Classwork for 3/31/2020

Hello Everyone!

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Here are Day 2's lesson plans with all attachments ready to go!

As a friendly reminder, remember doing things such as taking a break to draw, read, or have quiet time is a great option as well. In addition to this, involving your students in things you are doing (making dinner or cleaning, to name a couple) is a great option as well. On the days when it is nice, I suggest spending a little extra time outside. Take time to get exercise and soak up the sun!

Here we go!

Office Hours​ Reminder: 

• ​On Tuesday I will meet with: Caleb, Anna, Hunter, Madsen, and Sophie. 
  • If you selected Zoom or Phone call, I will send a Remind message before trying to reach you. If you chose Remind or Email, I will send a check in and would love a response!
• You can reach me for any questions or just to check in with an immediate response guaranteed over email or Remind from 10:00am-12:00pm. Thank you to everyone who reached out today!! I love hearing from you. If you contact me outside of those times, I will get back to you as soon as I am able. 

Google Link: Here is the link to the communication preferences form. If you have not filled it out, please take a moment to do so.

• Link: https://forms.gle/metJPCxesA1UAJ3aA​

District Work Packet Requirements: Link to the digital packet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BNfAkCbF-oOalywitDoEXlCPnxUyGMz8/view?usp=sharing​

• Math: 8-1 Attributes of Shapes:
  • Review the following vocabulary words. Use the PDF or create a blank check-point page to review. Below are the vocabulary words if you need help.
    
    • Attribute: A characteristic or property of an object. (Size, shape, color, and number of sides are attributes)
    • Side: One line segment that makes up a polygon.
    • Angle: The distance between two lines that have met at a vertex. (measured in degrees)
    • Vertex: The point at which the sides of a polygon meet. (Pointy corners)
    • Parallel: Lines that never cross or meet. (They can go on and on forever and never touch!)
    • Right Angle:​ An angle that could fit a perfect square. (It is 90 degrees)
  • Today, have your child take a blank piece of paper and split it down the middle. Label one side triangles and the other side quadrilaterals. Label the back side parallel lines. Have children walk around the house on a shape hunt, looking for objects that fit into the categories. They need to draw and label the objects and their attributes. On the side labeled parallel, they need to label the number of parallel sets. Have them search for at least 10-15 minutes, but you could take longer as well. Then, review their ideas together.
  • Sing the Polygon Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI3rUMrRLF8
    
    • Teacher Tip: Students are not expected to know all the information in this video (such as angle degree), but it is a fun reminder of the names!
  • Complete journal page that is in the district packet. It is called 8-1 Math Boxes.
  • Watch the Parallel and Perpendicular lines video here
  • Spend some time on ST Math (20 minutes is typical, but can be extended if they want more time, are making a lot of progress, or are really on a roll!). To get there:
    
    • Go to cpsk12.org
    • On the right hand side, find CPS Staff & Student Portal Login, click that.
    • Students login with their portal information
    • Find the app that says ST Math, click it.
    • Students log in with their picture password.
      • ​All levels are unlocked for homework and should be accessible. 
  • If you'd like, students can also spend time on Khan Academy.
• Fundations/Phonics: Review letter sounds, practice spelling words independently.
  
  • Pull up the Fundations Vowel Teams Chart (attached to this email).
    • Have students do the letters-keyword-sound for each letter on the chart (they know how to do this!). As an example, the first one would be ai-bait-/a/ (long a, says it's name)
  • There was only one page of Fundation's paper in the packet to practice. On a blank piece of paper, have them write 4 current words, 5 current words, and one sentence. Like yesterday, they will tap the word, then write it on their paper. 
    • ​​4 Current Words: quick (qu-i-ck), chuck (ch-u-ck), milk (m-i-l-k), tick (t-i-ck)
    • ​​​5 Current Words: brunch (b-r-u-n-ch), shrimp (sh-r-i-m-p), stump (s-t-u-m-p), strap (s-t-r-a-p), branch (b-r-an-ch)
    • 1 Sentence: Frank will stand to sing the song. (If they are struggling, remind them of the words that can be tapped: F-r-an-k, s-t-an-d, s-i-n-g, s-o-n-g; and of the sight words: will, to, the. Check for a capital letter and period!)
• Reading: Have students re-read the story from the packet (Africa) and have a quick conversation about the main idea. Then, they can practice 3 dailies stations for 20 minutes a piece. Finally, do an activity on Scholastic.
  
