Good morning! 

Today is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! 

 There are so many exciting learning opportunities here for you today. Our science unit is directly related to Earth Day and there’s an experiment for you today. Be sure to watch the video carefully! 

Be sure to use a daily planner to organize your day. And make time for snack, recess and time to be creative! We have a 10:30 Zoom session where we will practice break out rooms once again. Please have your song lyrics as poetry work with you and be prepared to talk about it in your small groups. There are no other scheduled zoom sessions today. 

Let’s get started…

MATH

Today is a continuation of the conversion of kilograms & grams work you started yesterday. 

Mass & Weight Friendly Notes – this set of slides are resources to support your math assignments 

Extra Practice Workbook pages to complete are in your math folder

And don’t forget, I’ve also placed a set of slides titled, Mass & Weight Challenging Word Problems, in your math folder. THESE ARE OPTIONAL. However, you might want to give a few of them a try. 

SCIENCE

• The Water Cycle Part Two Video
  • In this video, Dr. Jeff and his sidekicks will teach you all about the movement of water throughout the water cycle. There are 4 Stop and Think questions. Copy and paste the slides to the science section of your E-Learning slides. Finally, there’s a very cool experiment for you to try.

• The Water Cycle Part Two Slides are in your science folder. 

POETRY

Acrostic Poetry Video with Mrs. Mangan

I’ve assigned you the book Acrostic Poems on Epic for further inspiration 

Earth Day Acrostic Template (Optional) – BUT REALLY CUTE! 

If you would like to use this PDF to get you started writing an Earth Day acrostic poem feel free to use this. Print it out and upload your finished poem to Seesaw to read it aloud to us. 

Read-Write-Think Interactive Acrostic Maker – You will need to have Flash to work with this tool. 

READING

• Independent Reading: Read for 30 minutes. TrueFlix, a physical book, Scholastic, or even an audio book.
• Choose two pages to photograph and read to me on SeeSaw by Friday (as of this morning I’ve only heard from 3 of you)
• You can also choose to read from the collections I’ve shared with you on Epic. 

A special read-aloud event is “Monday’s With Me” by Michele Obama. She will be reading live on Mondays at noon. You can see yesterday’s read aloud and future ones here on PBS KIDS

AND FOR ADDITIONAL EARTH DAY FUN…

• Scholastic News:  Take the Earth Day Challenge 
• Happy Earth Day Coloring Sheet
• Earth Day Word Search 
• SciShow Kids Art Projects Video – these can be serious fun even when it’s NOT Earth Day!
• Smithsonian Collection: Our Big Blue World  Check out this curated collection that will take you on a super cool ocean exploration through art, a read-aloud, video and more.

SMART FACT

The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 when a United States senator from Wisconsin organized a national demonstration to raise awareness about environmental issues. Rallies took place across the country and, by the end of the year, the U.S. government had created the Environmental Protection Agency. By 1990, Earth Day was an event celebrated by more than 140 countries around the globe. Click on this National Geographic link to learn how you can help to make a difference. 

See you all at 10:30! 

Ms. Boyer xo