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WELCOME TO ROOM 18
2023
FAREWELL FROM ROOM 18
THANK YOU PARENTS FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR!
THIS IS MY FINAL NEWSLETTER
And just like that, the year is officially over. I'm happy we continue to be in person. I have truly enjoyed teaching this class. I will miss every single student! I hope I have made a positive, significant impact in your child's life. I hope they learned from me and had FUN. I hope I helped make them more independent. I really hope I helped them learn how to think using critical thinking skills. THANK YOU parents for all that you did from home. Thank you volunteers for making this a better school year. A special thank you to Mrs. Chien for helping out ALL year long. Thanks for making my life easier by having worked with me during the school year.
In this week's Friday Folder your child will have a packet of worksheets to work on over the summer months along with a list of 4th grade standards so you can get an idea of what is coming up next school year. I also sent home the remainder of the SBAC math workbook pages that can be worked on over the summer. Most likely, there will be numerous extra papers for your child to work on as we are sending home all unfinished work that was stored in a child's extra folder. There is also information on some reading challenges your child can participate in.
Next week I will be posting a class memory video for you to view featuring your own kids!
Yearbooks will be handed out next week for students who ordered one. As far as I know, there are NO more yearbooks available to order.
We are covered for FIELD DAY VOLUNTEERS (TUESDAY). Thank you volunteers for "stepping up to the plate" and making this a fun experience for all!
The end of year math test standard scores are in this week's Friday folder.
I am not sure what sites will/will not be working over the summer months such as the sites that students access on Clever. That will be determined by the district, not me, so if a site is not up and running it is because of the district, not the teacher.
Feel free to buy your child a book that they can use over the summer such as a third grade workbook in reading/math or a workbook that covers the transition for third to 4th such as the one pictured here.
FYI May 29th no school. Memorial Day
May 30th, May 31st, June 1st, and June 2nd are EARLY RELEASE DAYS (Out at 1:37)
FYI School ends June 2nd. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS REPORT CARDS ON THE PARENT PORTAL (THE DISTRICT CONTROLS THE TIME OF DAY THEY ARE POSTED).
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REINFORCE THE CONCEPTS WE ARE LEARNING BELOW AT HOME.
PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE AND ONLY EMAIL ME OVER WEEKENDS IF THERE IS AN URGENT EMERGENCY. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING.
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READING
Spending Time and Money.
Additional material is located on Google Classroom to help students with our Benchmark program. It can be found in G.C. under the label Benchmark.
Also on Google Classroom, use the link to Khan Academy to get more help with reading
Try I-ready (on Clever)
Please feel free to go to Benchmark (go to Clever first) and look over your child's tests.
Give Readworks.org a try by going to Google Classroom for the link.
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MATH
MATH: UNIT 5 LAST UNIT is on Writing Equations to Solve Word Problems.
Some concepts/vocabulary students will be learning in Unit 5 are..
Addition/subtraction situations, word problems with unknown addends or unknown factors, word problems with unknown starts, comparison word problems, comparison problems with misleading language, word problems with Extra, Hidden, and Not Enough Information, write first step questions for two step problems, solve two step word problems, equations and two step word problems
The math homework and class book can be found online. Have your child go to Clever, then ThinkCentral, then click on My library.
For additional help in math, use the link in Google Classroom under Khan Academy and search for my assigned math.
Go to CLEVER. Then go to IXL for many practice math opportunities.
Try I-Ready (go to Clever first)
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HISTORY
Lesson 9. Protecting the Environment. The information can be found on pages 153 - 169.
Some of the vocabulary words/concepts/ to learn about are:
How can we care for the environment?
Objectives
Social Studies
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Compare solutions to problems and choose the best option.
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Classify sources of energy as renewable or nonrenewable.
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Identify the consequences of using various sources of energy.
THIS SAME INFORMATION (BOOK) CAN BE FOUND ON CLEVER. THE NAME OF THE SITE ON CLEVER IS TCI. IT'S A DISTRICT SITE.
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SCIENCE
CHECK THE AMPLIFY SITE ON CLEVER
We will finally start a new unit in science. The new unit is on WEATHER.
Few units focused on weather and climate provide students with a compelling reason to figure out weather patterns in places where they don’t live. Searching for a suitable locale where orangutans can live heightens students’ engagement and sense of purpose as they take on finding a solution to the unit’s problem.
