Author: Dana Hedke-Kronk

Your Big Blue Button Meeting times are IN THE SCHEDULE for next week. MONDAY AT 3pm. WEDNESDAY AT 4pm.

Your weekly IXL tasks are IN THE SCHEDULE for next week.

**SOMETHING NEW** OFFICE HOUR THIS WEEK: Friday from 1-2pm. Use Big Blue Button to pop in and ask me any questions about assignments that may confuse you!

The details of your subject area assignments are posted in individual posts. Please see them for more details!

CLICK TO OPEN YOUR SCHEDULE BELOW

Monday, 5/11 at 3pm. We will be meeting on Big Blue Button again. You won’t be able to join the meeting until 3pm (FYI).

Reminder – to access, be sure to be logged into your Dearborn school account. Go to student portal, and click iLearn. THERE IS NO ENROLLMENT CODE NEEDED! Scroll down and you will see Kronk’s Crew Virtual Meeting as an option. Once you click into the class, Big Blue Button is a tab (you will see it right away) click in and join ALLOWING microphone. Its the option on the left…do NOT select LISTEN. You will be asked to leave and rejoin.

Remain muted until asked to unmute. Have your pencil, math books, and virtual meeting notebook DATED to 5/11. We will be taking notes in class. I’m asking that you be done with Zearn M6L15 before we meet.

We will be going over L15 homework as well as L16. We will also be discussing work due this week.

See you all then, Mrs. Kronk

Watch the following video to know how to maneuver Big Blue Button. Our meeting will be tomorrow at 3pm

ALL OF YOUR IXL tasks for the week are in this document below. PRINT if you are able to, and cross off the work as you go.

It is best for you to complete ZEARN first. Watch the videos as they come up – this will help you understand better. Review the links for each of the three lessons. Watch the videos and complete your workbook pages. Pictures of your math book are due to me by 5/10

Lesson 12 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B9Lkg9mEOowOGf98jZCoYcaErqv1jSMY/view

Lesson 13: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TGvqmZhJlSYOcABQhRzOWHE1ME1PlF0T/view

Lesson 14: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IOrj9mmdh8dqkDB2FqbYh01hUgubBeki/view

You have to complete a google slide or PowerPoint of a timeline of the American Revolution. Read #5 for more information. This is due 5/17

1. Start by watching the following short video on the Alliance with France found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vtwqx8WzBg – take notes.
2. Read about the Articles of Confederation found at  https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/articles_of_confederation.php and take the quiz at the end to test your knowledge.
3. Click the link to read about the Battle of Yorktown found at https://www.ducksters.com/history/battle_of_yorktown.php – take the quiz for your own knowledge
4. Click to read about the Treaty of Paris found at https://www.ducksters.com/history/treaty_of_paris.php Why was this significant? Take the quiz to test your knowledge.
5. You will be creating a Time line of the American Revolution on google slides or PPT. Your knowledge and notes from the past few weeks will REALLY help you to do this. If you have been doing your weekly assignments, this assignment won’t take you long. If you skipped the work, this will take you AWHILE to do. You have two weeks. DO NOT PUT THIS OFF. You must include ALL OF the following events found here: https://www.ducksters.com/history/revolutionarywartimeline.php  You will need to write a 1-paragraph summary for each of the 17 items (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) and accompany it with a picture you find on google images. Be sure to find and include a CORRECT picture. Also, you MUST include your dates on this google doc as it is still a TIMELINE. You will be numbering your items instead of placing them along a horizontal line. We will discuss this further in our class meeting.  
6. Watch Episodes 39-40 on Liberty’s Kids – These are the LAST episodes ☹

Introduction to plastics and the ocean. Answer all questions in purple on a single google doc and submit to me by 5/10.

1. Describe the image posted here and write a paragraph detailing: Would you want to swim there? Do you think animals want to swim there? How does it make you feel? What caused this? Is this a good way to treat our environment? Put your thoughts into a google doc and submit it with the title – Introduction to Plastics – Week 1

The effects of ocean plastics pollution.

1.  Define the words:  respect, empathy.

2.  Look at the following images and describe how plastics can harm sea life.
3.  How can we show respect and empathy for ocean wild life?

