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Welcome to Ms. Jones' class!
Paraprofessionals: Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Vital
Room 125
Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to the Extended Learning Resource Page. This page was created to provide students working from home with access to assignments, links, assessments, and practice resources. Schools will be closed from Tuesday, March 17 – Friday, March 27. Additional information and daily updates can be found on the district’s COVID-19 Resource Page found at https://www.orange.k12.nj.us/domain/3058.
Important Message
A Message Regarding an Update to the District's Emergency School Closure
For the Week of April 6, school buildings will remain closed; however, distance learning will continue. On Friday, April 10, the District will be closed in observance of Good Friday, per the previously approved calendar, and spring break will begin on Monday, April 13, and conclude on April 17. Distance Learning will not be in effect from April 10 through April 17. We will continue to update all families and staff in a timely fashion.
Thank you for your continued support of the Orange Township Public School District. Always remember, we are in this together.
Dr. Gerald Fitzhugh
Superintendent of SchoolsI am looking forward to working together to help your child succeed!
Please feel free to contact me at:
~ jonesmel@orange.k12.nj.us~ Class DojoOffice Hours:
9:00am-11:00am
and
1:00pm-3:00pm
Extended Learning Resources:
Online workbooks:
https://www.education.com/download/workbook/94230/first-grade-math-workbook.pdf
https://www.education.com/download/workbook/99379/reading-practice-consonant-clusters-workbook.pdf
https://www.education.com/download/workbook/99377/addition-mission-facts-practice-workbook.pdf
Read Aloud:
On Monday, 3/16/20, I will be sending home assignment packets with the students. These packets will contain assignments for students to complete during the closure. There are 4 weeks of assignments. There will also be assignments posted below. Please continue to read each day with your child. Thank you for your cooperation and support!
Student responsibilities in completing the assignments include:
- Identifying a comfortable and quiet space to study/learn
- Dedicating appropriate time to learning, as guided by your teachers
- Routinely checking appropriate classrooms and emails for information on courses, assignments, and resources, on a daily basis
- Attending and participating in any check-in times offered by your teachers
- Engaging in the virtual platforms with academic honesty, integrity, and according to the district’s Acceptable Use Policy
- Submitting all assignments in accordance with provided timelines and/or due dates
***Parents please confirm and or upload students' work, when completed. Work will be graded.***
Daily Assignments:
Week of: 4/20/20 - 4/24/20
Monday: 4/20/20
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Caterpillar and the Polliwog.”
Students will read along with the story below.
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Introduce students to the vocabulary. You can write vocabulary words on index cards, or pair words with pictures.
- beautiful : very pretty
- butterflies: flying insects usually having colorful wings
- cocoon: a kind of nest that caterpillars make that helps them turn into butterflies
- friends: people who you like and who like you
- fun: having a good time
- handsome: good looking
- pond: small body of water
- watch: to look at something
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks:
First Grade: Chapter 6 - Lesson 8 - Problem Solving - Show Numbers in Different Ways
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr1/student_edition_ebook_9780544348790_/index.html#
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 10 - Algebra - Write Equations to Represent Subtractionhttps://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr2/student_edition_ebook_9780544348806_/index.html
Science and Social Studies:
This week’s cross-curricular read aloud: “A Tadpole Grows Up”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/book?authCtx=U.646723860
~This story introduces readers to the changes involved as a tadpole grows into a frog.
~Build student’s background knowledge about frogs and caterpillars. Have students look at photos of the animals, cocoons, etc., and explain the phrase lifecycle.
~Have students explore the concept of symmetry. Explain to students that the wings of a butterfly are symmetrical. Have them create their own symmetrical butterflies with the following activity:
Fold a piece of paper in half.
Draw a wing-like design on the paper.
Cut along the design, and then unfold the paper.
Create a symmetrical pattern for your butterfly.
Tuesday: 4/21/20ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Caterpillar and the Polliwog.”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Watch the Story: streaming video of a classic children's story. A Read Along option can be activated to display the audio portion of the story, with word-by-word highlighting, as it plays.
Read the Book: related nonfiction text presented in an eBook format. The Read Along option can be activated to hear the text read aloud with word-by-word highlighting. In addition, key content vocabulary words are highlighted in yellow. Placing the cursor on the highlighted word will display its definition, and the ear icon can be clicked to hear the definition read aloud.
