Week Closure April 20th-24th
Thematic Unit: Our Planet-Earth
Monday Reading: Trashy Town/Our Earth: Making Less Trash Scholastic . Use Scholastic Website https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.794217314 . Select Family and Community . Select Trashy Town/Our Earth: Making Less Trash Watch/Read Both Stories Complete ONE of the following: Word Match, Fact or Fiction?, or Which Came First? o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion Use Draw What You Saw Recording sheet and complete the following: o Draw one thing (with labels) from each story o Submit a scanned copy ([email protected]) or picture to ClassDojo . Complete 15 minutes of iReady reading minutes o Science: Everyday is Earth Day Starfall . Use Starfall website www.starfall.com o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo . Select grades 1-3 . Select Earth symbol on right hand side o Practice reading the words independently, and then click to listen to them. o Sort the items to be recycled . Submit a photo to ClassDojo of you working on the activity. o Math: Sort by Shape Starfall . Use Starfall website www.starfall.com o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo Select grades 1-3 o Select Geometry and Measurement (bottom left) o Select Button Sort (bottom left) o Complete activity at each level (easy, then medium, then hard) . Submit a photo to ClassDojo of working one lesson . Complete 15 minutes of iReady math minutes
Tuesday Reading: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat/Recycle That! Scholastic . Use Scholastic Website https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.794217314 . Select Earth and Sky . Select Joseph Had a Little Overcoat/Recycle That! Watch/Read Both Stories Complete ONE of the following: Word Match or Which Came First? o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion Use the Nonfiction Main Idea Recording Sheet and complete the following: o Draw and write about the main idea of the nonfiction book. o Submit a scanned copy ([email protected]) or picture to ClassDojo . Complete 15 minutes of iReady reading minutes o Science: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Brain Pop . Use Brain Pop Jr website https://jr.brainpop.com/ o Username: qmschool o Password: martyrs1 . Select Science, then Conservation . Select Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Watch the Annie and Moby Video Complete EASY quiz and one other activity (free choice) o Activity, Belly Up, Draw About It, and Pop a Joke are the most age appropriate options for independent practice o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion of quiz o Math: Sort by Color Splash Math . Use Splash Math Website www.splashlearn.com/home-access o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo Work for 15-20 minutes . Complete 15 minutes of iReady math minutes
Wednesday o Reading: Independent Reading Practice Starfall . Use the Starfall website www.starfall.com o Select login o Enter access code provided on ClassDojo Select 1st-3rd Grade Select “I’m Reading” (dragon icon) o Select Fiction and Nonfiction o Select “It’s Earth Day, Dear Dragon” Discuss with your family ways to “hug” the Earth on Earth Day! o Reduce Pollution (ride your bike) o Conserve Water (turn water off/check leaky faucets) o Clean Up (pick up litter/don’t add more litter) o Recycle (cans, plastic, paper) Practice ONE of the ways to help our Earth and send me a picture of how you hugged the Earth on Earth Day! o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion Complete 15 minutes of iReady reading minutes
o Math: Sort by Size Splash Math . Use Splash Math Website www.splashlearn.com/home-access o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo Work for 15-20 minutes . Complete 15 minutes of iReady math minutes o Religion: Creation Non-Digital . Discuss as a family all the wonderful things God has created on Earth Draw a picture of 5 things (include labels) o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion
Thursday Reading: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble/Rock Collecting Scholastic . Use Scholastic Website https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.794217314 . Select Family and Community . Select Sylvester and the Magic Pebble/Rock Collecting Watch/Read Both Stories Complete ONE of the following:Word Match, Fact or Fiction?, or Which Came First? o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion Use Fiction VS Nonfiction Recording Sheet and complete the following: o Fiction: Draw and write about the characters in the story. What did they do? o Nonfiction: Draw and write about one new thing you learned from this book. o Submit a scanned copy ([email protected]) or picture to ClassDojo . Complete 15 minutes of iReady reading minutes
o Science: Rocks and Minerals Brain Pop . Use Brain Pop Jr website https://jr.brainpop.com/ o Username: qmschool o Password: martyrs1 . Select Science, then Land . Select Rocks and Minerals Watch the Annie and Moby Video Complete EASY quiz and one other activity (free choice) o Activity, Belly Up, Draw About It, and Pop a Joke are the most age appropriate options for independent practice o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion of quiz
o Math: Sort by Pictures Splash Math . Use Splash Math Website www.splashlearn.com/home-access o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo Work for 15-20 minutes Complete 15 minutes of iReady math minutes
Friday: FUN FRIDAY
For the remainder of e-learning, Friday’s will be known as “FUN Friday!”
No new work will be assigned on Fridays.
Please use this time to catch up on any work that has not been completed.
I will use Friday to highlight a virtual field trip that will connect with the unit we finished studying.
