Week 12 Distance Learning: June 8-11. 😊 

 

This is our last week of distance learning for the school year.  I have loved being your teacher and I am sorry we couldn’t spend it together at Vista Grande. I am proud of each of you for being flexible and learning how to work from home. You have become even more responsible for your own learning and managing your time so that you can turn in assignments when they are due. We all did our best during these unprecedented times and I hope you know how much I have missed being with you each day in our happy little Room 6 classroom. For my 5th graders, please come back and visit me when you can and congratulations on becoming intermediate school students!  For my 4th graders, I will see you next year when you are the big kids in 5th grade at Vista Grande! Have a safe and relaxing summer and remember to read lots of great books! 😊 

 

Monday- June 8 

It is Shreya’s birthday today so please send her a birthday greeting. You are all creative so please think of something fun to celebrate Shreya!.  

9:00- 9:30 Room 6 - Drop off your social studies book, any books that you borrowed and anything else that needs to be returned to Vista Grande. I have collected all your desk belongings and classroom materials that are yours and will be giving you a bag with your items today.  

  

   What 5th graders need to turn in TODAY:  

• - Letter to your future self (homeroom class bag, labeled with your first and last name, and Colvin)  
• - Social Studies home copy textbook (homeroom class bag, labeled with your first and last name, and Colvin)  
• - Daily Geo Map Booklet (homeroom class bag, labeled with your first and last name, and Colvin)  
• - Book report books you checked out for your American Revolution/Colonial Times book report (homeroom class bag, labeled with your first and last name, and Colvin)  
• - Classroom library books (for Waddell-Chow, Tredennick, or Colvin—bag and label accordingly)   
• - Literature novels if you borrowed (bag and label to Mrs. Colvin)  
• - Chromebooks and chargers (bag with first and last name, these will go to main office where you checked them out)  
• - VG Library books (bag with first and last name, there will be a bin to collect)  
• - Anything else you’ve borrowed from VG during your time here. It’s time to turn it all in! 

 

 

• - 4th grade only:  
• math toolkits (baggies with protractors, drawing triangles, etc...)-- put in a bag labeled with your first and last name, and Mrs. Waddell-Chow (so it gets to the right place)  
• Social Studies home copy textbook (homeroom class bag, labeled with your first and last name, and Colvin) 
• Classroom library books (for Waddell-Chow, Tredennick, or Colvin—bag and label accordingly)   
• - Literature novels if you borrowed (bag and label to Mrs. Colvin)  
• - Chromebooks and chargers (bag with first and last name, these will go to main office where you checked them out)  
• - VG Library books (bag with first and last name, there will be a bin to collect)  
• - Anything else you’ve borrowed from VG during your time here. It’s time to turn it all in! 

 

 

Please note, we do NOT need back any of your composition books, spirals, math workbooks, Wonders workbooks, etc... Just textbooks, library books, and other materials we use year after year listed above.  

  

You will drop off the items listed above and receive a bag with the contents of your desk and other work and materials that need to be passed back to you.   

   

With any extra time today, work on this COVID Time Capsule Project. It’s optional, and you don’t have to turn anything in to me.  

  

Tuesday, 6/9/2020:  

Work on the COVID Time Capsule Project from Monday's lesson. It’s optional, and you don’t have to turn anything in to me.   

  

Wednesday, 6/10/2020:  

Work on the COVID Time Capsule Project from Monday's lesson. It’s optional, and you don’t have to turn anything in to me.  

  

Thursday, 6/11/2020:   

5th Graders 

Get ready for your drive-through promotion! For students in Mrs. Colvin’s homeroom class, you are invited to have your parents or another loving adult drive you through the VG parking lot from10:00-10:20. Mrs. Treddenick’s class is driving through from 10:20-10:40 and Mrs. Waddell-Chow's class is from 10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. TODAY. We all can’t wait to see you and to give you a nice send-off from VG! You are official intermediate school students!!! 

Don’t forget to wear your tie-dye t-shirts! 

 

4th Graders-  

Congratulations, you are now officially the 5th graders at Vista Grande! The big kids on campus!!! See you in the fall and hope you have a wonderful summer! 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Room 6! It is almost the end of the school year. You should have received an email about how and when to return your Vista Grande belongings to school next week. Just in case, here is a breakdown of next week.