Puzzlers: interactive educational games related to the specific pair. Word Match reinforces key vocabulary from the nonfiction text by asking players to match a definition to the correct vocabulary word. Fact or Fiction underscores the differences between fiction and nonfiction by asking players to identify a series of statements as either fact or fiction. Which Came First? fosters the ability to follow a plot by asking players to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Ear icons can be clicked to hear the game directions, as well as all statements and definitions, read aloud.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks:
First Grade: Chapter 6 - Lesson 8 - Problem Solving - Show Numbers in Different Ways
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr1/student_edition_ebook_9780544348790_/index.html#
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 10 - Algebra - Write Equations to Represent Subtractionhttps://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr2/student_edition_ebook_9780544348806_/index.html
Science and Social Studies:
This week’s cross-curricular read aloud: “A Tadpole Grows Up”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/book?authCtx=U.646723860
~ Have students write 3 facts they have learned from the story.
Wednesday: 4/22/20
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Caterpillar and the Polliwog.”Students will read along with the story below.
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Fluency
Assign students a portion of the book to read aloud.
Read a portion of the book to the students. Have them reread it back to you.
Comprehension
Ask students questions as they read or listen to stories. Examples: Who is the main character? What problem is the character having? What is the setting of the story? How is the character's problem solved? What is the book mainly about? What did I learn from this book?
Have students write down their answers.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks:
First Grade: Chapter 6 - Lesson 8 - Problem Solving - Show Numbers in Different Ways
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr1/student_edition_ebook_9780544348790_/index.html#
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 10 - Algebra - Write Equations to Represent Subtractionhttps://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr2/student_edition_ebook_9780544348806_/index.html
Science and Social Studies:
This week’s cross-curricular read aloud: “A Tadpole Grows Up”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/book?authCtx=U.646723860
Ask students to draw a picture of the animal in its natural habitat.
Ask students to name three to five characteristics of the animal featured in the story.
Help students find three additional facts about the animal featured in the story.Thursday: 4/23/20
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Caterpillar and the Polliwog.”Students will read along with the story below.
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Phonics
Say each vocabulary word, stretching it so that you pronounce all the sounds. Ask students to write down the letters that correspond to the sounds they hear in each word.
Select five words from the book that are on the Dolch Basic Sight Word list or similar high-frequency word list. Make sure students recognize these words.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks:
First Grade: Chapter 6 - Lesson 8 - Problem Solving - Show Numbers in Different Ways
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr1/student_edition_ebook_9780544348790_/index.html#
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 10 - Algebra - Write Equations to Represent Subtractionhttps://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr2/student_edition_ebook_9780544348806_/index.html
Science and Social Studies:
This week’s cross-curricular read aloud: “A Tadpole Grows Up”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/book?authCtx=U.646723860
~Help students find three additional facts about the animal featured in the story. Add the additional facts to yesterday’s assignment.
Friday: 4/24/20 - Assessment (All Work is Due)
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Caterpillar and the Polliwog.”Students will read along with the story below.
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Comprehension
Ask students questions as they read or listen to stories. Examples: Who is the main character? What problem is the character having? What is the setting of the story? How is the character's problem solved? What is the book mainly about? What did I learn from this book?
Have students write down their answers.
Have students write and define vocabulary:
beautiful : very pretty
butterflies: flying insects usually having colorful wings
cocoon: a kind of nest that caterpillars make that helps them turn into butterflies
friends: people who you like and who like you
fun: having a good time
handsome: good looking
pond: small body of water
watch: to look at somethingMath: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks:
First Grade: Chapter 6 - Lesson 8 - Problem Solving - Show Numbers in Different Ways
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr1/student_edition_ebook_9780544348790_/index.html#
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 10 - Algebra - Write Equations to Represent Subtractionhttps://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr2/student_edition_ebook_9780544348806_/index.html
Science and Social Studies:
This week’s cross-curricular read aloud: “A Tadpole Grows Up”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0011pr/book?authCtx=U.646723860
~Review this week’s work with students and submit work.