Many people—both children and adults—confound weather and climate. Weather describes what is happening with temperature, precipitation, and wind in a given location at a given time. Climate refers to the usual weather patterns in an area over a longer span of time. By supporting students in analyzing weather data and identifying weather patterns over different timescales, this unit gives students the opportunity to construct an understanding of this difference and why it is significant. Through this unit, students come to better understand weather and climate and how each influences and impacts not only daily life, but also the successful survival of living creatures in different locations around the world.
Exploring weather and climate in this way also allows for the seamless integration of math. This unit is rich with purposeful math activities that hone students’ skills in Common Core math practices. Students analyze data using bar graphs and line plots and solve problems involving measurement and liquid volumes. Students also make sense of and persevere in solving problems, reasoning abstractly and quantitatively, constructing viable arguments, and attending to precision.
How?
The problem of deciding where to establish the orangutan reserve is broken down into smaller problems, with the timescale that students consider growing longer as the unit progresses.
In Chapter 1, students explore the vocabulary, tools, and strategies they will need to answer the chapter question, Which island’s weather would be best for orangutans? They also investigate how to measure temperature and precipitation through hands-on activities. By the end of the chapter, students figure out that in order to support claims that compare the weather in different locations, they need strong evidence that requires consistently and systematically measured data.
In Chapter 2, students realize that one single day of data is not enough to predict impending weather, so the question becomes Which island’s weather will continue to be best for orangutans? Students work with line plots and analyze patterns using a digital modeling tool, figuring out that a line plot showing one month of temperature data for a location is useful for finding the temperature range. Students begin to develop an understanding that they can use patterns, such as temperature range, to make predictions about the weather.
In Chapter 3, students expand the amount of data they analyze, to answer the question Over many years, which island’s weather will be best for orangutans? Students are introduced to the concept of averages and the idea that the average of a set of data summarizes the data into a single number. Through activities focused on analyzing bar graphs of average temperature and precipitation, students both grow their ability to describe and compare weather, seasons, and climate in a variety of locations around the world and practice making predictions about weather in future years.
In Chapter 4, students shift from when weather patterns occur to thinking about where different weather events happen repeatedly as they investigate the question How can the WPO prepare for natural hazards that might damage their offices? As students plot natural hazards and temperatures on maps, they discover a spatial pattern to the weather. They read to find out how people prepare for natural hazards, and then design, build, and test model hurricane-resistant structures. At the end of the unit, students reflect on how the different visual representations of weather data (graphs, maps, and tables) they’ve encountered are used to describe patterns and make weather predictions. They connect those skills to possible events in their own lives as a way to see the relevance and usefulness of what they’ve learned about weather and climate.
FREE SCIENCE RESOURCE
SCHOLASTIC SCIENCE (click on the link)
Password is Parkmont18
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WRITING
In writing, we are working on writing full, complete sentences. We are also working on staying on topic. Students will be learning how to state a clear opinion, use sentences of different lengths, writing a strong conclusion, revising and editing.
During the year, students will learn how to write a personal narrative, opinion piece, descriptive writing, and explanatory/informational writing.
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STAY SAFE!
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THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED ALL YEAR
THE CODES BELOW WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED FOR THIS YEAR'S CLASS
INVITE LINK TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM -
https://classroom.google.com/c/NTM4NDA2NTU1MjMx?cjc=mrdcnoh
code (if needed) mrdcnoh
IReady - Go to Clever, then IReady
Newsela.com Students use their Google Account
Flocabulary: students use their Google Account
KhanAcademy - use their Google Account: Class code is: WBY89MCF
Readworks.org: use Google Account--Class code is
Prodigy - Use Google Account code: DE524F0
Epic - Getepic.com/students code: WWB3K6
To log on to Edpuzzle - Go to Clever first, then Edpuzzle code:
To get to Brainpop go to Clever first then BrainPop
To go to Thinkcentral go to Clever first then Thinkcentral
Legends of Learning: code:
A few notes: To get to ZOOM for my class use the
Meeting Code 435 384 5534 Password 775387
or just use link I send out
Link for Clever.....
students use their google class username and password to log on.
If you are interested in ordering Scholastic Books for your child you either go to my links page and click on the Scholastic Link or you can go to Scholastic.com/bookclubs and use code GVYX9. I'm not sure if the books will get sent to Parkmont or your house. If they get to school I will make sure you get them by notifying you. THIS IS OPTIONAL.
For students that need more assistance with reading fluency, please log on to Clever and then go to the Lexia icon.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND MAKING THIS A GREAT YEAR!
Please feel free to look at the various links my website has.
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