Grades 3-5 Learning
Your child's teacher is the first and best resource for their learning. Teachers have created grade level plans for students to access in Schoology. We want to ensure students are able to continue their learning and growth everyday. To access online learning from home, be sure to create a Google profile for your child using his or her Region 16 student email. If you are unsure how to do this, see the document: Make a profile for your child in Google Chrome.
Read independently for 20-30 minutes
Write for 20 minutes
Grow their vocabulary
Read about science and technology
Conduct inquiry and experiments
Engage with math
Listen to and talk about music
View and produce their own artwork
Engage in physical activity
Share their learning with others
Reading
At Region 16 Schools elementary students engage in reading learning with i-Ready. Lessons include instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary and comprehension. Through their Google login, students can access their reading learning choosing i-Ready from the Google Apps. Once logged in, students select "Reading." Students should complete 4 i-Ready lessons each week.
i-Ready Reading: access through your child's Google profile
Scholastic: Scholastic Learn at Home provides 20 days’ worth of active learning journeys designed to reinforce and sustain educational opportunities for those students who are unable to attend school. Click the appropriate grade(s) below to access materials.
Read-Alouds: Select books to listen to aloud at justbooksreadaloud.com. Students can listen to stories in different languages, as well. Another great resource for read-alouds is storylineonline.net. As students listen to the story, they should use their reading journals to jot down:
Questions they have
What is happening in the story
Ideas they have about characters and their actions
What the author wants us, as readers, to learn at the end of the story
Writing and Social Studies
Using their notebooks, students should write about their opinions, thoughts and ideas every day. They can use the read-aloud texts they engage with above, or read and listen to nonfiction texts, as well, that promote Social Studies learning.
ReadWorks: students can engage with text appropriate for their level. They will need a code from their teacher to access the materials.
Pebble Go Next: offers articles, presented in text and audio, about U.S. Geography and American Indian History. Can be accessed with Region 16 log in.
BrainPop: offers a animated video clips, articles, activities and games on a variety of topics. Can be accessed with Region 16 log in.
Mathematics
At Region 16 Schools elementary students engage in math learning with i-Ready. Lessons include instruction in numbers and operations, algebraic thinking, measurement and geometry. Through their Google login, students can access their math learning choosing i-Ready from the Google Apps. Once logged in, students select "Math." They can also visit Reflex Math (Grades 2-5), an online program used in our classrooms. Students should complete 4 i-Ready lessons each week.
i-Ready Math: access through your child's Google profile
Reflex Math: The suggested time frame for instructional usage is 1 lesson per day. Students have individual log ins.
Students can also visit Greg Tang's math site for games and other math learning opportunities.
SCIENCE
NGSS challenges students think and act like scientists as they explore and make sense of the world around them. Students can continue to explore science concepts with these websites.
NASA's Kids Club provides games and activities to learn about NASA.
National Geographic Kids offers videos and articles.
Mystery Science offers NGSS aligned lessons and videos
Ask A Biologist has games and simulations for students.
Pebble Go Next: offers articles, presented in text and audio, about U.S. Geography and American Indian History. Can be accessed with Region 16 log in.
BrainPop: offers a animated video clips, articles, activities and games on a variety of topics. Can be accessed with Region 16 log in.
Visual arts
Students can still engage in visual arts learning. Visit these museum web sites to view art and create art inspired by the works you see.
Mattatuck Museum Yale University Art Gallery
New Britain Museum of American Art Metropolitan Museum of Art
music
Listen to music and write about what you feel and think. Create music, too!
Play the drums (virtually!)
Music games: Make music, play music and play music games
physical education
Play games and get exercise every day to maintain healthy habits. Here are some suggestions. NPS does not endorse any one way for students to be active.
Physical activity guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control