You will watch two videotaped lessons and take two quizzes. You will email me a google doc that has the answer to the quiz on it. Be sure to label your document with the title of the quiz. The lessons can be found in google classroom (they are not able to be attached here).
Quizzes are below:Environmental-Traits-QuizDownload
You will be creating a google doc to answer ALL questions in red on one paper.
This Tuesday April 28th, there will be chromebook distribution for Lowrey students only from 12pm to 2pm at Lowrey School. Please come to the main doors.Even if you received a chromebook already and you have more than one child that attends Lowrey, then you can check out another one. Large families will be given more than 2 chromebooks. If your family already received three or more chromebooks, please do not come and ask for more, we need to make sure we have enough for all Lowrey students.
Also, we will not cater to Fordson siblings. Fordson will have their own chromebook distribution tomorrow.
Language Arts – Please see entries for writing and reading at the end of this blog post**
You will need to download a QR scanner (the one I use is blue on the app store) on your phone or ipad to complete this week’s lessons. If you have no way of doing that you can email me and I will send you the documents instead. There are three codes for you to scan this week and they are on finding Context Clues. Scan the mysteries to review the passages. Write down your answers and be sure to include WHERE in the text you found your answer. You will complete this on your own and We will discuss these during our class meetings.
Directions:
Mystery 1:
Mystery 2:
Mystery 3:
4. Weekly IXL tasks. Language Arts Level G – complete to 90%: F.4, I.2, O.5, W.3
Science – Both assignments can be put on a single document and submit to me by 4/26
Introduction to Traits – Assignment #1
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS:
HEREDITY AND TRAITS
Students are always interested to understand why they look the way that they do. At an early age, just simply understanding that specific traits are passed down from parents is enough. They will notice that some traits came from their mom, while others came from their dad. As they progress through school, they will learn about traits influenced by the environment, and then that some traits are dominant or recessive.
What you will learn from this video
View the following Generation Genius video found at https://www.generationgenius.com/?share=E7C64
Vocabulary – DEFINE on a google doc:
Exit Ticket to answer on a google doc:
Before the video consider the following questions:
View the video at: https://www.generationgenius.com/?share=11809
After the video answer the following questions on a google doc:
Vocabulary – Define on a google doc:
Complete the Exit Ticket on the google doc:
IXL – Assignment #3
IXL tasks Level G. Complete to 85% – N.1, N.2, N.3
Social Studies – all social studies assignments can be combined on a single google doc and submit to me by 4/26. You are submitting your notes from the videos this week.
1. Start by watching the following fun video on the causes of the American Revolution found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcDxSICplPE
2. Next, click on the following links to learn about AND TAKE NOTES ON the First Continental Congress:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbKHPLbuLw0&index=11&t=0s&list=PLU_3eMWMGreJcDVlQOcFzJZk7c92WY3My and https://www.ducksters.com/history/continental_congress.php
(Reminder* – Ducksters will read to you if you click the speaker icon at the bottom.) Take the quiz to test your knowledge on the 1st Continental Congress.
Math – Pictures of your Succeed book must be submitted by 4/26
(What’s due?? – 4 lessons in ZEARN and Succeed, 6 IXL tasks, 3 Volume worksheets)
You need to complete M6L5, L6, L7, and L8 this week in both ZEARN and also in Succeed. Every homework page needs to be sent to me as a picture for a grade. We will discuss the homework when we meet as well as the worksheets.
Weekly IXL tasks. Level G Complete to 85%: L.12, M.3, AA.3, EE.7, Z.4, K.14
Complete the Geometry worksheets below. Either print and do, or copy answers on a piece of paper. Be prepared to discuss when we meet on Monday and Wednesday during class:
Monday:
Wednesday:
Writing
We will begin a new writing assignment this week. We will be writing informational pieces (non-fiction genre). We will be selecting presidents to write a biography about and gathering information. This week your selection will be made, and you will compile information on a graphic organizer. Please see the graphic organizer below to help guide the different kind of information your should be uncovering as you start your brainstorming. Again, this graphic organizer is meant to help you START your research journey. You should be uncovering more information than what is written on the graphic organizer. We will be selecting our president in class on a shared document. Certain presidents are not available and no “calling” particular presidents. This is an opportunity for you to learn about someone new.BiographyGraphicOrganizer_2Download
Reading
We are beginning a new book this week. This book is available to listen to online. You will need to get through three chapters this week, answer questions and submit by Friday.