  • Read to Self: Spend time reading a book. Feel free to go longer than 20 minutes if you'd like. Get comfy with a good book of your choice.
  • Work on Writing: Students can work on writing in a journal or in the Daily Writing Journal. They can write and illustrate a story, make a list, or any other type of writing.
  • Listen to Reading: Students can listen to reading on Epic, complete reading levels on ABC Mouse, or do reading levels on Freckle.
  • Head to scholastic here and do a reading activity from Week 1. (For example: There’s a fiction book read aloud, then you interactively read a nonfiction book, answer questions, sort fact from fiction, and put events in order.) 
• Writing: The last 3 pages in the Day 1 packet is where this writing will go. This will cover the next 3 days. Tuesday (today) they will do half, Wednesday they will do the other half, and Thursday they will revise. Here are the plans for today:
  • Start with having your child listen to the opinion song here:
  • Teacher Tip: They have practiced this process one time so far with their three little pigs writing. If you don’t remind them about these steps, most will probably write two sentences and call it done.​
  • Today, students will only be writing an opening, one reason, and one example (evidence). The writing prompt is: Should classrooms have pets? Feel free to change it if your child is struggling with staying home.
    
    • ​Teacher Tip: Take this writing one step at a time. If it helps, use the plan sheet I've attached to this email (word and PDF option). Focus first on the opening, then on writing the reason, then on writing the example. Take breaks in between if needed.
  • Each Opening should have...
    • 1. Start with a question or use your personality.
      • Example: Do you love animals?  Well I do.
    • 2. Tell a little bit about the topic
      • Example: Many people keep animals as pets.
    • 3. State your opinion.
      • Example: In my opinion, all classrooms should have pets, too.
    • 4. Let your reader know you are going to prove it!
      • Example: I have many reasons why classrooms should have pets.  Keep reading, and I think I think you will agree with me.
    • We don’t want cookie cutter writing but this gives them a start! They are welcome to add to this, change this, go out of order, etc.
  • Each Reason should be...
    
    • one sentence. They are very short.
    • broad and are often adjectives. Sometimes students have a hard time understanding the difference between a reason and an example. In short, a reason is one to two words, while an example is longer and explains their thinking. Look at the example for help.​
      • Example of Reason: My first reason why classrooms should have pets is because it teaches us to be responsible.  
        • In bold is the reason, it is just one word.
  • ​Each Example should be:
    
    • match the reason and make sense. If you're writing about being responsible, you wouldn't want to talk about how cool the animal is.
    • more than one sentence that explains your thinking
      • Example of an example: It teaches us to be responsible because we would have to have classroom jobs such as cleaning its cage, feeding it, and keeping the water fresh. We would have to take care of it which will teach us to be extra responsible.
• Science: Practice washing hands with soap and water.
  • Go to mystery science here  to watch a video.
    • Discuss importance of hand washing!
  • There is also a good Brainpop Jr. on washing hands.  Have your child log in through the CPS portal (directions above or below), select Brainpop Jr., and search if interested!​ They can take the quiz at the end.
• Specials- Music: Check out the music lesson on Instruments and look at the activities Miss Martin created here.
  • ​Spend some time practicing an instrument if you play one. 
  • Get up and dance to some KidzBop music.

Extra Work (Optional):

• Miss Lister's Packet: Do 2nd Reading Comprehension story (Time to Recycle) and answer the questions to the side and on the back about the story you read AND Do Language Lesson 1: Story 1 Day 1 (I Missed the Bus)- Students can do most of this independently.
  • Teacher Tip- Reading Comprehension: Students may need help understanding parts of speech. Review Proper Nouns (specific people, places, or things. Begin with a capital letter) and Adjectives (describer words, describe a noun) first, because we have learned these in class. ​Then, discuss what a plural is (a word that is more than one, cat --> cats) and what a contraction is (two words that you smush together to make one word, with an apostrophe, that has the same meaning, ex: are not --> aren't, did not --> didn't)
    
    • Reading Comprehension Answers: 1. recycling 2. sad 3. That people threw their trash on the playground. 4. caring
      • ​Back side answers will vary.
  • Teacher Tip- Language Passage: Take a moment to review "The Big Rule" at the top of the page. Today's vowel pattern is a-e. This makes "a" say it's name, a. We can hear it in words like "make, late, came, lame, take, hate, name, game". Then have students read the story and answer the questions on that page.
• Writing: Spend at least 20 minutes writing in your journal. You can choose to write about something that you did that day, the journal prompt below, or choose a journal idea from the "Ways to Use a Journal" Page. Add a picture!
  
