Updates: 5/4/20 - 5/15/20
3rd Grade Passion Project:
Over the next ten days, students are challenged to find an area of passion to explore. Is there a sport that you really love? Do you want to learn about your favorite animal? Do you want to learn American Sign Language? Are you intrigued by the wonders of space? Is there a country you are dying to visit? THE SKY IS THE LIMIT! Your child can choose to explore anything that they would like to learn about!
Please see the one page description & rubric (guidelines for the project & the criteria for assessment) for this project. It is named "3rd grade passion project" and can be found under the Links/Parent Resources. The lesson plan template for the weeks of May 4 - May 8 & May 11 - May 15 and our Tigers' homeroom meeting calendar for the next two weeks can also be found there. The calendar provides presentation dates. A sign-up genius will go out next week for students to sign up for a presentation day and time.
An email providing information for all expectations for the project has also been sent to parents. However, I will also be going over project expectations during our Homeroom Morning Meeting on Monday, May 4th, at 9:00 am. I hope to "see" everyone there!
Updates: 4/27/20 - 5/1/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources tab/page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Social Studies:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your exit key answers using the study guide. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, April 27
Read the 13 Colonies Study Guide
Thinking About Colonialism
Challenge:Journal-write your questions and answers
Tuesday, April 28
Watch the Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=109tKKANMEA
Challenge:Using your journal, write an imaginary narrative of a day in the life of a colonist (make it as long or as short as you would like)
Wednesday, April 29
Watch the Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do4Ryapg3eU
Challenge:Using your journals discuss and analyze your final depiction and tell three or more ways in which the lives of the colonial people in that region at that time could be made better or easier
Thursday, April 30
Map It
Challenge: Get any physical globe or map that you have at home and locate the three regions that were once Colonial America; if you don’t have a physical map, Google it; notice the water forms that border those areas; Google what crops or goods that those states are still famous for
Friday, May 1
Updates: 4/20/20 - 4/24/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources tab/page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Science:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your exit key answers using the study guide. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, April 20
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living-vs- non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Tuesday, April 21
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living- vs-non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Wednesday, April 22
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living-vs- non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Thursday, April 23
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living-vs- non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Friday, April 24
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living-vs- non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Challenge:
Updates: 4/13/20 - 4/17/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources tab/page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Social Studies:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your exit key answers using the study guide. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, April 13
Tuesday, April 14
Wednesday, April 15
Challenge:
Thursday, April 16
Friday, April 17
Weekly Challenge 4/13/20-4/17/20
Updates: 4/6/20 - 4/10/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. (Look under the PICTURES tab if it is a challenge to find.)These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Science:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your exit key answers using the drawing of the water cycle in the study guide. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, April 6
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts
Tuesday, April 7
Wednesday, April 8
Thursday, April 9
Social Studies:
Monday, April 6
Tuesday, April 7
Wednesday, April 8
Updates: 3/30/20 - 4/3/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. (Look under the PICTURES tab if it is a challenge to find.)These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Science:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your answers using the answer key. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, March 30
Tuesday, March 31
Wednesday, April 1
Thursday, April 2
Friday, April 3
Social Studies:
This activity can be completed at anytime over the week.
The answers for the “Lost Colony of Roanoke” exit ticket are:
Updates: 3/16/20 - 3/27/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. (Look under the PICTURES tab if it is a challenge to find.)These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Science:
Read the assigned reading fluency task card for each day. Complete the questions on the “Answering Questions” activity task card. Check your answers using the answer key. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Optional (not required): Annotate as you read.
Monday, March 16
Assignment – “Extremes” AND“Behavior” task cards
Tuesday, March 17
Assignment – “Intelligence” AND“Communication” task cards
Wednesday, March 18
Assignment – “Roles in Ecosystem” AND“Life Cycles” task cards
Thursday, March 19
Assignment – “Feeding Habits” AND“Locomotion” task cards
Friday, March 20
Assignment – “Size, Shape, Color” AND“Reproduction” task cards
Monday, March 23
Assignment – “Predators” AND“Social Behavior” task cards
Tuesday, March 24
Assignment – “Survival Strategies” AND“Natural Selection” task cards
Wednesday, March 25
Assignment – “Migration” AND“Extinction” task cards
Thursday, March 26
Assignment – “Hibernation” AND“Mimicry” task cards
Friday, March 27
Assignment – “Camouflage” AND“Plant Adaptations” task cards
Social Studies:
This activity can be completed at anytime over the two weeks.
Note: Students will open-note test on adaptations on our return. Students will share their postcards in class so make them great!
Updates: 3/2/20 - 3/6/20
Date(s) to Remember:
adaptation, camouflage, mimicry, hibernation, migration
Updates: 2/24/20 - 2/28/20
Date(s) to Remember:
conflict, disease, enslave, immunity, interaction, isolation, trade
Updates: 2/10/20 - 2/14/20
Date(s) to Remember:
Vocabulary Word(s): (Science) terrestrial planet, Mercury, Venus, Earth, satellite, Mars, asteroid belt
(Social Studies) accomplish, Age of Exploration, conquistador, motivation, navigate, New World, obstacle, strait
Updates: 1/27/20 - 1/31/20
Date(s) to Remember:
Vocabulary Word(s): accomplish, Age of Exploration, conquistador, motivation, navigate, New World, obstacle, strait
Updates: 1/20/20 - 1/24/20
Date(s) to Remember:
Vocabulary Word(s): position, distance, direction, motion, speed, forces, friction, magnetism, energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, heat energy, electrical energy, sound energy, light energy, chemical energy, circuit, conductor, insulatorEssential Question(s): How do things move?
Updates: 1/13/20 - 1/17/20
Date(s) to Remember:
Reminders:
Objective(s): (Social Studies) Early American Indian Cultures in North America
Essential Question(s): How did American Indians use their environment to meet their needs?
Vocabulary Word(s): archaeologist, climate, conflict, cultural group, customs, environment, indigenous, natural resources, nomadic, region
Updates: 1/6/20 - 1/10/20
Date(s) to Remember:
Reminders:
Objective(s): (Science) Energy
Essential Question(s): How do things move?
Vocabulary Word(s): position, distance, direction, motion, speed, forces, friction, magnetism, energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, heat energy, electrical energy, sound energy, light energy, chemical energy, circuit, conductor, insulator
Updates: 12/9/19 - 12/20/19
Date(s) to Remember:
Updates: 11/4/19 - 11/8/19
Date(s) to Remember:
Reminders:
Objective(s): (Social Studies) Political & Physical Features of the U.S.
Essential Question(s): How do we use maps and globes to identify and locate major cities and physical features in the U.S.?
Vocabulary Word(s): physical feature, physical map, political map
Updates: 10/28/19 - 11/1/19
Date(s) to Remember:
Objective(s): (Science) Magnetic Forces
Essential Question(s): How do we use maps and globes to identify and locate major countries and physical features around the world?
Vocabulary: attract, electrical charge, electromagnet, iron, magnet, magnetic field, magnetism, pole, repel, static electricity
Updates: 10/21/19 - 10/25/19
Welcome Back! I hope you had a restful fall break!
Date(s) to Remember:
Objective(s): (S.S.) World Geography & Oceans on Maps & Globes
Essential Question(s): How do we use maps and globes to identify and locate major countries and physical features around the world?
Vocabulary: continent, ocean; North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Australia; Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean; United States, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Egypt, India, China, Russia, Japan, Mediterranean Sea, Straits of Magellan, Nile River, Amazon River, Gobi Desert, Sahara Desert, Great Barrier Reef, Niagara Falls, Alps Mountains, Andes Mountains, Himalayas Mountains
Updates: 10/7/19 - 10/11/19
Date(s) to Remember:
Objective(s): (S.S.) World Geography & Oceans on Maps & Globes
Essential Question(s): How do we use maps and globes to identify and locate continents and oceans?
