Week 4 Distance Learning: April 13 – April 17. 

We have a special birthday this week!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU LEIA!!!!!!! 

Be creative and come up with a fun way to wish Leia a Happy Birthday this week. 😊 

PE Activities For 4th and 5th Grade - Ms. Shannon 

Please click on the following link for your PE activities: 

https://vistagrande.pvpusd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=655804&type=u&pREC_ID=1882130 

4th Grade Assignments ************************************************** 

*** FYI- We will be listening to the audio book of Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell, starting the week of April 20. You do not need to have a copy of the book. I have a link to each chapter on my Edlio site. Please make sure you are a “subscriber” to my Edlio site found on the VG website. We will be listening to 2 chapters a day on our Reading Days. You do not need to take notes on each chapter, but you do need to listen carefully. We will have a final activity when we are finished with the book. 

4th Grade Literature for April 13-17: This week I wanted to give you a more organized breakdown of your week for Literature. You will be doing IReady Lessons on Monday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday you will be reading from a chapter book of your choice for this week. Next week we will begin listening to, Island of the Blue Dolphins , on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 

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

Tuesday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book.  

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

Thursday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book.  

Friday- Read for 30 minutes in your chapter book.  

*** 4th Grade Book Report*** DUE: May 29 

You have been reading a chapter book since Week 1 (March 16) and when you are finished with your book you need to pick one of the following book reports to complete. Some of you have already sent me one or more book reports. If you do more than one book report, you will get extra credit!  

 Email me a photo if you are creating something hand drawn.   

Choose one of these Book Reports to complete: 

1. Book summary (Beginning, Middle, End). 
2. Book Poster with picture and a paragraph summary. 
3. Timeline- List 5 or more important events from your book. 
4. Diorama in a box or on a paper of your favorite part of the chapter book. 
5. Test- create a test of 10 or more questions and answer key for your book. 
6. Scrapbook-pretend you are the main character and design a scrapbook that tells about your life using ideas from the book. 
7. Collage- draw or use pictures from the internet that represent the main character, favorite part, or big idea of your book. 
8. Letters- write a letter to the main character or pretend to be the main character and write a letter to someone in the book. 
9. Graphic Novel- Choose a favorite chapter or section from your book and turn it into a graphic novel. 
10. PowerPoint- Be creative and tell me about your book. 

4th Grade California Social Studies 

Continue working on your Chapter 7 PowerPoint.  Due this Friday, April 17. 

Here is how it will look: 

Slide 1 – Title Slide and Graphic 

Slides 2 &3 – Lesson 1- Important Information and Graphics  

Slides 4 &5 – Lesson 2 -Important Information and Graphics 

Slides 6 & 7 –Lesson 3- Important Information and Graphics 

Slides 8 & 9- Lesson 4- Important Information and Graphics 

This totals 9 slides for your Chapter 7 PowerPoint.  

***You may have more slides in your PowerPoint if you would like. 😊 

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

5th Grade Literature for April 13-17:  

Monday, 4/13- Work on your Colonial Times Book Project. 

Tuesday 4/14- Work on your Colonial Times Book Project. 

Wednesday 4/15- Work on your Colonial Times Book Project It is due tomorrow! 

Thursday 4/16- Colonial Times Book Project is due to your homeroom teacher TODAY! 

                        -Take the AR Reading test for your Colonial Times book. 

Friday- Log into your IReady account using the PVPUSD Portal. Work for 30 minutes. 

5th Grade Social Studies- 

Things to turn in to me this week: 

1. A photo of your Chapter 9 Poster. 

1. Chapter 9 Chapter Review from pages 320-321 # 1-20. If you did it on lined paper, then take a photo of it. If you did it using Word, then email it to me. 

1. Chapter 11 Chapter Review from pages 386-387 # 1-18. 

1. Turn in your Chapter 11 Bullet Notes. 

5th Grade Yearbook Important To Do List For Parents: 

The yearbook assignment for those who want to be included in the yearbook is the following: 

1. A current picture - their favorite one, should be of just them.
2. A favorite quote or a special memory they made at VG (typed not handwritten)
3. A baby picture - There will be a special section of “Guess Who”

These need to be uploaded to the google drive (Link provided below). In each folder, you will need to 

look for your name (student). Please put the photos and quote/memory written in word in your specific folder. 