  • Journal Idea: Imagine you are an ant. Write about how you see the world.
• Health: Optional Activity (link to experiment in full) to follow-up from above that could cover quite a few weeks. As I know resources are sparse, please don't feel obligated to do this, but it is a fun experiment if you ever get a chance!
  
• You will need 3 pieces of bread, and 3 Ziplock Bags
• Label each of the three bags:
• Control
• Dirty
• Clean
• Place one slice of bread in the “control” bag without touching it.  You can use clean tongs, or turn the resealable bag inside out and use it like a glove to get the slice inside.  Seal the bag.
• Remove a second slice of bread and have your child touch the bread with her unwashed hands.  Place the bread in the bag and seal it.
• Have your child wash her hands with soap and water.
• Take a third slice of bread and have your child touch the bread with her freshly-washed hands.  Place the bread in the bag and seal it.
• Take all three sealed bags and put them in a cool, dry place.
• Look at the bread daily and write down your observations, but do not take the bread out of the bags. In a few days, mold should start to appear. 
• What slice of bread gets moldy first? 
• Which grows the most mold? 
• Which grows the least? 
• If mold starts to appear, have your child take a ruler and measure it and record your observations. You can even draw a picture of the bread each day, or keep a photo diary by taking pictures of the bread each day to watch the changes over time.
• ​​​If you still want to look at how the experiment turns out, there is a write up here that could lead to a great discussion.  It isn't 100% the same, but is similar to the one outlined above and would lead to great conversations
• Here is a video of the experiment being done as well that your child could watch and discuss instead of doing the experiment.
• Read Aloud: Follow these instructions to find the read-aloud for the day. This is on Schoology, so students will need to log-in to portal using their login information. If they don't remember it, just send me a message!
  • Go to cpsk12.org
  • On the right hand side, find the button that says CPS Staff & Student Portal Login, click it.
    
  • Students login using their username and password (passwords are "cps" followed by their lunch number)
  • When logged in, look for the app that says "Schoology- Staff and Student," click it.
  • Once loaded, at the top, click the button that says "Courses"
  • Find the course labeled "Read Grade 02." Click it. If for some reason you have more than one Read Grade 02 buttons, below it says "Section 13-Read"
  • Click the title: Chapter 3 and 4: Because of Winn-Dixie. It will open a page that does not link. In the upper right hand corner, you should see a box with an arrow coming out of it (there is a picture attached to this email, labeled screenshot), click that!
    
  • When finished reading, head back to the "Read Grade 02" course page and leave a comment or thought on the discussion post for Chapter 3 and 4! You can answer the questions, make a prediction, make a connection, infer, or just leave your thoughts about the book. 
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Something New:

• I will read a picture book over Zoom on Fridays at 10:00am! The link will be sent out by 9:45 to make sure you have time to get on. Sorry if there was any confusion surrounding that. ​Daily read-alouds will be posted over Schoology.
• New App!!! Boddle
  • Boddle is an online math app. Each student is registered to my class so I can see progress as well. Click HERE to login. Login information is username: firstlast (katielister) and password: beu12345
    • It is set to 2nd grade math, so it will start very easy and get harder as they move on. If they are getting bored because it is too easy, let me know and I can bump them up!
    • If your login doesn't work, let me know and I can double check it for you!
    • It's totally free, and not required! Take or toss, but know that your child can try it out if they'd like!
• Movement and Mindset with Mizzou Strength and Conditioning coach, Zac Woodfin! Fun way to get moving and get exercise!
  
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCRV4F3CbL8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1bTahePjJyS5gA5EawUJtU5vFbtoHcLrxluKxkJ83-VBJPfmmPjjk3n2A​

Let me know if you have any questions or would like any clarification. Thank you for your teamwork during this crazy time!