Vocabulary: continent, ocean; North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Australia; Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Updates: 9/30/19 - 10/4/19
Date(s) to Remember:
Objective(s): (Science) Matter: Physical vs. Chemical Changes
Essential Question(s): How are the three states of water alike and different? How do we use them to compare matter? How do we use them to describe how matter changes?
Vocabulary: property, molecules, particles, mass, distance, physical change, chemical change
Updates: 9/23/19 - 9/27/19
Date(s) to Remember:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084EA5AA22A5FE3-tigers
Objective(s):Social Studies) Geography: Maps & Globes - Types of Maps
Essential Question(s): Why do maps show different types of features and information?
Vocabulary: physical map, natural characteristics, human characteristics, political map, population map, population density, climate map, resource map, product map
Updates: 9/16/19 - 9/20/19
Date(s) to Remember:
Objective(s): (Science) States of Matter- Heat - Insulators and Conductors
Essential Question(s): What causes materials to be better conductors and insulators of heat and what are real world examples?
Vocabulary: insulator, conductor, particles, heat
Updates: 9/9/19 - 9/13/19
Objective(s): (Social Studies) Maps & Globes- Locations on Earth
Essential Question(s): How do physical features impact how people live? (Some physical features make life more challenging, but all around the world, people adapt to the physical features in their environment.)
Vocabulary: physical features, landforms - (basin, canyon, delta, desert, hill, island, isthmus, mountain, peninsula, plain, plateau, valley), bodies of water - (bay, canal, gulf, lake, ocean, river, sea, strait, stream), political features - (boundaries, cities, highways, railroads, roads), political entities, capital cities
Updates: 9/3/19 - 9/6/19
Objective(s): (Science) States of Matter
Essential Question(s): What Is Matter?
Vocabulary: matter, property, physical property, volume, mass, magnetism, texture
Updates: 8/26/19 - 8/30/19
Objective(s): (Social Studies) Maps & Globes- Geographic Tools & Locations on Earth
Essential Question(s): What is Geography?
Vocabulary: cardinal directions, intermediate directions, map scales, map legends, map titles, country, region, hemisphere, latitude, longitude, North Pole, South Pole, equator, prime meridian, time zone, and elevation
Updates: 8/19/19 - 8/23/19
Objective(s): (Science) The Brain
Essential Question(s): How do we learn?
Vocabulary: cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem
Updates: 5/6/19 - 5/10/19
Updates: 4/29/19 - 5/3/19
5/7 & 5/10 Students need to bring a lunch on Tuesday, May 7th for our Riverboat Field Trip and on Friday, May 10th for National Lab Day.
Updates: 4/22/19 - 4/26/19
4/23 Coming home with your child today is a permission slip (green sheet) for National Lab Day on the U of M Campus. The fourth and fifth grade classes will be attending. These are due Tuesday. There is some language in the permission slip that uses strong wording. However, the activities during National Lab Days in the past included engaging activities such as DNA abstraction from strawberries and labs where images from Shelby Forest are investigated. The permission slip is a safety precaution by the university for anyone in their labs. Parents are welcome to attend. It will take place from 9 - 12:30. Students will walk to labs on campus and will eat lunch at school following the National Lab Day activities.
4/24 Progress Reports go home next Wednesday.
Updates: 4/15/19 - 4/18/19
4/15-4/18, 4/22-4/23, 4/30 TCAP has begun - Snacks should cab be brought in the day of or the day before they are served. Students can bring gum each day to chew to help with concentration! Please make sure students eat a healthy breakfast and are at school on time each morning.
4/17 Earth Day festival is this Wednesday! Meet us at Campus to walk over if you would like to walk over with us.
4/17 HomeFUN is due Wednesday this week. NO HomeFUN next weekend! Enjoy your holiday!
Updates: 4/8/19 - 4/12/19
4/9 & 4/11 Swimming continues this week on Tuesday & Thursday! Please continue conversations at home on what it means and looks like to be respectful, responsible, and ready at the Rec Center. Don't forget swim suits and towels. Goggles and swim shoes are optional.
4/12/19 The theme of Family Gathering on Friday is "Confucius Institute" and will be lead by the Chinese Institute.
4/17/19 The fourth grade will be visiting the Earth Day Festival on Wednesday at 11:00 am on campus. Please meet us at Campus School and walk over with us- it is always a fun event!
4/19/19 No School
4/15/19-4/30/19 T-Cap Testing Window
Updates: 4/1/19 - 4/5/19
4/2 Tomorrow is Spring Picture Day. (Our picture time is earlier in the day- before swimming!) Students may come to school wearing school-appropriate non-uniform clothing. However, I encourage them to wear clothes and shoes that will be easy to change into/out of once we are at swimming.
4/4 Thursday is Jump Rope For Heart. Feel free to join the fourth grade during our jump time if you would like to see your student from 9:45- 11 in the Field House.
Updates: 3/25/19 - 3/29/19
3/28 Parent Coffee and Award's Ceremony
4/2 Spring Picture Day
4/5 Steam Club Competition (Can Drive)
4/9 Fam Jam @ Railgarten 5:00-8:00 pm
4/19 No School
5/24 Last Day of School (1/2 Day)
4th Grade Swimming Dates: 4/2, 4/4, 4/9, 4/11 Bring school appropriate swimsuit, towel, goggles, swim shoes optional, swim shirts for boys optional. Help students practice at home changing into and out of swimsuits.
Weekly Updates: 2/25/19 - 3/1/19
3/1 Friday is our poetry slam. Families are welcome to attend. It will be at 1:30 pm in the Playroom.
Weekly Updates: 2/18/19 - 2/22/19
2/20 Kid's Heart Challenge (Jump Rope for Heart)
2/20 CLUE Field Trip
2/22 Ms. Hughes' class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “Balance," at Family Gathering on Friday.
2/22 4th Grade Field Trip to Pink Palace Museum (Thank you to all the parents who were able to provide transportation to make this field trip happen!)
2/22 Teacher Luncheon Hey parents we have our last parent provided teacher lunch for the year on Friday, Feb. 22. Lunch is being hosted by 1st grade. Food does not have to be homemade. Please make your dish to serve 12 and leave in the lounge by 10 AM on 2/22. As always your help is appreciated. Click here to sign up
Weekly Updates: 2/11/19 - 2/15/19
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0e4eacaf2ea3fe3-johnsons
2/15 Ms. Alles' class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “Commitment," at Family Gathering on Friday.
2/18 No School (President's Day)
2/20 Jump Rope for Heart
2/20 CLUE Field Trip
2/22 4th Grade Field Trip to Pink Palace Museum
Weekly Updates: 2/4/19 - 2/8/19
2/6 Pink Palace field trip permission slips and money are due.
2/8 Mrs. Horsley's class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “Ownership," at Family Gathering on Friday.
2/7-2/8 Intersession Registration (Intersession is 3/4/19-3/8/19)
2/14 "Pizza My Heart" Valentine's Day Party (Use the link and thank you for signing up to help make our celebration a success!) https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0e4eacaf2ea3fe3-johnsons
2/18 No School (President's Day)
2/20 Jump Rope for Heart
2/22 Field Trip to Pink Palace Museum
Weekly Updates: 1/28/19 - 2/1/19
2/1 Mrs. Hembree's class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “Flexibility," at Family Gathering on Friday.
2/6 Pink Palace field trip permission slips and money due.
