Month: May 2020

Good Monday Morning! It’s so exciting! Another week of this crazy virtual school! It is getting closer to the end of the year!

At the end of this week, it’s Memorial Day – the unofficial beginning of summer! Next weekend will be a three day weekend with no instruction on Monday, May 25th and then, there’s only 3 1/2 weeks until the last day of instruction – June 17th! 🌞🏖🦀😎

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Today for make-it Monday, we’re going to start with a directed drawing of our mascot – The Makowski Bee:

or something a little more challenging – Baby Yoda!

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Now on to the assignments! Woohoo!

This week, in reading, we will read a new story in Journeys. You can also use this link and go to page 313 in here. The story is called Dog-of-the-Sea Waves. D

Do your best to read the story out loud. If you come to a word you can’t decode or pronounce, just write the word down and say “blank” in place of the word. When you are finished reading, take a few minutes to look up the words and then not down their meanings. Here is a dictionary for you:.   dictionary

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Phonics:. watch these videos, please.

and complete this page 131.

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Vocabulary

Practice your new vocabulary words and complete  the matching game on Studystack

 

Math

Today you are going to learn to measure side lengths in whole number units to determine the perimeter of polygons.

Watch this video as many times as needed to learn this new concept.

and complete these questions:

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I.B.

Today we will look at adaptations. Watch this:

You will now practice what you learned by reading about camouflage and answering a few questions.

Have a great day! MC

Here are this week’s bee store points. Your total points are in parantheses in the 5/11 column. You can call the bee store on Monday 5/18 :

Click to call using Zoom. 1:00-1:30pm

Click to call Lifesize. 1:30-2:00pm

We have a new leader in our class for Mobymax!

Congratulations Zaniah! You spent so much time on Mobymax learning last week that I think your brain doubled in size!

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Here is the music newsletter from Ms.Cissoko:

Newsletter

and a song she would like everyone to learn:

Here is the IB Learner Profile newsletter:

https://www.smore.com/hf3nr

See you all in the morning!

Take a minute today to say something nice to someone that you see! Give them a big smile and your best compliment – it will make them feel happier and you will feel good for cheering them up!

It’s another fun Friday! So let’s play a game today!

How about some hand clapping Games?

I really like the game called “Sevens”! See if you can do this rhythm?

How about a scavenger hunt for tomorrow? It’s supposed to be a nice day. Get outside in a safe place and see how many things you can find.

This site has lots of ideas, even if you are stuck inside…check it out.

http://www.mykidsadventures.com/scavenger-hunt-ideas/

information about this ONE

and this is my family’s favorite platform for games – connecting with the switch and then using phones to play!  You can find these here:

Try These Five Jackbox Games for Your Family-Friendly Party

Have a wonderful weekend enjoying each other!

😘MC

Good Morning!

I was so delighted to see you all at 11:00 yesterday! You can click this   Life-size Link      to get to The meeting next Wednesday at 11:00am and also bring your breakfast, stay in your PJ’s but be there! We need you!

For assignments today…

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Phonics Please complete the following 2 worksheets by posting answers in comment or writing it on a piece of paper.

 

 

Vocabulary

Practice by completing the Type In and Bug Match games on Studystack

Continue reading Welcome to Wednesday and Thursday Double Feature!

Why? You guessed it! It’s  a very special day because it’s Traveling Tuesday because you read the story yesterday about Oliver K. Woodman. If you didn’t or would like to hear it again. Watch…

I thought it would be fun to make a map of Oliver’s journey to visit Tameka. You will need to use your geography skills that we learned earlier in the year.

Here is a map of The United States with Uncle Ray’s house and Tameka’s house marked on it. Your job is to  fill-in the places where Oliver stopped on his journey. One way you can do this is: You can view the map and take a screenshot of it by pressing the home button and power button at the same time. Then you can write on the map by touching the picture and then touching the pen.

Link to Map

Second assignment today: What if Oliver K. Woodman stopped at your house? Using at least 4 sentences. Write a note to Tameka telling her what Oliver might have done with you. I’ll give you my example:

Dear Tameka,

We heard a loud knocking onmour door last night. We found Oliver K. Woodman, hungry and cold, in the dark on our front porch. We brought him inside and shared some pizza and diet Coke with him! Then we put him in our neighbor’s truck and sent him to the airport. I hope he gets to you in Redcrest, CA.

