Friday, May 15th

Friday Zoom Schedule:
  • Today we have a 3M Zoom at 10:00 to break into our book clubs. We will finish up the current book and move onto a fantasy text. Take a peek at the Fantasy Collection I assigned to you on Epic and come to class today with an idea for your next book.
  • 11:30 Instrumental Music
  • 2:30 Library 

All specials’ pages can be found here: Heathcote Gateway E-Learning Plans

Questions? E-Learning Questions Padlet

ELA- fantasy & BOOK CLUBS

 

Book Clubs 

Today we will be meeting at our Zoom to talk with your book clubs. If you would like to continue the conversation in a separate Zoom or Facetime call you are welcome to, as long as it is OK with your families and this is an on-topic conversation. Let me know if you would like me to join your conversation to help.

Come ready to talk and jot about the following ideas:

  • What happened in the part you read yesterday?
  • What was your favorite part of the book?
  • What character can you connect with? If you can’t, why not?
  • What role do the secondary characters play? Advisors, Sidekicks or Challengers?
  • What is confusing to you? What questions do you have?
  • What is a prediction you can make for today’s reading?

Fantasy

  • Read the story, “The Wishing Tree.” The Wishing Tree
  • Answer the 5 questions on Seesaw. Note- Each question is on a different page.
    • Use capitals and periods
    • Check for spelling
    • Use text evidence whenever possible
    • Read your work before submitting

 

Math- Paper Airplane measurement

Check out the “Paper Airplane Guy” to get some inspiration. He will show you how to build some paper airplanes and show you a real paper airplane competition.

  1. Test out your skills building 2 paper airplanes. Which type went the furthest? How far did it go?
    • Instructions on how to build different paper airplanes: Fold ‘N Fly
    • Fill out the data tables while you test our your 2 planes:
    • Need a meter stick? Here is the printable one if you need it 🙂 Meter stick Printable
    • Place these completed slides into your May E-Learning Slideshow or Seesaw

Need some more math for the day?

SOCIAL STUDIES: analyzing artifacts

Today you will be combining your knowledge of Ancient Greece and primary sources to analyze an artifact. Watch the video below to show the process. 

In order to complete the artifact analysis sheet you can choose one of the following:

  1. Edit with Kami (Look in your S.S. folder for this document.) **Let me know that you have done this so I know to look in your S.S. folder** 
  2. Copy and paste the slide into your own May E-Learning Slideshow: Slides to Copy or Analysis Sheet- To Print
  3. Complete the Seesaw assignment
Smart Fact

On this day in 1618 German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws- his “harmonics law”. Kepler’s third law (the Harmonic Law), relates the orbital period of a planet (that is, the time it takes a planet to complete one orbit) to its mean distance from the Sun. This law states that the closest planets travel at the greatest speeds and have the shortest orbital periods. If this is his third law, what are the first and second you ask? Watch this NASA video to learn about Kepler and his “out of this world” discoveries. 

 

***BY THE END OF TODAY I NEED TO COMPLETE…***

  • ELA
    • Book Clubs
      • Read the agreed upon amount
      • Optional- Arrange a time to meet with your club (We will do this at our Zoom as well.)
    • Fantasy
      • Read, “The Wishing Tree”
      • Answer the 5 questions on the Seesaw activity
  • Math
    • Watch the Paper Airplanes video
    • Visit the Website Fold ‘N Fly
    • Create at least 2 paper airplanes
    • Measure your airplanes’ flying distance and record the results on the data sheet slides
    • Copy slides into your May E-Learning Slideshow or print and share in Seesaw with your results
  • Social Studies 
    • Watch the lesson on analyzing artifacts
    • Analyze the gold artifact
    • Record your thinking on the analysis sheet  (Link in blog, Seesaw or in S.S. folder on Drive)
    • Post your work to Seesaw activity, copy slides into E-Learning Slides or edit with Kami
  • Complete unfinished work from yesterday
    • Bingo Board
    • Math Workbook Pages 178-180
    • Ancient Greece Artifacts

 

Monday, March 16th E-Learning

Hi 3M! I hope you enjoy checking out some of the activities I have come up with for today. Remember to record your thinking by printing out the work and saving it in a folder, or record your thinking by adding to the Google Slideshow in your Social Studies Folder in your drive named, E-Learning Slideshow.

Make sure you sign up for the different online tools we can use throughout our time outside of the classroom. There are instructions below. If you have any other questions post them to the E-Learning Questions Padlet

You can complete the activities any time during the day that works for you and your family. I know that being able to access a computer or other device might be challenging with your family at home right now. Also, just like in class, everyone works at a different pace and finishes tasks at a different time. If you are a fast finisher and feel like you need additional activities, don’t forget to use the Useful Websites tab of my blog.

ELA: Literary Essays

Join my class for Epic! Epic is a website that has read alouds, audiobooks and videos. Enjoy! 

Need a little more challenge? Write a literary essay about one of the characters from the book you read. (Or anything you’ve read these past few days.) Remember these guidelines as you write.

  • Paragraph 1:
    • Introduce Book and Author
    • Clearly state your claim
  • Paragraph 2:
    • Lead into your evidence: (One part of the story when…, One example of when…, In the beginning of the story _____ was _______ when…, etc.)
    • Give your text evidence (Paraphrase or use exact quotation)
    • Explain WHY your evidence matters: (This shows, this explains why, In other words, etc.)
  • Paragraph 3: Repeat Paragraph 2 but with your second piece of text evidence
  • Paragraph 4: Repeat Paragraph 2 but with your third piece of text evidence
  • Paragraph 5: Conclusion
    • Restate your claim
    • Explain what the character or the reader learns. What can we take away from reading this text?

Show off your amazing essay by either printing it/writing it in a notebook and bringing it to school when we see each other next, or add it to the ELA section of the E-Learning Slideshow

Social Studies: Analyzing Artifacts

Photograph Analysis 

Looking at pictures is one way we can learn about history. Click on the link above to see a picture of Colonial America. Look closely at the picture and think deeply about what you can infer about life at that time. 

To record your answers, type into the E-Learning Slideshow saved in your social studies folder OR print the analysis sheet out to write down your ideas. If you choose to use the slideshow, you can name the slide, “Colonial America” and put today’s date. 

Math: Area Activity 

First- join 3Mangan 2020 class on Brainpopjr.

  1. Go to BrainpopJr.
  2. Log in with Google G Suite for Education  or as always, follow the instructions on the Heathcote Gateway
  3. Once you are logged into your Google Account through BrainPop, Enter Code: made1783
  4. Check out assignments. If you can’t see an assignment, watch the video link below and complete the quiz. (I can add assignments once you are added to the class. Look for assignments in the future by logging in this way.)

Area Video Link:  BrainPopJr. Area Video

Take easy quiz or hard quiz – or both! 

Complete this activity if you’re interested https://jr.brainpop.com/math/measurement/area/activity/

Read-aloud: Dan gutman

Missing our read alouds? Well luckily one of our favorite authors, Dan Gutman, will be doing a read aloud of his new book, Miss Blake is a Flake. Log into Facebook and search “Dan Gutman” to join him live at 2:00pm.