Good morning!

I am so excited to see our buddies today! We will have a joint zoom session at 10:30am – the link was in the email I sent to you yesterday afternoon.  Have you had a chance to browse through the poems? Our school certainly has a lot of talented poets! You also have a 2pm zoom for open library for anyone who is interested in attending. 

If you have work that still needs to be posted, either to SeeSaw or your slides, be sure to put that on your to-do list for today. 

Planners ready? Let’s get started…

MATH

Watch this video to observe how we can create a graduated cylinder that holds one liter. We can then use that new measuring tool to measure the capacity of an unknown container.

Video to show how to create a graduated cylinder

Watch this video and learn how you can use a graduated cylinder to measure an unknown container’s capacity.

Measuring an unknown container using your new graduated cylinder

The workbook pages you are responsible to copy and paste to your April E-Learning slideshow are pages 43 and 44. The experiment you observed in the videos above is detailed on workbook pages 41 and 42. If you would like to try to recreate this experiment, you can. Take a video of yourself and upload it to Seesaw. We would love to see your work! Good luck and have fun!

Workbook Slides: Workbook pages 41-44(these are also in your math folder)

Printable versions: Workbook pages 41-44

SCIENCE 

In this lesson, Mystery Doug will take you on an adventure around the world to identify climate zones and weather patterns. Watch the introductory video carefully so you will know how to prepare for the awesome learning opportunity that awaits you.  This is a two-day activity.

Weather & Climate Part Three Video

Weather & Climate Part Three Slides (these are also in your science folder)

•  You may need to watch the video more than once to follow the directions, that’s ok, take your time.  
• Remember that since we aren’t in class, when Doug says you will need 2 maps, you are only printing 1 of each of the maps provided. When he mentions check with a partner – this may mean zoom with a classmate or check with an adult.
• Please email me if you have any questions. 

BookClubs and Strong BINGO board activities

Please watch the video below to hear about how to create the best work you can for your Book Club BINGO board. A reminder that the BINGO board can be found in your reading folder. 

BINGO Board Activities tips to do your best work from Mrs. Mangan

Complete at least one BINGO activity, different from the one you did on Tuesday, and then post your final project on Seesaw. 

SMART FACT

On this day in 1993 the World Wide Web was born. A team at the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications released Mosaic, the first Web browser to become popular with the general public. The next few years saw the launch of such websites as Yahoo (1994), Amazon (1995), eBay (1995) and Google (1998).  What do you imagine the future of the web to be like when you are in college? 

To help you stay organized…

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

• Words Their Way-Due tomorrow
• Read 30 mins – Book Club- Reading Bingo Board- post to Seesaw
• Watch math lesson videos and complete workbook pages 43-44 (workbook pages 41 and 42 detail the experiment – if you choose to do that, take a video and upload to seesaw)
• Print out worksheets for Mystery Doug Climate Project
• Mystery Doug Video and Climate Project  – Watch the video and complete the maps (Two days to do this activity)

I’ll see you (and our buddies) at 10:30!

MsBoyer xo

Good morning! 

Heathcote’s Annual Poetry Festival is now live for everyone to enjoy! How awesome that we were able to continue this tradition! Please take the time to enjoy the poems posted by all of the children in Heathcote School. 

This morning you have a zoom session with Mr. Borgia at 9:30 and we have a class zoom at 10:30 – bring your reading notebook! The library open zoom is scheduled for 2:00pm for those who want to pop in and see Ms.Sorensen. 

Daily planners ready?  Let’s get started…

MATH

Watch this video below. You will learn how you can find the capacity of many containers as well as a mini challenge for you to think about. 

Capacity with Mrs. Luciano

 Watch this video below to see some different strategies on solving word problems with capacity.

Word Problems Video Tutorial

Copy and paste these slides to your April E-Learning Slideshow.

You can draw a bar model, draw pictures, write a number sentence or use a combination of the three to solve these two word problems. Think through your work and make sure you show how you solved the problem.

Two Word Problems

BookClubs

Today, after doing your agreed-upon reading, you will be posting on your Book Club’s Padlet page. Watch the video today to hear about the Dos and Don’ts of writing on Padlet. 

