Good Morning 3D! Let’s have a thoughtful Thursday!
Today is a bittersweet day. We are excited to start summer, but it is sad that we will not see each other everyday. Boys and girls, I am so proud of your effort and grit to learn virtually. This wasn’t easy for everyone, but we did it! Congratulations!
Zoom A Schedule Today:
Book of the Month with Ms. Stile and Buddy class ~10:30 ~ look on zoom chart for K link ~Don’t forget to wear sunglasses, a hat, and a fun summer outfit.
3D whole class ~ 11-12 ~ Farewell party ~ Watch a video together to highlight our year together
Music- 1:45- 2:15
Library Broadcast (optional) – 2:30 pm – Mrs. Sorenson will read a book to you
Third Grade Reflection Opportunity
What a year this was! Recording your thoughts, interests and ideas about a time period is always a great way to reflect and grow. Plus, it’s really fun to look back at it when you get older 🙂
Check out this activity where you can jot down your ideas all about third grade. You can print it out to write, or edit with Kami (rotate to get it right side up) and print to save.
I know many of you want to keep reading, writing, problem solving and coding over the summer break. Not sure where to access materials or websites? Please take a look at the resources I have collected for you and your families this summer.
3D whole class ~ 11-12 ~ Share #10-19 book trailers ~ then jeopardy on the 5 boroughs
Library Broadcast (optional) – 2:30 pm – Mrs. Sorenson will read a book to you
It is an A Week. Thursday we have a 10:30 zoom with our buddies and Ms. Stile for the Book of the Month. Don’t forget to wear sunglasses, a hat, and a fun summer outfit. Then we will leave that zoom and reconnect with our class at 11am.
READING
Read your fantasy book for 20-30 minutes and post on your bookclub padlet
CURSIVE: Capital X (104-105) ~
Note: On the bottom right part of your handwriting workbook page there’s a QR code. Use your ipad or phone and use the camera to open the videos (tutorials) for each letter. This is important to understand the correct letter formation. There are 11 more capital letters we did not get to. Please practice over the summer.
You can use your handwriting workbook to complete this work. Please take a picture and insert it in your June eLearning slideshow. Please watch the video to help with your formation of capital X. You may need to watch the videos more than once and then skywrite. Complete workbook pages pp 104-105
Today you will watch the last two garden videos focusing on sustainability and harvesting. Watch the lesson carefully and then hop on over to Epic to read the book, “The Greatest Table.”
Then log in to Brainpop to complete the assignment called, “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.” Watch the movie and then complete either one or both of the quizzes.
Watch the video above
Go to Epic to read the book, “The Greatest Table” assigned to you
Go to Brainpop an watch “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” ~ Complete 1 or 2 quizzes
Summer Book Recommendations Video Project~ Optional
A great resource for book recommendations is our very own peers. This project will provide all of you some great suggestions for summer reading from the very best resource – your own friends! Watch this tutorial video to learn more about what is expected with your book recommendation video. Make sure to be clear in your presentation, choose one favorite book, or even series, to recommend and include all the requirements stated in the tutorial video. Have fun with this project and we look forward to seeing all the great videos!
Library Broadcast (optional) – 2:30 pm – Mrs. Sorenson will read a book to you
There is a new Zoom schedule in your S.S. folders. It is an A Week. Please make sure the schedule you are looking at has an A week heading. Thursday we have a 10:30 zoom with our buddies and Ms. Stile for the Book of the Month. Then we will leave that zoom and reconnect with our class at 11am.
CURSIVE: Capital V and W
You can use your handwriting workbook to complete this work. Please take a picture and insert it in your June eLearning slideshow. Please watch the two videos to help with your formation of capital V and W. You may need to watch the videos more than once and then skywrite. Complete workbook pages pp 102-103
Today you join Toby in the garden to talk about water. We all know about the water cycle, but today we will talk more about how we can conserve water. Watch the lesson video below to find out more about water conservation and the important role we can play in protecting our water sources.
Complete Brainpop assignment, “Water Supply Assignment” and take one or both quizzes.