This document is for you to answer along the way, throughout the book and will be submitted at the end of the unit when the book is finished:BudNotBuddyStudyGuideDownload
Below are the first three chapters you will finish this week and their comprehension questions. You will need to write the answers to these questions and submit them to me either as pictures or as a google doc. We will discuss this in class:
Bud Not Buddy Chapter 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3XAwXob1bo
Comprehension Questions for Chapter 1
1. At the start of chapter one, where does Bud live?
2. Why does Bud think losing your teeth is one of the scariest things that can happen to a kid?
3. What does Bud keep in his suitcase?
4. Who does Bud think the person on the flyer is, and why does he think this?
Bud Not Buddy Chapter 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24qAMj42ix4
Comprehension Questions for Chapter 2
1. How was Bud awakened in the middle of the night?
2. What was Bud’s third rule?
3. Why did Bud have a rubber sheet on his bed?
4. Where did Mrs. Amos say Bud would have to spend the night? Why?
Bud Not Buddy Chapter 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t1LDQPEu5g&list=PLahimd4bK_QYLgYp9hU188h0-VwfkB5O_&index=3
Comprehension Questions for Chapter 3
1. Why did Bud run over to the pile of rags?
2. What happened to Bud’s friend Bugs?
3. Why did Bud regret looking out the window?
4. What did Bud hit and what happened afterwards?
All work this week is due on Sunday 4/19.
Prior to our google meeting on 4/14, I need you to complete ZEARN M6L1. Some of you are there and that is AMAZING. Some of you are NOT, and you need to catch up before 3pm Tuesday!
STUDENT DIRECTIONS:
You must be logged in to your school account (Dearborn Schools).
In a web browser, enter https://meet.google.com.
Click Join a meeting.
Enter a meeting nickname.( The nickname was shared with you on Google Classroom)
Meetings this week are Tuesday and Thursday at 3pm.
Science:
Ecosystems
(What’s due this week in science? Finish BIOME project if not done, complete activities on the ecosystem document. Make sure you SAVE a copy and rename with YOUR name. You will need to share it back to me with your completed work. You will complete the ecosystem test as a google doc and share it back to me, and you will complete 3 IXL tasks)
4_13_4_17_Ocean-ecosystemsDownloadEcosystem-TestDownload
Social Studies:
(What is due this week in ss? You will be completing research to write and create a visual representation of the Boston Massacre. You will follow the rubric to include all necessary components for BOTH parts)
America’s Revolution
Read https://www.ducksters.com/history/boston_tea_party.php
Part I:
Read the information below about the Boston Tea Party. You will then make a newspaper article from either the modern time period or the past explaining in an article the 5 W’s of history (Who was involved; What happened; When did the events occur; Where did this happen; Why did it happen). Please be sure to write the article in your own words and maintain the TENSE in which you are writing (past or present). The article must have 250 words or more. Use at least 5 social studies vocabulary words.
Grading Rubric for Article (you are NOT aging this assignment*)
| Include | A: 5 points | B: 4 Points | C: 3 Points | D: 2 Points |
| Vocabulary | 5+ vocabulary words, used properly and underlined | 4 vocabulary words, used properly and underlined | 3 vocabulary words, used properly and underlined | 2 or less vocabulary words, used properly and underlined |
| Length | 1+ pages | ¾ page | ½ page | >1/2 page |
| Sentence Fluency | No grammatical errors | A few grammatical errors | Some grammatical errors | Many grammatical errors |
/15 Points
Part II
Create by drawing, painting or using any other artistic expression a depiction of the events of the Boston Tea Party. This grade will be based on effort. Please no stick figures. If this is a weak skill for you then you can create a diorama of the event using clay or figurines. You need to be creative, use your imagination, and apply some effort. Please be sure to use color. You will take a picture of your creation and send it to your teacher’s email address.
| Include | A: 5 points | B: 4 Points | C: 3 Points | D: 2 Points |
| Realistic | Subjective: Does the visual clearly depict the event? | Somewhat depicts the event. | Has some similar characteristics. | Has little or no similarities to the events of the Boston Tea Party. |
| Color | Fully Colored | ¾ Colored | ½ colored | >1/2 colored |
| Neatness | Very neat | Somewhat neat | Sloppy | Very sloppy/ unrecognizable |
| Timeliness: | On Time | 1 Day late | 2 Days Late | 3 Days Late |
/20 points
Boston Tea Party Information
It was another cold December night in Boston. The three British ships the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver were sitting in Boston harbor, their holds full of tea that wasn’t being unloaded because the angry residents of Boston were threatened not to buy or use the tea.
The anger was directed at the government of Great Britain, which at that time had passed the Tea Act, a law that almost guaranteed that the American colonists would buy tea from the East India Company. Why? Because the law lowered the price on tea that the East India Company so much that it was the cheapest tea around. In fact, it was way below the price charged by other tea companies. Most American colonists, looking for ways to cut costs and save money, would choose a cheaper tea over a more expensive tea any day.
Why did this law come about? Well, the East India Company wasn’t doing so well and the British government wanted to help the company get back on its feet.