 

Monday, June 8 from 9:00-9:30 all Room 6 students will be dropping off textbooks, library book, borrowed classroom chapter books and any other items belonging to Vista Grande. I will be there to collect these items in the parking lot drive through. Please wear a mask and know that I wish I could hug you all, but I won't be able to. I will be giving you a bag with your name in it and all the desk and classroom belongings that are yours.

 

• Social Studies home copy textbook (turn in to homeroom class) 
• Classroom library books (for Waddell-Chow, Tredennick, or Colvin)  
• Literature novels if you borrowed from me
• Chromebooks (these will go to main office where you checked them out) 
• VG Library books (there will be a bin to collect) 
• Anything else you’ve borrowed from VG during your time here. It’s time to turn it all in! 
•  

 

 

What 5th graders need to turn in on Monday: 

• Letter to your future self (this week’s writing assignment) 

• Social Studies home copy textbook (turn in to homeroom class) 
• Daily Geo Map Booklet (turn in to homeroom class) 
• Book report books you checked out for your American Revolution/Colonial Times book report (turn in to homeroom class) 
• Classroom library books (for Waddell-Chow, Tredennick, or Colvin)  
• Literature novels if you borrowed one from me
• Chromebooks (these will go to main office where you checked them out) 
• VG Library books (there will be a bin to collect) 
• Anything else you’ve borrowed from VG during your time here. It’s time to turn it all in! 

Week 9 Distance Learning: May 18- May 22 

 

Literature Essential Standards Focus Topics to Date: 

Main Idea- What the story/chapter is mostly about. 

Key Details-Supporting details that tell: How, When, What, Where, Why, How Much, and How Many. Refers to the Main Idea. 

Point of View- Who is telling the story?  

1st Person= Narrator uses “I” 

2nd Person= Narrator uses “YOU” 

3rd Person= Narrator uses the character's NAME or “HE”, “SHE”, or “THEY”. 

Reading and Note-Taking Skills- Preview the text to get the main idea. When you read something that confuses you, you need to stop and re-read. If you can tell someone about what you just read, then you are retaining the information. When you take notes, the main purpose is to write down the key ideas/details and create a system that works for you. Note-taking can be any or all of the following ideas.  Color-coding your notes, taking bullet notes on the text, writing main idea and key details, and highlighting vocabulary.  

Literary Genres- The 4 main literary genres are poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama. There are subgenres in each category. For example, in the fiction genre there are subgenres such as fantasy, mystery, realistic fiction, historical fiction and romance.  

Theme - In a story it is the underlying message, or “big idea” that the author is wanting to teach the reader. It is universal in nature. Some popular themes in literature are: Love, Death, Good vs Evil, and Survival. There are many more popular themes that you will read about in books, these are just a few. 

 

4th Grade Literature for May 18-22: ******************************* 

Monday- 1. Log in to your IReady account in the PVPUSD Portal. Work for 20 minutes. 

2. WatchtheBrainPop on Literary Genres.  

https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/literarygenres/ 

 

Tuesday- Listen to Chapter 17 and 18 of IBD. You can find each chapter on my Edlio page under the heading “Island of the Blue Dolphins”.  This is in the blue bar on the right side of the Edlio page. Answer your Main Idea/Key Detail reading questions for each of the chapters you read today.  

These are your 4 questions you need to answer after reading each chapter of IBD: 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember)

3.Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3

 

Wednesday- 1. Log in to your IReady account for 20 minutes. I will be checking IReady accounts for who is doing their work each week. 

2.   Watch the BrainPop on Theme. 

https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/theme/ 

 

Thursday- Listen to Chapter 19 and 20 of IBD. Answer your reading questions for Chapters 19 and 20.  

These are your 4 questions you need to answer after reading each chapter of IBD: 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember)

3. Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3

 

Friday- Work on your Book Report for the Chapter book you have been reading. See link to the choices for your Book Report on my Edlio page. If you have already turned in a book report to me, then please find a new chapter book to read. This should be a different book than Island of the Blue Dolphins. (IBD) 

• MS Forms for Week 9- Fill out the attached MS Form quiz about Chapters 17-20 of IBD.  

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=alG_LzE4eUS6iIMJfbVyeaeBPAoxykREqcuBS5MNjzJURUZFVFpVSFVJRVlNNDQwVk1NMU5RN1ZVSC4u 

 

 

4th Grade California Social Studies and ABC Book Activity 

You will be finishing Chapter 8 and beginning Chapter 9 this week in Social Studies.  

