Good Morning Team 5th Grade!
Hopefully you had an AWESOME weekend! The weather was beautiful!! A little rainy Sunday, but we need it! I hope all of you are doing well, staying safe, having some fun, and getting your work completed!
FTLFMBYDI! Any guesses??
I have to say that MANY of you have really stepped it up last week! The quality and quantity of the work turned in was FANTASTIC! You know who all of you are!! I continue to enter your completed work in the Snow Learning Log, and I continue to be pleasantly impressed with how hard so many of you are working!!
However, if you’re not getting your work done, it’s really important that you take the time to get caught up. Complete your responsibilities for this week FIRST, then go back and get caught up. Email me if you need help getting organized. I’M HERE TO HELP!
Here are your tasks for this week. I have broken it down by subject. This is for the WHOLE week, so please use my sample schedule to try and plan your week out. If you need help creating a schedule, please let me know.
Tasks for the Week of May 18th – May 21st
NOTE: (No School Friday May 22nd and Monday May 25th for Memorial Day)
| MATH | ZEARN: Complete 3 Lessons. Right now you should be starting Module 6 Lesson 13. If you are far behind, try to get caught up. Khan Academy: 10 minutes a day (50 minutes by the end of the day Friday, May 22nd) WATCH THE 3 MATH VIDEOS I posted in our spelling google classroom BEFORE OUR VIDEO CHAT LESSON ON TUESDAY, May 22nd. Be prepared to discuss the lesson. You do NOT have to complete the problem set. Link to video: Module 6 Lesson 4 Video |
| READING | IReady: 20 minutes a day (100 minutes completed by the end of the day Friday, May 22nd). READWORKS: “Some Laws are Intolerable.” Link: ReadWorks READY BOOK ASSIGNMENT IN OUR READING COMMON CORE GOOGLE CLASSROOM TITLED: Ready Book Weekly Lesson–Lesson 21: Analyzing Visual Elements in Literary Texts Due: Friday May 29th (2 Weeks from now) READ 20 minutes a day from your book or any online resource you’re using. Enjoy your reading! |
| WRITING | Opinion Writing 2 in our Process Writing Google Classroom. Email Mrs. Saad for questions: saadl@dearbornschools.org Summaries- Write 2 summaries from the reading you did for 2 of the days this week. This is located in our Work on Writing Google Classroom and is due Friday MAY 22nd. |
| SOCIAL STUDIES | No new SS task this week. Get caught up on any missing assignments this week. |
| SCIENCE | See Ms. Sherlock’s Google Classroom for details. |
| Live Video Lessons/Chats with Mr. D and other teachers from Snow. | Class Video Chat/Lesson each TUESDAY and THURSDAY at 1:30 pm. Go to our Spelling Google Classroom for details. USE ILEARN TO ACCESS OUR CHATS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN YOUR EMAIL. |
| CHECK YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL EVERY DAY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. | |
| SPELLING | No Spelling Task this Week. Get caught up on any missing assignments this week. |
Here is a SAMPLE SCHEDULE of what your day MIGHT look like:
9:55-10:00–CHECK YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL
10:00-10:20—IReady–Do your BEST!
10:25-10:45–Brain Break–Play outside, Dance, GoNoodle!
10:50-11:20–Zearn 1 Lesson
11:20-11:35–Break/Snack
11:45-11:55–Khan Academy for 10 minutes.
11:55-12:20–Chill-out and Read a book for 25 minutes
12:20-1:20 LUNCH–Eat a good lunch, drink some water, and get some exercise!
1:25-1:50–Reading Summary. Work on one of your reading summaries for the week.
1:50-2:00–Brain Break—Play outside, Dance, GoNoodle!
2:00-2:20–Spelling Word Work
2:20-2:30–Brain Break—Do the brain break we would do as a class…tiny circles, wing flappers, more!
2:35-:300–ReadWorks OR Writing OR BrainPop OR Social Studies or Science
3:00-9:00 Enjoy the rest of your day, spend time with your family, get exercise, play a game, eat dinner, do a family project, have fun, stay healthy, stay safe, and get a good night’s rest!
It is very important that you complete your assignments. Once you complete your work, I report the amount of work you’re completing during the week to Mrs. Alcodray in our school work-log.
If you have any questions, please let me know!
IMPORTANT: OUR LIVE VIDEO LEARNING SESSIONS ARE BACK! EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AT 1:30 PM. I will continue to teach lessons, and take attendance during the meetings. (Instructions for logging in were sent to you last week. Please let me know if you need me to resend them to you.)
I REALLY MISS BEING IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM! WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CHALLENGE, AND I KNOW THAT THIS TEAM IS AMAZING AT TAKING ON CHALLENGES AND WINNING! SO LET’S CONTINUE TO PULL TOGETHER AS A TEAM, SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND GET THE MOST LEARNING DONE THAT WE CAN. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PUT YOU ON YOUR PATH TO BECOMING THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF!
With so much respect,
M r . D