REMINDER!!! TODAY!!! 5/5/2020 PICK UP LEARNING MATERIALS!

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Good news parents, we have learning materials ready for you to pick up at school. The student’s math workbooks, Ready Common Core Workbooks and a selection of other school supplies can be picked up at school on Tuesday, May 5 from 12:00 to 3:00 pm or on Wednesday, May 6 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. 

This will be a drive through pick up. All we ask is that you open a window or the trunk and the learning materials for your River Oaks students will be placed in the car.

Learning Materials Pick Up

Posted on by Kellie Wetter

Good news parents, we have learning materials ready for you to pick up at school. The student’s math workbooks, Ready Common Core Workbooks and a selection of other school supplies can be picked up at school on Tuesday, May 5 from 12:00 to 3:00 pm or on Wednesday, May 6 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. 

This will be a drive through pick up. All we ask is that you open a window or the trunk and the learning materials for your River Oaks students will be placed in the car. 

May 4th-8th Online Learning

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Week 7: May 4-8th

Spelling: 

Pattern Week 30: Singular Possessives

  1. family’s
  2. doctor’s
  3. truck’s
  4. turtle’s
  5. author’s
  6. kitten’s
  7. sister’s
  8. brother’s
  9. grandmother’s
  10. yesterday’s

Videos to Guide Spelling Instruction:

Singular vs. Plural: 

Possessives song: 

Possessive Singular Explained:

IXL Skills -please look for starred skills under 3rd grade. 

❒  II Nouns: 7, 9, 10, 11

*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: Students will continue their study of Story Elements with a focus on Personal Narratives. A Personal Narrative is a true story about your life; something that has happened to you. Story Elements are the characters, setting, problem, solution, plot (beginning, middle and end), and theme of a story. 

Think of the 5W’s and H: who, what, when, where, why, and how.  

Please view the following links to help support IXL learning. Listen to the stories provided and answer the following questions.

Videos to Guide Learning:

Stories to Listen to and Answer Story Elements Questions:

Ralph Tells a Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5ss8RTyzrw&t=143s

Jabari Jumps:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwXKM7cyYGM

Blackout:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1eSuNeGfcw

Roxaboxen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kumeb_Ih2U

**If the link does not work, just search the book name on YouTube

Assignment: Once you watched all 4 stories, choose TWO of the stories you listened to this week and answer the questions about story elements. Answer in complete sentences, giving lots of details and using evidence from the book.  

IXL Skills -please look for starred skills under 3rd grade. 

❒  I-Story Elements: 1

❒  T-Descriptive Details: 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: End of Module 6 review and New Module 7 (see google classroom for assignments and videos) 

Zearn: Tuesday through Friday-Module 7 Lessons 1, 2, 3, & 4 

These are the steps you need to for for math 

1. Complete application problem (depending on lesson) found in google classroom, you may print or write your answers in notebook. 

2. Listen to the lesson recorded for fluency, application answer and concept  

3. Complete lesson on Zearn until next level is unlocked and stop, do NOT move ahead  

Videos for Math: 

Lesson 1-3: Multi-step word problems using Read, Draw, Write. 

Video 1:https://youtu.be/gbJOfZnPI00 

Video 2: https://youtu.be/924vbqja–A

Lesson 4: Polygons, Angles and Attributes

Video 1: Polygons- https://youtu.be/zI3rUMrRLF8

Video 2: Angles- https://youtu.be/NVuMULQjb3o 

Video 3: Parallel- https://youtu.be/P3AOoLbA3us

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

Writing: Students will use their knowledge of story elements to write a personal narrative. A personal narrative is a true story about your life; something has happened to you. You can write about something that has happened to you or you have done. Think about good memories you have to help guide you. Please use the video and graphic organizer to help guide writing. 

Graphic Organizer: 

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

(See Materials)

Videos:

How to Write a Personal Narrative:

Episode 1 Brainstorming:

Episode 2 Planning and Prewriting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBQ8dU0KPtg

Episode 3 Writing an Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2H29fRVqf8

Episode 4 Writing a Draft: 

Episode 5 Writing a Closing:

Episode 6 Revising: 

Episode 7 Editing:

Episode 8 Publishing Writing: 

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 review the content from sections 1-5 for the Government of Michigan. 

  1. Listen to the video recorded. It’s the same one we do in class when we review at the end of the unit.  You can listen to it multiple times. 
  2. Complete the end of unit activity. You can always refer back to the video for help 🙂 

Science: Animals Through Time 

1. Mystery Science Lesson 3 : Can you outrun a dinosaur?←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.  

2. Complete IXL Science Skill: ❒ R-Fossils: 1 only

Week 6 April 27-May 1st Online Learning

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Week 6: April 27-May 1

Spelling: 

Pattern Week 29: Contractions

  1. isn’t
  2. didn’t
  3. we’ll
  4. she’s 
  5. don’t
  6. you’ve
  7. there’s
  8. haven’t
  9. hes’s
  10. won’t

*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? 

Songs: 

Language Arts:

Students will study Story Elements. Story Elements are the characters, setting, problem, solution, plot (beginning, middle and end), and theme of a story. Think of the 5W’s and H: who, what, when, where, why, and how.  

Please view the following links to help support IXL learning. 

Videos to Guide Learning:

IXL Skills -please look for starred skills under 3rd grade. 

❒  I-Story Elements: 1

❒  T-Descriptive Details: 1 and 2

Listen to the stories provided and answer the following questions.

Stories to Listen to and Answer Story Elements Questions:

Enemy Pie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2FoGf__Fx0

The Good Egg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5q2Z30Vi5U&t=54s

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: Module 6 (see google classroom for assignments and videos) 

Zearn: Module 6 Lessons 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 

These are the steps you need to for for math daily:  

1. Complete application problem (depending on lesson) found in google classroom, you may print or write your answers in notebook. Lesson 5 application is blank, so create your own story problem and then solve.

2. Listen to the lesson Mrs. Attia recorded for fluency, application answer and concept. 

3. Complete the lesson on Zearn until the next level is unlocked and stop, do NOT move ahead.  

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

**The skills below are for extra practice on multiplication and division 

❒ J-Division Skill Builders: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 

❒ F- Multiplication skill builders: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11 

Writing: 

Students will use their knowledge of story elements to write an imaginative narrative. Use your imagination to write a story on Google Docs! Remember, your story must include a main character, setting, problem, solution. Please use the graphic organizer and learning videos to help guide your writing. Review the Sentence Song to ensure you are writing in complete sentences! Don’t forget to share your Google Doc with your teacher.

Graphic Organizer:

http://www.teacherfiles.com/downloads/graphic_organizers/Story_Map.pdf

Sentence Song to review Sentence Structure:

Episode 1 What is an Imaginative Narrative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ3RwPeerOg

Episode 2 Brainstorming:

Episode 3 Planning:

Episode 4 Writing an Introduction:

Episode 5 Events:

Episode 6 Closing:

Episode 7 Revising:

Editing:

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

Students will read Section 5 in the textbook and complete the interactive links throughout the book. There are also recorded videos to follow along with the text. 

Once they have read section 5, then complete the activity found in Google Classroom. 

Science- New unit: Animals Through Time 

1. Mystery Science Lesson : How do we know what dinosaurs looked like? ←Click on link or go to google classroom, follow the video and complete the activity the best you can. 

2. Complete IXL Science Skill: ❒ R-Fossils: 1 only