Complete Seesaw assignment
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: ADOBE SPARK VIDEO– Optional
A great resource for book recommendations is our very own peers. This project will provide all of you some great suggestions for summer reading from the very best resource – your own friends! Watch this tutorial video to learn more about what is expected with your book recommendation video. Make sure to be clear in your presentation, choose one favorite book, or even series, to recommend and include all the requirements stated in the tutorial video. Have fun with this project and we look forward to seeing all the great videos!
Watch lesson tutorial: Mrs. Luciano outlines all of the requirements
Include your name in the title of the video please 🙂
MATH: TWO DIMENSIONAL SHAPES: IXL
Continue your work practicing geometry by using IXL. You should spend 30 minutes on this. Strive for a Smart Score of 80 on each. Stop after 30 minutes, or keep going!
The Upper East Side and the Upper West Side of Manhattan are separated by Central Park. Learn about the neighborhood, the various museums, and performing arts culture that exists in these areas. You will also learn what Central Park has to offer.
Watch the video to learn about Upper East Side and Upper West Side of Manhattan and Central Park
Here are the slides from the lesson to look back at for your Seesaw assignment today: Manhattan Slides
Also, remember to look in SS folder at all of the Manhattan slides
Watch the three assigned videos : New York Elevators and Skyscrapers, New York Harbor of the Past, and Building Central Park
Go to Seesaw to write a paragraph about where you would visit in Manhattan and why? **Please read/listen to the directions carefully on this assignment. This is a full paragraph you will write and read aloud.**
Enjoy the District Wide Art Show
The entire art department has posted and shared Scarsdale Students’ Art work over this past few months. Take a look and we hope you appreciate all of the beautiful artwork!
***BY THE END OF THE DAY, I NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED…***
Spend at least 30 minutes on this. You should be completing each activity with a Smart Score of at least 80. Feel free to continue after 30 minutes if you would like 🙂
Ayan’s bday/ 3D whole class ~ 11-12 ~ Please bring a joke to share for Ayan’s birthday. We will share 5 jokes.
Spanish ~ 1:20-1:35
Library Broadcast (optional) – 2:30 pm – Mrs. Sorenson will read a book to you
There is a new Zoom schedule in your S.S. folders. It is an A Week. Please make sure the schedule you are looking at has an A week heading. Please note Tuesday we have our zoom at 11-12 to celebrate our fantasy trailers. Thursday we have a 10:30 zoom with our buddies and Ms. Stile for the Book of the Month. Then we will leave that zoom and reconnect with our class at 11am.
SUMMER BIRTHDAYS: Emma (7/28), Isaac (8/7), Ayan (8/13):
Today is the last day to post on the 3rd Grade Padlet: If you posted, then you can skip this section
When you are ready to publish your book trailer to the “3rd Grade Fantasy Writing 2020” Padlet, watch this tutorial below. It will give you a step by step guide for you to follow and learn how to publish both your writing and your book trailer to the grade-wide padlet. We suggest you watch the video through to the end and then when you are ready to follow the steps, go back and watch portions of the video, press pause, complete that step and press un-pause to learn the next step. We cannot wait to see your completed projects! Good luck 3rd Grade Writers!
This video shows you how to upload your Trailer to the Padlet as well as download your writing as a “PDF” and then attach it to your padlet post.
Today you will be working towards uploading your video to the folder and once it is completed, you will go to 3D YouTube folder to find yours. All directions can be found on the video above today and in this document.
Download fantasy story (Google Doc) as a PDF
Download trailer from Spark Video to your computer (Downloads File)
Read your fantasy book for 30 minutes and post on your bookclub padlet
CURSIVE: Capital Y and Z
You can use your handwriting workbook to complete this work. Please take a picture and insert it in your June eLearning slideshow. Please watch the two videos to help with your formation of capital Y and Z. You may need to watch the videos more than once and then skywrite. Complete workbook pages pp 100-101.
We are back in the garden! Toby from Kaleidoscope Garden wants to say hello! Check out this quick video to see what the Heathcote garden is looking like and where all the fresh vegetables are going after harvest.
Let’s talk about the amazing process of photosynthesis. Watch the lesson video below and then complete both the Brainpop assignment and Seesaw assignment to show your learning.
