Good morning!

I hope you all enjoyed the weekend! I spent a lot of time outdoors enjoying the beautiful weather. In thinking about the week ahead, I can’t help but look forward to spending more time developing your ideas for fantasy stories. Did you know Dr. Doolittle was originally written in 1967 and there have been several different movie versions of this famous fantasy story? This got me to thinking if I could talk to any animal what would it be and what would I say? That’s our discussion starter for today, so hop on over to this padlet and channel your inner Dr.Dolittle. 

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE HAVING A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ZOOM TOMORROW (Tuesday) AT 11:30AM FOR JACINTA AND CINDY. I SENT YOU ALL A CALENDAR INVITE IN YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL. ACCEPT THE INVITE AND IT WILL SHOW UP IN YOUR CALENDAR. 

In your social studies folder, you will find a new set of slides that are purple for the next two weeks, May 18-May 29th. Please upload your work to these slides under the correct date. 

This morning, we are going to talk about the next step in this writing journey. Bring your notebook, pencils and an open mind. It’s going to be grand!

This morning we have our zoom at 10:30am. You all have Spanish at 1:00pm with Senor Johnson, Music at 1:45 with Ms. Bescherer, and library broadcast at 2:30 with Ms. Sorensen. It’s a full day of learning opportunities ahead! 

Planners ready? Let’s get started…

 

MATH: TIME- HOURS AND MINUTES

Today you will practice reading an analog clock to the hour and to 1 minute.  Watch the video to learn different ways to read an analog clock.  Maybe you can go outside today and draw a clock using sidewalk chalk.  Can you make your clock into quarters?

CHALLENGE: Try all 3 different activities today (hop, run around your house, sit without talking) to feel how long 1 minute is.  Set a timer to 1 minute to help you. Was 1 minute longer than you expected?

Telling Time with Mrs. DeGrazia

Have fun with the interactive clock to practice and create different times by looking at an analog clock and digital clock:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/time-clocks-analog-digital.html 

Have fun playing this game with a sibling or family member. The game focuses on reading analog clocks to the hour and half hour.  You will need a die and 2 game pieces to play.

Telling Time Game Board and Rules

Here is a printable analog clock to help you understand the different parts of a clock:

Printable Analog Clock

Print Option – Workbook pages 115-116

Copy and paste to slideshow: Workbook pages 115 – 116

Time Games:

• Time Teller
• Telling Time
• Time Quizzes
• Clock Works
• On Time Game

 

WRITING 

Famous authors engage in a process of Brainstorming and Collecting Ideas. That’s what today’s work is all about. While you may have a certain character or storyline in mind, it’s important that you continue to collect new ideas before settling on the final one. Today you will be using two graphic organizers focused on characters and settings. These will help you to stretch your creative muscles and formulate new ideas that will be collected in a notebook. 

First, watch this overview video and you will learn how important Brainstorming is to writing your best story.  

Imaginative Narrative #2: Brainstorming Video

Imaginative Narrative #2 Slides  

Digital Notebook– This is in your writing folder on Drive

Graphic Organizers to print 

 

BOOKCLUBS

• If you are finishing a book this week, please choose one from the fantasy collection for your club’s next book. 
• Today is a padlet day, which means you are to read for 30 minutes, use your notebook to record your thinking while reading, and add something meaningful to your group padlet that reflects your deep thinking. 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES: Primary Source Scavenger Hunt 

Primary Source Video with Mrs. Mangan

Today you will be investigating a text called, “Using Primary Sources” that has been assigned to you on Epic. Take your time, enjoy the book and along the way study the different types of primary sources that are explained to you.

When you are finished with the text, go back into it and go on a primary source scavenger hunt! Using the chart provided on Seesaw or on Slides, fill out as many spaces you can, determining whether the primary source you found was a photograph, document or artifact. Then answer the question, “Which one of these primary sources would you most like to see in real life and why?”

Good luck historians! 

Slides to Copy or you can complete this on SeeSaw

 

SMART FACT

On this day in 1980 Mount St. Helens located in the Cascade Range in Washington State,  erupted and blasted 1,300 ft off it’s top that sent hot mud, gas and ashes running down it’s slopes. The explosion sent plumes of dark gray ash some 60,000 feet in the air which blocked out the rays from the sun making it seem like night over eastern Washington. Learn more about molten rock and lava by watching this brief video.

And to help you stay organized…

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

• ELA
  • Book Clubs
    • Read for 30 minutes and contribute to your group’s padlet
  • Fantasy – writing  
    • Watch the What is Imaginative Writing Video 2
    • Complete the graphic organizers for setting & character
    • Begin collecting ideas for fantasy stories 
• Math
  • Watch the video on Time to learn different ways to read an analog clock
  • Hop, run around your house, sit without talking with a timer to see how long 1 minute feels
  • Play “Time Flies” board game with a family member
  • Practice and explore with the interactive clock website
  • Complete workbook pages 115-116
• Social Studies 
  • Watch the lesson on Using Primary Sources
  • Read the book “Using Primary Sources” assigned to you in Epic
  • Either complete the activity using Seesaw OR copying and pasting the slides to your May E~Learning Slideshow

I’ll see you all at 10:30!

Ms. Boyer xo