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Week of: 4/6/20 - 4/9/20
Monday: 4/6/20
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “Come on, Rain!”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0018pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Before Viewing the Video: Introduce students to the vocabulary. You can write vocabulary words on index cards or pair words with pictures.
- squinting: looking at something with your eyes partly shut, such as trying to read something that is small, or looking into the sunlight
- parched: very dry
- sizzling: very hot
- pant: to breathe heavily because you are hot or tired
- drooping: sagging down
- phonograph: an old fashioned record player with a horn that the sound comes out of
- thunder: the crashing sound that happens when hot and cold air collide in the sky
- lightning: flashes of light in the sky that come before thunder
- insect: scientific word for bug
- sway: to rock back and forth
- skid: to slide to a stop
After the read aloud, have students recall the story in their own words. Have students write 2 complete sentences using 2 of the above vocabulary words.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks:
First Grade: Chapter 6 - Lesson 7 - Tens and Ones to 100
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 9 - Subtraction
Science and Social Studies:
Students will read the cross-curricular book on Bookflix below.
“Rainy Weather Days”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0018pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860Lead a discussion about why rain is important. Guiding questions:
- What things need rain?
- How does rain help the environment?
- What would it look like in a place where it never rained?
- What would it look like in a place where it rained all the time?
~Show students photographs online of a desert environment and a rainforest environment. Ask them to identify which environment gets lots of rain and which environment gets very little rain. How do they know?
~Students will draw a picture of a rainy day and write a complete sentence about their picture.
Tuesday: 4/7/20
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “Come on, Rain!”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0018pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Practice the comprehension strategy and sequencing with the children. Write the following sentences on sentence strips. Mix the sentence strips up, read or describe them aloud with the students, then have them rearrange the sentences in the correct order.
- It is another hot, scorching day in the city.
- Tess wants to put on her bathing suit.
- Tess’s mama sweats outside as she works in the garden.
- Tess sees rain clouds.
- Tess, her friends, and their mothers dance in the refreshing rain.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks:
First Grade:Chapter 6 - Lesson 7 - Tens and Ones to 100
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 9 - Subtraction
Science and Social Studies:
Students will read the cross-curricular book on Bookflix below.
“Rainy Weather Days”https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0018pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
~Show students photographs online of a desert environment and a rainforest environment. Ask them to identify which environment gets lots of rain and which environment gets very little rain. How do they know?
~Watch and Sing the “Water Cycle Song”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts
~Teach students the Water Cycle Song: "Precipitaaaaa-tion, Evaporaaaaa-tion, Condensaaaaa-tion! The water cycle goes around and round, the water cycle goes up and down." (Repeat as many times as desired). Body movements: Start with hands above your head. For "precipitation," circle them down to your right, wiggling your fingers to show rain or snow. Swoop your arms in front of your body and bring them back up on the left side, still wiggling your fingers, as you sing "evaporation." When your hands get above your head again, wave your hands back and forth as you sing "condensation." Twirl around in a circle when you sing "the water cycle goes around and round." Swing your arms in an arc when you sing "the water cycle goes up and down." Repeat as many times as desired, challenging the students to sing and dance at different speeds.
~After, have students write 2 complete sentences about the water cycle.
Wednesday 4/8/20:
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “Come on, Rain!”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0018pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
~Watch the Story: streaming video of a classic children's story. A Read Along option can be activated to display the audio portion of the story, with word-by-word highlighting, as it plays.
~Read the Book: related nonfiction text presented in an eBook format. The Read Along option can be activated to hear the text read aloud with word-by-word highlighting. In addition, key content vocabulary words are highlighted in yellow. Placing the cursor on the highlighted word will display its definition, and the ear icon can be clicked to hear the definition read aloud.
~Puzzlers: interactive educational games related to the specific pair. Word Match reinforces key vocabulary from the nonfiction text by asking players to match a definition to the correct vocabulary word. Fact or Fiction underscores the differences between fiction and nonfiction by asking players to identify a series of statements as either fact or fiction. Which Came First? fosters the ability to follow a plot by asking players to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Ear icons can be clicked to hear the game directions, as well as all statements and definitions, read aloud.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Lesson 7 - Tens and Ones to 100
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 9 - Subtraction
Science and Social Studies:
Students will read the cross-curricular book on Bookflix below.
