Miss Knaus' Classroom

Good Morning! Why is it snowing? This is getting ridiculous!

Today we will be doing Reading Groups and Math. There is also a Reading Assignment on Google Classroom about flowers – The title says Annuals vs, it was supposed to be Annuals vs Perennials. That is a one-page read with Main Idea and details questions. You can answer the questions on the Google Doc and press TURN IN. That is due on Monday.

Math today will be: 3rd grade – Module 5, Lesson 3 – Again, please watch the whole video all the way to the end. Get out the materials that the teacher tells you, so you can work with her. Paper or your own white board. This lesson will be due Monday by the end of the day.

4th grade math – Module 5, Lesson 3. Same directions as third graders – watch the whole video all the way to the end. Work with the teacher on paper or print out the Problem Set. This will be due Monday at the end of the day.

NEW READING SITE! We are going to try a site – some people call it Raz Kids.

1. You log onto www.kidsa – z.com.

2. Your user name is your first name – use the capital letter -example: Christian.

3. Teacher Username is MissKnaus. There is NO SPACE between the words. Incredibly someone already had that teacher username.

4. Your password is 1234. If they let you change it, you can, but PLEASE remember your password. You can just leave it though. Please only go into your name – no one else’s. I will trust you. This program shows me how many minutes you spend on there reading, so make sure you are in your name.

5. Each reading group has an assignment already. Read the book I assigned and answer questions. The program gives you badges and you can build an avatar and move up levels, but WARNING, you have to do well on the quizzes. It will tell me your scores and will only move your Reading level up if you get almost 100%. Read carefully.

****I will have one more blog post in a little while here.

Tomorrow – Friday – we will be getting back to Reading Groups. I will be giving you a site that we will be using and a password. On the site, you will find a Reading assignment already for you at your level. There will be reading and some questions. The site will show me who is reading and answering questions and how many minutes you spend there. There are some really interesting books – both fiction and nonfiction.

Also, tomorrow we will have a Math assignment for each grade.

Please look here on the blog tomorrow morning (Friday) so you can see tomorrow’s work. Make sure you have looked on Google Classroom to see the assignments that are due this week.

Today at 1:00 – 2 new assignments will be showing up on Google Classroom.

4th Graders – Look under 4th Grade Social Studies – there are 2 videos and an activity to print or copy. There is also a slide show about the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for citizens of the U.S. You will have until next Wednesday to complete this. Please ask a parent to help you with the activity.

3rd Graders and 4th Graders – Look under READING in Google Classroom. I would like to try another digital story from the iReady site. Please click on the video/story and try it. It is called Wearing Worm Spit. After each page, a READING CHECK button will pop up. Answer the question. ***Please let me know if this works on your computer at home. The last page shows a man wearing a tie. Is this program freezing up on your computer, or does it work? Please let me know.

For today: Please look at the blog before this – April 16. Work on any assignments that you haven’t turned in yet that will be due by tomorrow. You can also work on Zearn. Both grades should be done with Lessons 1 and 2 in your Module 5.

Don’t forget about Readworks – there are 2 stories.

**I will not be posting anymore work today – lots of you have things to turn in – don’t forget about Art, Gym, Music, and Science Enrichment.

**I will be providing Ms. Tiba with a log tomorrow of everyone who has turned in work this week.

Thank you, Miss Knaus

As teachers and principals are meeting all week to prepare our Continued Learning Plan for Dearborn On Line, I will be meeting with my grade level partners Thursday morning to do some planning.

So, I am going to announce a LATE START for Thursday, April 16! I will not post any new assignments until at least 1:00!

Please take the morning, if you wish, to review over Google Classroom and see assignments that are due.

Math Lessons 1 and 2 for Module 5 in both grades were assigned. Zearn lessons to match.

Science – New Mystery video and questions. Possible Science Experiment Sugar Shake!

Social Studies – Reading and quiz.

Reading – Main idea activities and 2 Readworks stories.

Art, Gym, Music and Science Enrichment activities.

Or, go outside and shovel snow! Have a nice evening and morning, and I will be back on line Thursday at 1:00.

Miss Knaus

Social Studies – On Google Classroom, both grades have an On Line Social Studies Book.

4th grade is called – SOCIAL STUDIES. Your quiz is called Our Government.

3rd grade is MICHIGAN STUDIES. Your quiz is called Rights and Responsibilities.

Please find a new assignment under your grade and Social Studies. It will ask you to re read the pages in the book that we read before break. Then there is a short quiz for each grade. Please complete these and press SUBMIT. These will be due on Friday, April 17 and graded.

