A Letter to Our Parents and Students Dear

A Letter to Our Parents and Students Dear Parents and Students, Week 3 is complete! Woo-hoo! We hope that this process is getting better; but if it's not, please let us know how we can help. Fourth graders, continue working hard! Thanks for making us so proud! Here comes week 4! We are ready, and we hope that you are, too! We miss you SO much! Please note that teachers are viewing all student progress on all websites to see how students are performing. Khan Academy assignments should be completed in order. There are still many students who are missing videos and assignments. Please watch the videos before completing the activities and quizzes. Videos need to be watched all the way through to receive completion. Students have the option to redo any assignment on Khan Academy. Some students are getting zeros and low scores on the activities. These should be redone (you have unlimited redos). Online quizzes (Khan Academy, Read Works, Brain. POP, Epic Books): Please try your best. If scores are below a 50%, they should be redone. Please let us know if you need something reassigned to you. Freckle: Freckle minutes cannot be made up from previous weeks. If you have questions regarding your child's Freckle minutes for the week, please email us. Students are encouraged to ask us via Teams, too. We recommend setting a timer and adding a few extra 'buffer' minutes. When students are not engaged or in the Piggy Store, students' minutes do not count. Freckle minutes for ELA and math are on Power. School. Students need at least 40 minutes for ELA and 40 minutes for math each week. Power. School: Parents, please continue checking Power. School to see your child's work completion and our feedback for each subject and assignment each week. Please remember, we are monitoring completion. Assignments may have a comment with more information (i. e. scores and feedback), so please monitor the comments, as well. If your child goes back and completes something, please send us an email so we know to change it. Please have all students' work completed by 4 pm on Friday so that we can update Power. School. If you need additional time (we understand), please email us so that we can go back to check their assignments. MS Teams: For assignments on Teams, please make sure your child clicks on the assignment -> clicks edit in browser -> types in assignment -> makes sure it says 'save' at the top -> closes out of the assignment -> clicks the 'turn in' button. Some students are turning in blank work because they are not using the browser version. Also, do not save the assignments as a different name. Students should double check their work after turning in an assignment. We will return blank assignments to the students to fix. Check the feedback comments for assignments. If an assignment is returned to the student and does not ask for the assignment to be resubmitted, please do not resubmit the assignment to the teacher. Watch this video on how to turn an assignment in on Microsoft Teams: Turning in Assignments on Teams Video. Participation for PE, music, and art is expected. Please check their webpages for assignments and participation. If you have any questions about specials, please email the specials teacher for support. Just a reminder that Fridays will be considered "Flexible Friday" and will be a day for students to catch up on any incomplete work or for them to go on any of the optional websites listed for that day. ABC countdown: To give students something fun to look forward to each day, we created an ABC countdown. Each day will have a theme or activity for your child to participate in. This is optional and is meant to just add some fun into the days! Look at the top of each daily plan for more information. We will continue to be available each day on Microsoft Teams and via email. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or concerns you have throughout this unprecedented time. We are here to support you in any way we can. We appreciate all the support you are giving us as we navigate through this new journey, and we cannot thank you enough for that! We are heartbroken that we will not finish the school year in person with our fourth-grade friends, but we continue to look forward to hearing from our students and making those connections as our remote school year continues. We love you all! Take Care, The Fourth Grade Teachers mfish@summithill. org ; jkane@summithill. org ; rmillner@summithill. org ; jreno@summithill. org ; broach@summithill. org

Things to Know: Important Info: Websites Spelling Words ELA Vocab Words PE Art q q q Class. Link Website (Log in using Microsoft Office 365 Information) Office 365/Class. Link Username Example: firstname. lastname@shsd 161. org Office 365/Class. Link Username Password: house address # + Look (Ex: 12345 Look) Epic Books Freckle Khan Academy Read Works Journeys Reading Textbook www. spellingcity. com/mlfish Brain. POP q Spelling Words from "Owen and Mzee" q Words with VCCCV Patterns: q hundred, supply, single, middle, explain, surprise, pilgrim, sandwich, instead, complete, monster, settle, address, farther, sample, although, turtle, athlete, orchard, kingdom, fortress, instant, exclaim, mattress, sculptor q Vocab Words from "Owen and Mzee" q bond, suffer, intruder, companion, enclosure, inseparable, charge, chief, exhausted, affection q Mr. Mena & Mr. Schereck's Webpage -Be sure to log into O 365 first! q See their teacher webpages for daily activities q Ms. Hole's Art Webpage q See Ms. Hole's webpage for daily activities Music q Ms. Turek's Webpage q See Ms. Turek's teacher webpage for daily activities Tech q Ms. Goshko's Weebly q Ms. Goshko's Webpage q www. typing. com q See Ms. Goshko's teacher webpage for daily activities Social Emotional q Try creating a daily/weekly schedule to help with routine q Take breaks, eat a snack, and/or try movement breaks q Make a Mind Jar q Mindfulness Activities

