when it is dry.

Loam soil:

Loam soil is actually a mixture of the other 3 types of soil (sand, silt, and
clay). It is dark brown in colour. When it is dry, it crumbles in our hands.
When it is wet, it is sticky, it is mud! Loam soil has many nutrients and
holds water well, but still allows water to move through it. Therefore,
this mix of the other soils, loam soil, is the best choice for growing
plants!

Activity:

Please log into your student account on Seesaw and complete the
“What type of soil?: Part 2” activity that has been assigned to you. You
will need to click on the “Activities” tab (look for the lightbulb icon) and
then tap +Add Response to complete the activity.