The Elementary Report Cards for Marking Period 3 are currently being processed and will be available to parents in ParentConnect, Monday April 6, 2020. Following is some information on how parents can access report cards data in MIStar ParentConnect. Please note that if you have more than one child, you should be able to see data for all your children and you do not need separate logins for the different schools (if your children attend more than one school).
To log into ParentConnect you will need your PIN and password. If you have your PIN and password, you can go to the Dearborn Schools’ website (dearbornschools.org) and then click the ParentConnect link.
If you don’t know your login info, click (Need Your Login Information) link and it will prompt you to enter your email address (use the email you provided to the school and is in our system), and then click Submit. This process will email you your PIN and Password.
Hi all, teachers are required to do virtual professional development all this week, therefore it may take me longer than normal to respond to your emails.
Please check through Google classroom to see what assignments you may be missing. Please complete assignments from before spring break if you have not done so already.
Students, if you are turning in an assignment on Google classroom that was assigned 3/16 – 4/3, please email me that you have turned it in. (This DOES NOT apply to students who are up to date with assignments.) Google classroom doesn’t notify me when you hand it in. This is not necessary for current assignments that were made this week, 4/13 – 4/17.
Also, some assignments are created by me and some are created by Mrs. Stetz. You should be doing all of them. This is similar to what we did in school but you might not have been aware of it.
Don’t forget that Mrs. Baloga, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Goedke, and Mrs Ackerman have assignments on Google classroom for you to work on.
Today we are working on Module 5 Topic C Review. Lesson 15 has the same objective as 14 so we are skipping it. You may always do it for extra practice if you need more work on yesterday’s objective. Please complete the Topic C Review assignment on Google Classroom. We will go over the review during our Google Hangout tomorrow. I will then post the answers later Friday as well in case you can not make our Hangout.
Science
Complete any unfinished science from this week; the anchor phenomenon assignment in Google Classroom.
ELA
Today we will complete yesterday’s assignment, the current issue of Scholastic News. Log in with our google account. Here is the link: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/ For today finish the articles, What a Waste and He Grew Up to Start Earth Day. Watch the video Going To Waste as well. Complete the assignments on Google Classroom; Close Reading, quiz on the back of the magazine, and Quiz Whiz and hit turn in. If you have not completed your chapter book from before break, complete that and finish the assignment titled: Novel Project in Google Classroom. This is due next Friday so you have time to finish.
Spelling- Go to Spelling City today. Take the practice test for this week and do an activity for practice.
Social Studies: Here is an important historical quote: “There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.” -Thomas Paine While you are watching the videos and reading the Ducksters article please try to think what the quote might mean. We will talk about it at our Zoom meeting on Friday so be ready with your thoughts. There is an assignment on Google classroom for you to complete. Don’t worry because it is not due until Monday so you will have plenty of time to finish it. If you have not watched the videos or completed the assignments from earlier this week please finish those first so you can follow the historical events in order. If you need any help, please email hicksol@dearbornschools.org
I hope you all had a thrilling Thursday and that you learned something old, something new, and found something that gave you a laugh or at least a smile. Remember that you have the gift of being home with your family and try to do something fun with whoever you are at home with. Have an adult teach you to cook something or fix something. Create something by drawing, painting, or just building a sculpture out of stuff that you have around the house. Write a poem, a story, an informational article, or a journal. Make up a dance or a song or a silly exercise. I would love to hear one interesting thing you have done when we have our Zoom meeting.
Hi all, teachers are required to do virtual professional development all this week, therefore it may take me longer than normal to respond to your emails.
Please check through Google classroom to see what assignments you may be missing. Please complete assignments from before spring break if you have not done so already.
Students, if you are turning in an assignment on Google classroom that was assigned 3/16 – 4/3, please email me that you have turned it in. (This DOES NOT apply to students who are up to date with assignments.) Google classroom doesn’t notify me when you hand it in. This is not necessary for current assignments that were made this week, 4/13 – 4/17.
Also, some assignments are created by me and some are created by Mrs. Stetz. You should be doing all of them. This is similar to what we did in school but you might not have been aware of it.
Don’t forget that Mrs. Baloga, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Goedke, and Mrs Ackerman have assignments on Google classroom for you to work on.
Today we will do problem set numbers with the video and homework numbers 1,2,4. Lesson 15 is the same concept if you need more practice you can do that too.
Science
Today we will finish the anchor phenomenon if you did not finish yesterday. Complete the video and complete Biosphere Bites pages. Finally, complete the google assignment today. SAVE these PDF pages for the whole unit. You will go back to them after every mystery like we normally do and add/change/modify your original thoughts. https://mysteryscience.com/ecosystems/mystery-0/ecosystem-design-modeling/242?code=MTI2MzM1NjE&t=student
Today and tomorrow we will continue the current issue of Scholastic News. Log in with our google account. Here is the link:https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/ For today read the articles, What a Waste and He Grew Up to Start Earth Day. Watch the video Going To Waste as well. Complete the assignment on Google Classroom; Close Reading, quiz on the back of the magazine, and Quiz Whiz and hit turn in.
