This week in Room 106, Week 29

This week in Room 106, week 29

This week in room room 106, virtual classroom. Below are the I-can statements and a note about spring break.

• I can find quadrilaterals and name the shapes.
• I can review bar graphs and answer questions. 
• I can review Multiplication/ division fact families for factor of 7.
• I can review the perimeter of a rectangle with units.  
• I can sort words by vowels and suffixes.
• I can explain what fantasy book is.
• I can find character traits in a fantasy book. 
• I can edit a Monday Mistake about Emelia Earhart. 

Homework: None

Complete Core 5 time and try Dreambox. 

Enjoy Spring Break. Take fun stay-cation pics. Let's try to pretend we are traveling: be creative. I cannot wait to see the pics for our Monday Meeting after break. (Ha!)

During spring break, I am trying to not log on to the computer. Let's give our eyes a break from screen time, while we await further instructions from the AAPS and the governor of Michigan. 

This week in Room 106, Week 28

This week in Room 106, Week 28

We have made it through our first week of being apart. I truly miss all of you. I have spoken to 21/24 students and parents along with Mrs. Jones and Mr. Madison: our conversations made my week. Below are our I-can statements for the week.

• I can enjoy the little positive things in life.
• I can keep social distance from others.
• I can communicate with my teacher via phone, email or SeeSaw.
• I can multiply my birth month with my teacher's month and write 2 number sentences.
• I can review trade first subtraction with 3 digit numbers.
• I can write a pen pal letter to my University of Michigan pen pal (Kgrams) with 3 paragraphs. 
• I can keep a journal of daily adventures with my family.
• I can review how Michigan gained statehood.
• I can use Core5 and dreambox.

Homework: Complete at your leisure the Unit 6 home links I sent last week.
                     Anything you do academically is homework at home. (Ha!)


Next week:
AAPS guidelines:

1. Daily, morning message shared by 9:30 AM.
2. Daily, social share for morning message.
3. Daily 1 enrichment or review activity. 
4. Daily office hours, 10- 11 AM (call, email, SeeSaw and adding a Zoom video face to face call next week.)

Check your emails for the google doc with free resources.

Schedule for week 27

Schedule for week 27 

I am sending an email to be sure everyone understands the importance of maintaining a schedule daily. Also, stretch out the work I sent. I will be sending more and posting videos online on my blog.

I am adding to keep a journal daily and I sent cursive journal home too. Name the journal and have kids write all emotions on paper. Use scrap paper or back of envelopes if you run out. 

If you have cards, use cards at home. Play math games with the cards.

Find a time that works for you online. Remember, everyone is streaming at the same time. Use online recreational streaming, video games, TV and movies as a reward!

8:00 Get up and get dressed. Eat breakfast.

8:45- 9:30 Reading to self, orally or  in head. Use the think marks I sent as a guide to check for comprehension. 

9:30- 9:45 AM Math facts practice (multiplication, addition, subtraction, and division)

9:45- 10:30 AM Physical activity with fresh air if possible (heart rates up: jumping rope, running around, jogging, etc.)

10:30 small snack

10:40- 11:45 AM Math lesson review/ online math

11:45- 12:30 lunch

12:30 - 1:15 Word study/ spelling lesson (Core 5 if available)

1:15- 2:15 Creative/ play or listen to musical instruments/ Waymaker / brain break too

Use 1-3 items or recyclables

2:15- 3:00 Writing/ Writing in journal

3:00 - 3:45 Science/ Government/ Economics activities 

3:45 Share a sentence on something you learned to someone

phone/ text or email

Evening: Read again but read to someone. 

Bedtimes should remain the same? Stick to it.

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This week in Room 106, week 26 special edition

This week in Room 106, week 26 Special Edition

I sent home for 2 weeks, 1 week is spring break:

• Complete Unit 6 EDM math home links (I typically cover 3-4 lessons a week with 2 links a week, so four sheets is ideal for now)
• Read 2 Time For Kids articles with questions, reading
• After reading one of the Time for Kids articles talks about pay of women; a writing prompt for an opinion letter: Should women be paid the same amount as men? 
• Write a Pen pal letter (I printed letters afterschool today, so let me know if you want a scanned version) -Must include a paragraph about how Michigan gained statehood
• Read a minimum of 2 books: fiction and nonfiction (review theme, main idea/ summary, organization) Read a minimum of 1 hour a day (40 + 20 minutes)
• Practice math facts using blog,  https://headlineshubb.blogspot.com
• Use Core 5 (Reading and Word Study) and Dreambox (Math), daily use 20-30 minutes each               Complete a minimum of 8 units a week on Core 5

I know it seems like a lot but I wanted to provide work to keep things as normal as possible. 

I will be contacting students and parents over the next 2 weeks but not over spring break. 

Email me if you need your pen pal letter, badge or log in information, I have both. 

This week in Room 106:

• I can identify how Michigan became a state in 1837, with 4-5 event leading to it. Building schools and light houses, War of 1812, Appointed for governor Lewis Cass, Logging, End of Fur Trade, Erie Canal Completion

• I can identify how the Toledo war was the war without words.
• I can compare and contrast Weather brochures of other destinations, understanding average temperatures.
• I can graph Winter Weather highs and lows.
• I can assess my knowledge for Unit 5, EDM
• I can find the theme in nonfiction, informational books.
• I can identify an important issue in local and state governments. (mistreatment of pet)

This week in Room 106, Week 25

This week in Room 106, Week 25

The past week has been quite busy. Below are a few I can statements, students have learned.

• I can find theme in fiction books/ passages.
• I can apply theme to my life or someone I know. 
• I can explain the moral of the story. 
• I can use a square number multiplication fact to find other "nearby" facts.
• I can break a multiplication fact into smaller parts. 
• I can identify patterns in multiplication facts. 
• I can create and produce a brochure for predestined location, with desirable weather for activities. (Students selected their weather activity first. The teacher only grouped "fun in the sun" into smaller groups. In other words, all were student led.)

      Roles: Writer, Editor, Researcher, and Typer
      Subtitles: Introduction, Activities, Clothes/ Weather, and Food

• I can track the weather during Winter Season and determine the conditions for snow as precipitation.
• I can explain the cause and effects of the War of 1812 for the Michigan territory.

Homework: Links 5.10 and 5.11 due Thursday

Unit 5 Test is Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Book orders are due next Wednesday.

Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2020: No School, Election Day, Please Vote
Thursday, Mar. 12, 2020: Dress like your favorite Book Character.
Thursday, Mar. 12: EDM . Unit 5 Math Test
Friday, Mar. 13, 2020: Used Book Sale, during school hours
                                     Used Book Sale, Family night, 6-8 PM with librarian Allyson Jones, Mrs.                                              Karen Jones' daughter

The first permission (Lansing) slip is due as soon as possible.