BE AT THE SCHOOL BY 10:00 TO RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS/PICK UP PERSONAL BAGGED ITEMS!

I hope everyone enjoyed the treats that I sent for you! 

• Drop off library books
• Make a sign for the drive through pick up line-Name/Teacher
• Drive through to get items -I left  something for you in your bag. 
• Turn in any missed assignments 
• Continue to work on missed assignments-get work in by Friday (Check assignments on the blog-missed work in the gradebook, Teams, and  Braipop)
• Enjoy your weekend
• Reflect on the Memorial Day holiday-remember the people who died for our free country. 
• Be prepared for next week-final stories! 
• Finish the week
• Finish the year! 

Week of 5/18-Please turn in all work missing from reading, spelling, math, and brainpop-all subjects. We're nearing the end!

Can you believe it? This is our last full week in May-next week will be Memorial Day! Everyone usually uses that as a day of celebration for a day off, when really, it is one of the country's most somber days.  It is a day of remembrance for all who died keeping America safe for all of us.  The people who risk their lives and work hard to keep us safe really believe in a safe, free country/world.  They are selfless-not selfish! They do this for those they know and more surprisingly, those they don't! So, next Monday, the country takes time to remember their sacrifices for our safety and freedom! 

Week of 5/18 (School Week 37) - Make sure all assignments are turned in! Your superintendent tweeted that he wanted all students to turn in all work.  Follow him on Twitter for the latest updates.   Please read the feedback in portfolios.  Some of you post without reading or making adjustments.  At this point, the quality of your work should be that of a person demonstrating readiness for 4th grade - this is not the time to be laissezfaire. Always do your best as many of you already do! 
Check assignments per subject: Reading, Math, Science, SS in Teams and BrainPop.


Reading/SS Unit 6; Week2:    
Genre: historical fiction again.
Anthology-Nora's Ark, The Wind and the Sun
Reading Writing Workshop-The Big Blizzard 
Focus on the Main Ideas of the stories and the themes (The author's message).   The history is true, but the characters are fiction.  Every class has loved these stories-you will, too!  When we finish this, there's only one more set to go and we're at the end of the year! Last one: Unit 6; week 4
"How do weather conditions change what we do?" Your last journal topic was to tell about an experience you had with weather.  Now, we are back to weather-getting ready for fourth grade.

• Games: spelling, vocabulary, grammar 
• Brainpop/easy quiz  Catch up your work! It's the end.                           *videos: Vermont Flood of 1927-real footage    Vermont's Super Flood-footage     Vermont's Great Flood documentary 21 minutes-great info!                                            *The 1947 New York Blizzard - real footage

Local historical weather: 1992 Hurricane Andrew as it happened part 1 
School was cancelled; some destroyed! Two of my principal's did not live in their destroyed home for one year! My old school took five years to reopen! The gym was destroyed. Only the floor remained.
 Hurricane Andrew clips: before/during/after footage
Hurricane Andrew- Now and Then photographer interview
Andrew sounds, people's stories of home destruction, etc.  Andrew-25th anniversary special
Hurricane Andrew movie  Yep, I was in the closet at 4:00 in the morning!
Miami Waterspout 1997   


Brain Pop: 
Natural Disasters
Spelling: el/le
able, purple (an adjective), 3 riddle, 4 handle, 5 puzzle, 6 castle, 7 eagle,  8 little (also an adjective),
9 pickle, 10 towel, 11 nickel, 12 camel, 13 travel, 14 tunnel, 15 squirrel
Mon. - Write sentences for numbers 1-4  Tues. numbers 5-8,    Wed. 9-12,    Thurs. 13-15 Make them fourth grade ready! Watch capitals, punctuation, spelling, and sense.
Vocabulary   argue, astonished,  complained,  conditions,  forbidding, forecast,  relief,  stranded
Here's a trick -silly video
Get in your sentences.  Some of you are missing many weeks!

Math

• Math Antics activities-points, lines, and planes  
• Continue to review concepts in chapter -12 as needed - 
• Turn in Chapters 11 and 12!!!!!!!!!!!
• Practice with Math Antics turn in activities.  Write: number 1___, 2____, etc. Challenge.Know this before you go forth to fourth! Write your answers in Teams or portfolio. 

 Angles basics activity-Math Antics-Know/do! Some of you already do that-it's easier than sending pictures-especially if you are using dojo portfolios! Don't do all at once!
Review concepts through third to make your foundation strong for fourth-a lot more work, a lot quicker! Reteach-Get Ready for Fourth! 
Get Ready for fourth-Practice as needed-not graded.
BrainPop: Choosing an operation  
Math Antics: https://www.mathantics.com/lesson/what-is-arithmetic Know this!                    Arithmetic exercises         Properties, Operations, Fact Families

Science
Turn in all assignments.  The year is coming to an end.  Don't keep those Zs! 
Finish plants, habitats/ecosystems
Biology for kids
NBC LEARN-What do you think? Could you do this? I've eaten mealworms nicely flavored and even chocolate covered! LOL Zoo Miami even had chefs prepare them in delicious meals! Yep, ate them, too. 
Begin Animals Do BrainPop quizzes for grades:     Classifying animals    Birds    Fish     Amphibians     Reptiles    Mammals        Invertebrates    
 Metrozoo/ZooMiami flamingos in bathroom sheltered during Andrew Cool picture!