Spelling- Go to Spelling City today. Look at our new words for week 25. Today, log in using your google account and do an activity. Take at least 1 practice test this week and take the test Friday. I will check them once they are completed.
Leader In Me
We are going to focus this month and next on Habit 8: Finding your Voice and Inspire Others to Find Theirs Watch this video about finding your voice. Think about your own voice. We will talk on Friday at our Google Hangout!https://youtu.be/CHG-tsjWNgw
Social Studies: The mail service is being interrupted by the British! Find out what the colonists did to solve the problem. Then find out more about Benjamin Franklin by watching the second video, then clicking on the link to read the Ducksters article, and finally watching the Ben Franklin read aloud. Finally there is an assignment to work on on Google classroom.
If you did not complete the assignment due yesterday, Washington Takes Command, please finish that as well.
Happy Tuesday! I know it’s hard to get back into the swing of things. I hope today is easier than yesterday.
Please check through Google classroom to see what assignments you may be missing. Please complete assignments from before spring break if you have not done so already.
Students, if you are turning in an assignment on Google classroom that was assigned 3/16 – 4/3, please email me that you have turned it in. (This DOES NOT apply to students who are up to date with assignments.) Google classroom doesn’t notify me when you hand it in. This is not necessary for current assignments that were made this week, 4/13 – 4/17.
Also, some assignments are created by me and some are created by Mrs. Stetz. You should be doing all of them. This is similar to what we did in school but you might not have been aware of it.
Don’t forget that Mrs. Baloga, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Goedke, and Mrs Ackerman have assignments on Google classroom for you to work on.
Answers from yesterday’s problem set are now given within the new video link from that day’s assignment. You will be able to find them there from now on.
Today we are working on multiplying mixed number factors, relating the distributive model to the area model. (Or, showing that multiplying part by part and adding them up is the same as tiling or making smaller boxes in your area problem.) We will do problem set numbers 1-2 and homework numbers 1,3. Then watch and do the application problem and fluency practice. You can do fluency on paper.
Science
Today we will continue the anchor phenomenon and watch the rest of the video and complete the pages below. You will have 2 days for this assignment. Here is the video link again: Today you are doing the rest of the video, and the Biosphere Bites pages below. THEN complete the Google Classroom assignment by the end of Wednesday. https://mysteryscience.com/ecosystems/mystery-0/ecosystem-design-modeling/242?code=MTI2MzM1NjE&t=student
This week we will work through the current issue of Scholastic News. Just like before we are going to the Scholastic News site and logging in with our google account. Here is the link:https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/ For today finish reading the articles, Protecting Our Planet and Is It Ok to Swim With Manatees? Watch the videos as well. Complete the assignment on Google Classroom and hit turn in.
Social Studies: After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the British went back to Boston. The Colonial Army kept them trapped there so they could not go out and attack other cities and towns. The British were still able to get supplies because they controlled Boston Harbor and the colonies did not have a navy. This lasted for months. The British had a hard time getting food because all their food had to be shipped from Britain and it often did not make it to Boston. The Colonial Army needed to get the British out of Boston without letting them go through the land. Remember when they took over Fort Ticonderoga? That becomes important now.
If you have not watched yesterday’s Liberty’s Kids watch it now. It focuses on several important events. One is the Colonial Army and their weaknesses, Washington’s famous speech convincing many of the soldiers to stay instead of go home when their enlistment time was done, the bringing of the cannons through the winter wilderness from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, and the end of the siege of Boston. There is an assignment on Google classroom today. Please do not hand it in until you have viewed all the videos and read all the materials. You should probably take notes as you watch and read.
Welcome back to virtual room 205! I hope you all had a wonderful spring break!
I have emailed a list of guidelines and expectations for online learning to you. Please read it over with an adult.
Please check through Google classroom to see what assignments you may be missing. Please complete assignments from before spring break if you have not done so already.
Students, if you are turning in an assignment on Google classroom that was assigned 3/16 – 4/3, please email me that you have turned it in. (This DOES NOT apply to students who are up to date with assignments.) Google classroom doesn’t notify me when you hand it in. This is not necessary for current assignments that were made this week, 4/13 – 4/17.
Also, some assignments are created by me and some are created by Mrs. Stetz. You should be doing all of them. This is similar to what we did in school but you might not have been aware of it.
Don’t forget that Mrs. Baloga, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Goedke, and Mrs Ackerman have assignments on Google classroom for you to work on.
Now get up and get moving to wake up your brain and body!