Watch the lesson in the above video
Watch Brainpop Video and complete Quiz Review that has been assigned to you. (Remember to sign in using G suite)
Complete Seesaw activity
Social Studies: NYC & Harlem
Third graders, Harlem is the next stop on your tour of NYC. Located in upper Manhattan, Harlem is rich in culture, architecture and people! Watch the video below.
Watch Mrs. Boyers introduction to Harlem
Watch the video, read the scholastic article, and read through the Jazz museum
Watch the tutorial for you to learn about this special, but optional project. We thought it would be fun for you to create a quick video highlighting some of the fun activities you enjoyed this past year that the new upcoming 3rd graders have to look forward to! This video reminds you about how to access Adobe Spark Video and a step by step guide of how to find the 3rd Grade folder titled “Welcome to 3rd Grade Videos” in your “Shared with Me” folder of your drive. Have fun! We can’t wait to see all the wonderful videos you will be creating!
MATH: CLASSIFYING QUADRILATERALS: IXL
Continue your work practicing classifying quadrilaterals by using IXL. You should spend 30 minutes on this. Strive for a Smart Score of 80 on each. Stop after 30 minutes, or keep going!
Please watch this morning message first. It is VERY IMPORTANT to watch the full morning message. I discuss a lot of today’s work and give many helpful directions.
REMINDERS: ALL VIDEOS ARE PAST DUE FOR YOUR TRAILERS
You will need to share your video with me to approve
Once approved you will put it in your 3D trailer folder
Mr. Casal will upload it to YouTube
The tutorial and directions to do this are posted on yesterday’s blog. I added directions from Youtube to padlet at the bottom of this post.
By the end of today– All trailers and stories should be posted on the 3rd Grade Padlet. I will not be available after 3pm to help. You are expected to complete this by 3pm today. Please get started first thing today.
Some notes about next week:
Monday’s Zoom at 11am we will celebrate Ayan’s summer birthday ~ we will share 5 jokes
Tuesday’s Zoom – Instead of office hours I will add a zoom day to celebrate and highlight our fantasy book trailers with students #1-9.
Wednesday’s Zoom we will highlight #s 10-19 fantasy book trailers and Mr. Casal will join us to troubleshoot any publishing to Padlet.
Thursday’s Zoom: We will first sign in at 10:30 with our buddies (I will send a link) for the book of the month shared by Ms. Stile. All students are invited to wear sunglasses, a hat and a favorite summer outfit as we say good bye to each other for the summer. We will then join our regular zoom link at 11am to have a 3D Farewell Party! We will say goodbye to each other. You will be 4th graders on this day!
Virtual Classroom Day!
The Virtual Classroom is back for the last time! All of the links for your lesson work is on these slides. Be sure to watch the introductory video to learn how to access and navigate this classroom.
You will notice there are 5 rooms. One introductory room and one classroom for each teacher. There are links inside each of the rooms to various activities. Click everywhere! You’ll be surprised how many NEW links are hidden 🙂
You will have to Log in to websites like IXL, Brainpop and Epic.
In this video you will learn about the different landmarks and attractions in the borough, Manhattan. Today, we will focus on Midtown and Chelsea. There are many links within your slides to visit today or another day to enrich your understanding about these wonderful places that are so close to Scarsdale.
Math Lesson found in Mrs. Luciano’s classroom. Click on the video on the Smartboard.This video will give you information on how to access and complete all of the activities for today for math.
Complete all of theKhan Academy videos and practice pages on the left hand side of the page
Complete the Seesaw activity called, “Quadrilateral Sort”
3rd REQUIRED:
Today you need to post your trailers to 3D Book Trailers once they are shared and approved by me first. Watch the video below to find out how to publish to the padlet. Yesterday’s blog post shows the tutorial from start to finish. This video shows you how to post your Youtube video to padlet.
**Note Mrs. Luciano talks about 3L folders in her video, but we, of course, will be doing everything with 3D.**
If you do not see your video, it is because it was not uploaded to the 3D Book Trailers before 4 pm yesterday. Please do so now so that we can get it done today:)
Post the PDF of your fantasy story if it has been approved, as well as the trailer to this Padlet: 3rd Grade Fantasy Padlet
The rest of the activities are yours to choose. Maybe go on a scavenger hunt? Can you find these items? There are many more than what is listed. Have fun! (add hints to your links!)