Padlet Do’s and Dont’s with Mrs. Mangan Video 

While you are commenting on each other’s posts, please be sure to be respectful. These comments are meant to help each other, ask questions, and push each other in a positive direction.  These are our friends we are talking to, so remember the golden rule- do onto others as you would like done to you. If you would not like it said to you, don’t say it to someone else.

 Some ways to disagree respectfully include:

I disagree because…

Please explain further because I see it a little differently.

Can you provide more text evidence because I thought about it in a different way?

POETRY FESTIVAL

Heathcote Art and Poetry Festival Link

SCIENCE

Weather & Climate Part Two Slides 

Today you will be reading two books on Epic:  What is Climate? By Ellen Lawrence and What is Climate? By Bobbie Kalman

While reading, keep the Padlet tab open so you can complete the TAKE NOTE Thinking Routine – be sure to answer all 4 questions. 

SMART FACT

On April 29, 2004, the National World War II Memorial opened in Washington, D.C., to thousands of visitors, providing overdue recognition for the 16 million U.S. men and women who served in the war. The memorial is located on 7.4 acres on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Numerous communities and artists have designed and built memorials to commemorate events in history. If you were to design a memorial to help people in the future learn about this time that we are living through right now, what might it look like? Share your design and thinking on SeeSaw. 

To help you stay organized, take a look at this checklist:

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

• • Words Their Way-Due Friday 
  • Read 30 mins – Book Club- Padlet- work on comments too.
  • Watch math lesson videos and complete word problems
  • Read What is Climate? on Epic and write on Padlet (4 categories)
  • Find a poem in the pocket for Thursday

See you all at 10:30!

Ms. Boyer xo

Good morning!

BookClubs launched successfully yesterday! I was so happy with how the breakout rooms went and look forward to seeing what you’ve posted on your padlets. I hope you are enjoying the new titles and finding ways to communicate with your group. 

Something Special: Take a look at this, you’ll want to be outside to see this later!  The Blue Angels and The Thunderbirds  will be flying over Westchester today. 

Planners ready? You have a 9:45 ART Zoom with Ms. Cameron (check your social studies folder for the link and password. We have a Zoom together at 10:30 with Ms. Stile to hear the book of the month and then we will celebrate Raiya’s birthday with her (and Camilla).  We also have a 1:00 pm zoom session with Mr. Casal. 

Please be sure to schedule a snack break for yourself and time to be creative! 

Let’s get started…

MATH: MEASURING CAPACITY IN LITERS

There are two systems that are used for measurement, a customary one used in the United States, and the metric system used in most of the world and also in the sciences in the United States.  We will continue to look at the metric system used for capacity.

Watch the video below to understand more about capacity and units of measurement; liters and milliliters

NOTE: YouTube video is not school protected so parental settings may need to be lifted:

Liters to Milliliters Video 

Watch today’s video to measure and estimate the capacity of containers in liters.  Is it less than or more than a liter?

Capacity in Liters with Mrs.DeGrazia 

• Today explore your kitchen and find containers of liquid.  Can you find containers 1 liter or more and can you find containers less than 1 liter? Post your containers and explanations on Seesaw.
• Copy and paste option: Capacity Workbook  P40
• Print option: Capacity WB pg40

SCIENCE

• Yesterday you created The Storm Spotter’s Guide and have until the end of today to complete it and post your new learning (along with a photo of the guide) on SeeSaw. 
• In addition, there are a few videos for you on Epic: two to review the Water Cycle and one to preview Weather and Climate. All of the videos are relatively short (so you can enjoy them more than once) and packed with information! 
• Raiya informed me that there is a GoNoodle about the water cycle – check it out when you can! 

POETRY

Your poems should be posted to our class Padlet for the Heathcote Art & Poetry Festival. 

Be sure to think carefully about your image as a whole, thinking about the background image/coloring/brightness and the smaller additions you’ve added to the page.  The title of your poem should be first, then your name follows starting with a capital letter. 

Directions for posting to the class Padlet

3B Padlet for Art & Poetry Festival

READING

BOOK CLUBS: 

Today is Tuesday so it is a READ and Bingo Board Day. 

Participating in a virtual book club can look and feel a little different than the book clubs that you were in at school. Watch the video to see how you can still be an active participant in these new book clubs, and how much of the good book club habits you gained at school can be applied to your clubs now at home. 