Math Great Minds has added new videos to help with the content. The link is to their free site. I will be including both videos, if available, in case you want 2 perspectives or one helps you understand better. Here is the link to the new site https://gm.greatminds.org/en-us/knowledge-for-grade-5 You just need to pick the module and lesson we are on for that day. This video is a bit longer, but goes through the lesson like I would in class, completing the problem set with together with explanations, think time, and answers. There is a part 2 and 3 that are shorter which complete the fluency work, a short review of past work and the application problem, usually a review of the lesson the day before. I would recommend the new site for a more thorough math lesson experience.
Today we will do problem set numbers 1 a,c,d,2,3 and homework numbers 1 a,c,d,2,4
Science
We will start our final unit today, Web of Life, Ecosystems and the Food Web. This unit on ecology helps students develop the idea that plants, animals, and fungi form a system of interdependent parts, with each part dependent on the other parts for its material nourishment. By the end of the unit, students will come to the conclusion that organic matter is cycling through the living world.
Here is the link for the Anchor Phenomenon. The anchoring phenomenon for this unit focuses on attempts to grow food in an enclosed ecosystem. Students generate observations and questions about the phenomenon and create an initial design solution to growing food inside a dome for two years. Students will need to save the pages they complete for the entirety of the unit in a safe place. We will visit these after each mystery. Today you are only doing the first part of the video, and the See Think Wonder sheet. https://mysteryscience.com/ecosystems/mystery-0/ecosystem-design-modeling/242?code=MTI2MzM1NjE&t=student
Here is the assignment from Friday 4/3. If you have not completed this please do it as soon as possible. *Have you ever wondered why people from England sound different than people from America? Watch the video and share what you learned in the google assignment with the same title ..https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/accents?code=c6f585e67fb34482529d322541bcfe05
ELA:
This week we will work through the current issue of Scholastic News. Just like before we are going to the Scholastic News site and logging in with our google account. Here is the link:https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/ You will click on the link, then elementary up near the top and then the 5/6 issue. It will take you to the current issue. If you sign in through Google classroom you will not need the class code. For today and tomorrow read the articles, Protecting Our Planet and Is It Ok to Swim With Manatees? Watch the videos as well. Complete the assignment on Google Classroom and hit turn in.
Spelling: Go to Spelling City today. We have been given free access to vocab and spelling activities (games too.) I can see your work and we can take practice and real tests now! I know you are excited!! 🙂 Look at our new words for week 25. I will only be putting 10. Each day log in using your google account and do an activity. Take at least 1 practice test this week and take the test Friday. I will check them once they are completed.
Social Studies: Today’s Liberty’s Kids focuses on several important events. One is the Colonial Army and their weaknesses, Washington’s famous speech convincing many of the soldiers to stay instead of go home when their enlistment time was done, the bringing of the cannons through the winter wilderness from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, and the end of the siege of Boston by the British. We will take a couple of days to go over these events. There will be an assignment on Google classroom tomorrow. Please do not hand it in until you have viewed all the videos and read all the materials. You should probably take notes as you watch and read.
You can watch the Home Safaris from the Cincinnati Zoo LIVE each day on Facebook at 2:30! Join us for a Home Safari with the wallabies!! They are super cute!!
Now join us for Lunch Doodles with Mo Williams. He can be seen LIVE each day at 1:00 on the Kennedy Center site.
Now let’s travel up to the International Space Station to have some dessert after our lunch!
Let’s stay on the International Space Station for a just for fun read aloud, If I was an Astronaut!
I hope you had a marvelous Monday! See you tomorrow!
Our Spring Break is from April 4 – April 12. There will be no new lessons or updates on the blog or Google classroom during this time. Take this time to enjoy being with your family. Stay healthy and safe.
We will be having a Zoom meeting today at 10:30. Be ready with your questions about the math review. We will discuss the math review so if you haven’t finished it, please do that first thing.
Students, if you are turning in an assignment on Google classroom that was assigned 3/16 – 3/27, please email me that you have turned it in. (This DOES NOT apply to students who are up to date with assignments.) Google classroom doesn’t notify me when you hand it in. This is not necessary for current assignments that were made this week, 3/30 – 4/3.
Also, some assignments are created by me and some are created by Mrs. Stetz. You should be doing all of them. This is similar to what we did in school but you might not have been aware of it.
Next week is spring break so there will be no new assignments or updates on the blog or in Google classroom. (4/6 – 4/10) I will not be checking my emails during this time. We all need to take a mental break from school during spring break.
Don’t forget that Mrs. Baloga, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Goedke, and Mrs Ackerman have assignments on Google classroom for you to work on. Also it’s Dearborn High’s virtual spirit week so check and see what our activity for today is on the flyer below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if8qfVjVFc8
Math:
Today is catch up day in math as always. Finish up any lessons from Module 5 1-11 that you didn’t do. Rewatch any you struggled with. Complete Zearn through lesson 11.