2/7-2/8 Intersession Registration (Intersession is 3/4/19-3/8/19)
2/14 "Pizza My Heart" Valentine's Day Party (Use the link and thank you for signing up to help make our celebration a success!) https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0e4eacaf2ea3fe3-johnsons
2/18 No School (President's Day)
2/20 Jump Rope for Heart
2/22 Field Trip to Pink Palace Museum
Weekly Updates: 1/21/19 - 1/25/19
Terrace IV $25
Terrace III $30
3rd Grade Passion Project:
Over the next ten days, students are challenged to find an area of passion to explore. Is there a sport that you really love? Do you want to learn about your favorite animal? Do you want to learn American Sign Language? Are you intrigued by the wonders of space? Is there a country you are dying to visit? THE SKY IS THE LIMIT! Your child can choose to explore anything that they would like to learn about!
Please see the one page description & rubric (guidelines for the project & the criteria for assessment) for this project. It is named "3rd grade passion project" and can be found under the Links/Parent Resources. The lesson plan template for the weeks of May 4 - May 8 & May 11 - May 15 and our Tigers' homeroom meeting calendar for the next two weeks can also be found there. The calendar provides presentation dates. A sign-up genius will go out next week for students to sign up for a presentation day and time.
An email providing information for all expectations for the project has also been sent to parents. However, I will also be going over project expectations during our Homeroom Morning Meeting on Monday, May 4th, at 9:00 am. I hope to "see" everyone there!
Updates: 4/27/20 - 5/1/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources tab/page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Social Studies:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your exit key answers using the study guide. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, April 27
Read the 13 Colonies Study Guide
Thinking About Colonialism
- Imagine there is a space mission to a new planet and that you have been chosen to go
- Now pretend that you are leaving your home planet, Earth, and traveling across the galaxy to start a new life in a place that is still in the early stages of development
- The friends you once had back home no longer think of you as part of their society or life
- After imagining your galactic journey, think about the following guiding questions and discuss with a family member during a meal or a walk outside:
- What would it be like to travel to this new place?
- How would you be able to survive?
- What are some challenges that you might face? What are some things that you may see or experience that may be beneficial in your journey?
- What types of systems would need to be created to be successful?
- Now connect this imaginary experience with those of the 13 American Colonies answering those same questions all over again in your discussion comparing and contrasting those experiences
Challenge:Journal-write your questions and answers
Tuesday, April 28
Watch the Video
- Watch the following video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=109tKKANMEA
- Copy and paste the link if it does not open
- Think about what you have learned using the following guiding questions and discuss with a family member during a meal or a walk outside:
- What was the original intention for the economic system and structure of the 13 colonies?
- How were the Southern and Northern colonies alike and different?
- What importance did land ownership have to colonists?
- What role did freedom play in the lives of the colonists?
- How did mercantilism (Google the definition of this word) impact the colonists' way of life?
Challenge:Using your journal, write an imaginary narrative of a day in the life of a colonist (make it as long or as short as you would like)
Wednesday, April 29
Watch the Video
- Watch the following video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do4Ryapg3eU
- Copy and paste the link if it does not open
- Using your journals take notes on the lives of the colonists as you watch, paying special attention to the three regions –New England (Northern), Middle, and Southern
- After the video, get crayons, markers, or colored pencils and a large piece of paper, choose a region, and draw a depiction of life in that specific colony –New England (Northern), Middle, or Southern
- For example, the Northern colonies might be filled with huge mills and small villages lining a river, whereas the Southern colonies might have a few big plantations and many more men than women
Challenge:Using your journals discuss and analyze your final depiction and tell three or more ways in which the lives of the colonial people in that region at that time could be made better or easier
Thursday, April 30
Map It
- Print and label the 13 Colonies Map found in the Study Guide (the answer key is also attached)
- Not able to print at this time? Draw and label the map in your journals
- Color
Challenge: Get any physical globe or map that you have at home and locate the three regions that were once Colonial America; if you don’t have a physical map, Google it; notice the water forms that border those areas; Google what crops or goods that those states are still famous for
Friday, May 1
- Fun Friday!!
Updates: 4/20/20 - 4/24/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources tab/page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Science:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your exit key answers using the study guide. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, April 20
- This week’s activities will be a very basic introduction to animal and plant classification & ecosystems
- This lesson will come from the GenerationGenius online platform; sign-in as a parent and you will receive up to five free lessons and you should be able to access it for the entire week of activities
- Follow the link below and watch the video “Living Vs. Non-Living Things” (11:09)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link into the search bar if it does not open
- After watching the video, you will go on that nature walk! First, draw a line down the middle of a page on a clipboard or other hard surface
- Label one column living and the other column non-living
- Now, go on a nature walk around your garden,
backyard, or neighborhood (be safe & use social
distance) or just look out of a window in your house - Find objects that are living or non-living
- Make observations with your senses and classify things as
living or non-living, thinking about and discussing with a parent or sibling what classifies each thing as living or non-living - Draw and label the objects under the correct column on your paper
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living-vs- non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Tuesday, April 21
- Follow the same link below from yesterday (you may review the video again if you choose to do so)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link into the search bar if it does not open
- Drop down below the video to the Discussion Questionstab and click on the arrow to reveal the Before Videoand After Video questions in a drop box
- Play a game by trying to respond to the questions aloud
- Then click on the arrow to reveal the answer in the drop
box
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living- vs-non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Wednesday, April 22
- Follow the same link below from yesterday (you may review the video again if you choose to do so)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link into the search bar if it does not open
- Drop down below the video to the Vocabulary tab and click on the arrow to reveal vocabulary words
- Play a game by trying to define the vocabulary words aloud
- Then click on the DEFINE arrow to reveal the answer in the
drop box
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living-vs- non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Thursday, April 23
- Follow the same link below from yesterday (you may review the video again if you choose to do so)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link into the search bar if it does not open
- Now, drop down on that same page to find the Assessment tab
- Go over and click on the Online Quiz Game tab
- Choose Quizziz Best For At Home (Play Individually)
- Click Play and have fun!
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living-vs- non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Friday, April 24
- Follow the same link below from yesterday (you may review the video again if you choose to do so)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link into the search bar if it does not open
- Now, drop down on that same page to find the Assessment tab again
- Go over and click on either the Exit Ticket tab
- Complete Level 1 and Level 2 of the Exit ticket
https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/living-vs- non-living-things-video-for-kids/
Challenge:
- Follow the same link below from yesterday (you may review the video again if you choose to do so)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link into the search bar if it does not open
- Now, drop down on that same page to find the Assessment tab again
- Go over and click on either the Exit Ticket tab
- Complete Level 3 of the Exit Ticket and ACE your writing
Updates: 4/13/20 - 4/17/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources tab/page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Social Studies:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your exit key answers using the study guide. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, April 13
- PLEASE NOTE: We will begin to alternate our studies of Science and Social Studies, weekly, just as we did during our regular school year
- This week we will focus our studies in the subject area of Social Studies and next week will be Science
- Watch the BrainPOP video “Thanksgiving” on the Plymouth Colony(7:36 minutes)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link if it does not open
- Take the BrainPOP quiz following the video
Tuesday, April 14
- Study the “Plymouth Colony Study Guide” for your Exit Ticket
- Print and annotate (take notes on) the study guide in your journal or using loose-leaf paper
Wednesday, April 15
- Go to the BrainPOP video that you watched on Monday or use the direct link below
- Print and complete the BrainPOP “Thanksgiving Challenge” or write the questions and answers in your journal or using loose leaf paper
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link if it does not open
Challenge:
- Go to the BrainPOP video that you watched on yesterday or use the direct link below
- Print and complete the BrainPOP Worksheet “Myth vs. Fact” or write the questions and answers in your journal or using loose leaf paper
- Explain the facts that disprove the Thanksgiving myths
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link if it does not open
Thursday, April 16
- Play “Plymouth Colony Jeopardy” using the link below
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link if it does not open
- https://jeopardylabs.com/play/plymouth-colony
- Any question that you are unfamiliar with open a new window and “research the answer”
Friday, April 17
- Complete the “Plymouth Colony Exit Ticket”
- Print and complete the exit ticket or write the answers in your journal or using loose leaf paper
- Watch my review Zoom video on “Jamestown” where I go in depth into the roles that men and women historically played during early exploration and the settling of the New World
- Look for the video link to be posted on Facebook and emailed out before Friday
Weekly Challenge 4/13/20-4/17/20
- In the1600s, the land that is Plymouth Colony had already belonged to Native Americans for thousands of years.
