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Weekly Homework - May 18 - 22nd, 2020

Math ( top of the page)

Social Studies / Language Arts - Kentucky Monologue Projects

(Bottom of the weekly section)

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Monday May 18th

ENVISIONS 14 - Pages - 758-760 odd numbers only.

Tuesday May 19th

Envisions 14 unit test - online

Wednesday - Friday May 20-22nd

Envision units 1-8 review test - online

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Weekly Homework May 11th - 15th, 2020

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Math (top of weekly section)

Social Studies / Language Art - Kentucky Monologue Project (bottom of weekly section)

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NTI Math - Envisions Chapter 14

Monday - May 11th, 2020

Envisions 14-3 Workbook pages 745 - 747 odd numbers only

Tuesday - May 12th,2020

14-3 Practice Buddy

Wednesday - May 13th, 2020

14-4 Workbook pages 751-754 - odd numbers only

Thursday - May 14th, 2020

14-4 - Practice Buddy

Friday - May 15th, 2020

* Catch - up day and review for the Chapter 14 unit teast next week

Weekly Homework May 4th - 10th, 2020

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Math (top of weekly section)

Social Studies / Language Art - Kentucky Monolog Project (bottom of weekly section)

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NTI Math - Envisions Chapter 14

Monday - May 4th, 2020

Envisions 14-1 Workbook pages 733 - 736 - odd numbers only

Tuesday - May 5th,2020

14-1 Practice Buddy

Wednesday - May 6th, 2020

14-2 Workbook pages 739-741 - odd numbers only

Thursday - May 7th, 2020

14-2 - Practice Buddy

Friday - May 8th, 2020 - (Postponed til Monday due to Field Day)

14-3 - Workbook pages 745 - 747 - odd numbers only

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Language Arts / Social Studies - Kentucky Monolog Project

This will be a colaberative project - linking Art, Drama, Language Arts and Social Studies

See Ms Waterbury's NTI - 4th grade link found Below and on the NTI Website link

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Math ( Top of the weekly section)

Social Studies ( middle of the weekly section)

Language Arts ( Bottom of the weekly section)

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Math NTI April 27-May 1st, 2020

Day16

16-6 -Monday, April 27th, 2020

Geometry Reasoning

Envisions workbook page 852. Read and complete. Then complete pages 853, 854. Odd numbers only.

Complete practice buddy 16-6

Day 15

Tuesday, April 28th,2020

Assessment - Open Book

Complete Unit 16 assessment on pages 861-862.

Day 16, 17, 18

Wednesday- Friday- April 29, 30 and May 1st, 2020

Open notes/ Open Video

Complete online Assessment Unit 16 on the Envisions website. Check all problems before you submit.

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Social Studies- April 27-May 1st, 2020

Week 4 - April 27th - May 1st

Watch Videos on:

1. Kentucky State Capitol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzEflxV9ALE

2. Old State Capitol : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZACiOYn3KvM

These videos can also be found on my website under S.S.

3. Read - Kentucky Economy and Kentucky Government

( links found on the SS tab of my webpage)

Pages 172- 191

Answer questions 1-4 on page 177 and 191. Submit through Google Classroom or email answers to Mr Beers

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Language Arts week - April 27-May 1st, 2020

Ms. Waterbury's lesson from last week below contiues this week

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NTI Plans April 20th - 26th ( Monday - Sunday)

Math (Top of the weekly section)

Social Studies ( Middle of the weekly section)

Language Arts ( Bottom of the weekly section)

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Math Lesson - Week 20th-26th

Day 11

Monday, April 20th, 2020

16-2

Shapes - Classify Triangles

Watch Video on Classifying Triangles on Brainpop.com: Triangles

Envisions workbook pages 828. Read and complete problems. Then complete pages 829-830. Odd numbers only.

Complete practice buddy 16-2.

Day 12

16-3 - Tuesday, April 21th, 2020

Classifying Quadrilaterals

Watch: Polygons

Envisions workbook pages 834. Read and complete problems. Then complete pages 835-36. Odd numbers only.

Complete practice buddy 16-3.

Day 13

16-4 - Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Symmetry

Watch: Symmetry Video

Envisions workbook page 840. Read and complete. Then complete pages 841, 842. Odd numbers only.

Complete practice buddy 16-4

Day 14

16-5 - Thursday, April 23nd, 2020

Drawing shapes with lines of Symmetry

Watch the Video on Making Symmetry Bugs using your name - Then try to make it! ( also found on my website under Math)

Send me Pictures and I will make a powerpoint and post it on my website!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR9siBu1NwE

Envisions workbook page 846. Read and complete. Then complete pages 847, 848. Odd numbers only.