Chapter 8 – CONNECTING CALIFORNIA ***All notes are due today!*** 

Monday- Make sure all your notes for Chapter 8 are detailed, organized and written in a MS Word Document. Today you need to send me your MS Word Document for Chapter 8. Remember to get Extra Credit you need to take notes on the videos from last week. These should have a title of what video you watched along with your extra credit notes. 

 

Tuesday- We are starting Chapter 9 today!  

Chapter 9- ECONOMIC GROWTH 

Lesson 1- Farming Becomes a Big Business 

Read pages 306-310. 

Take notes using a Word Document. You will send me the Word Document for Chapter 9 when we have finished reading and doing the activities. Make sure it is an organized document with Lesson headings and your name on it. 

 

Watch video on California Oranges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acTpVIGOR8E 

Extra Credit- Include anything you learned from any of the videos listed for this week in your Chapter 9 notes, you will get extra credit. Make sure you write the video title or name and what you learned in your notes.   

 

Wednesday-  

1. Read page 311 on Luther Burbank. What is he famous for? Add thesedetails to your notes in your Word Document. 
2. Watch short video on Luther Burbankhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyzCLZ3q2U
3. 3.Watchthe BrainPop on Railroad History https://www.brainpop.com/technology/transportation/railroadhistory/ 

Extra Credit- Include anything you learned from any of the videos listed for this week in your Chapter 9 notes, you will get extra credit. Make sure you write the video title or name and what you learned in your notes.   

 

Thursday-  

1. WatchtheBrainPop on Westward Expansion https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/westwardexpansion/ 

Complete BrainPop Worksheet on Westward Expansion. If the link doesn’t work, go to BrainPop and see assignments for 4th grade. 

https://www.brainpop.com/dashboard/assignments/36f1c90b19aa6858/periods/044c5584cb737a15 

Extra Credit- Include anything you learned from any of the videos listed for this week in your Chapter 9 notes, you will get extra credit. Make sure you write the video title or name and what you learned in your notes.   

 

Friday-  No Social Studies today. It’s a minimum day. You do have your ABC Book to work on. See below for directions. 

 

Alphabet Book 4th and 5th Grade Homeroom Only- Due June 5. 

Assignment: Create an alphabet book about coronavirus and the unique way we are living because of it. So, your book might include words about the actual virus (like coronavirus, COVID19, fever), people who are trying to help us conquer the disease (Fauci, Garcetti), ways to fight or prevent the virus from spreading (face mask), or ways your life has changed because of COVID19 (distance learning). 
 

Each page will be a different letter of the alphabet book (A-Z, obviously). 

• Each page should have the following: 

1.  The word you chose. 
2.  At least one sentence explaining the importance of the word or what the word means.  (Your sentence (s) should be 4th/5th grade sentences, meaning that they should be detailed, with adjectives, adverbs, an/or prepositional phrases.) 
3.   A picture that relates to the word used. 

• You may draw a picture. 
• You may download and paste a picture.  
• You may create a picture on the computer. 
• You may take a picture with a camera to illustrate the word or action. 

• You should check your sentences for grammar and spelling mistakes. 

Make this alphabet book something that you can keep, to remember this time. This is a time that will be part of history books and, as much as we might not like it, we are living this history. You’ll want to remember details to tell people when you’re an adult. Did you know that Mayor Garcetti is using L. A. Times articles from 1918 to help guide him in his decisions about today? 

You’ll create 2 pages a day, for a total of 26 pages. The entire project is due on June 2, but I will ask you to send me pages throughout to check your progress. I will not post these directions every week. If you need to re-read the directions it will be on my Edlio page on the right-hand side labeled ABC Book. 

Your book may be created on Word, Power Point, or by hand. If you have another idea, that’s fine. Whichever program you choose should be one that you can share with me throughout the project, as well as at the end. 

See Mrs. Tredennick's Edlio page for picture ideas of ABC books for inspiration. 

Most books have the same type of layout for the whole book. For example, one book might have a sentence that include the words, along with paragraphs giving more detail. Another might use words in a rhyming sentence. A third might have a central character interacting with the words throughout the book, telling a story throughout. 

You can also go on to an ebook site to look at examples. 

ABC Book Letters for the week of May 18- May 22 

Monday- Letters A and B 

Tuesday- Letters C and D 

Wednesday- Letters E and F 

Thursday- Letters G and H 

Friday- Letters I and J. Send me a copy of your letters A-J on Friday. 