- After having watched the BrainPOP movie completed in this week's activities (study guide, Jeopardy and exit ticket) you should have a better understanding about the history of Plymouth Colony-- the national myths behind Plymouth settlement and the true story as well as the roles that the Native Americans and the Separatists played in the “settling “ of Plymouth Colony and each groups’ struggles to survive.
- After looking back closely at the roles of the settlers and Native Americans you will now draft questions for a mock interview.
- Pretend that you are either a settler or a Native American. You will create 10 interview questions from the viewpoint of your choice, either as a settler or as a Wampanoag. So, if you chose to be a settler, you will write questions for a Wampanoag and vice versa. After writing your interview questions have a family member to interview you.
- To make this even more fun, record your interview!
Updates: 4/6/20 - 4/10/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. (Look under the PICTURES tab if it is a challenge to find.)These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Science:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your exit key answers using the drawing of the water cycle in the study guide. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, April 6
- Watch “The Water Cycle” (3:08 minutes)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link if it does not open
- Optional – take notes on the video in your journal or using loose-leaf paper
https://youtu.be/ncORPosD rjI
- Watch “The Water Cycle Song” ” (3:41 minutes)
- The link may take a moment to open; copy and paste the link if it does not open
- Memorize it and sing it to a parent, sibling or pet
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts
Tuesday, April 7
- Look at the PowerPoint on the water cycle
- Optional – take notes on the PowerPoint in your journal or using loose-leaf paper
Wednesday, April 8
- Study the Water Cycle Study Guide for your Exit Ticket
- Optional – print and annotate it or just take notes on the PowerPoint in your journal or using loose-leaf paper
Thursday, April 9
- Complete The Water Cycle Exit Ticket
- Print it or draw and
label it in your journal or using loose-leaf paper - The labeled water cycle on the study guide can be used as a answer key
Social Studies:
Monday, April 6
- You will need the BrainPop
Username:
University Schools and Password:brainpop2020 - You may have to copy and paste
the link - Watch
Jamestown Settlement, Part 1 (5:54 minutes)
https://www.brainpo p.com/socialstudies/u shistory/jamestownp art1/
Tuesday, April 7
- You will need the BrainPop Username:University Schools and Password:brainpop2020
- You may have to copy and paste the link
- Watch Jamestown Settlement, Part 2 (5:05 minutes)
https://www.brainpo p.com/socialstudies/u shistory/jamestownp art2/
Wednesday, April 8
- Create a half page advertisement recruiting men to go overseas to settle the first English colony in Jamestown
- Make your ad colorful and use descriptive words to make the journey sound like a once in a lifetime chance
Updates: 3/30/20 - 4/3/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. (Look under the PICTURES tab if it is a challenge to find.)These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Science:
Complete the daily assignment. Check your answers using the answer key. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Monday, March 30
- You will need the BrainPop Username:University Schools and Password:brainpop2020
- Watch the 4 minute BrainPop video on weather (you may have to copy and paste the link)https://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/weather/
- Complete the “Weather Vocabulary” assignment – Research (use Google) for help with the vocabulary words
- The answer sheet for “Weather Vocabulary” is attached
Tuesday, March 31
- You will need the BrainPop Username:University Schools and Password:brainpop2020
- Watch the 3 minute BrainPop video on temperature (you may have to copy and paste the link)https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/temperature/
- Complete the “Create Your Own Forecast” assignment
- The answer sheet for “Create Your Own Forecast” is attached separately; it is labeled Sample 5 Day Forecast and Meteorologist Report
- The Meteorologist Report is OPTIONAL but should be totally fun if you choose to do it
Wednesday, April 1
- Complete the “Collecting Weather Data” assignment – You may use some type of weather app or watch the weather forecast on a local news station
- The answer sheet for “Collecting Weather Data” is attached
Thursday, April 2
- Complete the “Graphing Weather Data” assignment
- The answer sheet for “Graphing Weather Data” is attached
Friday, April 3
- Complete the “Analyze Your Weather Data” assignment
- There is No answer sheet for “Analyze Your Weather Data” is attached
Social Studies:
This activity can be completed at anytime over the week.
- Read the “Lost Colony of Roanoke” study guide
- You may choose to chunk your reading, meaning read short paragraphs over the week
- You may choose to annotate or highlight the text
- Complete the exit ticket attached (you may print the exit ticket or write the answers in a journal or on a sheet of loose-leaf paper)
- These two assignments may be completed at anytime in this week
The answers for the “Lost Colony of Roanoke” exit ticket are:
- b
- a
- d
- e
- b
- b
- a
- c
- d
Updates: 3/16/20 - 3/27/20
PLEASE see the links/parent resources page for this blog to access all documents for the assignments. (Look under the PICTURES tab if it is a challenge to find.)These documents are also available through email.
Daily Schedule
Science:
Read the assigned reading fluency task card for each day. Complete the questions on the “Answering Questions” activity task card. Check your answers using the answer key. Make any corrections needed in ink.
Optional (not required): Annotate as you read.
- To annotate, if you print the task cards, then underline or highlight 1-2 important ideas or details; circle words that are unfamiliar; put a question mark over what confuses you; and put an exclamation over what interests you.
- To annotate, if you don’t print the task card, then take notes by writing 1-2 important key ideas or details; any vocabulary words that are unfamiliar to you; anything that is confusing or interesting to you. Use a journal or loose leaf paper.
Monday, March 16
Assignment – “Extremes” AND“Behavior” task cards
Tuesday, March 17
Assignment – “Intelligence” AND“Communication” task cards
Wednesday, March 18
Assignment – “Roles in Ecosystem” AND“Life Cycles” task cards
Thursday, March 19
Assignment – “Feeding Habits” AND“Locomotion” task cards
Friday, March 20
Assignment – “Size, Shape, Color” AND“Reproduction” task cards
Monday, March 23
Assignment – “Predators” AND“Social Behavior” task cards
Tuesday, March 24
Assignment – “Survival Strategies” AND“Natural Selection” task cards
Wednesday, March 25
Assignment – “Migration” AND“Extinction” task cards
Thursday, March 26
Assignment – “Hibernation” AND“Mimicry” task cards
Friday, March 27
Assignment – “Camouflage” AND“Plant Adaptations” task cards
Social Studies:
This activity can be completed at anytime over the two weeks.
- Activity- Postcards from the Edge “Get in Character!”
Choose one of the explorers that we have previously studied from below. Design and write a postcard to a classmate from the point of view of your explorer (Just pretend to be the explorer!!!). Be sure to include specific details from each explorer’s life. Use the attachments and your prior schemafrom our lessons to guide the collection of information about your explorer.
Explorers: choose one
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando Desoto
Amerigo Vespucci
Note: Students will open-note test on adaptations on our return. Students will share their postcards in class so make them great!
Updates: 3/2/20 - 3/6/20
Date(s) to Remember:
- 3/9-3/13 Spring Break
- The topic of this week's Family Gathering is "Flexibility" and will be led by Ms. Hughes' students.
- BOOK FAIR THIS WEEK!
