Month: April 2020

Hello Moms, Dads and kids,

We hope you have had some rest from online learning and are ready to master this task that life has thrown at us. Ms. Benjamin and I are ready to do our best. Our super power is teaching and we will carry on with that. To do this more effectively we will be doing live teaching sessions according to a scheduled plan. If you cannot join in on one of these session, we will make the materials that was used in that session available for use at your convenience.

The goal of having a schedule like this is for the kids to have the opportunity to interact with us and their peers and engage in learning with the teacher so that questions and misconceptions can be addressed immediately. It also allows the teacher to take on more of the teaching of new concepts and free up the parents to do their own work from home.

Click here for the schedule

Grade 3 online learning schedule

In order to do the online learning we will need you to setup Micro soft teams (MT) on your devices. Please remember that this is to be used for educational purposes only.

[All details will be emailed to your parents]

Firstly, you need to log into your email account and check that you can login. Head to the Office 365 website.

https://www.office.com/

• Click sign in
• Type in your email address: [initial of first name][last name]@fbcs.edu.ky
• Click next
• Type in password- Pa$$w0rd ( you can change this after)
• Click  next
• Click “Don’t show this again” and click next
• You should now be at a screen with app icons – Click “All apps”
• Scroll down and click “Teams”
• It will open up to the Teams portal and should see your Grade team as a big block on your screen

 

Secondly, MT is available through 3 different sources: web browser / installed on app on pc / mobile device app.

Web browser: 

https://www.office.com/

Installed PC app:

• When you’ve logged into MT, you will see an icon on the bottom left of your computer screen.
• It is a screen with a downward arrow. Click on it and it will download the install file. [94mb download file]
• The download file should appear on the bottom left – once complete, click on it and it will install the program on your PC.

Mobile Device App:

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.teams&hl=en_US

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-teams/id1113153706

Once logged in please type in hello and click send so we know you are in.

Tomorrow- Monday 20 April at 11 a.m.  we would like to do a live session on how to use Microsoft teams.

 

Hello Parents,

Thank you for your support with the online learning that we have had to deliver during these challenging times. We still do not know how the next few weeks will turn out but we can know who holds our future. I am attaching the email that our Head of school sent  to parents a few days ago.

Right Now media Bible study

Please have a look at it and use the resources he recommends to enjoy some family time while getting to know what GOD’s plans and will is for us. IF it is one thing that this virus has shown us, is how frail we are in the grand scheme of things. It has made us look at what is valuable to us and how we should reach out to others that may be less fortunate than we are. If you are able to read this because you have electricity, a computer or phone- then you are more fortunate that many millions of people around the world.

Take this time away from school work to rest and reflect on what you value the most. Ms. Benjamin and I will be working on grades for Quarter 3 and you may get an email if your child has not completed a task  that we need to correct for grading purposes. Please encourage your child to continue reading during this time.

I sent the lesson plans for the week for Bible, Math and Science on Monday. You can visit an earlier blog or just check under announcements in seesaw.

You can find the Spanish lesson plans here:

Grade 3 Spanish lesson April 6-8

 

Have a blessed and safe Easter Break.

Blessing,

Mrs. Seerattan

Literacy and Social Studies Lesson:

Literacy	Lesson Objective	Activities	Links	Resources
Tues. April 7th	Learn about irregular verbs.	Student will watch YouTube video to learn the difference between regular and irregular words.   Students will then complete activity in Seesaw	YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdmufwnsd_w	Access to internet Computer or iPad.

 

Social Studies	Lesson Objective	Activities	Links	Resources
Tues. April 7th	Learn about Cayman Tourism Industry	You will read page 48 of your Cayman Primary Social Studies Textbook.   You will then complete question number 1, under the activity section.   Answers should be uploaded to Seesaw.		Access to internet Screen String Yarn your Cayman Primary Social Studies Textbook

P.E and Tech Lessons:

TECHNOLOGY
OBJECTIVES	ACTIVITIES	RESOURCES
– To be able to work within Microsoft Excel by inserting data and creating a bar chart	PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: –          Insert text into cells –          Create a bar chart   ACTIVITY: –          Create a bar chart about fruit by inserting data into a spreadsheet STEPS: –          Open a new Excel document –          Select blank document –          SAVE your document in a folder where you can find it again! –          Read the instructions page –          For number 4, you need to open the shopping list page to get all the fruit and numbers of each –          Once completed – please email your document to me to assess –          My email is: kirstenanthony0@gmail.com –          This activity will take you two lessons so this will be for lesson 1 and lesson 2. –          Below is a picture of what it should look like	– Computer / Device – Microsoft Excel – Instructions page – Shopping List