Benji the therapy dog! lol

Animals roaming during Covid19 lock down -we had peacocks by the pool! lol

Next up, we connect science with reading (animials): Unit 6; Week 4 We will read and finish the year!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! AND A SPECIAL HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO THE NEW MOMS IN OUR CLASS!

We have a new brother and a new sister born in during the last two weeks! Congratulations!
Covid19 can't keep these babies down! lol Go get 'em!

The Mother's Day Song by Bryant Oden Songdrops (I Gotta Pea)

Remember, this week is continued from last week.  The main focus was the iReady tests on Wednesdays and Thursdays available 8 A.M. to 8 P. M.  Remember to do your best! This week's special feature is iReady Mathematics.  Make sure to have paper and pencils with erasers to solve problems prior to clicking.  The same rules apply.  Families should follow the same guidelines.  I am still able to watch you live online.  I can see the percentages done and he amount of time you're taking plus, we receive reports.  MDCPS will be using your scores as a guide for your support during these next few years.  Just take your time and apply what you've learned.  Strive to be the best you that you can be and then strive to do even better! Progress is Gradual not immediate.  Stay focused.  Find a quiet place, work up to 50% on Wednesday and finish the rest on Thursday.  Turn off the TV.  Don't text during testing times.  Give each other respect and peace.  Remember, we will meet on Tuesday.  I already taught and reviewed these two weeks.  Reread the stories.  Be prepared.  Watch the videos, turn in assignments.  Play the reading, grammar, spelling, vocabulary games and work each math lesson with the interactive rabbit.  Pause as needed.  Content has been via  BrainPopJr.  Check your lessons.  Some of you are still missing lessons!  Some are missing chapter 12 Mid Chapter check.  Some are missing reading tests and spelling sentences.  Make sure you write actual sentences.  At this point, you should be demonstrating fourth grade readiness.

Reading: Unit 5; week 5
Context Clues (Remember Henry P. Baloney by Jon Scieszka)
Open Syllables/Affixes (prefixes/suffixes): open, favor, frozen, tiger; unzip, rewrite, sadly, careful
Reading Writing Workshop: Here Comes Solar Power Link to the story 
                                                                                         Another Link if you can't get in
Anthology: It's All in the Wind; Power for All You Tube link to story
Remember when you read to use SPADE:

Survey the text (Look it over) -------------Before reading                                                                  
Predict what you will learn or read------- Before reading                                                                   
Analyze/Annotate (Think and jot down info)--During reading                                                                              
Disect  (Take apart questions-make sure you understand)----After reading                                             
Evidence---Answer questions with evidence from the text----After reading

• Read/Reread the stories about alternate energy-have you made connections?
• Vocabulary: energy, renewable, natural, replace, pollution, sources, produce, traditional
• Spelling: two syllable words and open syllables- 1.silver, 2.paper, 3.notice, 4.polar, 5.open, 6.favor, 7.frozen, 8.tiger, 9.below, 10.silent  11. open, 12. music, 13. basic, 14. label, 15. pilot Sentences: Mon. 1-3, Tues: 4-6, Wed: 7-10, Thurs: 11-15✏ Friday: Sentences due
• Complete BrainPop assignments/BrainPopJr: Reading: Prefixes past due and Prefixes due Friday from BrainPop BrainPop Prefixes: Movie, Review, and Quiz  prefixes
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• Math: Continue Chapter 12 (Make sure you turned in mid chapter check due 5/8; mid chapter 11 check-due 4/24 or 4/27 and chapter test due 5/1; Chapter 12 test is due 5/15)
• Prepare for iReady End of Year assessment.

Regular weekly lessons:

• iReady: 15 minutes reading/15 minutes math -Remember clever.com as an option to get in.
• iReady: Wednesday: end of year test-AP3-Day 3 -Math -about 30 minutes/stop at 50%/!!!!!
• iReady: Thursday: complete math AP3 test  continue with Day 4-complete test
• iReady: Day 3 begin Math -time for 30 minutes/50%

Math chapter 12, See videos/lessons below-very tricky/challenging-Know for 4th grade!

Last week: 4/27 Monday:12.1 - Plane Shapes; 4/28 Tues: 12.2-Angles/Plane Shapes; 4/29 Wed 12.3- Polygons; 4/30 Thurs: 12.4 Sides of polygons; 5/1 Friday: MID CHAPTER CHECK! 

