Good morning! 

What a great day yesterday! The weather was very springlike, and just like it states on yesterday’s padlet (as so many of you responded), there were many baby animals and beautiful flowers to brighten up the day even more! 

Be sure to make your to-do list to plan out your day. This will help you to stay focused and track your progress. You can use the Daily Work planner that is in your social studies folder, or make one of your own. It’s a VERY helpful tool! 

This morning you have a 10:30 zoom session with Ms. Bescherer and we have a 1:00pm zoom session with Mr. Casal. I’m looking forward to seeing you this afternoon, and if you have any questions or concerns before then, you can always email me.

Now let’s get started…

MATH 

Subtracting Kilograms and Grams with Mrs. DeGrazia

Workbook page 21 is 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

Water Cycle Part One Video

The Water Cycle Part One Slides are in your science folder. Have fun exploring the water cycle and be sure to copy and paste the vocabulary slide to the science section of your E-Learning slides to complete the activity.  

POETRY with Mrs. Mangan

Cinquain Video

• Today you will be learning about how to write a cinquain poem. Watch the video and read about cinquain poetry in Epic. I have assigned the book, “Cinquain Poems” to you, so please check the mailbox at the upper right hand corner and read the text. 
• Then, try to write a cinquain poem of your own! Put the finished product on Seesaw. Can’t wait to see your cinquain poems! 
• Cinquain Poems have 5 lines with a specific pattern:
  • 1st line-2 syllables; 2nd line-4 syllables; 3rd line-6 syllables; 4th line-8 syllables and 5th line-2 syllables. 

SONG LYRICS AS POETRY

• Song lyrics as poetry: In yesterday’s zoom we discussed how song lyrics are similar to poems. Your thinking is quite impressive: there’s rhymes, a rhythm, specific word choice is important,  there’s repetition (repeating lines and phrases) and a tempo, the rests in music are the line breaks, there’s a beat, and both of them express emotion. 
• Choose a song you like, find the lyrics and tell how the lyrics are like a poem. You can share your thinking in SeeSaw, on your blog or in your E-Learning Slides. Have this ready for our Zoom session on Wednesday. 

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.
• You can also choose to read from the collections I’ve shared with you on Epic. 

A special read-aloud event (that I forgot to mention yesterday) 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

SMART FACT

On this day in 1956 : Elvis Presley had his first number one hit with “Heartbreak Hotel” which topped the Billboard charts.  Click on this link to see The King of Rock & Roll sing his #1 song live. Does this song sound like poetry to you? What do you think? 

See you all at 1pm!

Ms. Boyer xo