Month: April 2020

Winning Wednesday! 4/22/20

Good Morning Earthlings!

I am delighted to tell you that we came in

2nd place in the Lexia Core5 contest and

2nd place in the Mobymax contest!

I’m not sure if we get any prizes for 2nd but out of 46 classrooms, rm 289 has been very impressive!

A new contest for both of these started Monday so continue to get your minutes in!

Last week, we had a very amazing nine students that had signed on to Mobymax from our room!

Awesome sauce!! I tell you! Half the class was working!!!

Today, all your work is posted on Schoology.

You can login on Clever and then go to Schoology app. If you don’t have it – go to self service and install it. Once you are on Schoology – look in assignmemts- you should have a folder for 4/20-24 and in that folder , a file for each day. Open up the day you want to work on. Open ELA folder, complete each assignment. Then go to the IB folder, do those assignments and finally to math and do those assignments.

To complete Some of the work, you might need to travel to a different app and some of the work can be completed right there in Schoology and submitted.

If you  are having  problems, I can face-time you or have a Zoom conference with you. Just let me know!

Be patient – this is all new! One step at a time! We will all get through this!

I will be at Makowski today handing out your iPads!

I leave you with this poem I wrote:

Ode to the kiddos of Room 289

I went to our room, it said 289-so very,very fine

But how could that be, no smiles for me to see!

It just wasn’t right, no one to hug me tight!

So I thought you should know, wherever I go

You’re the buttons to my bows, the scent to my rose

You are the peanut butter  to my jam,  the Swiss  cheese  on the ham

You’re the shoes to my socks, the key to my locks

You’re the needle to my thread, the butter on my bread!

You’re the up to my down and you put the smile in my frown

Soon we’ll be together , I can’t say it any better

You’re the horse to my cart

And you’re the love in my heart!

We go together!

 

Morning Monday! 4/20/20

Good Morning my friends!

Today, we are kicking it into high gear! (How’s that for some figurative language?) You will be given an assignment in each subject that you will be expected to complete. We will use Fridays to make up missed work or fix any problems.

Reading

1. Core Block

Today we are continuing our work on identifying main idea and text details.  You will read Lesson 20 “Life on Ice”  in your large, heavy Journeys book or use this link to go to P.169:    Journeys Book 2

After reading, please follow these directions:

Open this Reader’s Notebook page: Reader’s Notebook pg. 57

1. Click on file, click make a copy. Rename the copy by adding your first name at the end of the name.

(iPads, click on the three dots to the lower right of the file. Click make a copy. Rename the copy by adding your first name to the end of the name)

2. Click in each box to type your response. Remember to use RATS!

When complete, take a picture or screenshot of your work.

2. Phonics

You will be identifying compound words and determining their meanings.

Watch this video:

and login by

username: thirdgrade99. Password: makowski99

to watch this video.

Brainpop Video

For practice, there’s another worksheet. Just like you did before

1. Open the worksheet with the link,
2. Using the file tab, make a copy.
3. Click on file,Rename  and add your firstbname to the end.

4. Complete the worksheet by clicking in each box and entering a letter.

Compound words worksheet

Vocabulary:  You will begin to learn the vocabulary words for the story you read earlier. Go to this link and review the flashcards of the words. Once you think you know them, go to the bottom of the page and play thE matching game.

Lesson 20 vocabulary words

Math

Today, we are beginning the last module for this year-end Module 7. This module is all about word problems and geometry. You will also review measurement, money, and all of the operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

Watch this video from Mrs. Hoinski:

Math M7L1

and now complete the homework assignment on nearpod:Nearpod M7L1 homework

Code is KZWBR

I.B. science/social studies

Watch this video about vertebrates and invertebrates

and learn this song to help you understand:

Now logon to Clever and go to Mobymax Science:

Complete the two lessons for today in your assignments: classifying animals and classes of vertebrates.

Phew! That’s it! You did it! Give yourself a big reward!

I’m so proud of you! ❤️. MC

 

It’s FUN FRIDAY on 4/17/20!

First! Drum roll please…

‘We are still in Second place in Mobymax! But we have to work harder! We are about 20,000 seconds of work behind Mrs. Culm’s class.

WE CAN DO IT! I know we can… Help me figure out how many minutes this is

20,000 seconds  = _______ minutes.   Post it in comments. Who will be first? With the correct answer.

Game of the Day: Nine Men’s Morris

You can play this against a computer on math playground or you can make your own game board, at home, using a piece of paper and pennies and dimes or any other game piece that you have (as long as you have 9 of two colors)

At home directions:

Computer Version Directions

 

Try out this game! Either way! I’ll play it with you when we are back together!

Have a great weekend!  😉 MC

Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay

 

Catching up with the NEWS!

If you missed it…the third eaglet hatched right in view from the camera! I saw it LIVE! So exciting! Here is the video recording of it happening yesterday-

‘Eaglet award to first student to tell me which end is his/her head?