Yours, Ms. Cullen and family, Buffalo, NY 14208

You can type your note in a post here or you can write it and send me a picture! I can’t wait to hear about OK’s visits!

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Phonics

Complete:

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For vocabulary, continue working on words and play the crossword game on studystack

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Math

Today for math, your job is to play a Kahoot game

HERE

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I.B.

We are still reviewing ecosystems. Make sure you finish the lessons on Mobymax Science! Then you can watch this and answer the questions!

Study Jams

That’s it! Make sure, as always, you get in your 20 minute minimum on Core 5 and Mobymax Math. We are still in first place for Mobymax but we didn’t even make the leader board for Core5. I know you can do it! Go Team!

It’s a flashback Friday! Can you believe it’s been  8 months since we became a class! It seems so long ago when we used to play outside! I miss our Huddle’s around the bench before you all wildly ran into the playground!

Remember our first field trip? When we went to Explor N More?

Wow! That seems like last year! Oh yeah! It was!

It is also a Fun Friday so how about a puzzle?

DON’T forget MOBYMAX MATH!

Some of my superstars are getting a little lazy and haven’t been on Mobymax math – It’s feeling a little left out!

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And another puzzle…

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Remember to spend at least 20 minutes on Lexia Core5 and choose a good book to read on MyOn! It will make those connections in your brain even stronger! Just like lifting weights, we need to exercise our brains!

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Take the rest ofmyour time to finish anything you haven’t completed for this week. Also, make your food chain for IB – I want to see pictures of those food chains!

Have a great weekend! Happy Mother’s Day to all you amazing Moms who have had to turn into teachers and 800 million others titles over the past 2 months! You are truly deserving SUPERSTAR!

 

Good Morning! I’m hoping spring will arrive soon! Or maybe we will go straight into summer this year? Did you notice It’s been snowing on the blog? I just can’t get it to stop!

Well let’s get to it! I’m sad to report only 3 students completed the formatives and Edcite work last week. I’m setting a goal for 6 students to complete it this week. Do you think you can help me and logon to those two sites and complete your assignments?

Reading

This week we will read “The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman” in our Journeys reader. If you’d like to read it digitally, just go to page 273 on here!

When you have finished reading it, logon to Edcite and complete L.23 Question #1. I’ve broken apart the RATS strategy into sections for you because we are still struggling with using every part of RATS.

Edcite here 

Phonics

This week we will review what prefixes and suffixes are and look at some often used suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, and -er.

To practice what you learned, complete page 117.

Vocabulary

Use the study stack cards, found here to learn your new words. For practice, complete the matching game!

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Math

This week, we are reviewing different types of polygons. You need to figure out a way that you can remember the different types and their attributes, or characteristics. Watch the Brainpop Review 

and also, watch this Polygon song:

In I.B., we ‘re also catching up on our Mobymax Science lessons. Many of you have work to do on Ecosystems still. Read the following information about the sun and then get right on Mobymax Science. Spend at least 20 mins on Mobymax Science, Mobymax math and Core5.

The sun

We will meet on Wednesday at 11:00 for our Talktime!

Hola! It’s amazing because it’s Cinco de Mayo ( the 5th of May) and it falls on a Tuesday which is Taco Tuesday at Ms. Cullen’s house! Mostly because I love tacos! And burritos! And nachos! And empanadas!

Since my children were all born in South America, we eat a lot of Hispanic and Colombian food at our house!   and with my son Curt and my daughter Christina living at home with me, we are going to have a Cinco de Mayo party tonight!

First we will have empanadas which are pockets of dough filled with potatoes and beef. We dip these into a very spicy sauce called ahi. Then, we will have Ajaico which is a chicken and potatoes soup with cilantro. Cilantro is a spice used in a lot of Hispanic cooking. To go with the Ajaico, there has to be rice! For desert, we will probably have a flan which is a type of baked custard! Yum! I can hardly wait! Are you celebrating Cinco de Mayo? Do you know why Cinco de Mayo is an important day in Mexico? Do some research and find out…

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Onward to today’s lessons!

