Good morning!  

The thinking work that you all did yesterday for our new fantasy writing unit was so impressive! The way you shared ideas and built new ones by combining thoughts made me so proud! Today, in our zoom, we will be revisiting your wonderings and what if’s so bring your writing work and don’t be late. 

This morning you have PE with Mr.Borgia at 9:00am and we have small groups today at 10am and 11am. Make a plan to attend one and of course, you are always welcome to attend both. The day rounds out with Library Broadcast with Ms.Sorensen at 2:30. 

Planners ready? Let’s get started…

WRITING

Watch “Lou,”  a Pixar short film before your zoom meeting today. It is about 4 minutes.  You may decide to watch this more than once to notice all the details in the film. What makes this story a Fantasy? Who are the characters? What character traits do you notice? Feelings? Any character changes? Lessons learned? Theme?  

Introduction to Lou with Mrs. DeGrazia 

Slides- Analyzing Pixar Short Film– these are in your writing folder 

Add to the padlet when you are ready and we will look at your posts during your zoom class. Remember to add text evidence to your thinking and connect with any of your peers’ ideas similar to La Luna.

Boyer/Luciano Padlet

MATH: Operations involving meters and centimeters

Watch this video below. You will need a paper and pencil as you will be asked to practice adding/subtracting meters and centimeters as well as utilizing mental math strategies to make the number equations more friendly. 

Operations involving meters & centimeters with Mrs. Luciano

Copy and Paste Slides: Workbook page 178-180

Print Option: Workbook pages 178-180

SOCIAL STUDIES: Traveling to Ancient Greece 

Ancient Greece Video with Mrs. Mangan

Today you will be traveling back to Ancient Greece through TrueFlix! As you read the text, “Ancient Greece” explore the different photographs and drawings that make this non-fiction text so captivating. Watch the video above for instructions on how to access TrueFlix, and how to complete the graphic organizer for this text. There are two ways to show us your work, one by copy and pasting your graphic organizer into your own Slideshow and the other is on Seesaw 

1. Watch the lesson video
2. Read the text, “Ancient Greece” on TrueFlix

Heathcote Gateway–Library–Databases–TrueFlix– 

1. Find 5 pictures in the text and think, “How does this picture help me learn about life at that time?”  “Is the item in the picture a primary source or a secondary source?”
2. Copy and paste your finished graphic organizer into your May E-Learning Slides OR complete the activity assigned to you on Seesaw

Ancient Greece G.O. Slide to Copy OR Find it in SeeSaw to complete

READING

• BookClub – Read for 30 minutes and complete one BINGO Board activity. If you are in need of another padlet for a new book, please let me know. 
• Read to me on SeeSaw at least one time by Friday

Smart Fact 

On this day in 1787 Delegates gathered in Philadelphia to draw up the US Constitution. While the Constitution was the final result of this meeting, the delegates’ original plan was to re-write the Articles of Confederation (the first set of rules for our country) but that didn’t work out once they realized how many flaws the original set of rules had. To learn more about this historic event, visit Ducksters. Read about the Constitutional Convention and take the quiz! 

And to help you stay organized…

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

• ELA
  • Book Clubs
    • Read your agreed upon book club amount
    • Complete a new Bingo Board activity and post to Seesaw
      • Maybe challenge yourself by using loose part materials today?
  • Theme
    • Watch intro video
    • Watch “Lou” video in the Boyer/Luciano Padlet
    • Record your thinking
      • Answer many, if not all of the listed questions with evidence from the film
      • Use your first name for every jot
• Math
  • Watch math lesson video
  • Complete Workbook pages 178-180
• Social Studies 
  • Watch the lesson on primary and secondary sources and Ancient Greece
  • Read, “Ancient Greece” on TrueFlix
  • Record your thinking on the graphic organizer
  • Post your work to Seesaw activity or copy slides into E-Learning Slides
• Complete unfinished work from yesterday
  • Book Club Padlet
  • Math Worksheet
  • Primary Source Task Cards Recording Sheet
  • Fantasy ideas

I’ll see you all later!

Ms.Boyer