 
 

 

 

5th Grade Literature Assignments *********************** 

for May 18- May 22 

 

Monday- 1. Log in to your IReady account in the PVPUSD Portal. Work for 30 minutes. I am recording who is logging and how long you are working on IReady Reading. Some of you are NOT logging in and working for 30 minutes each time! This is part of your Literature grade for Trimester 3. 

2. WatchBrainPopon Literary Genres. There will be questions on your Friday MS Forms quiz about Literary Genres. 

https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/literarygenres/ 

 

Tuesday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book. Answer the 4 questions for each chapter you read. You will turn in a complete Main Idea and Key Detail Summary for each chapter you are reading. This is also due on May 29 with your Book Report. 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember from chapter)

3. Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3

 

Wednesday- 1. Log in to your IReady account for 30 minutes. I will be checking your progress on IReady. You should be reading and working for 60 minutes this week. 

2. Watch BrainPop on Theme. There will be questions on your MS Forms quiz on Friday about Theme. 

https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/theme/ 

 

Thursday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book. Answer the 4 questions for each chapter you read. 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember from chapter)

3. Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3

 

Friday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book. Answer the 4 questions for each chapter you read. 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember from chapter)

3. Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3

Book Report and Main Ideas and Key Details are both due on May 29. That’s next Friday!!! 

5th Grade MS Forms Chapter book reading quiz for this week. 

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=alG_LzE4eUS6iIMJfbVyeaeBPAoxykREqcuBS5MNjzJUNFlUTjFMMFFBNlJJWVJYQlAxT0xCRjRaUi4u 

 

 

5th Grade Social Studies and ABC Book Activity - Room 6 ONLY! 

I have broken down Chapter 12 into smaller sections because the textbook goes through the American Revolution very fast. Some days you will be reading the text and taking notes and other days you will be watching videos that teach more about certain battles and people of the American Revolution. You do need to take notes on the videos and add them to your Word Document for Chapter 12. Please stay organized while you are taking notes. There should be clear headings or titles for each day. 

Monday- Continue Lesson 2. 

• Read page 403 and take notes on Help from Europe and The French Join the Fight. 
• Liberty Kids Video- Alexander Hamilton- An American in Paris. Take notes and add to your Word Document for Chapter 12. 

                     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbfq2Kc-f0M 

 

Tuesday- Continue with Lesson 2 topic 

• Watch Liberty Kids Video- Lafayette Arrives- The French Joins the Fight. Take notes and add to your Word Document for Chapter 12. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AygIRlmffX8 

 

Wednesday- Continue with Lesson 2 topic 

• Watch Liberty Kids- Allies at Last. Take notes and add to your Word Document. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAO66W06yyg 

 

Thursday- Continue Lesson 2 

• Read page 404. Winter at Valley Forge and Training Soldiers 
• Watch Liberty Kids Video- Valley Forge- Take notes and add to your Word Document for Chapter 12. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvY9UiCb_zk 

 

Friday- Minimum Day. No Social Studies or Grammar. See below for your ABC Book that you are working on. 

Make sure you did your literature MS Form for the week. 

 

 

Alphabet Book 4th and 5th Grade Homeroom Only - Due June 5. 

Assignment: Create an alphabet book about coronavirus and the unique way we are living because of it. So, your book might include words about the actual virus (like coronavirus, COVID19, fever), people who are trying to help us conquer the disease (Fauci, Garcetti), ways to fight or prevent the virus from spreading (face mask), or ways your life has changed because of COVID19 (distance learning). 
 

Each page will be a different letter of the alphabet book (A-Z, obviously). 

• Each page should have the following: 

1.  The word you chose. 
2.  At least one sentence explaining the importance of the word or what the word  means.  (Your sentence (s) should be 4th/5th grade sentences, meaning that they should be detailed, with adjectives, adverbs, an/or prepositional phrases.) 
3.  A picture that relates to the word used. 

• You may draw a picture. 
• You may download and paste a picture.  
• You may create a picture on the computer. 
• You may take a picture with a camera to illustrate the word or action. 

• You should check your sentences for grammar and spelling mistakes. 

Make this alphabet book something that you can keep, to remember this time. This is a time that will be part of history books and, as much as we might not like it, we are living this history. You’ll want to remember details to tell people when you’re an adult. Did you know that Mayor Garcetti is using L. A. Times articles from 1918 to help guide him in his decisions about today? 

You’ll create 2 pages a day, for a total of 26 pages. The entire project is due on June 2, but I will ask you to send me pages throughout to check your progress. I will not post these directions every week. If you need to re-read the directions it will be on my Edlio page on the right-hand side labeled ABC Book. 