Begin 12.5 QUADRILATERALS! WooHoo!

Week of 5/11:

Monday 5/11 -12.5/12.6-Classify/Draw Quadrilaterals, 5/12Tues-12.7-Triangle Tuesday! Bring a something triangular to the meeting!); 5/13 Wed-12.8-Classify Plane shapes (SORT!); 5/14 Thurs-12.9 relate shapes, fractions, and area Review as needed-: 5/15 Friday Chapter test - due by 5/18!

Continue assignments-watch videos-Really watch and pay attention. Learn. Get ready for 4th!

Week 1 videos:  WATCH and learn! Pay attention! It's not as easy as it looks!!!!!
 All of chapter 12!
Math Antics: Angles VERY IMPORTANT! 
Math Antics: Angles and Degrees-3rd, 4th 5th+ (Circles and Pi are in 4th!) Past 6 mins is over 3rd!

Geometry: points, lines, planes (12.1-12.4)
Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension Perry music video - Phineas and Ferb in 2D! LOL
Polygon song -using prefixes! Learn them! Know these prefixes! Math life will be easier for you!
Brain Pop assignments: Plane Shapes
Math Antics - Geometry Points, Lines, & Planes -End of 3rd-4th/5th grade! Challenging! 
BrainPopJr=Points, Shapes, Lines, Rays

Week 2 videos:
Quadrilaterals and triangles: (12.5-12.7)
Math Antics: Quadrilaterals 12.5-12.6
I am a Parallelogram song -cute-get ready for 4th! All chapter 12!
It's a Rhombus! song 12.5-12.6
Trapezoid song! 12.5-12.6
The Greedy Triangle - A Math Adventure 12.7
The Greedy Triangle-Interactive reader 12.7
The BazillionsTriangular Triangles song 12.7
Math Antics: Triangles 12.7
Sir Cumference and The Great Knight of Angleland (Many more Sir Cumference books for 4th!)
Shapes song 12.8-12.9
Math Antics Polygons 12.8-12.9

Science and SS -Brain Pop Lessons: Finish plants and habitats/environment-  Next up: animals
BrainPopJr Trees    BrainPopJr Plant adaptations
Brain Pop Jr: SS: Community Helpers

Get Ready for the New Zoom Starting 5/31! Better! Safer!

The personal free Zoom accounts were not as safe.  Be prepared to upgrade-all students will need to  upgrade their accounts 5/31! Yay for everyone! 👏 Thanks Z👀m!


Click to see what’s coming in Zoom! Everyone MUST upgrade! Bye old Zoom!

We will continue meetings and I hope all have already downloaded the app so that we can switch from TEAMs video conferencing to Zooming!  Let me know if you’re ready - I gave everyone enough time to get it!  I can block behavior and shouting on Zoom, so you need to be self controlled. I don’t want to lock anyone out of a meeting.  I let everyone join in all the lessons.  We’ve had many Science/SS (Content Area) students join in on reading and math lessons/activities/discussions and we love it! They participate and are well behaved.

Star Wars Day - May the 4th Be With You!

Beginning 5/4-Unit 5, Week 5, Geometry-Chapter 12, Content: Sci/SS: Environment, Habitats

 Star Wars Day - May the 4th Be With You!
                       Wear/Share something Star Wars to/in the 10:30 meeting!

Reading: Unit 5; Week 5
Context Clues (Remember Henry P. Baloney by Jon Scieszka)
Open Syllables/Affixes (prefixes/suffixes): open, favor, frozen, tiger; unzip, rewrite, sadly, careful
Reading Writing Workshop: Here Comes Solar Power
Anthology: It's All in the Wind; Power for All You Tube link to story
Remember when you read to use SPADE:

Survey the text (Look it over) -------------Before reading                                                                  
Predict what you will learn or read------- Before reading                                                                   
Analyze/Annotate (Think and jot down info)--During reading                                                                              
Disect  (Take apart questions-make sure you understand)----After reading                                             
Evidence---Answer questions with evidence from the text----After reading

• Read the stories about alternate energy-Are you already making connections?
• Vocabulary: energy, renewable, natural, replace, pollution, sources, produce, traditional
• Spelling: 1.silver, 2.paper, 3.notice, 4.polar, 5.open, 6.favor, 7.frozen, 8.tiger, 9.below, 10.silent  11. open, 12. music, 13. basic, 14. label, 15. pilot Sentences: Mon. 1-3, Tues: 4-6, Wed: 7-10, Thurs: 11-15✏ Friday: Sentences due
• Complete BrainPop assignments/BrainPopJr: Reading: Prefixes past due
• Math: Begin Chapter 12 (Make sure you turned in mid chapter 11 check-4/24 or 4/27 and chapter test 5/1)
• Prepare for iReady End of Year assessment. Find a quiet place, login, join meeting, begin test while in meeting
• iReady: 15 minutes reading/15 minutes math
• iReady: begin end of year test Day 1-Reading -Time for 30 minutes/stop at 50%
• iReady: continue with Day 2-complet reading test
• iReady: Day 3 begin Math -time for 30 minutes/50%

Math chapter 12, See videos/lessons below-very tricky/challenging-Know for 4th grade!