Try these virtual field trips that will help us appreciate our planet Earth and the solar system:
1. Explore the US National Park: Yellowstone a. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm?mod=article_inline 2. Tour of the International Space Station a. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/suni_iss_tour.html?mod=article_inline 3. Explore the surface of Mars a. https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/?mod=article_inline 4. Smithsonian Natural Air and Space Museum a. https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/online
Week Closure: April 27th-30th
Thematic Unit: Dinosaurs Monday o Reading: How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?/Is It a Dinosaur? Scholastic
. Use Scholastic Website https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.794217314 . Select Animal and Nature category . Select How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?/Is It a Dinosaur? Watch/Read Both Stories Complete ONE of the following: Word Match, Fact or Fiction? o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion Use Fiction Puzzle page to create a scene WITH LABELS from fiction story. o Submit a scanned copy ([email protected]) or picture to ClassDojo . Complete 15 minutes of iReady reading minutes
o Math: Triangles Starfall . Use Starfall website www.starfall.com o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo Select grades 1-3 o Select Geometry and Measurement (bottom left) o Select Triangles activity o After completing triangle Starfall activity, use an household object and build a triangle they did in the video (for example use: pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, buttons, paper clips, etc.) . Submit a picture to ClassDojo . Complete 15 minutes of iReady math minutes
o Religion: The Sign of the Cross and St Bernadette My Catholic Kids . Use Watchkin website (website removes ads from video) https://www.watchkin.com/ . Paste the “Sign of the Cross” video in the search bar https://youtu.be/ImaVZkARL94 o Review the video (if necessary) o Practice Making the Sign of the Cross and say a prayer to St. Bernadette (the patron saint of illness) . Color the picture of St. Bernadette
Tuesday
Reading: Dinosaur Bones/Dinosaur Dig Scholastic . Use Scholastic Website https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.794217314 . Select Animals and Nature category . Select Dinosaur Bones/Dinosaur Dig Watch/Read Both Stories Complete ONE of the following: Word Match or Fact or Fiction? o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion Use Book Review page and complete the following: o Review ONE of the two stories. o Submit a scanned copy ([email protected]) or picture to ClassDojo . Complete 15 minutes of iReady reading minutes
Science: Fossils Brain Pop . Use Brain Pop Jr website https://jr.brainpop.com/ o Username: qmschool o Password: martyrs1 . Select Science, then Land . Select Fossils Watch the Annie and Moby Video Complete EASY quiz and one other activity (free choice) o Activity, Belly Up, Draw About It, and Pop a Joke are the most age appropriate options for independent practice o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion of quiz
Math: Identify Two-Dimensional Shapes/Sort Two Dimensional Shapes Splash Math . Use Splash Math Website www.splashlearn.com/home-access o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo . Work for 15-20 minutes . Complete 15 minutes of iReady math minutes
Wednesday
o Reading: Nonfiction: Dinosaurs Starfall . Use the Starfall website www.starfall.com o Select login o Enter access code provided on ClassDojo Select 1st-3rd Grade Select “Talking Library” o Select “Dinosaurs” Listen as they read the story to you. Complete a Nonfiction Checklist for the text features of “Dinosaurs” o Submit a scanned copy ([email protected]) or picture to ClassDojo . Complete 15 minutes of iReady reading minutes
o Science: Types of Dinosaurs Storybots . Use Watchkin website (website removes ads from video) https://www.watchkin.com/ . Paste Storybots video link to search bar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TE6FAyTtJo Watch the different type of dinosaurs Draw a picture of your favorite with 3 labels of their characteristics. o Example: T-Rex: short arms, sharp teeth, carnivore, etc. o Submit a scanned copy ([email protected]) or picture to ClassDojo
o Math: Polygons Starfall . Use Starfall website www.starfall.com o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo Select grades 1-3 o Select Geometry and Measurement (bottom left) o Select Polygons activity o After completing sorting polygons Starfall activity, draw a picture of something using only polygons (triangles, squares, rectangles, trapezoids, pentagons, hexagons, or octagons) . Hint: Polygons are shapes that have three or more straight sides: no circles, ovals, or curvy lines! . Submit a picture to ClassDojo . Complete 15 minutes of iReady math minutes
Thursday
o Reading: Danny and the Dinosaur/Dinosaur Tracks Scholastic and Starfall . Use Scholastic Website https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.794217314 . Select Animals and Nature . Select Danny and the Dinosaur/Dinosaur Tracks Watch/Read Both Stories Complete ONE of the following: Word Match, Fact or Fiction?, or Which Came First? o Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion When a dinosaur would roam, travel, run, walk, or hunt they would leave tracks. o Each of those are a verb. o Use the Starfall website . www.starfall.com o Select login o Enter access code provided on ClassDojo o Select 1st-3rd Grade . Select Grade 1 English . Select “What is a Verb” (dinosaur game) . Practice choosing the verbs Play with each dinosaur Submit a picture (ClassDojo) . Complete 15 minutes of iReady reading minutes
Math: Sides and Corners/Compose Shapes Splash Math . Use Splash Math Website www.splashlearn.com/home-access o Username and Password was provided on ClassDojo Work for 15-20 minutes Complete 15 minutes of iReady math minutes
o Religion: Feast Day of St. Joseph Non-Digital Tomorrow we will celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph As you should recall, Joseph was Mary’s husband and Jesus’s father on Earth Together; Joseph, Mary, and Jesus create the Holy Family o Draw a picture of your family for me . Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion Extra Credit/Extension: Joseph was a carpenter and would build many things. Use some household materials (whatever you’d like and is okay with your parents!) to build something! . Submit a picture (ClassDojo) of completion Friday: FUN FRIDAY
For the remainder of e-learning, Friday’s will be known as “FUN Friday!”
No new work will be assigned on Fridays.
Please use this time to catch up on any work that has not been completed.
I will use Friday to highlight a virtual field trip that will connect with the unit we finished studying.
Try these virtual field trips that will help us learn more about dinosaurs:
1. Smithsonian Natural History Museum a. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour 2. The Natural History Museum of London a. https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/the-natural-history- museum/JQF3coVswSVUVw?sv_lng=- 0.1764225866988909&sv_lat=51.49610978932444&sv_h=316.83438402804455&sv_p=- 6.950664959657374&sv_pid=QXJmoJdpIPvhyvhwrE7NGg&sv_z=1 3. American Museum of Natural History a. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent
Or try playing the Dinosaur Train games on PBS Kids!
https://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/games/