A NEW survey
A mysterious Mars
A read-aloud
Rubber bands
A rollercoaster
Solve Me Mobiles
Math Xplosion Video
Kakooma
Secrets of The Statue Of Liberty
Ride the Cyclone
A book on Hip-Hop
Tour the NYC subway
Cursive: Capital U (p99)
You can use your handwriting workbook to complete this work. Please take a picture and insert it in your June elearning slideshow. Please watch the tutorial to help with your formation of capital U. You may need to watch the video more than once and then skywrite. Complete workbook page p 99.
Please watch this morning message first. It is VERY IMPORTANT to watch the full morning message. I discuss a lot of today’s work and give many helpful directions.
Writing: Publishing Your Book and Trailer~Wait for our zoom
Today you will be creating your own Adobe Spark Videos. You’ve finished your scripts, they’ve been approved by your teacher and you are ready to go! Watch the lesson to remind yourselves about login directions and how to use Adobe Spark Video.
Upload your trailer to the Writing folder in your Drive
Share the trailer with your teacher when you are done 🙂
When you are ready to publish your book trailer to the “3rd Grade Fantasy Writing 2020” Padlet, watch this tutorial below. It will give you a step by step guide for you to follow and learn how to publish both your writing and your book trailer to the grade-wide padlet. We suggest you watch the video through to the end and then when you are ready to follow the steps, go back and watch portions of the video, press pause, complete that step and press unpause to learn the next step. We cannot wait to see your completed projects! Good luck 3rd Grade Writers!
All directions can be found on Mrs. Luciano’s video today and in this document.
Download fantasy story (Google Doc) as a PDF
Download trailer from Spark Video to your computer (Downloads File)
Continue reading your agreed upon book amount and create a NEW BINGO board activity. Please be sure to tell us what book you are reading and which activity you chose. Post your activity on the Seesaw.
Cursive: Capital K (p98)
You can use your handwriting workbook to complete this work. Please take a picture and insert it in your June elearning slideshow. Please watch the tutorial to help with your formation of capital K. You may need to watch the video more than once and then skywrite. Complete workbook page p 98.
Today you will watch a video to learn more about the borough of Manhattan. This video will focus mainly on the southern tip of Manhattan. You will also see some fascinating pictures connecting downtown New York, then and now. Enjoy the virtual tours of Ellis Island and The Statue of Liberty.
As we continue our geometry journey we will be thinking about parallel lines and a type of polygon, the quadrilateral. Listen closely to the lesson to learn about how to classify (organize) quadrilaterals and practice your new learning today through BrainPopJr.
3D office hours and one on one conferences ~ 11-12 ~ Please look at your email by 10am to see if I sent you a conference time and zoom link.
Library Broadcast (optional) – 2:30 pm – Mrs. Sorenson will read a book to you
There is a new Zoom schedule in your S.S. folders. It is a BWeek. Please make sure the schedule you are looking at has a B week heading. Please note we will not zoom on Wednesday and there will not be a blog post either, this is another Wellness Day. I will be in teacher meetings all day. The district will email your families with activities available for that day.
SUMMER BIRTHDAYS: Emma (7/28), Isaac (8/7), Ayan (8/13):
Today your job will be to create a script for your Adobe Spark Video. Mr. Casal shared with you a document in your drives (writing folder) called, “Adobe Spark Book Trailers-Script.” Please record your work on this document.
Write a script for your fantasy trailer.
Share your script with your teacher to get approved.
Do not start your video until a teacher approves your script
READING: BOOK CLUBS & BINGO
Continue reading your agreed upon book amount and create a NEW BINGO board activity. Please be sure to tell us what book you are reading and which activity you chose. Post your activity on the Seesaw.
Cursive: Capital H (p97)
You can use your handwriting workbook to complete this work. Please take a picture and insert it in your June elearning slideshow. Please watch the video to help with your formation of capital H. You may need to watch the video more than once and then skywrite. Complete workbook page p 97.
Today you are going to be learning all about what polygons are and the different names we have given polygons. You will need to watch this entire tutorial through to the end in order to understand the seesaw activity that has been assigned to you. Make sure you pause the video when directed so that you can think through some of the work independently and then click unpause when you are ready to check your reasoning.