Your book may be created on Word, Power Point, or by hand. If you have another idea, that’s fine. Whichever program you choose should be one that you can share with me throughout the project, as well as at the end. 

See Mrs. Tredennick's Edlio page for picture ideas of ABC books for inspiration. 

Most books have the same type of layout for the whole book. For example, one book might have a sentence that include the words, along with paragraphs giving more detail. Another might use words in a rhyming sentence. A third might have a central character interacting with the words throughout the book, telling a story throughout. 

You can also go on to an ebook site to look at examples. 

ABC Book Letters for the week of May 18- May 22 

Monday- Letters A and B 

Tuesday- Letters C and D 

Wednesday- Letters E and F 

Thursday- Letters G and H 

Friday- Letters I and J. Send me a copy of your letters A-J on Friday. 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 6 Distance Learning- April 27- May 1 

Happy to announce that we have a special birthday this week!  

Happy Birthday to Keira! Her birthday is Tuesday. Please send her a special birthday message. 

Edlio Updates: 

I have added some great articles to my LINKS section of Edlio. You can find the following: 

• Comic Book Kid 
• Secrets of the Statue of Liberty 
• Dinosaur Fossil Park 
• Saving the Dolphins 
• Washington’s Secrets Revealed
• Virtual Field Trip- American Revolution 
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Audio Book

 

Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, May 10. 

 I found a fun link if you want to make your Mom something special.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ra3ExWKDs 

 

4th Grade Literature for April 27 – May 1: ************************** 

Monday- Log in to your IReady account in the PVPUSD Portal. Work for 30 minutes. 

 

Tuesday- Listen to Chapter 5 and 6 of IBD. You can find each chapter on my Edlio page under the heading “Island of the Blue Dolphins”.  This is in the blue bar on the right side of the Edlio page. Answer your Main Idea/Key Detail reading questions for each of the chapters you read today.  

These are your 4 questions you need to answer after reading each chapter of IBD: 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember) 

3. Key Detail #2

4.Key Detail #3

 

Wednesday- Log in to your IReady account for 30 minutes. I will be checking IReady accounts for who is doing their work each week. 

 

Thursday- Listen to Chapter 7 and 8 of IBD. Answer your reading questions for Chapters 7 and 8.  

These are your 4 questions you need to answer after reading each chapter of IBD: 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember)

3.Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3 

 

Friday- Work on your Book Report for the Chapter book you have been reading. See link to the choices for your Book Report on my Edlio page. If you have already turned in a book report to me, then please find a new chapter book to read. This should be a different book than Island of the Blue Dolphins. (IBD) 

• MS Forms for Week 6- Fill out the attached MS Form about Chapters I-8 of IBD. This MS Form is due by Sunday night, May 3 before 10:00 p.m. 

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=alG_LzE4eUS6iIMJfbVyeaeBPAoxykREqcuBS5MNjzJUNUJFTDAxMEdQMTM2MDlYSEQ1MzY0WVBCWS4u 

 

4th Grade California Social Studies, State Report and Grammar: 

Monday 4/27  

• Slide 3: Yearly Temperatures (average highs and lows, what is the weather mostly like in your state?) A bar graph of high and low temperatures from your state may be helpful here. 

Today you’ll work on slide 3, which is on temperature in your state. Find a graph that shows the highs and lows for your state’s capital over the average year.  It’s usually represented as a bar graph, separated by months of the year, but sometimes I’ve seen it done with a line graph as well. Either one is fine. Paste this graph onto your PowerPoint slide on temperature.   

Tuesday 4/28 

Finish your temperature slide for your Climate PowerPoint. Yesterday you should have found and inserted a graph on yearly temperatures in your state capital. Today you’ll write a description of how the temperatures change over the course of the year in your state. Make sure to pay attention to accuracy.  For instance, if you’re writing about Hawaii, you wouldn’t say that in the fall there are Santa Ana winds and wildfires—that's specific to California.   

Wednesday 4/29  

• Slide 4: Seasons for your state (what the weather is like in each season? What activities do people do in each season?)  

Work on the fourth slide of your climate power point. Today, describe the seasons in your state overall.  If your state is large, or if the seasons vary a LOT throughout the state (like California), just describe what the seasons are like in your state’s capital.  You can use bullets with complete thoughts or complete sentences, and make sure to talk about precipitation and overall weather during each season.     