Physical Education – Week of April 6 – 8: Stunts and Tumbling Unit Test
Objective	Activities	Resources
Demonstrate skills learned throughout this unit	This week you will need to post a unit test on Seesaw in the Physical Education folder. 1. Post the video recording of your Stunts and Tumbling routine. (see details below) 2. If you haven’t already posted your March Activity Log, please post it to Seesaw.   Activity Guidelines: 1. You will create a gymnastic routine using the skills you learned throughout our Stunts and Tumbling Unit.   Please choose your stunts from the Spark Cards. *These can be found in your Seesaw assignments.   2. You must include at least 12 stunts from the lessons. There should be at least 3 stunts used from each section below: –          Balance and Strength Skills –          Jumping and Landing Skills –          Weight and Transfer Skills –          Animal Walks *You may add other skills you know, but your grade will be based on the 12 stunts from our unit.   3. Preform skills under control and with good form.   4. Make it creative and fun to watch. You may include music if you like!   Unit Test Recording: Please ask a parent to help record your routine. You will need to upload to your grade’s Seesaw account.   If the video is over 5 minutes long, it will not fit in Seesaw so you can email the video to Coach Kring at rkring@fbcs.edu.ky .	Device with video recorder and connection to internet                   Spark Cards (4 sets = 1. Balance and Strength 2. Jumping and Landing 3. Weight and Transfer 4. Animal Walks

Hello Parents,

I uploaded the plans onto seesaw as this post may appear later in the day on Monday. This is the last week of teaching and we will be on our Easter break from April 8 to 19. Classes will resume on Monday April 20, 2020.

As we go into the Easter let us remember that Jesus brought us out of the darkness and into his marvelous light.

I Chronicles 4:10 (ESV) ” Jabez called upon the GOD of Israel, saying. ‘Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!’ And GOD granted what he asked.”

How can Jabez be a model for us?

1. We can trust God’s favor is greater than our human frailty.
2. We may ask God to enlarge our field of influence for his glory.
3. We can seek God’s presence and ask him to empower us.
4. We should cry out for the Lord’s deliverance in difficult circumstances.

As you continue your weeks ahead I pray for health and God’s favor on you and your family.

 

Here is the lesson plan:

Math, Science and Bible lesson plans for April 6 to 8

Hello Parents and students,

Hope you doing well and keeping safe. Today we will focus our learning on Spanish and Technology. Please see lesson plans below. Also if time allows please catch up on any unfinished work for his week.

Please continue to pray for our Islands as we charter through these uncertain times. I pray that you and your family will be safe and that you will find rest in knowing that GOD is sovereign. May the peace and the love of our Lord and saviour be with you and your family.

See lesson plans below:

Spanish:

Grade 3verb to be singular form lesson 1 1 March 30-April 3

verb to be plural form March 30-Aplri 3rd 2020. 2nd lesson_

Technology:

Grade 3

 

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs. Seerattan

BIBLE	Lesson Objective	Activities	Links	Resources
Thurs. April 2nd	Watch a video on the story of Easter.	You will start by reading Acts 1:1-11. Student will click on the link and watch the Easter story. (From our favorite, the story keepers.)   Students will then send a message on seesaw stating that they have completed the task.	YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMcDdCC6AhM	Access to internet Screen Bible student book Pencil

 

Literacy	Lesson Objective	Activities	Links	Resources
Thurs. April 2nd	Time themselves reading for 1 minute.   Complete comprehension questions.	Student will use the fluency sheet provided in the activity section in seesaw to test their reading fluency. Students will time themselves reading for one minute. This is to help the teacher record your reading fluency. (Just like how we do it in class.)   Students will then complete the reading comprehension worksheet, also located in the activity section.		Access to internet Computer or iPad.

 

Social Studies	Lesson Objective	Activities	Links	Resources
Thurs. April 2nd	Learn about boat building in the Cayman Islands.	You will read page 45 of your Cayman Primary Social Studies Textbook.   You will then complete question number 1 under the activity section. (Draw a picture of a schooner in full sail.)   Picture should be uploaded to Seesaw		Access to internet Screen String Yarn your Cayman Primary Social Studies Textbook