“Rainy Weather Days”https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0018pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Lead a discussion about why rain is important. Guiding questions:
- What things need rain?
- How does rain help the environment?
- What would it look like in a place where it never rained?
- What would it look like in a place where it rained all the time?
~Students will write 2 sentences about the rain and how it helps the environment.
Thursday: 4/9/20 - Review and Assessment
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “Come on, Rain!”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0018pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Review this weeks vocabulary words:
- squinting: looking at something with your eyes partly shut, such as trying to read something that is small, or looking into the sunlight
- parched: very dry
- sizzling: very hot
- pant: to breathe heavily because you are hot or tired
- drooping: sagging down
- phonograph: an old fashioned record player with a horn that the sound comes out of
- thunder: the crashing sound that happens when hot and cold air collide in the sky
- lightning: flashes of light in the sky that come before thunder
- insect: scientific word for bug
- sway: to rock back and forth
- skid: to slide to a stop
~Watch the Story: streaming video of a classic children's story. A Read Along option can be activated to display the audio portion of the story, with word-by-word highlighting, as it plays
Fluency~Assign student a portion of the book to read aloud.
~Read a portion of the book to the student. Have them reread it back to you.Comprehension:
~Ask students questions as they read or listen to stories. Examples: Who is the main character? What problem is the character having? What is the setting of the story? How is the character's problem solved? What is the book mainly about? What did I learn from this book?~Have students write down their answers.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Lesson 7 - Tens and Ones to 100
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Lesson 9 - Subtraction
Science and Social Studies:
Students will read the cross-curricular book on Bookflix below.
“Rainy Weather Days”https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0018pr/start?authCtx=U.646723860
Review the guiding questions:
- What things need rain?
- How does rain help the environment?
- What would it look like in a place where it never rained?
- What would it look like in a place where it rained all the time?
~Have students write down their answers and draw a picture about the book.
~Have students explain their picture.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Week of: 3/30/20 - 4/3/20
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Ant and the Grasshopper”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0115pr/start?authCtx=U.642726498
~Students will watch the story and read the book.
~Watch the Story: streaming video of a classic children's story. A Read Along option can be activated to display the audio portion of the story, with word-by-word highlighting, as it plays.
~Read the Book: related nonfiction text presented in an eBook format. The Read Along option can be activated to hear the text read aloud with word-by-word highlighting. In addition, key content vocabulary words are highlighted in yellow. Placing the cursor on the highlighted word will display its definition, and the ear icon can be clicked to hear the definition read aloud.
~Puzzlers: interactive educational games related to the specific pair. Word Match reinforces key vocabulary from the nonfiction text by asking players to match a definition to the correct vocabulary word. Fact or Fiction underscores the differences between fiction and nonfiction by asking players to identify a series of statements as either fact or fiction. Which Came First? fosters the ability to follow a plot by asking players to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Ear icons can be clicked to hear the game directions, as well as all statements and definitions, read aloud.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Tens and Ones to 50
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Add to Find Differences
*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Science and Social Studies:
Cross-Curricular: Referencing the Read-Aloud from the ELA assignment. Students will read the Bookflix bundle book.
Science: Students will read “Inside The Ant Colony.”
~Ask students to name three to five characteristics of the animal featured in the story.
~Help students find three additional facts about the animal featured in the story.
~Discuss the ways in which the animal from the story is adapted to its environment.
~Ask students to write a diary entry from the point of view of the animal in the story.Social Studies:
~Students will continue charting the weather each day.
~Students can watch the below videos and sing along:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8GeA3anPdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjpI6fgYSY
Tuesday 3/31/20
ELA: Continue with this week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Ant and the Grasshopper”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0115pr/start?authCtx=U.642726498
Students will watch the story and read the book.
Comprehension
~Ask students (and encourage students to ask themselves) questions as they read or listen to stories. Examples: Who is the main character? What problem is the character having? What is the setting of the story? How is the character's problem solved? What is the book mainly about? What did I learn from this book?
~Ask students to summarize the book or story.Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Tens and Ones to 50
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Add to Find Differences
Science and Social Studies:
After students have read Inside an Ant Colony, use a graphic organizer to identify different types of ants and their unique traits and characteristics.