Other tea companies weren’t happy about the Tea Act, of course, but the American colonists viewed it as another example of “taxation without representation”: In effect, the Tea Act was putting a tax on tea sold by companies other than the East India Company. As with the Stamp Act and other unpopular taxes, they were all voted in by Parliament, which was thousands of miles away, and the American colonists had no way to influence the law or speak out against it while it was being debated in government.
So the colonists were angry. They wanted to do something else to let the British know about the unhappiness that the Tea Act was causing. Some people wanted to keep things nonviolent; others wanted bloodshed. The result was somewhere in the middle.
A group of colonists determined to make things change was the Sons of Liberty. Led by such impassioned patriots as Samuel Adams and John Hancock, the Sons of Liberty had secret meetings at which they discussed how best to get their message across to Great Britain, that the American people wanted more of a role in governing themselves.
Christmas was approaching in the year 1773, and the colonists faced another year of unopposed and unrepresentative taxes. The Sons of Liberty decided to take action.
Donning disguises that made them look like they were Native Americans (remember seeing that in the Liberty’s Kids episode?), a large group of the Sons of Liberty on December 16 stormed aboard those three unsuspecting British ships and dumped 342 crates full of tea overboard. By any standards, that’s a lot of tea. These crates happened to be jammed full of tea, and so the companies that made that tea lost a lot of money that night.
Because the Sons of Liberty were disguised as Native Americans, they could claim that they were not guilty of dumping the tea. The British government knew better, of course, and grew angrier than ever at what it saw as Americans’ ingratitude. The very next year saw the passage of what came to be called the Intolerable Acts, one of which closed the port of Boston entirely.
The Boston Tea Party was a symbolic act, an example of how far Americans were willing to speak out for their freedom. Two short years later, Americans were willing to give their lives for their freedom, as shots rang out on Lexington Green.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/bostonteaparty.htm Text is from this website*
Watch the following videos
Math:
Geometry: Coordinate Pairs
(What’s due this week in math?? – 4 lessons in ZEARN and Succeed, 6 IXL tasks, 4 geometry worksheets)
***Watch and complete ZEARN M6L1 PRIOR TO CLASS MEETING on 4/14***
You need to complete M6L1, L2, L3, and L4 this week in both ZEARN and also in Succeed. We will be working to complete L1 and L3 together when we meet. You must watch and do ZEARN prior to our class math meetings! Every homework page needs to be sent to me as a picture for a grade. We will discuss the homework when we meet. Your pictures are DUE 4/19.
Weekly IXL tasks. Level G Complete to 85%: L.4, M.2, AA.2, EE.5, Z.1, K.9
Complete the Geometry worksheets below. Either print and do, or copy answers on a piece of paper. Be prepared to discuss when we meet on Tuesday and Thursday during class:
Language Arts:
Main Idea
(What’s due this week in LA? Read 3 mysteries to determine Main Idea, 4 IXL tasks, continue to work on the weekly ReadWorks articles.
1. Weekly IXL tasks. Language Arts Level G – complete to 90%: U.2, MM.6, II.1, W.2
2. You will need to download a QR scanner (the one I use is blue on the app store) on your phone or ipad to complete this week’s lessons. If you have no way of doing that you can email me and I will send you the documents instead. There are three codes for you to scan this week and they are on finding MAIN IDEA. Scan the mysteries to review the passages. Write down your answers and be sure to include WHERE in the text you found your answer. We will discuss these during our class meetings.
Directions:
Mystery 1:
Mystery #2
Mystery 3:
Kids can sign up for Time for Kids magazine FREE for the rest of the school year. Have your parents help you register by following this link. ENJOY!
https://time.com/tfk-free/?fbclid=IwAR3evel97fVfAKvf–KbUMyuTjSoERK9HTjvJQTRySeKjDAHnDzpXxDzUlI
MATH: Make sure that ALL of module 5 in math is DONE – in LEARN, ZEARN, and SUCCEED, all of 5 needs to be completed. We will be beginning M6L1 on 4/14.
READING: You should be reading for at least 30 minutes daily and completing the ReadWorks articles I have assigned for the week.
SCIENCE: Your Biome project is two parts. The poster/Google Doc AND your terrarium. If you are doing a poster, remember to take your picture and send it to me by 4/19. If you are completing the requirements on google docs, just remember to share it with me by 4/19. Check the requirements – remember that you will be writing on 5 animals, 3 plants, where in the world your biome is located, the climate needed for your biome to thrive. the human interaction (sometimes this is good and sometimes this is bad), and also a food chain (remember to start with the sun and end with a decomposer). Your terrarium pictures are due 4/19 – These pictures are going to be turned over to Mrs. Younes and Mr. Bazzi and put up on our website.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Make sure you look to see that you have done all your weekly work for the last three weeks and are caught up!
IXL: Make sure you have done all the IXL tasks for the past few weeks. There have been a total of 48 assigned tasks in EVERY SUBJECT COMBINED.
I’ll see on you 4/14 at 3pm
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