Monday 4/27/20 - Art Day Create your own a rt masterpiece with any supplies you have! Subjects ELA Activities to Complete q Freckle ELA (10 minutes- Adaptive Practice ) q Complete 'Owen and Mzee Vocab 4 Squares' as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in) q Go on Epic! and log in q Read these two books about Hippos and Tortoises titled: Hippo: River Horse and Turtle or Tortoise? (these were assigned to you). You will need information from these books to help with your assignment for tomorrow. Math q Freckle Math (10 minutes- Adaptive Practice ) q Go on Khan Academy and log in q Complete the activity called: "Writing decimals as a fraction review" q Watch the video called: "Common fractions and decimals" q Complete the activities called: "Write common decimals as fractions" and "Write common fractions as decimals" *Remember to watch the entire video for completion Social Studies q The Northeast Region: Click here to watch the video of the Northeast Region q Complete the 'Northeast States Interactive Map' as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in) q Click here to view a map to help you with your assignment on Teams q No science today Science

Tuesday 4/28/20 Best Friend Day Talk to your b est friend and say something kind! Subjects ELA Math Social Studies Science Activities to Complete q Freckle ELA (10 minutes- Adaptive Practice ) q Complete 'Owen and Mzee Vocabulary Think About It' as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in) q Complete 'Hippo and Tortoise Research Activity' as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in). Before you turn this in, use this to make your Flip. Grid video. q Complete 'Hippos and Tortoises' on Flip. Grid using what you have learned about Hippos and Tortoises through your research by Friday, May 1 st Freckle Math (10 minutes- Adaptive Practice ) Go on Khan Academy and log in Take the quiz "Understand decimals: Quiz 3" Watch the videos called: "Comparing decimals visually" and "Comparing decimals on a number line" q Complete the activity called: "Compare decimals visually" *Remember to watch the entire video for completion q q q Virtual Field Trip Day! q View Virtual Field Trip Power. Point q Click on the links in the Power. Point and go on at least one of the field trips offered q Complete the 'Field Trip Report' as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in) q No science today

Wednesday 4/29/20 C ooking Day Subjects ELA Math Social Studies Science Activities Complete Help your family cook ato meal! Freckle ELA (10 minutes- Adaptive Practice ) Click here to view Adjective Video Clip Click here to view the adjective Power. Point Complete the 'Adjective Activity" as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in) q Complete the '4 th Grade Journal Writing Power. Point' and complete prompt #1 only as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in). *Please use complete sentences and correct capitalization/punctuation. Insert an appropriate online picture. q q q Freckle Math (10 minutes- Adaptive Practice ) q Go on Khan Academy and log in q Watch the video called " Comparing numbers represented different ways" q Complete the activities called: "Compare decimals and fractions in different forms" and "Order decimals and fractions in different forms" *Remember to watch the entire video for completion q No social studies today q Go on Epic! and log in q Read these two books in the list called: Animal Senses and Traits for Survival (these were assigned to you) q Complete 'Plant and Animal Adaptations Power. Point' as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in)

Thursday 4/30/20 D ance Day Subjects Activities to Complete Turn on your favorite song and d ance! ELA Math Social Studies Science q Freckle ELA (10 minutes- Adaptive Practice ) q Complete the "Adjectives About Me" as an assignment in Teams (remember to turn this in) q Rewatch the adjective video and view the Power. Point for ideas q Click here to view Adjective Video Clip q Click here to view the adjective Power. Point q Freckle Math (10 minutes- Adaptive Practice ) q Go on Khan Academy and log in q Watch the video called: "Comparing decimals tenths and hundredths" q Complete the activity called: "Comparing decimals tenths and hundredths" q Complete "Understand Decimals: Unit Test" *Remember to watch the entire video for completion q No social studies today q Take a Virtual Field Trip to the San Diego Zoo q Go to San Diego Zoo Kids q Complete 'Virtual Field Trip Web. Quest' as an assignment on Teams (remember to turn this in)

Flexible Friday 5/1/20 E xercise Day Participate in your favorite exercises! *Finish any work from the week. Here are some optional activities below!* Subjects ELA Math Activities to Complete q Read from a book of your choice! Use a book you have at home or Epic! q Go on Spelling City to play a game with your spelling words. Click on the list for "Owen and Mzee Spelling Words" - www. spellingcity. com/mlfish q Go on Xtra. Math, Reflex, and/or Prodigy to practice your math facts Social Studies q Look through this interactive book on Epic!: Travels With Charlie: Across the Northeast q Take a little trip through the Northeast by clicking through famous places on this website: Northeast Region Story Map Science q Try these interactive science videos on plant and animal adaptations: q Animal Wonders Montana q Sci. Show Kids Science Lessons q Visit the Shedd Aquarium online to learn about their exhibits Other q q Free Choice Freckle Friday Flip. Grid Friday: See your Flip. Grid in Teams Send an email to your teacher about your week Practice your typing skills