Mrs. Wetter's Class

Parents, Families, and Students,

Thank you for all your hard work and commitment during this unprecedented time. Thank you for doing your best – despite all the different challenges that you’ve faced. Thank you for making sure your child is attempting the work and working to their best ability in this new realm of remote learning. We’re almost done with this school year.

Just a quick reminder that per the Governor’s orders for Continuity of Learning, schools are required to grade for this last card marking in ALL subjects including Specials. Here are the district’s guidelines for grading ELEMENTARY students. Report cards will show these letters (M, P, L)

• Meeting (M):  regularly submitted work and attended check-ins
  • Accuracy of work assessed on standards/graded/recorded in MiStar
  • High participation
• Progressing (P):  Submitted most assignments and attended some of the check-ins
• Limited Participation (L):  with one of the following explanations
  • Rarely or did not submit work (may be required to attend summer school)
  • Rarely attended check-in sessions (may be required to attend summer school)
  • Family hardship during the time of instruction (summer support offered)

Participation includes doing assignments on Google Classroom and assigned activities on specified websites.

Special Area Classes (Gym, Music, Art, Media)- You need to check into special teachers’ blogs or Google Classroom to meet their criteria. These are located on my Google Classrooms.

Again, thank you for all you are doing during this stressful time.

We may not be all in the same boat, but we are all in the same storm.

Week 9: May 18th-24th

Spelling: 

Pattern Week 32: /oo/ sound

1. shoe
2. new
3. blew
4. crew
5. boom
6. two
7. grew
8. to
9. threw
10. stew

*Monday– Write each word 3 times each

*Tuesday– Write the meaning of each word

*Wednesday– Put the word in a sentence 

*Thursday– Have someone give you a spelling test, how did you do?

*Friday– (NO SCHOOL)

Language Arts:

Videos to Guide Learning:

Literal and Nonliteral Figurative Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPngxOnjKP0

Literal and Nonliteral Figurative Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUT_WSavAC8

Literal and Nonliteral Figurative Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlRTTxenUDw

Literal and Nonliteral Figurative Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k53iYCwrFk

Point of View Song: https://youtu.be/U97SMylyQjI 

Point of View: https://youtu.be/1lWNAtiru90 

Ready Common Core Book: Students will use their Ready Common Core workbooks to complete lessons. Please follow and complete the lesson for each day. TAKE A PHOTO  OF MONDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAYS WORK. EMAIL TO YOUR TEACHER.

Monday: The Praying Mantid complete p. 192-195 (see video) 

EMAIL PHOTO OF COMPLETED WORK TO YOUR TEACHER 

Tuesday: The Praying Mantid WRITING complete p. 196-197 (see video) 

Writing must include introduction, body and conclusion. In your answer you must include the author’s point of view, give examples from the article that prove the author’s point of view about praying mantids and use quotes directly from the article. Follow given rubric for grading.

EMAIL PHOTO OF COMPLETED WORK TO YOUR TEACHER 

Grading Rubric for p. 196-197: 

Points	Focus	Evidence	Organization
2	The response demonstrates comprehension and provides accurate analysis.	The response supports the analysis with adequate textual evidence.	Ideas are clear and follow a logical order.
1	The response demonstrates some comprehension and provides minimally accurate analysis.	The response supports the analysis with limited textual evidence.	Some ideas are unclear and out of order.
0	The response demonstrates no comprehension and provides inaccurate or no analysis.	The response provides no textual evidence.	Ideas are unclear and not in any order.

Wednesday:  Lesson 12-Words in Context complete pgs. 198-201 (see video) 

Thursday: Seaside Surprise complete pgs. 202-203 AND 206 writing (see video) 

EMAIL PHOTO OF COMPLETED WORK TO YOUR TEACHER

Friday: NO SCHOOL Memorial Day Weekend

IXL Skills -please look for starred skills under 3rd grade.  Complete only if you have time

