Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

          

 Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog

Weller Elementary School



This week...
At the beginning of the week (Monday - Wednesday), we started diving into Persuasive essay outlines and State Reports a little more. Here is a link to the outline and an example!

Thank you for signing up for PT Conferences Thursday and Friday...I have had several questions about how we will meet. I can teleconference or we can Zoom. I will open our classroom up during our scheduled time. Just follow the link below to get in:
Meeting ID: 624 084 6454
Password: ROOM23
 
We are just about finished with Topic 5 and the Topic 5 Online Test is now open for kids to take. I would love it if they could do that before the end of next week.


In case you missed it! I hope to see you there!

Next week...
We will have a full week. On the agenda is Ms. Nuss. She will be implementing a Social Studies unit on Russian migration and cultural integration in Alaska as part of her university requirements. She has spent a good amount of time planning and preparing, so it should be good. Here is a little note from her about the matter:

Dear Parents and Guardians:

I am writing this note to say that I am going to be teaching a social studies unit on human migration next week during our Zoom sessions. This will most likely be taking place in the mornings, and it is part of my student teaching requirements for UAF. My unit will be focusing specifically on Alaskan history with migration, and it will highlight Russian culture as it has integrated into some of our landscapes and cultures. For the conclusion, the students will be asked to interview an adult in your family and/or household (or outside, if no one is available) about the topics we will explore. Please talk to your child ahead of time in case you will need to make arrangements. I have enjoyed and appreciated working with your children, and I look forward to more collaborations in the future. 


-Ms. Nuss

The kids will be also working on the following:
-GeoNotes 5  
-Spelling Packet 4
-DOL 3 (Daily Oral Language - sentence editing)
-Daily Writing Prompts
-Finished with Math Art yet? (Parabolic Curves and Repeating Patterns)
-Cursive Handbooks
-Mystery Science
-Shiloh
-Out of My Mind
-State Reports
-Persuasive Essays

The Second Quarter Plan:
New Additions
  • Persuasive Essays
  • State Reports and Posterboards
  • Q2 Book Reports - Biography Book Reports and Google Slides Presentations
  • Poetry - Winter Haikus, Diamantes, What I love about Winter, and more...
  • Figurative Language - Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, and such... 
  • Class Novel - Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Read Aloud - Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
  • Art - Warm and Clod Trees
  • Instructables - STEM stuff
The Staples
  • Spelling Packets
  • Cursive Handbooks
  • Reading Logs - SSR
  • EnVision Math
  • Daily Oral Language (DOL)
  • Weekly Geography

Monday looks like:
8:30 - 9:15 (Synchronous - With the teacher)
Class Meeting
Ms. Nuss Migration Lesson 1
9:15 - 10:15 (Asynchronous - Independent Work)
Complete Writing Prompt
Snack
Break from a screen
10:15 - 11:00 (Synchronous - With the teacher)
Math Topic 5 Review
11:00 - 12:00 (Asynchronous - Independent Work)
Math Topic 5 Review
Lunch
Break from a screen
12:00 - 12:30 (Synchronous - With the teacher)
Persuasive Essays
State Reports
Read Aloud/Art - Out of My Mind
12:30 - 1:30 (Asynchronous - Independent Work)
Finish up the day's tasks
Check the Google Classroom Stream to make sure kiddos are on track
1:30 - till' tomorrow
Go outside
Play
Be a kid
Read for 20 minutes and record it in your reading log
Finish up any work from the Google Classroom Stream for the day

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please feel free to call or email me anytime to discuss things further. I hope you find this information helpful and useful.


IN-CLASS/PERSON ASSIGNMENTS - QUIZZES - TESTS
--None for now! But hopefully not for long :)

HOMEWORK
-Reading Logs each night and record it online or on paper
-I have posted on our Google Classroom Stream our list of items that needed to be completed for the day and things we are working on over the week. Kids may have additional work to finish up from the day, and therefore would essentially become "Homework," for the evening.

MATH HOMEWORK DUE THIS WEEK
-I have sent home worksheets for the topics that we are working on. Please complete those and save them to turn in when we do pick up and drop off days.

*Please keep in mind, projects or tests we have in class may have to be brought home to be finished or to study. Please ask your child if they have completed their work before you have signed their planner. 

ONGOING INFORMATION
ZOOM
Here is our class' meeting ID and password:

HOMEWORK?
Our Google Classroom "Stream" is a thing! I will post on our Stream at the end of our last session (12:00 - 12:30), a list of tasks that the kids need to finish up with for the day, and the things we have been working on. It has proven to be helpful, so I will keep on doing it. Some work may spill over into the evening and becoming essentially, homework...I promise, no tears!

Please have your child reading for 20 minutes a night. Then, have them record it on their reading logs. When the log is complete, you may either send it in, take a picture and email it to me, or enter it digitally in our Google Classroom.

CLASS WEBSITE
If you have not yet, please browse our class' website: www.wellerwhales.org. It has a lot of great resources and we will use this from time to time. I am currently making adjustments and enhancements on some pages, but the site is full and live.

READING LOGS (In-Person)
Reading logs are a regular part of our class and the students' overall reading grade. Students will receive 5 points for each day that they read a minimum of 20 minutes at home. The purpose: for students to read each day (not 100 minutes over the weekend or 40 minutes on Tuesday to catch up for Monday). I have a yellow folder by the classroom front door filled with new reading logs or they can submit through our GC. If a student reads for 5 days or more, they will receive a ticket for the "Prize Box" drawing. We draw prizes weekly, on Fridays at the end of the day.

READING LOGS (Remote Learning)
Reading Logs are required and will count towards the students' overall reading grade. Kiddos will receive 5 points for each day that they read during the school week. They can be turned in either digitally in our GC or by paper during our drop off and pick up days.

ClassLink/GOOGLE CLASSROOM
ClassLink is the portal in which students can access their Google Classroom. Once they log into their Chromebook, kids can access the bookmarks folder on their Chrome browser and click on ClassLink. That will bring them to the apps page where they will find Google Classroom. 

DATES TO REMEMBER
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
-Our next materials/assignments drop off/pick up day

Thursday, November 26, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020
-Thanksgiving Break (no school)

It's a good life!

Mr. Sassman
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