Today you should finish up all the Mysteries and assignments from this week. I have listed them below as a quick reference. Watch them and complete the google assignments with the same title.
M- What Would it be like to Live on the Moon?
Th-Can Animals Get a Sunburn?
ELA: If you have not finished this week’s assignments please finish. Also, if you have not finished assignments from the first two weeks of virtual learning, you can take the time to finish today.
Social Studies: Here is another video about the Battle of Bunker Hill. If you did not see yesterdays’ Liberty’s Kids or read the Ducksters article, you should do that today also.
If you are not caught up on Liberty’s Kids and the events leading to and during the beginning of the Revolution, now is the time to do that. Please see all the posts from the last three weeks for the links to get caught up.
Mo Willems can be seen LIVE on The Kennedy Center website each day at 1 pm. If you missed, here is the video from yesterday.
The Cincinnati Zoo is LIVE everyday on Facebook with a new Home Safari. If you missed it you can visit with the ocelot in this video.
Let’s visit the International Space Station to see how they run in space.
Let’s hear the rest of the story about Ada Lace as told from the International Space Station. Click on the link for the rest of the story!
Students, if you are turning in an assignment on Google classroom that was assigned 3/16 – 3/27, please email me that you have turned it in. (This DOES NOT apply to students who have already handed those assignments in.) Google classroom doesn’t notify me when you hand it in. You do not need to email me for current assignments that were made this week, 3/30 – 4/3.
Also, some assignments are created by me and some are created by Mrs. Stetz. You should be doing all of them. This is similar to what we did in school but you might not have been aware of it.
Next week is spring break so there will be no new assignments or updates on the blog or in Google classroom. (4/6 – 4/10)
Don’t forget that Mrs. Baloga, Mr. Harvey, and Mr. Goecke have assignments on Google classroom for you to work on. Also it’s virtual spirit week so check and see what our activity for today is on the flyer below.
I’m going to have a milkshake now! Want to join me?
This lessons will be like 9 and 10. Watch the video as usual and then move to the homework. The problem set pages do not have the numbers to solve because they are meant to be done as part of the lesson in class. If you would like extra practice, email me and I will give you the numbers,but do it after the homework page. Then move on to Zearn lesson 11. You can still do the application problems.
ELA: Today you have a reading response on Google classroom. You will discuss how the characters in your novel synergized.
Scholastic News: Yesterday we will finished the issue 3-30-20: Stolen Gold. We referred to the article “Were You Fooled?” to find details that support your answers. Remember to write in complete sentences. THEN, finish the magazine and complete the Quiz Whiz and News Review on the back page of the magazine in the Google Classroom assignment titled Scholastic News 3-30-20 Part 2.. Click on this link, then elementary, then on the 5/6 magazine. Then use the class code of 204math. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/ If you did not finish this yesterday, please finish it today.
Tuesday there was a new article to read called “Lost Treasure” from Scholastic News on Google classroom. You also have a couple of written assignments that go with it, Take Note and Close-Reading Questions. If you have not completed this assignment or last week’s reading responses or Readworks assignment, please finish those as well.
Novels: As you finish your book, you are going to do one final journal entry either explaining something you figured out, a surprise you had or a confirmation of a previous prediction. THEN you will write a book review. This would be like a commercial for the book, highlighting the title, author and basic plot of the book. You can recommend it as well if you think others should read it. Remember not to give away the ending. We don’t want to spoil a good book for anyone. Make it interesting and enjoyable to read. Use good word choice. If you also want to record yourself doing the commercial I would love to see it, email it to me. IF you want all of us to see it after break, ask you parents and I will email them out to just our class daily.
There is a new spelling list on Spelling City. Spend some time getting familiar with the words and their meanings. Study them and when you are ready have someone give you a spelling test!
I have had a couple people send me their personal narratives and graphic novels. It was wonderful to read them! I would love for you to use some of this time to write. Write a story, a poem, a journal, create a graphic novel…anything. Just keep your brain busy creating!
Social Studies: Two days after George Washington was chosen as the commander of the Continental Army, came the Battle of Bunker Hill…which didn’t actually happen on Bunker Hill…what?? Watch the video and find out!
If you cannot access the video through this link you can search “Liberty’s Kids episode 109” on Youtube and it will come up.
Mo Willems can be watched LIVE each day at 1 pm on The Kennedy Center site or you can watch yesterday’s video below! I would love to see some of your doodles!
The Cincinnati Zoo has home safaris LIVE everyday on Facebook at 2:30. If you missed here you can watch this video to meet the Meerkats!
Now we will visit the International Space Station to find out what happens when astronauts get sick!
Join us on the International Space Station for day two of the book Ada Lace, Take Me to Your Leader.
