WELCOME TO ROOM 18
2025
WINTER BREAK HAS ARRIVED!
Thank you parents for all the gifts. You are too kind. Thank you for sending in books for the book exchange!
Thank you for making the winter holiday party a success.
Please look at your child's unit 2 math score by going to ThinkCentral and look at the unit 2 standards print out in this week's Friday folder.
FYI - Khan Academy and i Ready have optional measurement assignments to work on that correlate with our unit 3 concepts on measurement.
This week's Friday folder has an optional reading assignment for over Winter Break.
If your child completes 15 of the reading activites, they will get a cup of hot cocoa with whip cream when they return from break.
I am truly blessed to be working with such kind parents and great kids! Thank you for making this year so positive. Let's hope next year is just as good.
Enjoy the next two weeks. Most of all have a very HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
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HERE IS THE LINK...
LINK FOR VOLUNTEERING INCLUDING DRIVING
HERE IS THE LINK TO ORDER A PARKMONT YEARBOOK
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: Advancements in Technology
The weekly spelling and vocabulary words can be found in the Fri. Folder when we are working on a unit, but not during the week off from Benchmark.
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 3 Measurement, Time, and Graphs
Some concepts will be learning in Unit 3 are..
feet, yard, mile, meter, liter, milliliter, kilogram, pound, gallon, quart, pint, elapsed time, time to 5 min. quarter to, quarter after, half past, graphs such as bar, pictographs, and line plots.
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
We will start lesson 5 Settling in California
Lesson 5 is found on page 71 - 91.
Essential Question
Why did people come to California?
Objectives
Social Studies
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Analyze why and how people immigrate to the United States.
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Compare benefits and drawbacks of immigrating to the United States.
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Read a map.
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Evaluate benefits and costs, including opportunity costs, as a way of making an important decision.
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Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
Some of the vocabulary words/concepts to learn about are: citizen, discriminate, immigrant, mission, explorers Cabrillo/ Drake/ Vizcaino, Father Junipero Serra, settlers, James Marshall, travelling to California, becoming a citizen, migrant worker
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 2.0 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 will work 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 get to Iready...
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THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED ALL YEAR
CLASS CODES
INVITE LINK TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM - GOOGLECLASSROOM LINK
Google classroom code - tdlha46
IReady - Go to Clever, then IReady
Freckle - Go to Google Classroom for link.
Legends of Learning - Go to Google Classroom for link and code. Use Google
Newsela.com Students use their Google Account
KhanAcademy - use their Google Account: Class code is VZ7KHHGY
Readworks.org: use Google Account--Class code is 6K2HUN
Prodigy - Use Google Account code: 2FBF101
Epic - Getepic.com/students code: qae9200 (link on Google Classroom)
To go to Thinkcentral go to Clever first then Thinkcentral
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.