Second exciting NEWS:

Ms. Cullen’s class is still in second place behind Mrs. Culm’s class for MobyMax – get those minutes in- Pizza party for us if we can beat Mrs. Culm’s class! (Even if we don’t, I am SO Proud of you for being in second place in the WHOLE school!

pinterastudio / Pixabay

Third exciting news! You have 4 days off from school work! I’m not posting anything else until Tuesday morning but be ready…

SHOUT OUT TO:     Raein, Jayanna, Aziz and Khloe!

gibbysocks / Pixabay

CRAZY VIRTUAL TEACHER COMING! Hahahahaha

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay

Thankful Thursday 4/30/20

As we finish this month of April, we are still uncertain of so many parts in our lives. There are many questions that cannot be answered quickly. One thing I am certain of- I am blessed with an amazing group of third grade students. Can you believe in the last seven days that 12 out of our 18 students were logged into Clever?! To me that is wonderful! We all have many different circumstances in our lives right now and yet 2/3 of our class got on Clever!!

I am also thankful for the people who have continued to work outside the home during this time. I know it’s not easy to deal with people, especially when the people are nervous and stressed. Thank you for providing so many essential services!

Thank you to all of you- parents, guardians, and students! We will get through this together!

I know for some families, it is difficult for your student to complete the assignments on my blog. I understand. If you find yourself in that situation, I recommend encouraging your child to go to Clever and spend 20 mins in Lexia Core5, Mobymax Math and Mobymax Science. Chances are your student wants to play some type of video game or go outside and play. Use the time spent on Clever so that they can earn the reward that they choose. Set a timer and go! 20 mins on Core 5 – ding – now you get a 20 min break!

Just this small strategy alone will build intrinsic motivation skills that your student will need in the remaining grades of their education.

Once they mastered this routine, my blog is here to guide you with more directed learning and a huge thanks to the parents/guardians and their studentswho have kept up the pace of the assignments on the blog!  Job well done!!

Please know, I am here to help you with whatever you need – technology, learning, etc. Just reach out —

🙏🏽❤️MC

Reading

Take time to complete the three HOTS questions, if you haven’t already finished them.

20 minutes on Lexia Core5

Phonics

Please complete the following worksheet:

 

Vocabulary

On studystacks, complete the vocabulary log and quiz and test

Study stack Lesson 21

For math today, your assignment is to do the exit ticket for Lesson 4 on Formative.

3.7.O.B.4 found on Clever in Formative

In I.B. today, you will read an article from Newsela and answer a question.

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Happy Thursday! 4/16/20

EXPECTATIONS

What are expectations?  Expectation is the act of looking forward to something.

We all have expectations. Each and every day, we look forward to something happening depending on the day. Right now, it’s harder to imagine things to look forward to because we are stuck in our homes, staying away from other people.

As your teacher, I challenge you to change your expectations for now. I encourage you to create a list of things to look forward to right now. Maybe it’s watching a cartoon program, playing a video game, playing with a sister or brother, reading, drawing, helping an adult with cooking, anything.

Now, pick one idea as a reward for today. Logon to Mobymax or Core5, set a timer for 20 minutes and get to work! When that timer rings – you get to do whatever you picked! You can feel proud of your accomplishment and do something you enjoy!

If you follow this routine for all your work, you will build great study habits that will help you all the way through middle school and high school!

Bee Jokes of the Day:


Happy Spring Thursday! It’s still a bit cold out but I see buds on the trees and I noticed the sun is setting or going down later at night. All nice signs of summer coming after spring!

Today’s Assignment:

1. Day 2 in Newsela if you can access it. If you are having trouble accessing Newsela articles, please go to MyOn. Begin Classification Project found in your projects tab. It has books assigned to it. After reading all the books, please complete the writing task. Let me know about Newsela issues please

I believe I have figured out the Newsela technology issue. There are four articles in Newsela for you to read. Please do your best to read 2 today and 2 tomorrow.

The articles are;

1.The criteria for living things

2.Finding the world’s smallest frog

3.Creatures and their funky names

4.Watch falcon chicks on webcam

 

2. Continue finishing the fraction unit on Mobymax Math

3. Spend 20 mins on Lexia Core5 – no excuses!

Welcome to Wacky Wednesday! 4/29/20

You puzzled it out!Welcome! I’m so happy you are reading this! We have a lot of exciting things to do today. Who likes puzzles? Who likes jokes? Who likes riddles? Today we will try to solve many different questions! 🧐🤪😜

We are starting topic B in math today and it is all about shapes. Shapes make me think of tangram puzzles. Tangrams are pictures that you fill in with pieces. There is a game on Math Playground to practice your tangram skills. You can turn the pieces around with the circular arrow and flip the pieces with the line. Try it out and see how far you can get!

tangram game

For reading today, you will answer the 3rd question for Sarah, Plain and Tall and catch up with 1 and 2 , if you haven’t finished them. The questions are in the post just before this one. You can scroll back to see any previous posts or use the tabs on the left side of the blog.

Time for some riddles!

For phonics today, please complete page 92 which is a spelling words sort.

For Vocabulary today:

Play the Type In and Bug Match games

Vocabulary Study Stack

Time to break for knock knock jokes!

Today for math, we are on Lesson 4. This lesson is all about math vocabulary to use when describing shapes.

Here is a video for our first set of words:

And this video has the shapes and their attributes that you need to learn:

And here is one more explaining these shapes:

After watching this, please complete:

You did it! You puzzled it out! Tomorrow we will begin a small arts and crafts book. You will need paper , crayons or  colored pencils ,and  a straight edge (ruler or index card.f jokeand IB work under these parallel lines!

  • Last Joke for today!

In IB, we are finishing up on invertebrates. It is important for you to be able to classify invertebrates .

Complete MobyMax Science : Traits of Worms, Traits of mollusks, Traits of other aquatic organisms,

THAT’s all!  I leave you with one last problem…