~Type of Ant
~Job in the Colony
~Special Characteristics
~Worker
Queen -
Army ant -
Carpenter ant -
Fire ant -
Leaf-cutter ant -Wednesday 4/1/20:
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Ant and the Grasshopper”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0115pr/start?authCtx=U.642726498
Students will watch the story and read the book.
Review the below vocabulary words. Write them down and discuss what they mean.
Preview these important vocabulary words:
~antennae: the long "feelers" on the top of an insect's head that it uses to smell and taste
~boulevard: a wide street or road
~burden: something heavy that is carried
~colony: a place where many ants live together
~humid: a warm and wet environment
~persevere: to stick with something difficult; to not give up
~remnants: leftovers
~thwart: to trick or outsmart someone
~weary: tiredMath: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Tens and Ones to 50
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Add to Find Differences
Science and Social Studies:
After students have read Inside an Ant Colony, use a graphic organizer to identify different types of ants and their unique traits and characteristics.
Review with students the difference between fiction and nonfiction. Explain that fiction tells about things that are imaginary, or make-believe, while nonfiction tells about things that happen in real life. Tell the students that they will be reading (or listening to) a nonfiction book about insects. A nonfiction book contains true facts about a subject.
Have students write 2 sentences about something they remember from the book.
Thursday 4/2/20:
ELA: Continue with this week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Ant and the Grasshopper”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0115pr/start?authCtx=U.642726498
Students will watch the story and read the book.
Lead a discussion about how the ant’s feelings changed from the beginning to the end of the video. Begin by brainstorming feelings words with students. List the words that they come up with, along with a visual that shows the feeling. For more support, consider using a pre-made feelings chart. Then, replay, or read the beginning of the story. Ask:
~How does the ant feel?
~What in the video/book shows you or tells you how she feels?
~Why does she feel that way?Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Tens and Ones to 50
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Add to Find Differences
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr2/student_edition_ebook_9780544348806_/index.html
Science and Social Studies:After students have read Inside an Ant Colony, use a graphic organizer to identify different types of ants and their unique traits and characteristics.
Ask: "How do ants work together to make sure the whole colony runs smoothly? Why is their teamwork important to their survival? What in the text makes you think that?"
Friday 4/3/20: Review and Assessment Day: Submit Work!
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “The Ant and the Grasshopper”
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0115pr/start?authCtx=U.642726498
Students will watch the story and read the book.
~Watch the Story: streaming video of a classic children's story. A Read Along option can be activated to display the audio portion of the story, with word-by-word highlighting, as it plays.
~Read the Book: related nonfiction text presented in an eBook format. The Read Along option can be activated to hear the text read aloud with word-by-word highlighting. In addition, key content vocabulary words are highlighted in yellow. Placing the cursor on the highlighted word will display its definition, and the ear icon can be clicked to hear the definition read aloud.
~Puzzlers: interactive educational games related to the specific pair. Word Match reinforces key vocabulary from the nonfiction text by asking players to match a definition to the correct vocabulary word. Fact or Fiction underscores the differences between fiction and nonfiction by asking players to identify a series of statements as either fact or fiction. Which Came First? fosters the ability to follow a plot by asking players to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Ear icons can be clicked to hear the game directions, as well as all statements and definitions, read aloud.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Tens and Ones to 50
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Add to Find Differences
*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Science and Social Studies:
Cross-Curricular: Referencing the Read-Aloud from the ELA assignment. Students will read the Bookflix bundle book.
Science: Students will read “Inside The Ant Colony.”
~Ask students to name three to five characteristics of the animal featured in the story.
~Help students find three additional facts about the animal featured in the story.
~Discuss the ways in which the animal from the story is adapted to its environment.
~Ask students to write a diary entry from the point of view of the animal in the story.Social Studies: Submit Chart
~Students will continue charting the weather each day.
~Students can watch the below videos and sing along:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8GeA3anPdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjpI6fgYSY
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Week of : 3/23/20 - 3/27/20
***Parents please confirm and or upload students' work to Class Dojo when completed. Work will be graded.***Daily Assignments:
Monday 3/23/20
ELA: This week’s read aloud is found on BookFlix. “And Then it’s Spring”
Below is the link:
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/category/pairs/node-33978?authCtx=U.642726498
Students will watch the story and read the book.