Book Club Participation Video with Mrs. Mangan

Today you will continue your book club reading, as well as complete one activity from the Reading BINGO board. Be sure to complete your activity in your notebook first, and then take a picture/or video of your work to show us on Seesaw. When you record on Seesaw, tell us what book you are reading, and introduce the activity that you chose. 

READ ALOUD on SeeSaw

Photograph 2 pages (you can take a screenshot of the book you are reading on Epic) and record yourself reading to me by Friday. 

SMART FACT

On April 28, 1916, Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of the car company that bears his name and is known for stylish, high-performance cars, was born in Italy. His first business was making tractors. He decided to make sports cars when the Ferrari that he owned had mechanical difficulties. The very first Lamborghini 350 GTV was released in 1963 and the company’s logo was established as a bull. Take this logo quiz to see how many companies you can easily recognize. 

See you all at 10:30!

Ms. Boyer xo

Good morning! 

I hope you all enjoyed the nice weather on Saturday! I spent some time working in my garden, getting ready to plant my favorite vegetables soon. Sunday was rainy again, and that got me to thinking about how important the water cycle is to the plants. I know they need the water, but personally, I’d like a little more sunshine! Our school-wide Art & Poetry Festival is like a bit of sunshine in that it brings out the best in our elementary poets which is just delightful to read! We will be posting poems today (see the guidelines below) and I can answer any of your questions in our 10:30 Zoom. 

Our Discussion Starter  Padlet today is related to Poetry in that I’d like you to think about your learning in these past few weeks. What did you learn about yourself, as a writer and a poet, from the poetry lessons you participated in? 

Planner’s ready? We have a 10:30 Zoom session today (bring your bookclub notebook) and Ms. Sorensen is hosting an open library session where you can drop in and ask questions or get recommendations for new books. Be sure to schedule a snack break for yourself today and some time to be creative! 

Let’s get started…

POETRY

Directions for posting your poem to our class Padlet:

• Once you have completed your Google Drawing Checklist, received feedback from your teachers, made the necessary corrections to your Google Drawing and poem, you are now ready to follow these simple steps to post your poem to our class Padlet for the Virtual Art and Poetry Festival. Make sure to click on the link that is shared on our class blog for your “Art and Poetry Festival” Padlet.
• Video Instructions 
• 3B Padlet for the Art & Poetry Festival

MATH: Comparing Capacity

Watch this video first to recap our work from last week and move into our new unit of study. Can you guess what that might be?    Mass/Volume Measurements Video

Watch this video to learn about another measurement called capacity.  Capacity is the amount of liquid a container can hold.  You will watch a demonstration of how different containers can have different shapes and sizes and a variety of capacities.

Capacity Demonstration Video with Mrs.DeGrazia

Copy and paste: WB pages 37-39

Print option: capacity wb37-39

SCIENCE 

• Weather & Climate Part One Video
• Weather & Climate Part One Slides are in your science folder. 
• Please watch the video in its entirety so you’ll be prepared with all that you need to enjoy this learning opportunity with Mystery Doug. You’ll learn how to spot a storm and create a booklet that highlights different types of clouds. This is a two-day assignment, it is due on Wednesday. 

 READING

• BOOK CLUBS

In our zoom session today, you will discuss the book choices with your fellow club members and decide which book you will read first. Together we will make a schedule for the week so please bring your notebook to this zoom session. All of the information that you need is in your Reading folder on Drive. 

• READ ALOUD on SeeSaw

Photograph 2 pages (you can take a screenshot of the book you are reading on Epic) and record yourself reading to me by Friday. 

WORDS THEIR WAY

Please log in through the Heathcote Gateway and check your past and present assignments. There is a due date assigned (Friday) however you can continue to work on past assignments whenever you have time to do so. Be sure to ALWAYS click the green checkmark after completing each part of the assignment and then click “Hand it all in” when you are done. 

SMART FACT

On this day in 1810 Ludwig van Beethoven composed his famous piano piece, Für Elise. It is probably the most famous piano piece ever composed.  If you are not familiar with the beautiful music, click here to enjoy: Beethoven Für Elise

See you all at 10:30!

MsBoyer xo

Good morning! 