Thursday 4/30 

Finish the seasons slide in your power point presentation.  You should tell activities that people can do in your state in the various seasons.  Again, you should write this accurately and specifically about your state—if your state is Iowa, you won‘t be talking about going surfing in the Pacific Ocean in the summer!   

Friday 5/1- Watch this great video about the Gold Rush and its connection to The Great Horned Spoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Wr1tMs5F0 

Take your AR Test on the Great Horned Spoon. 

Grammar- Review of Nouns- Watch videos and complete MS Forms any day this week. MS Form due on Friday. 

Brain Pop https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/nouns/ 

Schoolhouse Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk4N5kkifGQ 

MS Forms https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=alG_LzE4eUS6iIMJfbVyeaeBPAoxykREqcuBS5MNjzJUMjlIWlFLTTAySUVFWldMOVk0S0tCV0RRUy4u 

 

 

 

5th Grade Assignments ******************************** 

Literature for April 27 – May 1: 

Monday- Log in to your IReady account in the PVPUSD Portal. Work for 30 minutes. 

Tuesday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book. Answer the 4 questions for each chapter you read.  

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember from chapter)

3. Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3

Wednesday- Log in to your IReady account for 30 minutes. I will be checking your progress on IReady. 

Thursday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book. Answer the 4 questions for each chapter you read. 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember from chapter)

3. Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3

Friday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book. Answer the 4 questions for each chapter you read. 

1.Main Idea of Chapter (Make sure your number your chapters) 

2.Key Detail #1 (something important to remember from chapter)

3. Key Detail #2

4. Key Detail #3

Lastly, fill out the attached MS Form. This Form is due by Sunday night, May 3 by 10:00 p.m. 

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=alG_LzE4eUS6iIMJfbVyeaeBPAoxykREqcuBS5MNjzJUMUxXS1lUTzVWRkFaTzFUMU5NR0VQQlBONS4u

 

 

5th Grade Social Studies, State Report and Grammar:  

Climate PowerPoint: Due Wednesday, May 6. 

Monday 4/27  

• Slide 3: Yearly Temperatures (average highs and lows, what is the weather mostly like in your state?) A bar graph of high and low temperatures from your state may be helpful here. 

Today you’ll work on slide 3, which is on temperature in your state. Find a graph that shows the highs and lows for your state’s capital over the average year.  It’s usually represented as a bar graph, separated by months of the year, but sometimes I’ve seen it done with a line graph as well. Either one is fine. Paste this graph onto your PowerPoint slide on temperature.   

Tuesday 4/28 

Finish your temperature slide for your Climate PowerPoint. Yesterday you should have found and inserted a graph on yearly temperatures in your state capital. Today you’ll write a description of how the temperatures change over the course of the year in your state. Make sure to pay attention to accuracy.  For instance, if you’re writing about Hawaii, you wouldn’t say that in the fall there are Santa Ana winds and wildfires—that's specific to California.   

Wednesday 4/29  

• Slide 4: Seasons for your state (what the weather is like in each season? What activities do people do in each season?)  

Work on the fourth slide of your climate power point. Today, describe the seasons in your state overall.  If your state is large, or if the seasons vary a LOT throughout the state (like California), just describe what the seasons are like in your state’s capital.  You can use bullets with complete thoughts or complete sentences, and make sure to talk about precipitation and overall weather during each season.     

Thursday 4/30 

Finish the seasons slide in your power point presentation.  You should tell activities that people can do in your state in the various seasons.  Again, you should write this accurately and specifically about your state—if your state is Iowa, you won‘t be talking about going surfing in the Pacific Ocean in the summer!  

Friday 5/1- Read the Biography of George Washington on page 397 in your SS Textbook. 

BrainPop- George Washington https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/georgewashington/ 

Explore the National Monument Website for George Washington’s Birthplace.  Link: https://www.nps.gov/gewa/index.htm.  

 Send me a short email telling me three interesting facts you learned about George Washington. (no more than three complete sentences).  My email address is [email protected]. 

 

          

Grammar- Review of Nouns- Watch videos and complete MS Forms any day this week. MS Form due on Friday. 

Brain Pop https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/nouns/ 

Schoolhouse Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk4N5kkifGQ 

MS Forms https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=alG_LzE4eUS6iIMJfbVyeaeBPAoxykREqcuBS5MNjzJUMjlIWlFLTTAySUVFWldMOVk0S0tCV0RRUy4u