It's time to go "Around the World" with Campus School and Novel Bookstore at this week's Book Fair, March 3rd-5th with proceeds going back to the school. Beginning Tuesday, each class will have TWO opportunities to shop for 30 minutes each during their Tuesday and Thursday support times. Parents are encouraged to be on hand to assist students. - In honor of the upcoming THIRD ANNUAL FAM JAM, a commemorative spirit shirt will be released.
The deadline is a firm Friday, March 6th. You may turn in forms and exact cash or checks made out to CSPN to the office or Mrs. Johnson. CSPN will be set up in front of the office before Family Gathering Friday, if anyone would like to pay by card.
- TSW explain the advantages to living in a group
- TSW explain how adaptations help plants and animals survive
- TSW explain how variations in traits provide advantages for survival
adaptation, camouflage, mimicry, hibernation, migration
Updates: 2/24/20 - 2/28/20
Date(s) to Remember:
- 2/26 Kids Heart Challenge held at the Elma Roane Field House from 9:55am- 11:15am; parents are welcome
- 2/27 Field trip to the CSD- the Communication and Science Disorders department; if you have not done so already, please sign and return the permission slip on Monday; it went home last Wednesday; please note that we are looking for parent chaperones
- 2/28 Friday Frenzy; all class assignments are being sent home as I receive them
- 3/9-3/13 Spring Break
- Don't forget the I-Ready challenge! Students should complete 45 minutes of I-Ready at home each week if they are participating! Please note this is not a requirement.
- TSW examine each change in American Indian culture that resulted from contact with European cultures - decreased population; spread of disease (smallpox); increased conflict; loss of territory; increase in trade
conflict, disease, enslave, immunity, interaction, isolation, trade
Updates: 2/10/20 - 2/14/20
Date(s) to Remember:
- 2/14 (Friday)Valentine's Day Party - from 1:15-2:15
- 2/17 (Monday)President's Day - NO SCHOOL
- 2/19 Campus School Night With Tigers Basketball
Here is the link for parents and families to purchase tickets to the Campus School Night at the Tigers Basketball Game on Feb. 19, 2020. Parents and staff can use the link to purchase the discounted tickets for the game and sit together. We hope to see everyone at the game! Campus School Night with Memphis Tigers Basketball: https://fevo.me/campusschool
- Don't forget the I-Ready challenge! Students should complete 45 minutes of I-Ready at home each week if they are participating! Please note this is not a requirement.
- TSW identify the physical properties of the inner planets
- TSW identify the early routes of the early explorers of the Americas, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando de Soto, Amerigo Vespucci and their contributions
Vocabulary Word(s): (Science) terrestrial planet, Mercury, Venus, Earth, satellite, Mars, asteroid belt
(Social Studies) accomplish, Age of Exploration, conquistador, motivation, navigate, New World, obstacle, strait
Updates: 1/27/20 - 1/31/20
Date(s) to Remember:
- 1/30 Family Assessment Night @ 6:00
- 1/31 Friday Frenzy 12:00-2:45 - Friday Frenzy class assignments will come home this week.
- 2/17 (Monday)President's Day - NO SCHOOL
- Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Our boys and girls ROCKED the Family Gathering on Friday!! They did an amazing job!
- Don't forget the I-Ready challenge! Students should complete 45 minutes of I-Ready at home each week if they are participating! Please note this is not a requirement.
- TSW identify the early routes of the early explorers of the Americas, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando de Soto, Amerigo Vespucci and their contributions
Vocabulary Word(s): accomplish, Age of Exploration, conquistador, motivation, navigate, New World, obstacle, strait
Updates: 1/20/20 - 1/24/20
Date(s) to Remember:
- 1/20 No School - Martin Luther King Day
- 1/23 2nd quarter Awards Assembly in the Rose Theater
- 1/24 Our homeroom's Family Gathering - we present "Integrity"
- It is our time! Our homeroom will present "Integrity" on Friday, January 24 in the playroom. Scripts have been sent home in blue communication folders. Good Luck to the boys and girls! Look for more information on dress, stage props, etc. soon!
- Don't forget the I-Ready challenge! Students should complete 45 minutes of I-Ready at home each week. The I-Ready log went home over break. If students need an extra copy they are welcome to request another form from me.
- TSW understand what makes things move
- TSW set up a situation that demonstrates potential and kinetic energy and contrasts those that do not have energy
- TSW design a device that shows several ways in which energy can be transferred
Vocabulary Word(s): position, distance, direction, motion, speed, forces, friction, magnetism, energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, heat energy, electrical energy, sound energy, light energy, chemical energy, circuit, conductor, insulatorEssential Question(s): How do things move?
Updates: 1/13/20 - 1/17/20
Date(s) to Remember:
- 1/15 2nd quarter report cards go home; please sign and return the next day
- 1/16 Class Picture Day (no uniform required; school appropriate clothing, please)
- 1/20 No School - Martin Luther King Day
- 1/23 2nd quarter Awards Assembly in the Rose Theater
- 1/24 Our homeroom's Family Gathering - we present "Integrity" Tigers let me hear you roar!!
Reminders:
- It is our time! Our homeroom will present "Integrity" on Friday, January 24 in the playroom. Scripts have been sent home in blue communication folders. Good Luck to the boys and girls! Look for more information on dress, stage props, etc. soon!
- Don't forget the I-Ready challenge! Students should complete 45 minutes of I-Ready at home each week. The I-Ready log went home over break. If students need an extra copy they are welcome to request another form from me
Objective(s): (Social Studies) Early American Indian Cultures in North America
- TSW locate these three geographic locations in North America where American Indians settled: Plains, Northeast, Southeast
- TSW describe how American Indians in each geographic location used their environment to meet their needs
- TSW compare and contrast customs of American Indian nations, including the competing claims for the control of land
Essential Question(s): How did American Indians use their environment to meet their needs?
Vocabulary Word(s): archaeologist, climate, conflict, cultural group, customs, environment, indigenous, natural resources, nomadic, region
Updates: 1/6/20 - 1/10/20
Date(s) to Remember:
- 1/15 2nd quarter report cards go home; please sign and return the next day
- 1/20 No School - Martin Luther King Day
- 1/23 2nd quarter Awards Assembly in the Rose Theater
- 1/24 Our homeroom's Family Gathering - we present "Integrity"
Reminders:
- It is our time! Our homeroom will present "Integrity" on Friday, January 24 in the playroom. Scripts have been sent home in blue communication folders. Students will have the opportunity to audition for the part that they would like to play on this Friday, 1/10/20. Good Luck to the boys and girls! Look for more information on dress, stage props, etc. soon!
Objective(s): (Science) Energy
- TSW understand what makes things move
- TSW set up a situation that demonstrates potential and kinetic energy and contrasts those that do not have energy
- TSW design a device that shows several ways in which energy can be transferred
Essential Question(s): How do things move?
Vocabulary Word(s): position, distance, direction, motion, speed, forces, friction, magnetism, energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, heat energy, electrical energy, sound energy, light energy, chemical energy, circuit, conductor, insulator
Updates: 12/9/19 - 12/20/19
Date(s) to Remember:
- Tiger Pantry (donation boxes in front lobby)
- 12/9 Monday Extra Day of Novel (20% discount for Campus Families)
- 12/12 Holidays Around the World Rose Theater 8:15-9:00
- 12/12 Family Skate Night (Cordova Skate) 5:30-8:00 ($8.00 to skate)
- 12/16 - 12/20 Secret Santa
- 12/20 Our homeroom holiday party from 10:00-11:00 (Look for sign up genius soon!)