Complete practice buddy 16-5

Day 15

April 23rd, 2020 - ( no new work) catch up and review day

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Social Studies for Mr. Beers

Week 3 - April 20th - 24th

• Watch the Video - The Greatest Road Trip:Mammoth Cave (Video found on my website under Mammoth cave/Lit. Arts tab)

• Read Kentucky’s People and Places (link on my SS Page of my website)

Pages 158-169

Answer questions 1- 4 on page 163 and 169. Submit through Google Classroom or email answers to Mr Beers

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NTI Plans - April 13-19th, 2020 ( Monday - Sunday)

Math (Top)

Social Studies ( Middle)

Language Arts (Bottom)

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Mr. Beers Math

Day 6 - Monday, April 13th, 2020

Measurement Tools and Visual thinking

Envisions workbook pages 802 – convince me, 803, 804 – odd numbers only. 15-6 practice buddy – assessment – need to redo until 85% or better.

Day 7 - Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

Assessment - Open Book - Use your book to refer or videos to any question needed.

Envisions workbook pages - Assessment 811 –812 in workbook. Then take the on-line version of the assessment - Unit 15 Assessment - after answering workbook pages.

Day 8 - Chapter 16 - Wednesday, April 15th, 2020

Watch videos on brainpop.com – Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Transformations(flip, slide, turn, shapes, Symmetry).

Review Khan Academy videos if needed.

Day 9 - 16-1 - Thursday, April 16th. 2020

Lines Angle and Shapes

Envisions workbook pages 815 and 816. Read and complete problems. Then complete pages 823- 824. Odd numbers only.

Complete practice buddy 16-1.

Day 10 (no new lesson)

Friday - April 17th - review day - rewatch / review any lessons and catch up on the last 4 days.

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Mr Beers Social Studies Lessons - April 13th -19th, 2020

( Work a little each day - Due by the end of the weekend)

NTI - Week 2 - April 13th - 19th

• Watch - Mammoth Cave African American Heritage (Video found on my website under Mammoth cave/Lit. Arts tab)

• Read Kentucky 1900-1960’s (link on my SS Page of my website)

pages 124-137

Answer questions 1-4 on page 131 and 137. Submit through Google Classroom or email answers to Mr. Beers

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Ms. Waterbury's Language Arts lessons - ( Work a little each day - Due by the end of the weekend)

April 13-19th, 2020

After reading pages 23 through 47 in Journey to the Bottomless Pit please choose TWO from the following six activities to do. All of the responses will be based on pages 23 - 47 in the book. Each of the TWO activities you do should be done in Google Docs or you can do them on paper and then scan them or take a picture on a phone and upload them to an email. These TWO activities are not due until 4/20.

The previous assignments I have given are not due until 4/15. If anyone needs more time, please know that I will not take points off your grade if you turn something in late. I am only interested in your skills practice, your attention to detail and your mastery of learning necessary to help you be prepared for 5th grade.

RI.4.9 L .4.3

1. Scan this article and find the part that tells about Fawn Hoof, the mummy that was found in Mammoth Cave. Compare the information about Fawn Hoof to what the book tells about her. You can do this by making a list or by writing a paragraph.

Enslaved Tour Guide Stephen Bishop

RI 4.3 L 4.3 L 4.4

1. Imagine you are Stephen Bishop and you want to tell your family about your adventure in finding the Bottomless Pit. Create an illustration of your perilous discovery and write a brief letter as though Stephen is writing to his mother about the experience. Think about what you would include in the description of your adventure. One or two paragraphs is plenty!

RI 4.10 L 4.3

1. In the book, on pages 36 - 38, there is a great deal of description about what Stephen and H.C. Stevenson see as they are exploring. Look at the video of Mammoth Cave attached here, and create a painting, sketch, collage or charcoal drawing of a section that you think looks like one of the images they describe in these pages. Then write one or two sentences using adjectives to explain what you have created.

On the Trail:Mammoth Cave

RI 4.7

1. Make a list of the names given to specific parts of the cave. Which one would be your favorite to visit? Which ones are the most unusual? You should be able to find at least six names from page 23 to 48.

RL 4.7

1. Stephen Bishop created his map of Mammoth Cave from memory! That is amazing to me. See if you can create a map of SCAPA Bluegrass from memory. You will need to do two drawings, one of the upstairs and one of the downstairs. Be sure to label the rooms you have to go to when you are in class. Show where you enter and think about where the stairs would be. I think you will appreciate Stephen even more as you try to do this from memory. Have fun!

RI 4.10 L 4.4

1. After reading the short article about Stalagmites and Stalactites from the link below, write a sentence or two about the science behind these amazing formations. Use the information in the article to find images of some of the other formations mentioned, like “Straws”, “Curtains”, “Boxwork” and “Gypsum Flowers”. Try sketching some of these formation to share with me.