Daily planner ready to go? There’s a great day of learning ahead so sharpen your pencil and prepare to plan for an awesome day! I’m especially looking forward to seeing you all at 11:30 to talk book clubs. Please have a notebook with you that you will be using for bookclub writing. One of the goals for clubs is to get back to really deep conversations around characters and good stories and that will require you to be writing about your reading. Any notebook will do, and if you are planning to get one or even make one this weekend that’s great too! 

You have a live game for Spanish this morning at 9:30am and Instrumental music with MrWeber at 10am. Check your schedule for the links. We have our zoom session at 11:30am. Don’t be late! 

Let’s get started…

MATH

In this lesson, you will see the importance of reading a word problem carefully, drawing and labeling the known and unknown information, and then adding or subtracting kilograms and grams.

Video lesson with Mrs. Luciano

Math workbook page 26 slides to cut and paste

Math workbook page 26 to print 

SCIENCE 

Virtual Field Trip to The Weather Channel

• Travel to Atlanta, Georgia to meet Kyle from The Discovery Channel and Mark, a Meteorologist with The Weather Channel. On this trip, you will learn about Extreme Weather and see what happens behind the scenes of the shows on The Weather Channel. 
• This is a recording of a live trip that happened several years ago, so you are not able to send questions or comments. 
• The video is approximately 1 hour in length and very interesting! Try watching it in two parts – 30 minutes each time. Take notes on surprising facts, new weather instruments, and questions you have. 

WEATHER EXPERIMENT

The weather forecast for today is a high of 49 degrees F and a 90% chance of rain. If you are curious about how those clouds in the sky form or why it rains, then this is the experiment for you! Read the directions carefully, gather the necessary supplies, and get to work on creating your own water cycle in a bag. When you are done, take a photo and upload it to SeeSaw to record your learning and share it with us. 

How to Make a Water Cycle in a Bag 

POETRY 

Video with Mrs. Mangan In this video, Mrs. Mangan will take you through a checklist to be sure you are 100% ready to publish for the Poetry Festival

Poetry Checklist for you to print

Poetry Checklist on slides 

Please complete the checklist today before you share the final version of your Google Drawing/Poem. Be sure to “check off” each item as it is completed. You have two options today. One option is to digitally use your checklist. I have shared this document with you in your WRITING folders. You can also print the Google Doc provided and check each item off with a pencil or pen. However, you complete it, be sure to share the final version of your poem with me by the end of the day. 

AMAZING  LEARNING OPPORTUNITY

Youth Passion Project – This is a series of courses that are being offered to students in our district and being taught by Scarsdale High School students! Check out their catalog with you parents and sign up for a class or two! 

READING

• Independent Reading: Read for 30 minutes. TrueFlix, a physical book, Scholastic, or even an audiobook.
• Choose two pages to photograph and read to me on SeeSaw by Friday (as of this morning I’ve only heard from 6 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

See you soon!

Ms.Boyer xo

Good morning!

I’m hoping that you are reading this blog post with your daily planner next to you, ready to make your plan for today. Also, be sure to look back over the past week and complete any work or post any work that you haven’t. At the top of your daily planner, write “Check Email”, this is something that will be helpful to do as I might be sharing additional information with you via email. If you have any questions, you can also email me. 

Be sure to include a snack break and time to be creative in your day as well. 

Today there are two small group Zoom sessions scheduled. One at 10am and the other at 11am. These are not optional, you are required to attend one of them. We will be discussing the poetry festival and answering your science questions this morning. I’m looking forward to seeing you all later! 

Let’s get started…

MATH: Adding and subtracting compound units

Today we will continue to look at compound units kg and g.  You will learn a few strategies to help you add mass in kg and g or subtract g from k.  Please look closely at the different strategies mentioned in the video and decide which method works best for you. 

NOTE: If regrouping while subtracting is difficult for you, please continue to practice this skill separately. Maybe practice subtraction problems without the units ahead of time. For ex, 127-38 or 456- 76. It is important to understand the renaming process.

VIDEO with Mrs. DeGrazia

• Please show your work on a separate sheet of paper and add to your E-Learning slides under math. Remember to be neat and label the pages and problems, so we can refer to your work and guide you if needed. 
• Workbook copy and paste option: WB 22-23 Show your work on a separate sheet of paper
• Print options: WB 22-23 Show your work on a separate sheet of paper

SCIENCE 

Today’s lesson includes a book to read on Epic titled, What is a Thunderstorm?, a song to reinforce the important weather vocabulary and a really fun vocabulary game that your whole family might enjoy! 