Watch the tutorial above
Complete the Seesaw assignment on polygons
Social Studies: Brooklyn Part 2
Revisit the resources that were posted yesterday for the Brooklyn Part 1 lesson.
Brooklyn inspires creativity and that has been expressed over the years in art, music, poems, movies and more. Think carefully, make a plan and include details in your creation. A few ideas for you to build upon:
A chalk drawing in your driveway (perhaps graffiti style?)
Design a new subway car – sketch it or build it with found materials
Design and build a new sculpture for Prospect Park
Write a poem about Brooklyn – one specific learning or an overview
Paint a landscape
Write a song that tells the world what you learned about Brooklyn
Post your creation to SeeSaw and be sure to record yourself telling us all about it.
***BY THE END OF THE DAY, I NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED…***
Fantasy Book Club ~ read 30 minutes
Reading Bingo Board Activity
Post to Seesaw
Writing – Imaginative Narrative
Watch Script Writing Introduction
Write a script for your fantasy trailer
Share your script with your teacher to get approved.
Do not start your video until teacher approves your script
Math
Watch Tutorial on Polygons
Complete Seesaw Activity
Social Studies
Revisit yesterday’s resources on Brooklyn (Epic collection of books, additional videos)
Watch Brooklyn Video Tutorial
Create your very own inspired work of Art (list of suggestions has been provided for you)
Take a picture or video and upload to Seesaw
Cursive ~ Capital H ~ upload to June eLearning slideshow
Tech Adobe Spark/Mia’s bday/ 3D whole class ~ 11-12 ~ Please bring a joke to share for Mia’s birthday. We will share 5 jokes.
Spanish ~ 1:20-1:35
Library Broadcast (optional) – 2:30 pm – Mrs. Sorenson will read a book to you
There is a new Zoom schedule in your S.S. folders. It is a BWeek. Please make sure the schedule you are looking at has a B week heading. Please note we will not zoom on Wednesday, this is another Wellness Day. I will be in teacher meetings all day. THe district will email your families with activities available for that day.
SUMMER BIRTHDAYS: Emma (7/28), Isaac (8/7), Ayan (8/13):
Writer’s you are all so close to publishing! Today you will take the time to review what you have written (and typed in a doc in your writing folder). Revision is about making changes to your story to make it better and Editing is about spelling and the mechanics of writing. It is helpful to have a partner or two to work with at this point to ask for their feedback and get their help with spelling & punctuation.
Remember to have 1 cover uploaded to your padlet and write across all of the columns, not just one column. Also, it is important not to report but to think deeply about your book. If one person reports something (for example character names) , then you should add to the post your thoughts and text evidence to support your thinking about those characters. Please email me when you need a new padlet for your group.
Everyone in the group should not repeat the setting/problem/solution:
Think about why the author chose the setting/problem/solution?
How did these elements affect your characters?
Why are these elements important?
Add on to your partners posts and either agree or disagree, but provide more text evidence in your thinking. Your posts should reflect 15-20 minutes of thinking to receive excellent participation credit.
Cursive: Capital N and M (pp 95-96)
You can use your handwriting workbook to complete this work. Please take a picture and insert it in your June elearning slideshow. Please watch the two videos to help with your formation of capital N and M. You may need to watch the videos more than once and then skywrite. Complete workbook pages pp 95-96.
In this lesson you will learn about angles and how to name specific types of angles. You will be asked to frequently pause the video and practice the skill. Then you will click un-pause to see if your answer or solution matches my own.
Watch Mrs. Luciano’s lesson below
Complete workbook pages 151-152
Complete scavenger hunt on Seesaw Activity
Many of you have the workbooks at home. You can do the workbook pages directly in your workbook, take a picture and upload to your June E~Learning slideshow OR you can print OR copy and paste to slideshow.
Today we are continuing the tour of the 5 Boroughs of NYC and we are off to visit Brooklyn. There are many resources here to help make this an enjoyable trip.
First watch the Welcome to Brooklyn video below
Then check out the additional resources below (Choose at least 2 to read or watch)
Library Broadcast (optional) – 2:30 pm – Mrs. Sorenson will read a book to you
Use the new June E-Learning Slideshow in your S.S. folder as well. Please use this for the remainder of the month.
