Happy Friday, Temescalians!

Announcements this week:

  • Look out for an email from Bliss, regarding Seesaw. We are moving curriculum content to Seesaw starting Monday, 5/4.
    • To best use Seesaw, each student will need their own tablet.
  • Morning Session: 9:30-10am
  • No Recess today. Recess is Tuesdays-Thursdays at 10:30-10:50am hosted by Stephen.
  • No Study Hall today. Study hall is at 11am-12pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
  • Weekly Assignment Checklist: We have updated the Weekly Assignment Checklist to include the schedule of the week. We have highlighted required and optional live sessions, as well as the work that is due on Friday. We hope that this will be helpful as we continue to streamline how we do distance learning!
  • To all students who work with Katherine for academic learning support, click on this link if you have a scheduled meeting with her.
  • Ashoka: every Thursday from 11:45am-12:15pm
  • We are making a memory book for our class! Please fill out this form if you’d like to order a book by May 10.
    • If you have any pictures of your family in Distance Learning mode, we’d love to include them in the book. Please send pictures to Jackie before May 8.
    • Scroll down to the bottom of the blog to see pictures of last year’s memory book.

Here’s our joke/riddle of the day!

 

A few things to keep in mind while working:
– If you are working with Katherine, do her assignments first.
– Put on a timer for the time indicated for that subject. Once that timer dings, move on to the next work!
– Take body breaks! Try out GoNoodle!
– 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!)
– 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 today. (Please take a picture of all of these assignments and email them all at once to Jackie and me):

  • Pg. 87-88 “Multiplication & Division Review”
  • Book group questions emailed to Jackie or Lisa
  • Sort #9 Spell Check (There should be 15 words that you are getting checked on: Any 10 words from Sort #9 + 5 sight words.)

    • Example of what a spell check should look like. Please do the spell check in pencil and correct in pen!

  • Tarea/Homework: 20 minutos de Raz-Kids en español/20 minutes of Raz-Kids in Spanish.
    Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com
    Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher’s username, tbsraz3
    Step 3: Select a reading level in Spanish (“Spanish Levels A-D”, “Spanish Levels C-H”…)
    Step 4: Enter the password, spanish

 

Calendar (5 minutes): 

What are some patterns you noticed? Can you name the fact family that would relate to today’s array?

That’s the whole month, folks!

Reading (60 minutes):

  • Spelling – Words Their Way Sort 9 (adding -ed)
    • Have your grownups or sibling help you with a spell check.
      • You should have 15 words total (10 sort words and 5 sight words).
      • Sight words for this week: laugh, except, didn’t, distance, social

    • Example of what a spell check should look like. Please do the spell check in pencil and correct in pen!

  • Book Groups
    • Finish up any remaining questions for your book group responses. Here are the four book groups:
      • Rules by Cynthia Lord
        • Assignments and instructions here
      •  Stone Fox
        • 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
  • If you are done with book group questions, you should choose to do RazKids or Lexia
  • Read with any grownups or siblings if you have time remaining! The goal is to practice fluency when you’re reading out loud.

Touch Typing (20 min):

  • Typing Jungle (Lessons 57-62)
  • Go to https://tbstyping.typingclub.com
    Your username is your first name + last initial + 25 so for me, it would be lisac25
    Password: grad2025

Weekly Reflection (15 min):

  • Free-write/journal in your reading/writing journal:
    •  about how you’re feeling, what happened this week, what was successful and what was difficult.
    • any plans for the weekend
  • If you’d like, you can write a letter to us!

Civic Engagement (30 min):

Write a letter to you buddy! See instructions here. Here’s Kate explaining how to write a letter!

Health (30 min):

https://zoom.us/j/496698581?pwd=NER6bEZOejVXR3dyMzg1YmRrcW1kQT09

Meeting ID: 496 698 581

Password: temescal

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)

 

Here are some pictures of Temescalians!

L working outside with her family
R making mango cakes. Delicious!
R’s mango cakes
A out on a walk
Deer near Z’s house
L’s letter to her representative to support the USPS

Here are some pictures of last year’s memory book.

Read Aloud: The Phantom Tollbooth Chapter 4: Confusion in the Market Place

For Fun:

Ideas for science:

Cultural studies:

  • Interview parenting adults about family stories and history they’ve lived through

Movement:

Other things to do:

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