WELCOME TO ROOM 18
2024
Progress Reports are in the Friday folder! Your child's i-Ready score is on the bottom of the progress report (district test). Please sign and return one copy and keep the other copy for yourself. Please let me know if you feel your child is struggling acadmically and you would like to set up a conference.
April 23rd Niles Ice Cream fundraiser from 4 - 8 PM. Funds go to Parkmont
April 26th Lunch with your child for 3rd - 5th graders
F.Y.I. SBAC testing will start on April 30th - May 9th.
Thank you for the emails letting me know you signed up to be a driver for Aqua Adventure. Remember, you can just be a driver to get us there and back and do not need to stay at the park as long as we have at least 6 parents that stay.
Currently, this is a list of who is planning on driving to Aqua Adventrure: Alana's dad, Vedha's dad, Albies's dad, Zoey's dad, Anna's mom, Udit's mom, Divyansh's dad, Hiransh's dad. I will let you know once you have been cleared to drive.
Any donation for Aqua Adventure less than $25 is okay
There are a lot of parents who signed up to attend Aqua Adventure. Drivers of students will get first priority.
If you are volunteering to attend our field trip to Aqua Adventure please volunteer as a parent driver and make sure to submit all of your paperwork on Civicore.
If you are interested in seeing what the SBAC practice test looks like, here is a link. Remember, the test isn't until May so you have plenty of time to view this practice test. I will leave this link here until students take the actual test....
Once you get to the site, click on the green student test. Leave both options to ON, and then follow the rest of the steps. You do not need a password.
Here is a link you can use to see some of the tools students will need to get familiar with before taking the SBAC test...
Please go to IXL, Khan Academy, and iReady to give your child more assistance with fractions.
HERE IS THE LINK...
LINK FOR VOLUNTEERING INCLUDING DRIVING
LINKS FOR PARKMONT SPIRIT WEAR, PARKMONT YEARBOOK, AND TO BE AN APPROVED VOLUNTEER ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
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
Unit: Weather and Climate
Spelling and Vocabulary words can be found in the Friday folder.
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
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.
You can also see a child's unit test results on ThinkCentral.
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 10 PAGE 171 - 181
Vocabulary words - habitat and tolerant
Essential Question
What can we do to improve our community?
Objectives
Social Studies
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Identify specific ways of showing public virtue.
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Develop a detailed proposal for a class project to help their communities.
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Evaluate and compare ideas for class projects according to a set of criteria.
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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
Weather and Climate unit. We are on 3.2 lesson in Weather and Climate. You can find the same slides on Clever, then Amplify.
What’s in This Unit?
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.
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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!
LINK TO ORDER PARKMONT YEARBOOK
Link to get to Iready...
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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 - GOOGLE LINK
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:U55YP5K9
Readworks.org: use Google Account--Class code is
Prodigy - Use Google Account code: D7C176E
Epic - Getepic.com/students code: qae9200
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.