- 12/20 Half-day dismissal at 11:15
- 12/23-1/3 Winter Break
- 1/6 First Day 2nd semester
Updates: 11/4/19 - 11/8/19
Date(s) to Remember:
- 11/8 Spelling Bee Please join us in the playroom this Friday, November 8th, at 1:25pm for Campus School's Spelling Bee!
Reminders:
- Field Trip
- Front Office
Objective(s): (Social Studies) Political & Physical Features of the U.S.
- TSW identify and locate the 50 states of the U.S.
- TSW Identify and locate each of these major cities in the U.S.: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Seattle, Washington, D.C.
- TSW identify each of these major physical features of the U.S.: Colorado River, Mississippi River, Ohio River, Rio Grande, Alaska Range, Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Great Basin, Grand Canyon, Great Plains
Essential Question(s): How do we use maps and globes to identify and locate major cities and physical features in the U.S.?
Vocabulary Word(s): physical feature, physical map, political map
Updates: 10/28/19 - 11/1/19
Date(s) to Remember:
- 10/31 Tigers Homeroom Fall Party
- 11/1 University of Memphis Homecoming Parade - Friday 5:00-6:00
Objective(s): (Science) Magnetic Forces
- TSW formulate a hypothesis on whether or not particular items are or are not magnetic
- TSW investigate how not all magnets have magnetism and conclude that only metals with iron, nickel, and cobalt (and their alloys) have magnetism
- TSW examine how magnets can cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet
Essential Question(s): How do we use maps and globes to identify and locate major countries and physical features around the world?
Vocabulary: attract, electrical charge, electromagnet, iron, magnet, magnetic field, magnetism, pole, repel, static electricity
Updates: 10/21/19 - 10/25/19
Welcome Back! I hope you had a restful fall break!
Date(s) to Remember:
- 10/24 Fall Fest - 6:00-8:00 A special thanks to all of our parents for pitching in to create a wonderful basket for Fall Fest! Tigers let me hear you ROAR!!!
Objective(s): (S.S.) World Geography & Oceans on Maps & Globes
- TSW identify and locate major countries and major physical features around the world using maps and globes
Essential Question(s): How do we use maps and globes to identify and locate major countries and physical features around the world?
Vocabulary: continent, ocean; North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Australia; Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean; United States, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Egypt, India, China, Russia, Japan, Mediterranean Sea, Straits of Magellan, Nile River, Amazon River, Gobi Desert, Sahara Desert, Great Barrier Reef, Niagara Falls, Alps Mountains, Andes Mountains, Himalayas Mountains
Updates: 10/7/19 - 10/11/19
Date(s) to Remember:
- 10/7-10/9 - Parent Teacher Conferences Continue
- 10/10 - Awards Assembly 8:30-9:30 in the Rose Theater
- Fall Break - Monday, October 15th - Friday, October 18th
- Fall Fest - October 24th - Our homeroom Fall Fest Halloween Basket sign-up genius has gone live! Please follow the link below to sign up for your donations to our basket - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e44afae2da4f58-msjohnsons
Objective(s): (S.S.) World Geography & Oceans on Maps & Globes
- TSW identify and locate the seven continents and five oceans using maps and globes
Essential Question(s): How do we use maps and globes to identify and locate continents and oceans?
Vocabulary: continent, ocean; North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Australia; Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Updates: 9/30/19 - 10/4/19
Date(s) to Remember:
- 10/2 - Walk/Bike to School
- 10/4 - CSPN Donation Drive: Please send in donations by Friday! Names of all students who have donated will be put into a raffle. There will be winners in each grade.
- 10/5 - 10/9 - Parent/Teacher Conferences for our homeroom - Please follow the link below to sign up -
- Fall Break - Monday, October 15th - Friday, October 18th
- Fall Fest - October 24th - Our homeroom Fall Fest Halloween Basket sign-up genius has gone live! Please follow the link below to sign up for your donations to our basket - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e44afae2da4f58-msjohnsons
Objective(s): (Science) Matter: Physical vs. Chemical Changes
- TSW Determine whether a change in matter is a physical or chemical change
Essential Question(s): How are the three states of water alike and different? How do we use them to compare matter? How do we use them to describe how matter changes?
Vocabulary: property, molecules, particles, mass, distance, physical change, chemical change
Updates: 9/23/19 - 9/27/19
Date(s) to Remember:
- 9/27 - PJ Dress up days - students may wear pajamas for donation drive - (PJs must have sleeves and knees)
- 10/2 - Walk/Bike to School
- 10/4 - CSPN Donation Drive: Names of all students who have donated will be put into a raffle. There will be winners in each grade.
- 10/5 - 10/9 - Parent/Teacher Conferences for our homeroom; please follow the link below to sign up -
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084EA5AA22A5FE3-tigers
Objective(s):Social Studies) Geography: Maps & Globes - Types of Maps
- TSW use different types of maps (political, physical population, resource, polar projection, and climate) and globe skills to interpret geographic information from a graph or chart
Essential Question(s): Why do maps show different types of features and information?
Vocabulary: physical map, natural characteristics, human characteristics, political map, population map, population density, climate map, resource map, product map
Updates: 9/16/19 - 9/20/19
Date(s) to Remember:
- 9/20 - Tiger Spirit Dress Up Day - Students can wear Tiger swag and jeans for donation drive
- 9/20 - (9:30am - 11:30am) Volleyball Game @ Field House (all grades)
- 9/27 - PJ Dress up days - students may wear pajamas for donation drive - (PJs must have sleeves and knees)
- 10/2 - Walk/Bike to School
- 10/4 - Names of all students who have donated will be put into a raffle. There will be winners in each grade.
- 10/5 - 10/9 - Parent/Teacher Conferences for our homeroom; please follow link to sign up - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084EA5AA22A5FE3-tigers
Objective(s): (Science) States of Matter- Heat - Insulators and Conductors
- TSW compare and contrast the properties of solids, liquids, and gases
- TSW differentiate between states of matter as insulators and conductors.
Essential Question(s): What causes materials to be better conductors and insulators of heat and what are real world examples?
Vocabulary: insulator, conductor, particles, heat
Updates: 9/9/19 - 9/13/19
Objective(s): (Social Studies) Maps & Globes- Locations on Earth
- TSW Examine major physical & political features on globes and maps
Essential Question(s): How do physical features impact how people live? (Some physical features make life more challenging, but all around the world, people adapt to the physical features in their environment.)
Vocabulary: physical features, landforms - (basin, canyon, delta, desert, hill, island, isthmus, mountain, peninsula, plain, plateau, valley), bodies of water - (bay, canal, gulf, lake, ocean, river, sea, strait, stream), political features - (boundaries, cities, highways, railroads, roads), political entities, capital cities
- Up-coming dates: We have our first class event coming up this week. Grandparents' Day is THIS Friday, September 13 from 8:00 am - 9:15 am. We look forward showing our tiger-hospitality to our grandparents and friends! Please help to make this day special by signing up for any slot/slots that work for you using the this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A8A72BAAFF2-grandparents3
- There is homework this week. Please see the HomeFun tab.
- There will not be a test on Friday 9/6/19. However, there will be an open note quiz.
- Due to technical issues with the copier, this week's Maps & Globes test has been moved to Monday 9/9/19. 😄But, yay!! -- This gives us additional time to study! We talk extensively about how practicing what we learn helps us to grow our dendrites, and in turn, grows our brains and makes them strong! So, study guides went back home on yesterday in students' red Friday Folders. Please be aware that this study guide is a Social Studies homework grade for students, and it MUST BE RETURNED on Monday!
- Shout out to our room parents for organizing our Grandparents Day! Tigers let me hear you ROAR!!!
