We’ll continue posting a riddle/joke here, but you no longer need to email your answer to indicate your attendance since we’ll be seeing you at 9:30am on the Zoom meeting! You can share your answer to the riddle/joke then if you’d like.

Explanation to yesterday’s “Mind Reading Number Trick” can be found here!

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 by Thursday for them 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!

Things that are due by Friday. (Please take a picture of all of these assignments and email them all at once to Jackie and me):

• Math: Page 149 “Cats & Kittens”
• Book group questions emailed to Jackie or Lisa
• Take a picture of your progress with your research writing and illustrations so far. (It doesn’t have to be done! We are still in the drafting stage but Jackie and I want to get a gauge of where everyone is at.)

Here are today’s assignments:

Calendar (5 min):

What patterns do you notice? How is this month’s calendar related to fractions? Any predictions for Monday?

Math (60 min): 

• page 149 “Cats & Kittens” (due Friday via email)

During our live session today, we’ll be solving this story problem. There is no need to solve it before our session; we’ll give you time to do so. This is just a preview for those who would like to see it!

Reader’s Workshop (60 minutes):

• Book Groups
  • We’ll ask you to do some reading at home and to answer questions about what you’ve read. Look for specific instructions for your book, which came home with you in your folder. There are four book groups:
    • Rules by Cynthia Lord
      • Assignments and instructions here
    • Warton and the King of the Skies by Russell E. Erickson
      • Assignments and instructions here
    • Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
      • Assignments and instructions here
    • Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
      • Assignments and instructions here
• Lexia Core 5 is now available to all students in the class!
  From Katherine:
  “Lexia Core 5 Reading is a fun computer-based program that has helped millions of students
  with reading and spelling skills. The activities in Core5 support and build on our TBS literacy
  curriculum, and focus on developing reading skills in six areas: phonological awareness,
  phonics, structural analysis, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.”
  Lexia parent letter – Introduction and instructions on how to login

Writing (60 min):

• Drafting: Continue converting your notes into sentences and paragraphs.
• Illustrations: Work on the illustrations for the book as well as the cover and title page.
• Self-edit: If you feel that you are done, do a self check. Make sure that you have answered the questions that we gave you, and more! Would my Elliebean and Sweet Potato (they are my nieces who are both 4 years old) feel like they know all about your plant/animal?
• Note: You do not need to be done drafting. Everything should still be written in pencil and nothing should be cut out and pasted in the book just yet! Just take a picture of your writing and drawing progress and send it our way by Friday!

  

Touch Typing (20 min):

• Typing Jungle (Lessons 19-23)
• Go to https://tbstyping.typingclub.com
  Your username is your first name + last initial + 25 so for me, it would be lisac25
  Password: grad2025

Core Arts live session:
Music with Owen

1:00 – 1:30pm Group A (Alice, Amil, Audrey, Ayla, Carter, Elsa, Euna, Kaveh, Keith, Nova, Rome, Zakkai)
1:45 – 2:15pm Group B (Charlie, Harper, James, Logan, Max, Opal, Poppy, Sage, Sebastien, Thalia, Vincent, Zoe)

Please note that there is both groups will use the same meeting ID, link, and password. If you are in Group B, Owen will let you in from the waiting room to join the meeting at 1:45pm.