How Stalactites and Stalagmites Form

Gypsum Flowers

Remember, you only need to complete TWO of these activities by 4/20. Have fun on your adventure. I wish we could have gone to Mammoth Cave together, but at least we can share a video experience and try to imagine a young Stephen Bishop and all the wonder he must have felt as he found his way through the labyrinth of this incredible cave system!

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NTI lesson Plans - Week One

James Beers – 4^th Grade - Spring - April 6-10th - 2020

Math (top of the section) and

Ms. Waterbury's Language Arts ( middle of the list))

and Mr. Beers Social Studies ( bottom of the plans)

• Most lesson coordinate with Ms Waterbury’s lesson on Journey to the Bottomless Pit

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Geometry – Envisions – Chapter 15, 16

Content Standards 4.MD.C.5 -4.MD. C.6 -4.MD. C.7

Recognize and draw lines, rays and angles with different measures. Protractors, point, line, line segment, Ray, Right Angle, Acute, Obtuse, straight angle.

• You will need a protractor and a ruler/ straight edge

I have placed a box of Protractors in the front hallway at school - They have all been bleached as well as the bin they are sitting in.

When you answer a practice buddy (On the Envisions website) - check your work before submitting - these are your grades during these weeks.

Watch Brainpop.com video in the geometry section of:

Brainpop.com - link found on my website.

https://www.brainpop.com/math/geometryandmeasurement/

Khan Academy – links to geometry also found on my website for further review reteach videos

https://www.khanacademy.org/commoncore/grade-4-G

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Math Lessons

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Day 1 - April 6th, 2020

Lesson 15-1 – Lines, Angles and Rays

Envisions workbook pages 772 – convince me, 773, 774 – odd numbers. 15-1 practice buddy – assessment – need to redo until 85% or better.

Day 2 - April 7th, 2020

Angles and Unit Angles

Envisions workbook pages 778 – convince me, 779, 780 – odd numbers. 15-2 practice buddy – assessment – need to redo until 85% or better.

Day 3 - April 8th, 2020

Measuring Angles

Envisions workbook pages 784 – convince me, 785, 786 – odd numbers. 15-3 practice buddy – assessment – need to redo until 85% or better.

Day 4 - April9th, 2020

Measuring and Drawing Angles

Envisions workbook pages 790 – convince me, 791, 792 – odd numbers. 15-4 practice buddy – assessment – need to redo until 85% or better.

Day 5 - April 10th, 2020

Adding and Subtracting Angle Measurements

Envisions workbook pages 796 – convince me, 797, 798 – odd numbers. 15-5 practice buddy – assessment – need to redo until 85% or better.

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4^th Grade Language Arts - April 6th-10th, 2020 and Social Studies Aplril 6th - 10th, 2020

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Respond in google classroom to Ms. Waterbury's Work and to Mr. Beers google classroom for Mr. Beers SS work.

Lessons for Journey to the Bottomless Pit by Elizabeth Mitchell

To do these lessons, please read the next three chapters attached to the Mammoth Cave tab on Mr. Beers’ website.

As you are reading this biography, please keep track of the 5 W’s for each chapter (who, what, when, where and why). Additionally, here some activities that I want you to do and share with me via Google Docs, Google Slides or through email. You may have to take a picture and upload it for some of the art, or have your parents help you upload a video if you want to share that way. Most importantly, keep up with the learning so that we can finish the year ready for 5^th grade and confident that you haven’t missed out on important skills.

Vocabulary for Chapters 1 – 3 L4.4 L.4.4.a

If you cannot define the word based on the context of the text, please use a dictionary or dictionary.com to find its definition. Then use the word in a sentence so that I can tell you understand what it means within the story. You can do this in Google Docs by copying and pasting the words into a new document and sharing it with me.

Toil –

Cobbling –

Carpentering –

Cascade –

Canteen –

Rotunda –

Utmost –

Cavern –

Crevice –

Hemp –

Carriage –

Blockade –

Saltpeter –

Overseer –

Concluded –

Stalactite –

Stalagmite –

Formation –

Provisions –

Labyrinth –

Meager –

Shaftway –

Figurative Language/Chapters 1 – 3 L.4.5 L.4.5.a

Find a least 3 similes and 3 metaphors per chapter and write them in an email or Google Doc. Choose one metaphor from each chapter and try to illustrate it or find a picture on line from Mammoth Cave to attach to an email and share it with me. This is a fun way to practice your art skills and make the learning more interesting!

Parts of Speech L.4.1 L.4.1.a

The following sentences come from the book, Journey to the Bottomless Pit. Please read them, and then create a chart like the one below, using words from the sentences. Notice the importance of the adverbs and adjectives used by the author in the story, to make it more interesting and give you a visual experience as you read it. Create your chart in Google Docs and share it with me or you may do it on paper, take a picture and upload it as an attachment to an email.

