Mrs. Thiessen's Classroom

Math - Measuring with Nonstandard Units These little videos introduce both the idea of measuring length with a ruler and measuring with nonstandard units (how many paperclips long is this book?). Sid the Kid - Nonstandard Measurement Pt. 1 Sid the Kid - Nonstandard Measurement Pt. 2 Science - Paper We are going to start a new unit in Science about paper.  Mostly we will be exploring different types of paper and their different uses.  We will begin, though, with a little history lesson on paper and how it's made today. The Invention of Paper How Do They Turn Wood Into Paper?

  Earth Day colouring pages Videos to Watch for Earth Day: The Lorax Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (Anymore) Franklin's Earth Day     starting at 11:40 min. Books to Listen to for Earth Day: Little Critter It's Earth Day Mrs. Fox's Class Goes Green Crafts to Make for Earth Day: It's a Wonderful World      What do you love about this world we live in?  Paint a picture! Tissue Box crafts Toilet Paper Roll Cars Paper and Recycling Crafts from Pinterest

11 Free Reading Websites for Kids This website contains websites for listening to and looking at stories as well as reading and letter games.  One of the free reading/letter games sites suggested on this website is  ABCya!   Reading Eggs    This website looks pretty good.  I tried the free trial.  It give children a placement assessment to get them going at an appropriate level and then has lessons, games and books for your child at the correct level.  You can register a number of children so each child is working at their own pace.  It doesn't indicate on this page how much a subscription costs after the 2 week free trial. Reading Eggs is designed to make learning to read fun, easy and highly rewarding for children aged 2–13 . The program includes hundreds of online reading lessons , thousands of interactive reading games and over 2000 online books that children love—and it really works! Register n...

A MONSTER TRUCK review on how to add can be found at Learn Math for Kids: Monster Truck Adding And here is a song for memorizing Addition Facts:   Addition Facts Song   Instructions for how to make a cute sock bunny:  Cute Sock Bunny Ideas and instructions for how to make paper plate spring animals:  Springtime Animals Some songs to help burn off some energy!   Shake Your Sillies Out  Clean My Room Wonky Donkey Song Have a great week!  Enjoy the outdoors!