Reading

Find a teddy bear, a sister or a brother, a parent or grandparent and practice your reading! Read The Migration out loud to whoever you can get to listen. It’s important to practice reading out loud! It helps grow new connections in your brain and then you will have them for the rest of your life!

Phonics

Complete p.106

 

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Vocabulary

Today, complete the crossword game on

StudyStack

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Math

Today you will do the Exit ticket on Formative for Mod.7 Lesson 5. Go to Formative on Clever and see
3.7.B.05.

Congratulations to Jayanna and Aziz for completing these exit tickets on Formative! Good job!! 🥳

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I.B.

Yesterday, you learned what an ecosystem is and today we will take a look at different types of ecosystems? Can you think of one already?

‘Now login to Mobymax Science and complete examples of ecosystems!

Great! Remember tomorrow, we’re having a virtual class meeting at 10 am! Be there or be square! ( Whatever that means!)

Join the meeting:

Life-size Meeting 5/6/20. 10am
Passcode: 0099

Remember: 20 mins practicing math: Mobymax and 20 mins Lexia Core 5!

Read a book on MyOn! Reading is fun!  ❤️❤️❤️MC

 

Good Morning! Good Morning!

How are you? How are you feeling? How is your family? I never thought this is what we’d be doing in May when we started together in September!

You have been working so hard to figure out this new way of school! I have been trying different ways to make it easier for you to learn this way. I guess we are doing pretty good together because we get to have virtual school for the rest of the year!

This week I’m going to try something a bit different. There’s a new program on Clever called Edcite. We are going to use that for recording some of our answers. Let’s see how that works!

We had a new winner on Lexia last week for the most minutes…

Congrats to Mikhail Werts! WTG!

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Here we go with assignments-

READING

‘This week you will read Lesson 22: The Journey: Stories of Migration In your Journeys book or on pg 239 in here:

Journey’s Reader

After reading, you will answer HOTS q#1 in Edcite found here:

Edcite Link

For Edcite you can log in to Clever and find the app. You can also use the link and type your first and last name.

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Phonics

This week we continue working on adding endings to words. You will learn how to add -s and -es in the next videos.

and then what happens when that tricky “y” shows up and beware this may get stuck in your head!

For practice, complete pg. 103

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Vocabulary

Learn your new words by spending time on Studystacks:
Vocabulary Words  and complete the matching game.

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Math

We are working on Module 7, Lesson 5 today. Today you will learn to classify other polygons, mostly ones called regular polygons. Regular means that they are made up of equal sides and equal angles. Watch Mr. H. Explain it:

Now complete the homework page:

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I.B.

We are beginning to look at ecosystems and how plants and animals are interconnected in them. Here’s a video for you to watch:

ecosystems

Now, please go to Mobymax Science and complete the assignment on ecosystems.

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Don’t forget you should always read for 20 mins on MyOn or Lexia and practice your math skills for 20 mins on Mobymax!
That’s it for today! Have a great day! MC

Good Morning Kiddos!

How is everyone today? You made it through another week! but boy, I really miss your faces! So I am announcing an exciting new Wild Wednesday Feature! Next Wednesday, we will try a class meeting on Lifesize. Lifesize is a video chat site where our class can get together virtually. We will try to meet next Wednesday at 11:00am. I will send out invitations and directions by Monday. I’m looking forward to actually seeing your faces soon!

Today, you have time today catch up on your work from this week. We are starting a virtual bee store so every piece of work or time you spend on a program earns you bee tickets. On Fridays, I will send you your total points for the store. Here are the store directions. We will discuss next Wednesday when we meet.

beestoredirections

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Today, as always is a fun Friday! We are going on a virtual field trip! To the world’s largest cave in Vietnam. There are sure to be plenty of things to see…

Son Doong Cave Field Trip

Question of the Day: what happens to the caves in the rainy season? Post your answer

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The following video is a preview for next week! We are going to start exploring ecosystems! I bet you can find an ecosystem right near your home!

 

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This weekend is supposed to be pretty nice so grab your grown-up for some porch time. Maybe you could find a deck of cards and play some quick math games.

If you can’t get out , there’s always things to read on MyOn ! Have a great weekend! See you on Monday!❤️