We have nearly travelled the whole world in our folktales unit! Tomorrow we continue our journey to the continent of North America with Lynn Moroney’s “Baby Rattlesnake”. Start by clicking here to learn more about rattlesnakes. Then, click the "Baby Rattlesnake" cover page (below) to read the book on Epic!.)
I have also linked “Folktales Around the World” which is connected to the Google Earth Voyager app. If you want to do your own globe-trotting (a.k.a. travelling), click here. The collection of folktales covers seven countries: The United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Ghana, China and Iraq. Some may be familiar and some may be new, but all of them are important to the culture they came from. Please also watch the Nat Geo Kids video about North America and re-watch the BrainPop Jr. video on continents and oceans.
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Perhaps the most important "jobs" that a poster has is to be eye-catching and easy to read. If this is your first time creating a poster from scratch, here’s a quick guide on how to get started:
Beginning: A Rough Sketch
The Design: Getting Readers' Attention
The Message: Make It Short and Snappy
Picture It: The Best Images
This week's writing trait (focus) is conventions (spacing, spelling, punctuation and capitals). You'll find a checklist stapled inside your journal. Please remember to:
Today we read "Maddi's Fridge" (see previous post for a link to the book) and talked about what can we do as individual people or as a community when we see something unfair happening in the world. Then, we brainstormed a list of things we could do to help people who do not have enough food (people just like Maddi!). We learned about charities which are organizations that raise money and use it to help people who are poor or need help. These are the ideas we came up with for how to set our plan into motion:
Today's writing activity: In your Language Arts workbook, pick one plan of action from the list above. Then, use sequencers (first, next, then, and finally) to create your action plan. For example, if I select "donate money or food to a charity", this is what my action plan might look like:
First, research charities in the community and pick one. Next, I will call the charity or send an email. I will ask them to provide me with information about what type of donations they are looking for. Then, I will spread awareness about the cause and gather donations. Finally, I will drop off the donations. This month there are two (2) different days that focus on nourishing people and nurturing the planet in different ways: World Food Day on October 16th and World Poverty Day on October 17th.
This week we'll continue to discuss ideas that promote respect for diversity and focus on exploring ways we can help people in need in our community. Maddi's Fridge addresses issues of poverty with honesty and sensitivity. Best friends Sofia and Maddi live in the same neighbourhood, go to the same school and play in the same park, but while Sofia's fridge at home is full of nutritious food, the fridge at Maddi's house is empty. ![]()
In Loretta Seto's story, "Mooncakes", a young Chinese American girl celebrates the Moon Festival with her parents by staying up late, eating mooncake, and telling traditional Chinese folktales. Work on Writing: What are the ways that the family in the story celebrate the Moon Festival? They light paper lanterns, they sit out side and watch the moon, the parents tell old stories, they eat mooncakes, and they drink hot tea. Which part or parts of the celebration did you like best and why? Write a paragraph about what you liked best about the Moon Festival. Include some words from the book that describe this part of the festival, and to tell why they liked it best.
We will also make Chinese lanterns like the ones decorating the family's kitchen. Here's how to make them using a piece of A4 paper:
Last week the students made Chinese lanterns like the ones decorating the family's kitchen in the story. We discussed the meaning of the Moon Festival (e.g., gathering with family, celebrating together) and then the students drew pictures that symbolize the festival's meaning to them. Here are our lanterns in the making:
This week's all about the Mid-Autumn festival, which is also called the Moon Festival. Let's start by learning more about the moon. Have you ever looked up at the sky and noticed how the moon changes shape each night? Ever wondered why… And how? Learn about the different names we have for a full moon! Click here to learn about the phases of the moon on National Geographic Kids. And/or here if you want to learn even more on Kiddle.co.
Today we will learn about Malala Yousafzai and read a book she wrote called, "Malala's Magic Pencil"! As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true.
In the story, Malala writes that she hopes that readers will realize that every pencil can be magic because the real magic is “in you, in your words, in your voice.” Everyone needs opportunities to talk about issues that concern them and to be involved in bigger issues that affect them. What does it mean to speak up for something you believe in? How can we share our ideas and use our voices to be heard? Think about it: What if you had a magic pencil? How would you change the world for the better? Let's write!
Today, we will learn about a courageous girl, Sadako Sasaki, and the story behind the 1000 paper cranes. According to a Japanese legend, the crane lives for a thousand years, and a sick person who folds 1000 origami cranes will become well again. A young girl, Sadako Sasaki from Hiroshima, set out to do just that when she developed leukemia as a result of her exposure to the atomic bomb dropped on her city, Hiroshima.
Sadako died at age 12, before her project was completed, but her classmates folded the remaining cranes for her after her death and placed them at the foot of a monument constructed in Sadako’s memory in Hiroshima’s National Peace Park. The statue shows Sadako holding a golden crane in her arms. At the base of the statue a plaque reads, “This is our cry, this is our prayer, peace in the world.” Each year, on August 6, thousands of origami cranes from all over the world are placed beneath Sadako’s statue. (This blurb was taken from Kathryn Schultz Miller's "A Thousand Cranes" enrichment guide: https://www.firststage.org/media/pdf/cranes_eg.pdf).
Click here to read Judith Loske's "Sadako's Crane". Next we'll watch Naia Shedd's video on the story of 1000 paper cranes. The voice you hear in the video is her grandmother, a survivor of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She taught Naia how to fold paper cranes when she was 5. Over a 15 year period, they folded 1000 paper cranes together!
This week we will also learn how to make an origami dove. The dove is a symbol of peace and is also easier to fold than an origami crane:
Today we're returning to Dick King-Smith's, "I Love Guinea Pigs," to explore facts and opinions. Fact or Opinion? How can we separate what’s true from what someone thinks is true?
Here are your instructions for today's activity:
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