Here is a link to the file for our class: 

Colvin : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jU3Y622Yo1r00IeugGUDblcXx4Y2ZE7K 

Additionally, if you have any pictures from the years at VG we would love for you to help us and upload 

them by grade (please ask your parents for help).  For example, if you've been a Voyager since Kindergarten, we would love these photos added to that specific folder. 

Here is the link to the folders broken down by grade year: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ez-gIEdOfE-Ps5P_L-Z8EZa3VOZh5mo-  

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any of your room parents... 

Cindy Chia - RM 6 Room parent ([email protected]) 

Corry Matthews - RM 5 Room Parent ([email protected]) 

Britney Warner - RM 6 Room Parent ([email protected]) 

 Week 3 Distance Learning:  April 6 – April 10, 2020. 

I hope you all had a relaxing Staycation for your Spring Break. I am really missing you and hope that you are staying safely at home. Below you will see a list of your work for this week based on grade level. I will be available for any questions from 9:30-10:30 every day. We are having professional development this week in the mornings and afternoons to learn other distance learning platforms and as soon as I know the best way to do this I will sent out an email. We are all in uncharted waters and I really appreciate your flexibility and understanding during this difficult time. We are truly all in this together. 

• I also have updated my Edlio page, so go check that out. 
•  I have added a section called LINKS. Have fun seeing what is there. 😊  
• You may still need to Subscribe to my Edlio page.  
• I have also added PE links to my Edlio page for you. 
• There is a great link to Epic which is a digital library with over 35,000 books you can read for free.  

4th Grade Assignments for April 6- April 10 

Literature: Due Friday, April 10- Please email me an update as to what you are reading for a chapter book. You can give me a little paragraph summary. If you have already finished a chapter book you need to create a book report that you can share with me. You can take a picture of something you made or send me something that you created on your computer. I need an email from each 4th grader by Friday as to what you have been reading these last couple of weeks.  

Social Studies: Continuation of reading and earning from Chapter 7- DESTINATION CALIFORNIA 

For the next two weeks you will be creating a PowerPoint of Chapter 7. You will be using your bullet notes that you completed the week before spring break (March 23-March 27). You will create 2 slides for each Lesson in Chapter 7.  

Here is how it will look: 

Slide 1 – Title Slide and Graphic 

Slides 2 &3 – Lesson 1- Important Information and Graphics  

Slides 4 &5 – Lesson 2 -Important Information and Graphics 

Slides 6 & 7 –Lesson 3- Important Information and Graphics 

Slides 8 & 9- Lesson 4- Important Information and Graphics 

This totals 9 slides for your Chapter 7 PowerPoint. You may have more slides in your PowerPoint if you would like.  

POWERPOINT DUE: April 17. You have two weeks to create this PowerPoint. 

Math and Science: Continue to check Mrs. Waddell-Chow's and Mrs. Tredennick’s Edlio pages.  

5th Grade Assignments for April 6 – April 10 

Literature:  Due April 16 – Colonial Times Book Project. If you still are reading your historical fiction book you need to finish in time in order to complete your Questionnaire and 2 paragraphs on time.  Here is a reminder if you do not have the blue questionnaire paper: 

1.  Write 4 detailed and important historical facts that you learned from reading your book. 

1.  Write a paragraph about what you would most enjoy about living in this time period. 

1.  Write a paragraph about what you would most dislike about the time period.  

Social Studies:  

Monday- Read Lesson 3 of Chapter 10. The French and Indian War pages 350-355. (You don’t need to take bullet notes for today’s reading.) 

 Chapter 11- THE COLONISTS REBEL (You will be taking bullet notes for Chapter 11) 

Tuesday- Read Lesson 1 - The Colonists Protest British Rule pages 360-364. Begin a new bullet point paper for Chapter 11, Lessons 1-3.  

Wednesday- Read Lesson 2- The Revolution Begins pages 369-375. Take bullet notes for this lesson. 

Thursday - Read Lesson 3- The Declaration of Independence pages 378-383. Take bullet notes for this lesson. 

Friday- Chapter Review- pages 386-387 #1-18.  Make sure you are saving all your Chapter Review work to be turned in at a later time.  I may need you to email me your work, so do not lose all you have done.  

Math and Science: Check with math teacher and Mrs. Tredennick’s Edlio page.