❒  F-Literary Devices: 1 and 2

❒  E-Idioms: 1

❒  I-Story Elements: 1

❒  T-Descriptive Details: 1 and 2

❒ G-Point of View: New and  1

❒  C-Author’s Purpose: 1 and 2

Raz-Kids:. We will continue to use Raz Kids as our assigned reading. Students who are reading at levels A-J will continue to read and complete at least 2 quizzes per day. Students reading at levels K-Z will only be required to complete one quiz per day. Need to read 30 minutes daily. Keep reading until 30 minutes are up or split it, 15 minutes then another 15 minutes 

Your child should listen, read AND do the quiz for each book. They need to be working on level up, not in the reading room. Also, if your child is having trouble on the quiz with a specific skill for example, the author’s purpose: they can use IXL to strengthen their skill then complete the quiz. If your child does not complete all tasks, they can’t go to the next level.  

Math: (see google classroom for assignments and Mrs. Attia’s videos) 

**Note: save Practice and Succeed workbooks for summer practice  🙂 

Zearn: Lessons 13-16

These are the steps you need to for for math DAILY  

1. Get your Learn workbook and complete the application problem. 

2. Listen and follow along to the lesson Mrs. Attia recorded for fluency, application answer and concept while completing questions in the Learn workbook. 

3. Complete the lesson on Zearn until the next level is unlocked and stop, do NOT move ahead. Zearn will be like the homework that you complete by yourself.  

Monday:  Lesson 13

1. Complete application problem on pg. 63
2. Open Learn workbook to pgs. 63-67, follow along with the lesson 13 video on Google Classroom 
3. Complete Lesson 13 on Zearn 

Tuesday: Lesson 14

1. Complete application problem on pg. 69
2. Open Learn workbook to pg. 69-73, follow along with the lesson 14 video on Google Classroom
3. Complete Lesson 14 on Zearn 

Wednesday: Lesson 15

1. Complete application problem on pg. 75
2. Open Learn workbook to pg. 75-79, follow along with the lesson 15 video on Google Classroom 
3. Complete Lesson 15 on Zearn 

Thursday: Lesson 16

1. No application problem 
2. Open Learn workbook to pg. 81-83, follow along with the lesson 16 video on Google Classroom, get a piece of string or yarn, ruler and  7 circular objects 
3. Complete Lesson 16 on Zearn 

Friday: NO SCHOOL 

-No School, Make-up any Zearn Lessons if you are behind. DO NOT MOVE AHEAD.  

Videos for Learning Math: 

Area and perimeter song: https://youtu.be/rSVMrPu0__U

Perimeter around the Area: https://youtu.be/qU8aWpRd6Qw

Area and perimeter song: https://youtu.be/Tpy09HOkHyI

IXL Skills: Math IXL will be more for students that want extra practice once they’ve completed all steps above 

** see starred skills on IXL and complete as many as you can, if you have extra time 

Writing: Students will continue their study of Author’s Purpose by writing an informational writing piece. Informational text teaches us facts about a topic. Students will pick an animal of their choice. Students will research the animal using Kids National Geographic, RAZ Kids and EPIC. Students will complete the graphic organizer to help guide their writing. Writing must include an introduction, body and conclusion. Students must include classification of animals, what they eat, their habitat and adaptations. Students should follow the given rubric for grading. Please send completed writing in a Google Doc or take a photo and email to your teacher. 

Learning and websites:

Kids National Geographic: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/

PIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1WZPdXmso&t=123s

Animal Adaptations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRX2JtKFUzk

Animal Habitats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0OgEmBdM7g

Animal Classification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCm5CcQhU-c

Graphic Organizer: 

Animal Research Organizer

Rubric:

Informational Rubric

Videos:

Episode 1-What is it?

Episode 2-Brainstorming

Episode 3-Planning

Episode 4-Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bbWJKIvl2chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6BTfNQiXXI&list=PLTCzXKdxBpDDcTXBNyvPmR1r_nOg-26sX&index=4

Episode 5-Draft

Episode 6-Closing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5GLGeOFs8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90TT0q2mHws&list=PLTCzXKdxBpDDcTXBNyvPmR1r_nOg-26sX&index=6

Episode 7-Making a Table of Contents

Episode 8-Making a Glossary

Social Studies: Michigan Economics 

This week for social studies, we will begin our Economics unit. Please read Section 3 of the PDF on Economics and listen to the video Mrs. Fowler made.