Watch the Story: streaming video of a classic children's story. A Read Along option can be activated to display the audio portion of the story, with word-by-word highlighting, as it plays.
Read the Book: related nonfiction text presented in an eBook format. The Read Along option can be activated to hear the text read aloud with word-by-word highlighting. In addition, key content vocabulary words are highlighted in yellow. Placing the cursor on the highlighted word will display its definition, and the ear icon can be clicked to hear the definition read aloud.
Puzzlers: interactive educational games related to the specific pair. Word Match reinforces key vocabulary from the nonfiction text by asking players to match a definition to the correct vocabulary word. Fact or Fiction underscores the differences between fiction and nonfiction by asking players to identify a series of statements as either fact or fiction. Which Came First? fosters the ability to follow a plot by asking players to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Ear icons can be clicked to hear the game directions, as well as all statements and definitions, read aloud.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Using Related Facts
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Two Digit Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping
*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Science and Social Studies:
Cross-Curricular: Referencing the Read-Aloud from the ELA assignment.
Animals and Nature:
Ask students to draw a picture of the animal in its natural habitat.
Ask students to name three to five characteristics of the animal featured in the story.
Help students find three additional facts about the animal featured in the story.
Discuss the ways in which the animal from the story is adapted to its environment.
Ask students to write a diary entry from the point of view of the animal in the story.Earth and Sky:
Have students deliver a local weather report each school day.
Ask students to make a poster that illustrates the characteristics of each of the four seasons.
Ask students to draw a map of their bedrooms.
Help students learn the names of the planets in our solar system.
Help students make a list of fun activities that can be done during each season.
Ask students to draw pictures of themselves clothed appropriately for each season.
Tuesday 3/24/20ELA:
Continue with this weeks story:
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0111pr/start?authCtx=U.642726498
Comprehension
Ask students (and encourage students to ask themselves) questions as they read or listen to stories. Examples: Who is the main character? What problem is the character having? What is the setting of the story? How is the character's problem solved? What is the book mainly about? What did I learn from this book?
Ask students to summarize the book or story.Math:
Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Using Related Facts
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Two Digit Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping
*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Social Studies:
Heroes In Our Community
Students will write at least two sentences about their favorite hero and draw a picture of that hero, after watching the below video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ge46YNCQy4
Introduce the topic by asking some questions, such as: What is a hero? What is a community?
Define a hero as a person who is admired for their bravery, and they way they help others.
Define community as a neighborhood where people work and live.
Community heroes are people who help keep us safe, healthy, and happy in our neighborhood.Science:
Matter: Sink or Float
Students will learn the relative densities of different objects. Sink or float? This lesson has students guess the densities of different objects and place them into water to test their predictions.
Pick objects around the house and have students predict if the object will sink or float when placed in water. Write down the predictions, then have fun testing the items to see if they were correct.
Students will watch the below video. Pause throughout for questions and answers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQuW8G2QV_QWednesday 3/25/20
ELA:
Continue with this weeks story:
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0111pr/start?authCtx=U.642726498
Watch the Story: streaming video of a classic children's story. A Read Along option can be activated to display the audio portion of the story, with word-by-word highlighting, as it plays.
Read a portion of the book to the students. Have them reread it backVocabulary
Have students identify vocabulary words as they come across them in the story.
Encourage students to use the new vocabulary in other contexts.
Have students brainstorm lists of synonyms and antonyms for the new vocabulary words.
Encourage students to use context clues to figure out unknown words.Comprehension
Ask students questions as they read or listen to stories. Examples: Who is the main character? What problem is the character having? What is the setting of the story? How is the character's problem solved? What is the book mainly about? What did I learn from this book?Ask students to summarize the book or story by writing 3 complete sentences or drawing a picture.
Math:
Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Using Related Facts
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Two Digit Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping
*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Science:
Sink or Float (Day 2)
Students will watch the below BrainPOPJr. Video. Pause throughout for questions and answers.
https://jr.brainpop.com/science/forces/sinkorfloat/
After, Students will complete the Easy Quiz, Draw About it, and Write About it activities.