Water Cycle Part Three Video 

Water Cycle Part Three Slides 

Heads Up Game  – print these pages to get started on the fun 

POETRY

Heathcote Art & Poetry Festival

Today, poets, your job is to select your favorite poem from the last few weeks of our poetry unit. Pick one that you are proud of and want to share for our Heathcote Virtual Art and Poetry Festival. Watch the video below, and create your own Google Drawing in your writing folder of your Drive to publish your poem. Eli has also created a tutorial that is now posted on our Student Resources page. 

You have both today and tomorrow to create your drawing. Please be sure that your spelling and punctuation are correct. Include your first name or your initials only. 

Publishing Poetry to Google Drawing with Mrs. Mangan

READING

• Independent Reading: Read for 30 minutes. TrueFlix, a physical book, Scholastic, or even an audiobook.
• Choose two pages to photograph and read to me on SeeSaw by Friday (as of this morning I’ve only heard from 6 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

See you all later!

Ms.Boyer xo

Third Graders,

As we talked about this morning, you are to choose one of your fabulous poems to share for our upcoming Poetry Festival. Choose your poem and open a new Google Drawing in your writing folder. Here is a tutorial to help you get started:

Using Google Drawing to publish poems

We will talk more about this tomorrow, so be sure to write your questions down. Have a great afternoon!

Ms.Boyer xo

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

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

Good morning!

I hope you all enjoyed the weekend! I went for a long walk on Sunday on the Bronx River Path and saw so many beautiful signs of spring. I love being outside without having to wear a winter coat! It’s Monday, so we will begin with a discussion starter and today’s question is, What is your favorite thing about Spring? Hop over to this padlet and share your thinking with us. 

Today is going to be very exciting because, in addition to our regular zoom, we have two more. One at 12:30 with Mr. Casal and the other one follows at 1pm for Hayden’s belated birthday celebration. I can’t wait to see you all later! The updated Zoom schedule for this week is in your social studies folder on drive. You also have a 2:40 Spanish Zoom session today. 

Before getting started on your assignments for today, be sure to make your to-do list and schedule a snack break and some recess time. And Ms. Bescherer has a special message for you:

Hello 3rd Graders,

Now let’s get started…

MATH

In this lesson, you will learn how to convert a mass that is measured in both kilograms and gram units to only gram units. You will also learn how to convert a mass that is measured in only gram units to include both kilograms and grams.

Converting Grams & Kilograms with Mrs. Luciano

Workbook pages 18-20 – these are also in your math folder on Drive or your parent may have printed them out for you already. 

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

Tracking the Weather Video

Last week you were asked to read, Tracking The Weather, on Epic. Use this book to help you complete the graphic organizer titled Weather Instruments that is in your science folder.  

READING: This week will be poetry bookclubs so we can all practice using the breakout rooms on Zoom effectively. We will be talking about song lyrics as poetry, so start thinking about your favorite songs. 

• Independent Reading: Read for 30 minutes. TrueFlix, a physical book, Scholastic, or even an audiobook.
• 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. 

POETRY: Haiku

Video Lesson with Mrs. Mangan

Today you will be learning about a form of traditional Japanese poetry called, haiku. After you watch the video please explore haiku poetry written by children and try your hand at writing haiku yourself. Be sure to publish your poetry on Seesaw and read it aloud for us to hear. Can’t wait to see your haiku! 

Syllable Finder: This is a handy website that can help you figure out how many syllables are in the word you want to use in your Haiku poem. https://www.howmanysyllables.com/

Examples of real kids’ haiku poetry: https://www.abcteach.com/Contributions/HaikuContest.htm

SMART FACT:

On this day in 1929, plans were announced to build the tallest building in the world in New York for the Bank of Manhattan which would be 63 stories high. There’s another famous tall building in Manhattan that a giant ape climbed in a famous Hollywood blockbuster movie. Do you know the name of the building and how tall it is? Check out this movie trailer to see this Hollywood legend scale the skyscraper. 

See you all at 10:30 – don’t be late!

Ms. Boyer xo