Updates: 9/3/19 - 9/6/19
Objective(s): (Science) States of Matter
- TSW identify that matter is made up of particles too small to be seen
- TSW describe the properties of solids, liquids and gases
- TSW describe and compare the physical properties of matter including color, texture, shape, length, mass, temperature, volume, state, hardness, and flexibility
Essential Question(s): What Is Matter?
Vocabulary: matter, property, physical property, volume, mass, magnetism, texture
- Up-coming dates: Grandparents Day is Friday, 9/13/19
- We will do our best to maintain a weekly schedule of core (explain, elaborate) & explore (engage, evaluate)- Mondays, Tuesdays (core or introduction of new skills), Wednesdays (explore -lab studies and/or investigations), Thursdays (test review), Fridays (test day).
- There is written homework this week. Please see the HomeFun tab.
- There is a test on Friday 9/6/19. This test will be for the previous week of our Social Studies lesson and will cover our lesson on maps & globes. A study guide and practice test went home in the blue communication folders on Friday for homework.
- As always, I am sending a huge thank you to our parents for your TIRELESS support! Tigers let me hear you ROAR!!!
Updates: 8/26/19 - 8/30/19
Objective(s): (Social Studies) Maps & Globes- Geographic Tools & Locations on Earth
- TSW analyze maps and globes to locate major cities and countries in the world including Tennessee
- TSW interpret maps and globes using common geographic terms
Essential Question(s): What is Geography?
Vocabulary: cardinal directions, intermediate directions, map scales, map legends, map titles, country, region, hemisphere, latitude, longitude, North Pole, South Pole, equator, prime meridian, time zone, and elevation
- Please note that our first two weeks of school covered Science (the study of the Brain & the Multiple Intelligences).
- The next two weeks will cover Social Studies (Maps & Globes- Geographic Tools & Locations on Earth).
- After these two weeks we will alternate our studies of Science and Social Studies weekly. I feel that this will ensure that students are receiving enough time to receive quality instruction in both areas and reduce their anxiety and stress.
- We will do our best to maintain a weekly schedule of core & explore- Mondays, Tuesdays (core or introduction of new skills), Wednesdays (explore -lab studies and/or investigations), Thursdays (test review), Fridays (test day).
- There is no written Science or Social Studies homework this week.
- You will receive a study guide on this Friday, 8/26/19, for the next test which will be on Friday 9/6/19. This test will be for Social Studies and will cover our unit on Maps & Globes - Chapter 1 Geographic Tools & Chapter 2 Locations on Earth.
- Thank you for joining us at Parent Night Thursday night! For those of you who couldn't make it, I have attached the PowerPoint presentation, classroom handbook, and Meet the Teachers letter for your review on the links/parent resources page.
- Finally, We have had many wonderful volunteers to sign up to assist in our classroom. Your names will be submitted, so please look to hear from CSPN soon to get organized for the 2019-2020 school year! Thank you Tiger parents! Let me hear you ROAR!!!
Updates: 8/19/19 - 8/23/19
Objective(s): (Science) The Brain
- TSW identify and locate the three parts of the brain.
- TSW describe the purpose of each part of the brain.
- TSW independently research neurons through an inquiry project.
Essential Question(s): How do we learn?
Vocabulary: cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem
Updates: 5/6/19 - 5/10/19
- Date(s) to remember & looking ahead
- Photo release forms for National Lab Day went home. They are due next Tuesday. Please complete the form and return it so that your child may attend Lab Day.
Updates: 4/29/19 - 5/3/19
- Dates to remember & looking ahead
5/7 & 5/10 Students need to bring a lunch on Tuesday, May 7th for our Riverboat Field Trip and on Friday, May 10th for National Lab Day.
- Here is a Sign Up Genius for chaperones for National Lab Day. This sign up sheet it for the entire fourth grade. Detailed schedule to follow. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090549aaae2ea5f58-national
Updates: 4/22/19 - 4/26/19
- Dates to remember & looking ahead
4/23 Coming home with your child today is a permission slip (green sheet) for National Lab Day on the U of M Campus. The fourth and fifth grade classes will be attending. These are due Tuesday. There is some language in the permission slip that uses strong wording. However, the activities during National Lab Days in the past included engaging activities such as DNA abstraction from strawberries and labs where images from Shelby Forest are investigated. The permission slip is a safety precaution by the university for anyone in their labs. Parents are welcome to attend. It will take place from 9 - 12:30. Students will walk to labs on campus and will eat lunch at school following the National Lab Day activities.
4/24 Progress Reports go home next Wednesday.
- The Riverboat field trip driver information was emailed.
- In ELA this week we will continue looking at persuasive writing and Module 4: Susan B. Anthony, the Suffrage Movement, and the Importance of Voting. Guiding questions for Module 4 are: What makes someone a leader of change? How do leaders impact others? How can one person make a difference? Our studies will continue to include discussions into how leaders of change must sometimes break unfair rules and one person can take action to change things for the better.
Updates: 4/15/19 - 4/18/19
- Dates to remember & looking ahead
4/15-4/18, 4/22-4/23, 4/30 TCAP has begun - Snacks should cab be brought in the day of or the day before they are served. Students can bring gum each day to chew to help with concentration! Please make sure students eat a healthy breakfast and are at school on time each morning.
4/17 Earth Day festival is this Wednesday! Meet us at Campus to walk over if you would like to walk over with us.
4/17 HomeFUN is due Wednesday this week. NO HomeFUN next weekend! Enjoy your holiday!
Updates: 4/8/19 - 4/12/19
- Dates to remember & looking ahead
4/9 & 4/11 Swimming continues this week on Tuesday & Thursday! Please continue conversations at home on what it means and looks like to be respectful, responsible, and ready at the Rec Center. Don't forget swim suits and towels. Goggles and swim shoes are optional.
4/12/19 The theme of Family Gathering on Friday is "Confucius Institute" and will be lead by the Chinese Institute.
4/17/19 The fourth grade will be visiting the Earth Day Festival on Wednesday at 11:00 am on campus. Please meet us at Campus School and walk over with us- it is always a fun event!
4/19/19 No School
4/15/19-4/30/19 T-Cap Testing Window
- The link for the sign-up genius for our homeroom's TCAP Snack Sign up is here: Johnson's Homeroom T-Cap Snack Sign-Up
- 1st Day School Supply Boxes can now be ordered for 2019-2020. Flyers went home last week. Click HERE to order! Don't forget to order the art kits too! !
- In ELA this week we will continue with T-CAP prep; the OREO Cookie opinion writing process; and Module 4: Susan B. Anthony, the Suffrage Movement, and the Importance of Voting. Guiding questions for Module 4 are: What makes someone a leader of change? How do leaders impact others? How can one person make a difference? Our studies will include discussions into how leaders of change must sometimes break unfair rules and one person can take action to change things for the better.
Updates: 4/1/19 - 4/5/19
- Dates to remember & looking ahead
4/2 Tomorrow is Spring Picture Day. (Our picture time is earlier in the day- before swimming!) Students may come to school wearing school-appropriate non-uniform clothing. However, I encourage them to wear clothes and shoes that will be easy to change into/out of once we are at swimming.
4/4 Thursday is Jump Rope For Heart. Feel free to join the fourth grade during our jump time if you would like to see your student from 9:45- 11 in the Field House.
- In ELA this week we will continue with T-CAP prep; the OREO Cookie opinion writing process; and Module 4: Susan B. Anthony, the Suffrage Movement, and the Importance of Voting. Guiding questions for Module 4 are: What makes someone a leader of change? How do leaders impact others? How can one person make a difference? Our studies will include discussions into how leaders of change must sometimes break unfair rules and one person can take action to change things for the better.