Social Studies:
Heroes in our Community (Day 2)
Students will watch the below BrainPOPJr. Video. Pause throughout for questions and answers.
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/communities/communityhelpers/After, Students will complete the Easy Quiz, Draw About it, and Write About it activities.
Thursday 3/26/20
ELA:
Continue with this weeks story:
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0111pr/start?authCtx=U.642726498
Ask students to draw a time line of events that happened in the story.
Ask students to use a word web to show main concepts and related concepts.
Ask students to make and confirm predictions.
Encourage students to reread sections they don't understand.
Ask students to think about how the book or story is like another book or story that they know.Math:
Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Using Related Facts
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Two Digit Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping
*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Science:
Students will read along with the below book, Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5uRe0w_RBw
After, continue to predict what items will sink or float. Have students record their answers and explain why some items float and some items sink.
Social Studies:
Homes in our community. Have students watch the below video.
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/communities/homes/
Discussing homes is a great way for your children to explore and understand the world around them. It also allows children to discuss what they know and share their personal experiences with others. Review with your children that people live in different types of homes. A home is a place where you live and provides shelter and safety. Homes can come in different shapes, colors, and sizes and they can be made from different materials. Review with your children that a neighborhood is a place where people live, work, and help each other and neighborhoods can have many different homes.
Have students draw a picture of their home and write a complete sentence about their picture.
Friday 3/27/20
ELA: Week Review and Assessments
The read aloud is found on BookFlix. “And Then it’s Spring”
Below is the link:
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/category/pairs/node-33978?authCtx=U.642726498
Students will watch the story and read the book.
Watch the Story: streaming video of a classic children's story. A Read Along option can be activated to display the audio portion of the story, with word-by-word highlighting, as it plays.
Read the Book: related nonfiction text presented in an eBook format. The Read Along option can be activated to hear the text read aloud with word-by-word highlighting. In addition, key content vocabulary words are highlighted in yellow. Placing the cursor on the highlighted word will display its definition, and the ear icon can be clicked to hear the definition read aloud.
Puzzlers: interactive educational games related to the specific pair. Word Match reinforces key vocabulary from the nonfiction text by asking players to match a definition to the correct vocabulary word. Fact or Fiction underscores the differences between fiction and nonfiction by asking players to identify a series of statements as either fact or fiction. Which Came First? fosters the ability to follow a plot by asking players to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Ear icons can be clicked to hear the game directions, as well as all statements and definitions, read aloud.
Math: Students will continue working in their GoMath workbooks.
Here are links to the workbooks: Chapter 6 - Using Related Facts
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr1/student_edition_ebook_9780544348790_/index.html#
Second and Third Grade: Chapter 5 - Two Digit Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath2015/na/gr2/student_edition_ebook_9780544348806_/index.html*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Science and Social Studies:
Cross-Curricular: Referencing the Read-Aloud from the ELA assignment.
Animals and Nature:
Ask students to draw a picture of the animal in its natural habitat.
Ask students to name three to five characteristics of the animal featured in the story.
Help students find three additional facts about the animal featured in the story.
Discuss the ways in which the animal from the story is adapted to its environment.
Ask students to write a diary entry from the point of view of the animal in the story.Earth and Sky:
Have students deliver a local weather report each school day.
Ask students to make a poster that illustrates the characteristics of each of the four seasons.
Ask students to draw a map of their bedrooms.
Help students learn the names of the planets in our solar system.
Help students make a list of fun activities that can be done during each season.
Ask students to draw pictures of themselves clothed appropriately for each season.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Week of: 3/17/20 - 3/20/20
Tuesday 3/17/20:
ELA: This weeks read aloud is "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover" by Lucille Colandro
Here is a link to the read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-IHn_r6osg
Students will be answering -Wh questions about the story. Please pause throughout the story for questions and answers. For example, Who is the main character? What is the main character doing? What is the setting? What time of day is it? Where does the story take place? Why are certain things happening in the story? How is the main character feeling?
Here is a resource students can use to review -Wh questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWK1-L41f0://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWK1-L41f0
*Students have been provided with worksheets to answer the questions.