Virtual Classroom Day!
The Virtual Classroom is back! All of the links for your lesson work today will be on these slides. Be sure to watch the introductory video to learn how to access and navigate this classroom.
You will notice there are 5 rooms. One introductory room and one classroom for each teacher. There are links inside each of the rooms to various activities. Click everywhere! You’ll be surprised how many NEW links are hidden 🙂
You will have to Log in to websites like IXL, Brainpop and Epic.
There are two REQUIRED activities today:
1st REQUIRED: Seesaw assignment called, “What do you See, Think, Wonder about the Panorama of the City of New York at the Queens Museum?” (This can be done without entering the Virtual Classrooms, just follow the instructions on Seesaw.)
2nd REQUIRED: Math Lesson found in Mrs. Mangan’s classroom. Click on the video on the Smartboard.Today you will be looking at your data and completed graphs to ask questions and draw conclusions. You will need to listen closely to the lesson today to understand your tasks and to hear examples.
Watch the lesson video
Look for the slides, Graphing Project: Day 3 in your Math folders on Drive
Complete slides 7,8, 13 and 16. Write directly into the slides in your math folder.
Spelling is due today
The rest of the activities are yours to choose. Maybe go on a scavenger hunt? Can you find these items? There are many more than what is listed. Have fun!
A NEW survey
A fish tank with a mystery
A read-aloud
An adorable bird
A subway
Louis Armstrong
A slingshot
A GRAPHic novel
A Wonderful World
A Toy Story Song
**There was quite a bit of undone work yesterday, especially book club bingo board activities. Please spend today making up assignments. Check Seesaw inbox for drafts that have been returned to you and make corrections. Continue to practice the demo Adobe Spark (possibly download it on your iPad still). Make sure your fantasy story is complete. We will have a day to revise and edit next week, then complete our trailed on Adobe Spark. Think of today as a day to catch up, make up missed assignments and explore the Virtual Classroom once you are all done with the required work for the week.**
Good Morning 3D! Let’s have a thoughtful Thursday.
Please watch the morning message first! Then read the blog closely. It is important to watch all videos in its entirety! There’s so much information that you will need to complete the assignments.
Reminder: Please gather classroom and library books to return back to school when your family picks up your materials from Heathcote.
Zoom Schedule Today:
Tech/ 3D whole class~ 11-12pm
Music- 1:45-2:15
Library Broadcast (optional) – 2:30 pm – Mrs. Sorenson will read a book to you
Use the new June E-Learning Slideshow in your S.S. folder as well. Please use this for the remainder of the month.
Writing: Wrapping it all up
Writer’s, you have reached the end! Literally, it is now time to start writing the end of your fantasy story. Watch the introductory video to learn about different ways you might end your story. And much like the introduction, it is best to try out a few different endings before choosing the one that fits your story best. If you haven’t started typing your story yet, please make that a priority today. You can ask for help with the typing if that makes it easier for you.
First, watch Imaginative Narrative #9 Video above with Mrs. Boyer
Write at least two different endings, then choose one that fits your story.
Share it on SeeSaw if you finish it today.
READING: BOOK CLUBS & BINGO
Continue reading your agreed upon book amount and create a NEW BINGO board activity. Please be sure to tell us what book you are reading and which activity you chose. Post your activity on the Seesaw.
SPELLING: WORDS THEIR WAY
Please look at your new sort for this week. Complete a few activities per day (about 15 min). Leave the writing sort for Friday, otherwise it will erase your data. You may have to repeat blind and speed sorts more than once to receive 100%.Check all assignments on Friday, then submit all. www.pearsonrealize.com.
CURSIVE: Complete by Friday~ Please put in May E-learning Slideshow C,D,E
Math: Graphing Project- Day 2
Today is an exciting day… you get the results of your surveys! Watch the lesson carefully to see how to get your data, how to fill out a data table, and how to fill out each graph.
Watch today’s video to learn a lot more about Queens and some amazing landmarks it has to offer. As we’ve learned in yesterday’s presentation, Queens is a very large borough. There is so much to see and do and its history is just remarkable!
Watch the video above to learn more about Queens
Watch three videos on slide 20: Queens Museum, US Open, World Fair 1964
