May 4th - 8th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Mandatory Monday Morning Meeting this Monday, May 4th!
        • How this will look:
            • Every Monday at 11 AM, I will be holding a morning meeting with my class via Zoom.
                • Please make sure you download Zoom, you can do that HERE. Students can also do it when they click on the link to join their first meeting. Students will need to put in a meeting ID and password that I put on Google Classroom every week by clicking the link on Google Classroom.
            • I will use this time to go over the week's assignments, answer questions, and say hi to the kids! The remaining time, I will leave for the kids to chat and catch up with each other.
            • Students need to be on time.
  • Please have students check their school email daily.
  • On Google Classroom, all assignments for the week will be under Week 7 - May 4th - 8th. There will be a weekly checklist to help you and your students to keep track of assignments for each day.
        • Students need to fill out the Class Check-In every time they login to do assignments. This will help us know who is getting on Google Classroom everyday, as well as help us see how our student's our doing! Students can access this on Google Classroom. They need to fill it out daily (Monday - Friday). I had about half the class get on this past week, and it was great! If everyone could fill it out when they log on, that would be so helpful.
  • Mrs. Chavez is doing a virtual library for 5th grade every Tuesday at 10:00! Join by clicking HERE.

WHAT WE'RE LEARNING THIS WEEK

Next week's schedule can be found HERE.

Normally during this time of year we are doing fun projects, so we are starting to mimic that distance learning style. We definitely made adjustments to make it easier on all of you, but the hope is that now the students can apply their knowledge in a deeper and more meaningful way.

Wax Museum: We are so excited to start our Wax Museum! Students will be creating a multi-slide biography about your famous person. Their project will be graded for social studies, as well as writing, and should reflect students' ability and understanding in both subjects.

Wax Museum Due Dates:

    • Due May 8th: Research and Notes
    • Due May 15th: Google Slides Research Report – Several slides introducing your character and telling about their life. (Outlined what is expected in another slide.)
    • Due May 14th: Speech - Short 3 – 4 sentences which explains who you are and why you are important – Needs to be memorized.
    • Due May 14th: Costume to dress up as your person for your speech. (Optional Not Required)

Math: This week we are learning about finding the volume of prisms by multiplying base x width x height. They will be doing 4 "centers": A Nearpod lesson, two Google Slides activities, and 30 minutes of Prodigy. It's crucial the Nearpod lesson is done first because it will teach the students how to find volume.

City of Ember Project: We just finished The City of Ember read aloud. It was such a fun experience and I loved hearing how much the kids loved it. To finish it off, the students will be doing a "City Planning Project." They will have two weeks to complete it (it's due Friday, May 15th). They will be planning a post-apocalyptic city of sorts, creating a map using Google Draw, and writing a proposal. This project covers literacy, social studies, and writing.

Thanks again for all you are doing! Hope you are having a great weekend!

Love, Mrs. Cooper