**I just heard some good news that our Reading Program that we have been using this year is now on line! I will need to get logged into that and learn how to send you the books. Coming soon…..

Good Morning!

Today, our new assignments include:

Math – Look in Google Classroom under Math and your grade. Today, 4th graders are doing Module 5, Lesson 2. 3rd graders are also on Module 5, Lesson 2. There is a new video to watch. The teacher in the video will tell you the materials you will need. You can pause the video to get ready. Then follow along with her. If you have your own white board, you can use that. If not, use paper. Then complete the Problem sets. This lesson with homework is due on Friday. Zearn has also been updated, so everyone is on Module 5 in their grade. Please make sure you have done Lessons 1 and 2 this week.

Today – for both grades, Math Module 5, Lesson 1 is due.

Reading – in Google Classroom, look under Reading April 15. There are directions for 2 reading articles that are in Readworks.org. These WILL BE GRADED. Log onto the readworks.org site – your password is 1234. If you forgot how to log in, look at the previous blogs for directions. There is a story that goes with Social Studies and one that goes with Science. Use the story to help you with your answers. Both of these stories are due by FRIDAY.

Later today, I will be adding some questions for Social Studies that are from the on line books. I will put those directions on this blog later.

***Today I have 3 meetings, as we are going through Dearborn’s New Plan for On Line Learning. I will not be available to answer questions during these times: 10 – 11:00 a.m., 12:30 – 1:30, and 3:30 – 4:30.

***I will also be continuing with my “office hours” daily from 9:00 – 3:30 as much as possible. This week, teachers are meeting each day, so we can be ready to roll out Dearborn’s On Line plan Monday, April 20.

Our new assignments today:

Please find under Science – April 14 Will a mountain last forever?

This video from Mystery Science talks about erosion. You will also see some links on the right side of the home page. One says VIDEO. This is a short video from Yosemite National Park. If you have sugar cubes at home, try the activity – SUGAR SHAKE! You can print off the Sugar Shake data page – or copy on paper. It’s very fun – and noisy! Due on Thursday – please answer 3 questions on the Google Doc about erosion.

Reading Skill – Main Idea and Details – Please look under Reading.

April 14. There are 3 activities about Main Idea and Details. If you want to print them, you can cut and glue (or tape) – or you can just write down the words too. Please read the directions provided in Google Classroom for this assignment. This is also due on Thursday, April 16.

Yesterday I put a Document in Google Classroom called Attendance Questions. There are still some students who have not TURNED IN. This has some important questions for the District regarding Technology. It also is informing me of who is reading the blog and who knows how to email me and log onto the sites we use.

If you did not complete this and TURN IN – please do today. I am using this as an attendance record too – Tomorrow I will be calling the homes of students who I have not heard from yet. Thank you.

(so far I’ve heard from: Maya, Sedra, Huissen, Madilyn, Aya, Ava, Kareem, Christian, Zachary, Jack, Kash, Sophia, Mahdi, Nadine, and Julia.)

**Yesterday assignments were posted from Mrs. Poisson (Science Enrichment), Art, Music, and P.E. (gym). Please don’t forget to look at those. Remember, work will be graded and recorded as completed or NOT completed.

***Math for both grades is due tomorrow. Both grades are starting a new Module. There are new videos to watch. Problem sets and Homework is due tomorrow (Wed.) Please send me pictures of completed work or a parent email that it was done is fine. So far I have: Julia, Christian, Liyaan, Madilyn, and Huissen.

***Reading – I put a digital story under Reading – both grades. It is called Lunching With Leeches. I have only heard back from Liyaan, Christian, and Zachary. Please let me know how this worked for you. I would like feedback on this site for possible use.

TODAY: I will be putting a Science Lesson on Google Classroom – including a video on Erosion, an experiment to try at home if you have sugar cubes, and some questions. I will put more details on this blog in just a little while.

Also, Please look here for another Reading assignment in a little bit. I will label all new assignments APRIL 14.

Thank you! Miss Knaus

If you go to Google Classroom, look under Reading. You will find Miss Knaus reading Mrs. Frisby! I had to make 3 videos because my cat kept interrupting! This is the order of the videos:

1. Video 152750

2. Video 154053

3. Video 155205

I am looking at a Reading Resource from iReady. I do not know if it will work with Google Classroom, so I would like for you to try it out! Go to Google Classroom and look under READING. Please click on the April 13 selection. Send me an email or a note and let me know if you can read through the whole story LUNCHING WITH LEECHES. Also, let me know if you get questions that pop up and you can answer them.

Thank you students! Miss Knaus