Be sure to do all of the interactive links in Section 3. After you have read and listened to the text, then do the Activity.

Open Book: Economics

Economics: Section 3

Scarcity Activity

Science: Animals Through Time 

Mystery Science Lesson 5 : Can selection happen without people?←Click on link or go to google classroom, follow the video and complete the activity the best you can. Click “mark as done”, when completed on google classroom.  

Specials: (you are still graded for specials) 

Gym– Visit Ms. Webbs Blog- https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/webbl/

Art– Visit Ms. Zechar’s Blog- https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/zechar/

Music– Visit Ms. Green’s Blog- https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/keyofg/

Media– Add Ms. Ackerman to Google Classroom-The code is ukz5swk 

Please check Miss Green’s Virtual Classroom every Friday for new activities and assignments!https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RF8jin3QYfXu-bvcPCf0snkjoQxrXfAAqyhhu95X9LU&authuser=1

MyPlate for Kids: Learn about the 5 Food Groups-This Friday, 5:00pm-6:00pm- FREE LIVE ONLINE Webinar. Register HERE- ONLINE for Zoom Login Details!
Presented by: LAHC Health Educators: Zahraa Ayoub & Linda Bazzi and LAHC Culinary Educator: Mohamed Alqamoussi

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdS_bIJv4ZwUeVH5ZzBTFZ9V73LLAeNEPfI-xlG2CkxH6igpQ/viewform

STUDENTS WILL USE MATERIALS PICKED UP FROM SCHOOL FOR LEARNING! TAKE A PHOTO AND EMAIL WORK IN WORKBOOKS. THANK YOU! Always remember do what you are able 🙂

Week 8: May 11-15th

Spelling: 

Pattern Week 31: /ight/ 

1. light
2. might
3. tight
4. fight
5. sight
6. right
7. bright
8. delight
9. slight
10. height

Videos to Guide Spelling Instruction:

*Monday– Write each word 3 times each

*Tuesday– Write the meaning of each word

*Wednesday– Put the word in a sentence 

*Thursday– Find more words with the same pattern

*Friday– Have someone give you a spelling test, how did you do? 

Language Arts:

Videos to Guide Learning:

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skX6RnnIkuM

Author’s Purpose:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1WZPdXmso

Author’s Purpose Pie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsQC4nEERYo&t=4s

Author’s Purpose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZbMq2f8rxk

Author’s Purpose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_XOz3OD_kw

Ready Common Core Book: Students will use their Ready Common Core workbooks to complete lessons on Author’s Point of View and Interim Assessment. Please follow and complete lesson for each day. TAKE A PHOTO  OF TUESDAY AND THURSDAYS WORK. EMAIL TO YOUR TEACHER.

Monday: Author’s Point of View Lesson 11 complete p. 174-175

Tuesday: Make Way for the Mallard Family complete p. 176-177 and Writing p. 180 SEND PHOTO OF COMPLETED WORK AND SEND TO YOUR TEACHER

Wednesday: Snow Sculpture Contest complete p. 178-179 and Writing p. 181

Thursday: Our Most Famous Immigrant complete p. 182-187 SEND PHOTO OF COMPLETED WORK AND SEND TO YOUR TEACHER 

Friday: Big Bugs complete p. 188-191

IXL Skills -please look for starred skills under 3rd grade.  Complete only if you have time

❒  I-Story Elements: 1

❒  T-Descriptive Details: 1 and 2

❒ G-Point of View: New and  1

❒  C-Author’s Purpose: 1 and 2

Raz-Kids:. We will continue to use Raz Kids as our assigned reading. Students who are reading at levels A-J will continue to read and complete at least 2 quizzes per day. Students reading at levels K-Z will only be required to complete one quiz per day. Need to read 30 minutes daily. Keep reading until 30 minutes are up or split it, 15 minutes then another 15 minutes 

Your child should listen, read AND do the quiz for each book. They need to be working on level up, not in the reading room. Also, if your child is having trouble on the quiz with a specific skill for example, the author’s purpose: they can use IXL to strengthen their skill then complete the quiz. If your child does not complete all tasks, they can’t go to the next level.  