Math:
Students are working on Addition and Subtraction single digit and with regrouping.
Have students watch the following video:
After, students will complete the Easy Quiz, Draw About it, and Write About it activities. Students will complete the assigned GoMath activities.
*Students have been provided physical copies of their Go Math workbooks as well as the online workbook links above.
Science:
We are continuing our Insect Unit. Students will be identifying key characteristics about familiar insects.
Students will watch the Following video: https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/insects/
After, students will complete the Easy Quiz, Draw About it, and Write About it activities.
* Students have been provided with worksheets to complete for this lesson.
Social Studies:
Students are continuing their study of Landforms. Students will watch the following video: https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/landforms/
After, Students will complete the Easy Quiz, Draw About it, and Write About it activities.
*Students have been provided with worksheets for this lesson.
Wednesday 3/18/20:
ELA: Students will continue to read the above story "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover." Please continue to ask -Wh questions throughout the story. After the story, students will write three complete sentences about what they have read. For example: My favorite part of the story was...., The main character of the story is...., St. Patrick's Day is fun because...
Please have students focus on sentence structure (handwriting, capitalization, punctuation, contains a verb, and expresses a complete idea.)
*Students have been provided with worksheets for this lesson.
Math: Students will continue to work on Addition and Subtraction single digit and with regrouping.
Below is the link to the students’ go math workbooks.
First Grade: Chapter 5 - Addition and Subtraction Relationships
Second and Third Grade: 2-digit Addition and Subtraction with regrouping.
*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Science:
We are continuing our Insect Unit. Students will be identifying key characteristics about familiar insects.
Students will watch the Following video. Please pause throughout the video for questions and answers. This allows you to check for understanding: https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/insects/
After, students will complete the Easy Quiz, Draw About it, and Write About it activities.
*Students have been provided assignments in their take home packet for this lesson.
Social Studies:
Students are continuing their study of Landforms. Students will watch the following video: https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/landforms/
After, Students will complete the Easy Quiz, Draw About it, and Write About it activities.
*Students have been provided assignments in their take home packet for this lesson.
Thursday 3/19/20:
ELA: Students will watch the below video on "Settings" in a story.
https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/storyelements/setting/
After, students will complete the Easy Quiz, Draw about it, and Write about it activities.
*Students have been provided assignments in their take home packet for this lesson.
Math: Students will continue to work in their Go Math workbooks below.
First Grade: Chapter 5 - Addition and Subtraction Relationships
Second and Third Grade: 2-digit Addition and Subtraction with regrouping.
*Students have been provided with their GoMath workbooks for this lesson.
Science:
We are continuing our Insect Unit. Students will be identifying key characteristics about familiar insects.
Students will watch the Following video. Please pause throughout the video for questions and answers. This allows you to check for understanding: https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/insects/
Please have students draw their favorite bug, label the parts and write a sentence about the picture.
*Students have been provided with worksheets for this lesson.
Social Studies:
Students are continuing their study of Landforms. Students will watch the following video: https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/landforms/
Please have students draw any land form label the landform and write a sentence about the picture.
*Students have been provided with worksheets for this lesson.
Friday 3/20/20:
ELA: Students will watch the below video about capitalization:
https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/sentence/capitalandlowercase/
Students will then write 3 sentences using correct capitalization about their favorite thing about going to school.
*Students have been provided with worksheets for this lesson.
Math: Students will continue to work in their Go Math workbooks below.
First Grade: Chapter 5 - Addition and Subtraction Relationships
Second and Third Grade: 2-digit Addition and Subtraction with regrouping.
*Students have been provided physical copies of their Go Math workbooks as well as the online workbook links above.
Science:
We are continuing our Insect Unit. Students will be identifying key characteristics about familiar insects.
Students will watch the Following video. Please pause throughout the video for questions and answers. This allows you to check for understanding: https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/insects/
Please have students draw their favorite bugs habitat, label the parts and write a sentence about the picture.
*Students have been provided with worksheets for this lesson.
Social Studies:
Students are continuing their study of Landforms. Students will watch the following video: https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/landforms/
Please have students draw any land form label a different landform landform and write a sentence about the picture. Have students describe key identifying factors about the landform.
*Students have been provided with worksheets for this lesson.
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