   

Watch the following two videos:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsezwSydCzo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEKohTXF4Xw

Answer the following questions on a google doc as part of your document for Week 1

1. Who is Capt. Charles Moore?
2. What does he do?
3. What is a gyre and why is it called a garbage patch?
4. What are Nurdles?
5. What are plankton?
6. What has he discovered about the ratio of plastics to plankton in the ocean?  
7. Has this ratio changed?
8. What are the effects of plastics on birds?
9. What are the effects of plastics on fish?
10. What is found in the stomach contents of Albatross chicks?
11. What are the suggestions to solve the problem?

This week you will be doing a few activities.

1st – you will be creating a representation of “your president” this can be done in a number of ways. You will use materials available to you to create a colored drawing, painting, sculpture, clay figurine, 2 liter bottle portrayal, egg-head portrayal, Lego creation (just to name a few choices). Pay attention to who your president was. Example, if they wore glasses, used a cane, had white hair, was always with their dog, etc. These things should be included in your representation (when I did this report, I chose to represent my president on a horse, because he was part of the Rough Riders – just to give you an example).

Representation: Worth 20 points
     1.  This should have the face of the president (styrofoam ball works great)
     2.  It should be dressed as the person (cloth, doll clothes, or paper)
     3.  It should also have some sort of prop that represents why their person is famous.  For example:  Thomas Jefferson might be holding a paper to represent the Declaration of Independence.
     4.  If dressing up a 2-liter bottle, it works best if you fill the bottle with water, sand, pasta, or beans prior to dressing it up.
     5.  Craft glue or a hot glue gun works best.  FYI -School glue does not hold.
     6.  The student should be the one to construct the president representation. Parents may help hold, cut, glue, etc., but it should be the student’s own work.

2nd – you are going to ensure that you have your 25 GOOD facts for your president and that they are typed up on a google doc (you will need this next week).

3rd – you will revise your draft this week. Ask an older sibling or parent to look over your work. Ensure that it flows. Below is an example to help you with your hook and introduction. Your FINAL copy is due 5/17. DO NOT PUT THIS OFF!

EXAMPLE OF A HOOK AND INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH: American presidents are unlike other heads of state. Their lives and actions in office affect far more than just our country. Many strong, intelligent, brave men have been the president of our country.  The men who have occupied this high office have helped shape the destiny of the world.

HELP STRUCTURING YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS FOR YOUR PAPER: Required Information Paragraph 1 – Early Life -Birthplace -Date of Birth -Parents’ names and occupation -Family – siblings, aunts, uncles, or cousins -Education -Important Events -Career -Personal Life Paragraph 2 –Presidency -Political Life -Years in Office -Political Party -Vice President -Important Events -Famous People of the Time -Picture as the President Paragraph 3 – Later Years -Place of Residence -Place of Library -Activities -Date -Remembered for…

Here are links to sites to look up more information on your president. Read up for additional help! https://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/ http://www.usa4kids.com/presidents/Presidents.html and http://www.fun-facts.org.uk/american-presidents/american-presidents.htm

Complete three videos and comprehension questions for chapter 7 & 8 (chapter 8 is in two parts). Send me the answers to these comprehension questions by 5/10 on google docs. DON’T FORGET TO UPDATE YOUR STUDY GUIDE WITH THE ANSWERS FROM CHAPTER 7 & 8 AS WELL!!

Bud Not Buddy Chapter 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcmUNir2LVg&list=PLahimd4bK_QYLgYp9hU188h0-VwfkB5O_&index=7

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. Why does Bud go to the library?

2. What happened to Miss Hill?

3. How does the librarian help Bud?

Bud Not Buddy Chapter 8 Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oazJ3Mw8Li0&list=PLahimd4bK_QYLgYp9hU188h0-VwfkB5O_&index=8

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. Why did Bud pull out his jackknife?

2. What’s a Hooverville?

3. What was Bud’s task once he finished eating dinner?

4. Who was the girl Bud met?

Bud Not Buddy Chapter 8 Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lqsWHBFdvM&list=PLahimd4bK_QYLgYp9hU188h0-VwfkB5O_&index=9

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. What life changing event happened to Bud?

2. What happened when Bud tried to board the train?

3. What do the surnames Caldwell and Calloway have in common?

Your invitation to join Google Classroom has been sent to your email. You must be logged into your school account. Go to the Dearborn Schools student portal, click the blue CLEVER button and accept the invitation to our Kronk’s Crew classroom. Assignments are on the GC now. Signing in and signing up are part of you participation grade this week. Nice job to those of you who have already done so!