Math: (see google classroom for assignments and Mrs. Attia’s videos) 

**Note: save fluency and succeed workbooks for the summer 🙂 

Zearn: Lessons 5-12

These are the steps you need to for for math DAILY  

1. Get your Learn workbook and complete the application problem. 

2. Listen and follow along to the lesson Mrs. Attia recorded for fluency, application answer and concept while completing questions in the Learn workbook. 

3. Complete the lesson on Zearn until the next level is unlocked and stop, do NOT move ahead. Zearn will be like the homework that you complete by yourself.  

Monday:  Lesson 5

1. No application problem
2. Open Learn workbook to pg. 21-23, follow along with the lesson 5 video on Google Classroom 
3. Complete Lesson 5 on Zearn 

Tuesday: Lesson 6

1. Complete application problem on pg. 25
2. Open Learn workbook to pg. 25-29, follow along with the lesson 6 video on Google Classroom, get a ruler or measuring tape if you have one
3. Complete Lesson 6 on Zearn 

Wednesday: Lesson 7, skip lesson 8 and 9

1. No application problem
2. Open Learn workbook to pg. 31-33, follow along with the lesson 7 video on Google Classroom, get crayons 
3. Complete Lesson 7 and 8 on Zearn 

Thursday: Lesson 10, skip lesson 11

1. Complete application problem on pg. 45
2. Open Learn workbook to pg. 45-49, follow along with the lesson 10 video on Google Classroom, get crayons 
3. Complete Lesson 9 and 10 on Zearn 

Friday: Lesson 12 

1. Complete application problem on pg. 55
2. Open Learn workbook to pg. 55-59, follow along with the lesson 12 video on Google Classroom, get ruler
3. Complete Lesson 11 and 12 on Zearn 

Videos for Learning Math: 

Area and perimeter song: https://youtu.be/rSVMrPu0__U

Perimeter around the Area: https://youtu.be/qU8aWpRd6Qw

Area and perimeter song: https://youtu.be/Tpy09HOkHyI

IXL Skills: Math IXL will be more for students that want extra practice once they’ve completed all steps above 

** see starred skills on IXL and complete as many as you can, if you have extra time 

Writing: Students will continue their study of Author’s Purpose by writing a persuasive writing piece. To persuade means to convince someone of something or to change their mind about something. Students will provide factual information in order to support their opinion and convince the reader. 

Topics: Pick one of the two topics to write about. Read the given Scholastic News Debate on your topic. Think of your opinion about the topic.  Plan your writing using the graphic organizer to convince your reader of your opinion. Provide your opinion and reasons for your beliefs using an introduction, body and conclusion. Create a Google Doc to share your work, or write in a notebook, take a photo and send to your teacher.

1. Should students have to take gym class?
2. Should you keep money you find?

Graphic Organizer: 

https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/blogs/genia-connell/migrated-files/opinion_graphic_organizer_legal_size.pdf

(See Materials)

Persuasive Opinion words and phrases:

https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/blogs/genia-connell/migrated-files/opinion_words_and_phrases.pdf

Videos:

Episode 1-What is it?

Episode 2-Brainstorming

Episode 3-Planning

Episode 4-Reasons

Episode 5-Introduction

Episode 6-Draft and Closing

GoNoodle:  Stay active! Download the App and get moving! If you can’t download the App, go on YouTube and search GoNoodle. 

Social Studies: Michigan Government

This week for social studies, we will begin our Economics unit. Please read Section 1 and 2 of the PDF on Economics and listen to the videos Mrs. Fowler made.

Be sure to do all of the interactive links in Section 1 and 2. After you have read and listened to the text, then do Section 1: Activity.

Open Book: Economics

Economics: Section 1

Economics: Section 2

Activity 

Science: Animals Through Time 1. Mystery Science Lesson 4 : What kinds of animals might there be in the future?←Click on link or go to google classroom, follow the video and complete the activity the best you can. Click “mark as done”, when completed on google classroom.