E-Learning Monday March 30
Good morning!
I hope you all enjoyed the weekend and found new ways to be creative and enjoyed time with your family. I have been playing Monopoly with my boys and baked really good brownies. I also spent time with the third-grade teachers via Zoom to plan a great poetry lesson for you today!
It’s Monday and that means we are starting with a Discussion Question. You can access the Padlet here: What do you want to learn?
As always, when planning your day be sure to make time for snack & recess. Also, plan one special each day for yourself as all of your teachers have great learning opportunities waiting for you on The Heathcote Gateway.
So let’s get started…
We have a Zoom session scheduled for 10:30am in which we will review the Poetry Activity for today and the Photograph Analysis work below. I’m looking forward to seeing you all! The link is in your social studies folder – don’t be late!
Social Studies
•Photograph Analysis: In this video, there is an example of analyzing a photograph/illustration using the See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine. You will learn how to analyze a photograph/illustration by making observations about the people, objects and activities. You will then learn how to look at the “main idea” of the photograph by thinking about what activities you observed happening in the picture. Then some example wonderings are shared with you based on the illustration.
Watch the video. A google slideshow has been shared with you showing the next photograph/illustration you will be analyzing using the See, Think, Wonder template (this is in your social studies folder).
- Photo Analysis Lesson: https://youtu.be/GfkadCDgYmw
- Google Slideshow: Photo Analysis
•Cultural Universals Social Aspects: The slides are in your social studies folder. Please complete by Wednesday. While you may be tempted to write about how you are spending your time now, try to think of how you would normally spend your time and share that information. Please have this completed by Monday.
MATH
Today we will review and summarize AREA concepts that we have completed over the past two weeks. Please watch the Math Antics video below to capture the big ideas. Afterward, please watch the video made by Mrs. DeGrazia to help visualize the different measurements of square units. It is important to remember to label the correct square units when using area.
Math Antics Practice: Complete these 3-word problems – this slide show is also in your math folder on Drive. You can insert a text box to share your thinking
Poetry – Heart Maps
Heart Mapping: Writing from the Heart
VIDEO: 3rd Grade Teachers Describe Their Heart Maps
HEART MAP: The template is in your social studies folder
Some questions to help you get started heart mapping:
- What memories have you stored in your heart (they don’t have to be BIG or exciting memories. For example, the smell of molasses cookies baking in the oven at my grandmother’s house is an important memory to me because it was something she would always do.)
- What people have been important to you – and why?
- What are some experiences or events that you will never forget?
- What happy or sad memories do you have?
- What secrets do you keep in your heart?
- What things or objects are important to you — for example, a tree in your backyard or a stuffed animal, etc.?
- What’s at the center of your heart – you might want to place the most important people, memories, and experiences in the center?
- Ask yourself if you want to keep some things inside your heart and less important things on the outside of your heart.
- Do you want to draw more than one heart – good and bad; happy and sad; secret and open – and include different things inside each heart?
- Do different colors represent different emotions, events, and relationships?
See you all at 10:30!
Ms. Boyer xo