1. He had grown up in the state of Kentucky, and Kentucky is full of caves, from animal dens in the sides of hills to holes larger than a house.

2. The hill was made of layers of rock, but it looked as though many layers had fallen away, leaving a huge opening downhill from where he was standing.

3. Inside were a tin box filled with matches, some spare wicks for the lamp, a canister filled with more oil, and enough lunch for two men.

4. He said that skinny little crevice opens out into an enormous cave with a huge tunnel in the side.

5. He thought of the long summer coming, when the field slaves would have to toil outside even on the hottest days.

Adjectives

Nouns

Adverbs

Verbs

L.4.1.a

Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns within a sentence. Words like he, she, it, him, her, they, them, their, us, you, me, mine, etc. From the book, choose 6 different pronouns and tell the noun they are referring to. For example, in the sentences above, He refers to Stephen Bishop. Use the novel to find your information.

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Before we begin looking for these in the novel, please read the following information carefully and look at the examples.

The list of words below are prepositions, and these are at the beginning of a prepositional phrase :

to, of, about, at, before, after, by, behind, during, for, from, in, over, under, and with.

When a prepositional phrase acts upon a noun, we say it is behaving adjectivally because adjectives modify nouns. A prepositional phrase that behaves adjectivally is called, quite logically, an adjectival phrase.

Example: The cat in the middle is the cutest.

When a prepositional phrase acts upon a verb, we say it is behaving adverbially because adverbs modify verbs. A prepositional phrase that behaves adverbially is called an adverbial phrase.

Example: To find the person who stole the last cookie, look behind you.

L.4.1.e

Now, let’s go on a scavenger hunt through your novel. In Journey to the Bottomless Pit there are many examples of prepositions and prepositional phrases. Please find 6 examples and type them into Google Docs. Notice why the prepositions are so important. What do they tell you about what is happening in the story.

Next, read the following excerpt from the story where I have left out the prepositions. How does this effect your ability to understand what is happening in the novel?

“____ every tour, Stephen began his talk ______the visitors filled their canteens. He told them that the temperature _______mammoth stayed the same all year round-_____fifty-four degrees. His visitors always asked ________the curious wind ______the cave mouth. Stephen told them that it always blew outward when the _______air was warmer than the air _______the cave. __ winter days, when the air _______the cave was warmer than the air _________, the wind blew _____the cave. His visitors murmured _____interest.”

Please respond to the following questions in Google Docs. You can copy and paste the questions to a new document and type your answers there. Be sure to use correct grammar, capitalization and punctuation in your answers, and be detailed and complete in your responses. You can quote from the book, but make sure you use quotations marks and tell what page you are quoting from at the end of your quote. I’m going to be looking for clear, well thought out responses that show me how deeply you understand and have thought about the text.

1. Considering the time period in which this story takes place, what are some of the reasons it is so unique that Stephen Bishop was in the position to be the tour guide for Mammoth Cave? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What are some of the character traits that Stephen possessed that made him a perfect candidate for his job? Explain how he demonstrated each of the traits you mention. (At least 4)

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3. Tell me about the relationship between Stephen and Archibald Miller. What does this suggest about Miller’s character and what do you know about Stephen’s intellect based on their interactions?

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4. Why does Franklin Gorin decide to sell Mammoth Cave? How do you think Stephen feels about this decision and why do you think this is the case?

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5. Dr. Croghan is from Kentucky, but how did he learn about Mammoth Cave? Why do you think he decided to purchase it and what do you think his first impression of Stephen might have been?

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6. What was Stephen’s first discovery and how did he find it? What was Gorin’s reaction to this discovery and how do you imagine Stephen felt about that? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

See Ms. Waterbury’s Plans (above) as well as these plans in coordination to get a picture of the Kentucky Unit.

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Mr. Beers - Social Studies

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Week 1 - April 6th - 10th

• Watch Mammoth Cave: Historical Tour. Video - On Mammoth Cave / Lit Arts tab on my website

• Read Kentucky 1800-1900 (link on my SS Page of my website)

Pages 106 -123

Answer questions 1-4 on page 111, 115 and 123. - submit through email to Mr. Beers or Google Classroom.

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*****All work for week April 6th -10th should be finished by Sunday April 12th,2020*****

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Homework for the long Spring Break - End of March, 2020

1. Math MST - Grade 4 - homework, Grade 5 MST - Bonus work

2. Math Envisions Practice Buddies - ( 1-5, 2-6, 3-10, 4-11, 6-5, 8-5, 9-11, 10-3, 11-4)

Extra Credit

3. play board games

4. make a puzzle

5. clean your room

6. exercise

7. practice your instrument

8. Read lots of magazines and books

Due date to be due 10 days after return to school or if the FCPS alters homework and class schedules - dates may change.

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