Updates: 3/25/19 - 3/29/19
- Dates to remember & looking ahead
3/28 Parent Coffee and Award's Ceremony
4/2 Spring Picture Day
4/5 Steam Club Competition (Can Drive)
4/9 Fam Jam @ Railgarten 5:00-8:00 pm
4/19 No School
5/24 Last Day of School (1/2 Day)
4th Grade Swimming Dates: 4/2, 4/4, 4/9, 4/11 Bring school appropriate swimsuit, towel, goggles, swim shoes optional, swim shirts for boys optional. Help students practice at home changing into and out of swimsuits.
- In ELA this week, we will complete Module 3 of the EL Curriculum, The American Revolution. Students will finish the historical fiction play, "Divided Loyalties." They will write-- focusing on those thoughts, feelings, and actions-- in response to the different perspectives of Patriots or Loyalists during the American Revolution. We will also jump into the final nine weeks of school by beginning our studies of Module 4, Susan B. Anthony, the Suffrage Movement, and the Importance of Voting. Guiding questions for Module 4 are: What makes someone a leader of change? How do leaders impact others? How can one person make a difference? Our studies will include discussions into how leaders of change must sometimes break unfair rules and one person can take action to change things for the better.
Weekly Updates: 2/25/19 - 3/1/19
- Dates to remember
3/1 Friday is our poetry slam. Families are welcome to attend. It will be at 1:30 pm in the Playroom.
- MAPS testing is this week.
- Read, Tigers, Read! The Campus School Book Fair runs Feb 26 through Mar 1 in the Campus School Playroom provided through Novel Book Store. Please signup HERE to help out!
- Family Night at the Book Fair is Thursday night, 2/28 from 6-8 pm
Bring the family to shop at the Book Fair during the evening, and look forward to food trucks to purchase dinner and dessert (thank you, MemPops!); Puppet Show Storytime; and a Character Parade - dress up as your favorite book character! - Kids Kan Food Donation Drive is February 18th- March 1st. Students who bring in two cans will be able to wear jeans the last Friday before spring break, March 1st. Don't forget to bring in your donations this week!
- In ELA on this week, we will continue with Module 3 of the EL Curriculum. To wrap up our work this nine weeks, students will continue to read informational texts to determine the main idea, analyze the overall structure of the text, and summarize the texts. Students will also read the historical fiction play, "Divided Loyalties," to deepen their understanding of the Patriot and Loyalist perspectives. They focus on character thoughts, feelings, and actions in response to the different perspectives on the American Revolution. If you would like to, use this link to view the EL Curriculum: curriculum.eleducation.org/curriculum/ela/grade-4/module-3
Weekly Updates: 2/18/19 - 2/22/19
- Dates to remember
2/20 Kid's Heart Challenge (Jump Rope for Heart)
2/20 CLUE Field Trip
2/22 Ms. Hughes' class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “Balance," at Family Gathering on Friday.
2/22 4th Grade Field Trip to Pink Palace Museum (Thank you to all the parents who were able to provide transportation to make this field trip happen!)
2/22 Teacher Luncheon Hey parents we have our last parent provided teacher lunch for the year on Friday, Feb. 22. Lunch is being hosted by 1st grade. Food does not have to be homemade. Please make your dish to serve 12 and leave in the lounge by 10 AM on 2/22. As always your help is appreciated. Click here to sign up
- Read, Tigers, Read! The Campus School Book Fair runs Feb 26 through Mar 1 in the Campus School Playroom provided through Novel Book Store. Please signup HERE to help out!
- Family Night at the Book Fair is Thursday night, 2/28 from 6-8 pm
Bring the family to shop at the Book Fair during the evening, and look forward to food trucks to purchase dinner and dessert (thank you, MemPops!); Puppet Show Storytime; and a Character Parade - dress up as your favorite book character! - Kids Kan Food Donation Drive is February 18th- March 1st. Students who bring in two cans will be able to wear jeans the last Friday before spring break, March 1st. Don't forget to bring in your donations this week!
- Yearbooks for Sale! This is the LAST WEEK to order on-line!!! The 2018-2019 Yearbook is on sale! Yearbooks between now and Feb. 22 are $25. In May, when yearbooks arrive, they may be purchased at $30 each until they are sold out.
- In ELA on this week, we will continue with Module 3 of the EL Curriculum. We will determine how the American Indians contributed to the American Revolution and why? If you would like to, use this link to view the EL Curriculum: curriculum.eleducation.org/curriculum/ela/grade-4/module-3
Weekly Updates: 2/11/19 - 2/15/19
- Dates to Remember:
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2/15 Ms. Alles' class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “Commitment," at Family Gathering on Friday.
2/18 No School (President's Day)
2/20 Jump Rope for Heart
2/20 CLUE Field Trip
2/22 4th Grade Field Trip to Pink Palace Museum
- In ELA on this week, we will continue with Module 3 of the EL Curriculum. We will determine the gist and determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in “An Incomplete Revolution." If you would like to, use this link to view the EL Curriculum: curriculum.eleducation.org/curriculum/ela/grade-4/module-3
Weekly Updates: 2/4/19 - 2/8/19
- Dates to Remember:
2/6 Pink Palace field trip permission slips and money are due.
2/8 Mrs. Horsley's class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “Ownership," at Family Gathering on Friday.
2/7-2/8 Intersession Registration (Intersession is 3/4/19-3/8/19)
2/14 "Pizza My Heart" Valentine's Day Party (Use the link and thank you for signing up to help make our celebration a success!) https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0e4eacaf2ea3fe3-johnsons
2/18 No School (President's Day)
2/20 Jump Rope for Heart
2/22 Field Trip to Pink Palace Museum
- In ELA on this week, we will continue with Module 3 of the EL Curriculum. We will research and be able to explain who the Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution were and what they believed through our studies of “The American Revolution." We will continue to develop and strengthen our reading comprehension skills. If you would like to, use this link to view the EL Curriculum: curriculum.eleducation.org/curriculum/ela/grade-4/module-3.
Weekly Updates: 1/28/19 - 2/1/19
- Dates to Remember:
2/1 Mrs. Hembree's class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “Flexibility," at Family Gathering on Friday.
2/6 Pink Palace field trip permission slips and money due.
2/7-2/8 Intersession Registration (Intersession is 3/4/19-3/8/19)
2/14 "Pizza My Heart" Valentine's Day Party (Use the link and thank you for signing up to help make our celebration a success!) https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0e4eacaf2ea3fe3-johnsons
2/18 No School (President's Day)
2/20 Jump Rope for Heart
2/22 Field Trip to Pink Palace Museum
- In ELA on this week, we will continue with Module 3 of the EL Curriculum. We will use context clues and inferencing to strengthen our reading comprehension skills through our studies of “The American Revolution." If you would like to, use this link to view the EL Curriculum: curriculum.eleducation.org/curriculum/ela/grade-4/module-3.
Weekly Updates: 1/21/19 - 1/25/19
- There is no school on Monday, January 21st (MLK Day).
- In ELA on this week, we will continue with Module 3 of the EL Curriculum. We will practice annotating text and strengthening our reading comprehension skills through our studies of “The American Revolution." Use this link to review the EL Curriculum: curriculum.eleducation.org/curriculum/ela/grade-4/module-3
- This Thursday, 1/24/19, is I-Ready testing in ELA for my students.
- Mr. Shadow's class will present the Quantum Eight Key, “This Is It," at Family Gathering on Friday, 1/25/19.
- Look for information to come home soon in regards to our Valentine's Day celebration.
- You are invited to come support the Campus School 5th graders as they perform the National Anthem at the Grizzlies game against the Pacers on Saturday, January 26th at 7:00. The Grizzlies have offered Campus School families a discounted rate through the following link.
- tinyurl.com/CS012619 Special Offer Code: Campus19
- There are 3 seating options offered for the discounted rate:
Terrace IV $25
Terrace III $30