Monday:12.1 - Plane Shapes; Tues: 12.2-Angles/Plane Shapes; Wed 12.3- Polygons; Thurs: 12.4 Sides of polygons; Friday: MID CHAPTER CHECK! 

Begin 12.5 QUADRILATERALS! WooHoo!

Week of 5/11:

Monday 12.5/12.6-Classify/Draw Quadrilaterals, Tues-12.7-Triangle Tuesday! Bring a something triangular to the meeting!); Wed-12.8-Classify Plane shapes (SORT!); Thurs-12.9 relate shapes, fractions, and area Review as needed-Friday: Chapter test - due by 5/18!

Continue assignments, watch videos-Really watch and pay attention. Learn.  Get ready fof4th!


Geometry: points, lines, planes (12.1-12.4; 12.8 & 12.9)
Shapes song
Math Antics Polygons         
Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension Perry music video - Phineas and Ferb in 2D! LOL
Polygon song -using prefixes! Learn them!
Brain Pop assignments: Plane Shapes
Math Antics - Geometry Points, Lines, & Planes -End of 3rd-4th/5th grade! Challenging! 
BrainPopJr=Points, Shapes, Lines, Rays

Quadrilaterals and triangles: (12.5-12.7)
Math Antics: Quadrilaterals
I am a Parallelogram song -cute-get ready for 4th!
It's a Rhombus! song
Trapezoid song!
The Greedy Triangle - A Math Adventure
The Greedy Triangle-Interactive reader
The BazillionsTriangular Triangles song

Math Antics: Triangles
Math Antics: Angles
Math Antics: Angles and Degrees-3rd, 4th 5th+ (Circles and Pi are in 4th!) Past 6 mins is over 3rd!
Sir Cumference and The Great Knight of Angleland (Many more Sir Cumference books for 4th!)

BrainPopJr Trees    BrainPopJr Plant adaptations

CONTINUE TO CATCH UP ON YOUR ASSIGNMETS!

Some of you have not been submitting assignments.  Brain Pop assignments should be familiar and comfortable for you.

Please catch up on your assignments.  There's reading, ss, science and math activities.  Do the later assignments and work your way up to the one's that are due this week.  Do not begin the assignments for next week.  Progress reports will be locked in the gradebook, but you will still have time to complete your tasks before the school year ends.  Can you believe that it's May already this weekend? Remember to tell your families, "See you next month." when you get ready to go to bed. LOL When you wake up, it'll be May already!

Portal/Dojo issues

The district is aware of the issues.  I have alerted you in Teams and here, in the blog, and through Dojo-even though it is not the most reliable-which also omits the translation options.  Please make sure that you are in the meetings keeping updated. Assignments have been posted here as  a check point of items to do and pacing suggestions.  Yes, I understand that every household is different and I try very hard to make sure students have ample time to complete tasks. 

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has been monitoring tasks, meetings, apps, time spent on app and meetings  as well as products.  Again, if you have a Z and complete the assignment later, I will change the Z to your grade. I have been graciously accepting all formats as long as it is completed.  Many of you have been on time with EVERYTHING, and I thank you; however, as students lag behind, I continue to check all of the formats of late submissions.  For example: someone is late in math chapter 11; lesson 2, or the mid chapter check and one sends it in portfolios, another in messages, or another sends theirs in Teams, and others are behind in spelling sentences, while some are delayed in brainpop, and others in reading reflections.  It is in everyone's best interests to complete tasks in a timely manner especially during the lessons, examples, discussions, videos, texts, for the week(s) of meetings and lessons.  It's more beneficial for you. Plus, if you have questions, I can group you together to review. We will be beginning Math Chapter 12, Geometry, next week. Imagine trying to finish Time/Measurement in Chapter 10 and trying to post the assignments in the midst of new assignments. Chaos! Right? And no one would enjoy taking a chapter 10, 11, 12 test together. Some of you have done that, some have submitted nothing, while some have everything up to date to the very day! Keep up the great work, and if you are falling behind, catch up! You can do it! I've tried to simplify  the tasks as much as possible and make the submissions available with great comfort and ease for you.  As you are catching up, please note that if you post something at 11:40, you will not see a grade change at 11:45-and probably not even the same day.  Keep working, keep meeting, keep trying, ask questions, connect with friends-that is why I gave many opportunities to exchange information.  😊