March 20th, 2020
Online activities for Friday, March 20
See our Online School Agenda to see what we worked on today. You and your students can easily get to the agenda from go.mrhowd.com/online. We work from 9 am to 2 pm daily, with an hour lunch break!
Reading: Today’s assignment was to discuss their Literature Circles reading and notes from yesterday. We did that using a Zoom group video chat. Twenty-three students showed up! Students also practiced reading with MobyMax Reading Stories. Check the Online School Agenda for links. Reading is at 9:00 am daily.
Writing: Today’s assignment was to work on revising again. Our class average is up to 80%; some students should be able to finish up this weekend. For revising, students can add new talking, action, or visual details, change words into better ones, or take out parts that don’t fit. Check how your student is doing here. We work on writing at 1 pm daily.
The novel project is due Wednesday, March 25. Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes daily during the week.
Math: We practiced classifying triangles and shapes today. Check the Online School Agenda for links to the skills we worked on and a tutorial video. We work on math at 11 am. Our class average is up to 69% in plane figures right now! We’ll be finishing this topic next week and moving on to measuring angles.
Science: We read a book about why people in different jobs visualize sound. After that, students completed a note page. The read along book is below:
Check the Online School Agenda for links. Homework is to finish the Why People Visualizing Sound note page if not done this morning. We work on science at 10 am.
Social Studies: We reviewed positive and negative incentives. Then students took a quiz to check their knowledge. Homework is to finish the quiz if not done already. Check the Online School Agenda for specifics. Social studies is at 10:30 daily.
Notes:
- See our Online School Agenda to see what we worked on today. Make sure your student completes the work they missed if they didn’t join us during the day. We work daily from 9 am to 2 pm.
- View grades in the Online Learning section at Jupiter Ed.
- Please see here if your student needs to turn in late or missing work.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.