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Attendance: We would like for your grown-ups to email Jackie and I every day with your answer to the day’s joke or riddle.
Today’s attendance riddle is:
There are seven cars and three of them each have one spare tire in the trunk. How many total tires are there?
Yesterday’s answer: A sponge!
We will have daily assignments posted here at 9am. You should be doing as much of the work as you can. Jackie and I will be available to answer questions through email every day during our “office hours” today at 11am-12pm. Note: We are cancelling our afternoon office hours, as we’ll be planning lessons and content for when we return from Spring Break.
If you are working with Katherine, do her assignments first. Also, we’ll put a time for each activity. Put on a timer for the time indicated for that subject. Once that timer dings, move on to the next work!
Remember to have body breaks! GoNoodle has great body breaks that are for a specific amount of time.
We’d love for you to share what you are up to! Let us know of any links/resources that you find interesting, and we’ll add it to our list of things! Also, email us pictures of what you’re up to, and a caption, and we’ll create a gallery of these pictures to post on Friday. (You’ll have to share the pictures before 8:30am on Friday for it to be included on the Friday gallery!)
We recognize that Distance Learning is new for everyone, and it can take some time getting used to. Please let us know if there is too much or too little work and if something is challenging for you. We want you all to be successful in Distance Learning, and we’re here to help!
Announcements:
Friday Morning Meeting using Zoom!
- We’d like to have another Friday Morning Meeting on Friday at 10:00! We’ll try to use Zoom this time so look for an email with a link to join the meeting! This platform is a little different in that you can see everyone at the same time. We’re going to ask again that you start muted and then unmute yourself when it’s your turn. Let’s share the same thing as last Friday: What was a rose (something you enjoyed this week) and bud (something you’re looking forward to next week) for you? One last thing. We will record the meeting so that if someone wasn’t able to make the meeting, they’d be able to catch up later.
Things that are due by this Friday (Please take a picture of all of these assignments and email them all at once to Jackie and me):
- Book group questions *If you opted to do a video or voice memo, then send that over in the email.
- How did you get your name?
- Pg. 171 “More Fractions”
Please note: Spring Break is March 30 – April 3. Distance Learning will continue on April 6 until May 1.
Join Mitch for a Zoom presentation today, March 27, at 1:30p, where you will hear from Mitch and our team about TBS Distance Learning plans following next week’s Spring Break on April 6. A video recording will be available for community members unable to join the team live.
A note from Bliss:
Dear Families,
With spring break beginning next week, and the introduction of Phase 2 of Distance Learning the following week, teachers will spend time on Friday to plan. You can expect a Friday class meeting and morning office hours, but the afternoon office hours will be cancelled.
I wish everyone a joyful break, as this is certainly a time to focus on what is most important.
Here are today’s assignments:
Calendar (5 min):
As part of our Morning Meeting routine at school, we reveal a new card each day. Temescalians share what they notice and any patterns they observe as we progress through the month. Describe today’s card and let your grownup know if you see any observations!
Family Reading (30 min):
- Read to a grown-up (free choice of chapter book/graphic novel/non-fiction)
- Take turns, try choral reading for a bit
- Goal is to practice fluency
Spelling (30 min):
- Explain to someone the rules for spelling
- Have a grown-up or sibling give you a spell check, then correct in pen
- Your spell check sheet should look like this:
Example of what a spell check should look like. Please do the spell check in pencil and correct in pen!
Weekly Reflection (10 minutes)
- In your reading/writing journal, continuously write for 7 minutes, then illustrate for 3 minutes. The minimum sentences should be 6 sentences. Choose from one of the following prompts.
- Rose/Thorn/Bud: How you’re feeling, what happened this week, what was successful and what was difficult.
- Or write about any plans for the weekend/Spring Break
- Please remember that a complete sentence has capitalization at the beginning, punctuation at the end, and there needs to be a subject (who/what are you talking about) and a verb (what is it doing?). Watch this video for a refresher on how to write a complete sentence.
Core Arts Corner (30 minutes)
Art:
For directions for today’s art lesson, click here: 3rd-#2 ART -Land Acknowlegement- Distance learning ( Friday 3_27_20)
Read aloud:
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Gallery of things you have been up to this week!
Things to do over Spring Break:
- Join the Berkeley Music Circus sing on Wednesdays at noon! Step outside and sing!
Next Wednesday’s song will be “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin. (Click on this link to get the full list of songs.)
(You may need to refresh to see the video of Owen singing next week’s song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”.) - Look for a packet of work and materials in the mail!
- Our science activity when we get back is for you to try to complete this local plants and animals bingo. (It will be included in your packet of work that will arrive in the mail.)
If you have time, get started on this over Spring Break!
For fun:
- Tiny Hamster’s graveyard feast
- Reflection questions to write in journal
- What did you learn about European hamsters from this video?
- Why is this video titled “Tiny Hamster’s Graveyard Feast”?
- Reflection questions to write in journal
- Science is for everyone, kids included
- How is conducting an experiment like play?
- Why might someone think kids can’t do “proper” science?
- Celtic knot heart from Julianne
- One Point Perspective – Rooms from Julianne
- Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems New episodes will be posted each weekday at 1:00 p.m. ET and then remain online to be streamed afterwards.
- Virtual 3rd Grade Quarantine Debate Club!
- Virtual Museums
- Met Opera clips
- Family GoNoodle
- Virtual Field Trips
- The Spanish Experiment (stories in Spanish!)
- Breaking the Mayan Code (math challenge!)
- Mindful Schools
- Oakland Zoo’s “Zoo Homeschool” (thanks for sharing P and Hannah!)
- Go outside and explore! How many different flowering plants did you see?
- Learn some practical skills like how to sew a button, wash the dishes, fold your laundry, maybe even cook something on your own!
- A math puzzle from J and his cat:
J’s cat Firefly
My cat Firefly has a favorite kind of treat: Friskies Party Mix Beachside Crunch. We opened up a new package last week. (A full packet weighs 60 grams, and 3 treats = 1 gram.) Here’s a chart that shows what Firefly ate:
Day of the week # of treats Firefly ate Saturday, March 21 30 Sunday, March 22 50 Monday, March 23 5 Tuesday, March 24 25 Wednesday, March 25 10 Challenge: can you figure out…
- How many treats are in a full bag of Beachside Crunch?
- How many treats did Firefly eat in total?
- What’s the average number of treats Firefly ate per day?
- How many treats are left in the bag?
- What fraction of the bag of treats has Firefly already eaten?
…and finally, a tricky bonus question…
- Assuming we can’t get to the pet food store until May 1 when the shelter-in-place quarantine is over, how many treats can Firefly have each day until the bag runs out? (Assume he has the same number of treats each day.)
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