Del Guercio 3-4 - Day 35

Parents: Please compile all previous and future work in a folder or save it to a computer.

Please Note: Printing assignments and worksheets is optional. If a printer is not available, please have your child complete their work on a separate piece of paper.

Time	Blue Group Learning Activities	How to Access/ Notes to Parents	Green Group Learning Activities	How to Access/ Notes to Parents
9:30-9:45	Calendar/Number Sense Routine: Which one doesn’t belong? Be able to explain and support your thinking. Share your thinking with a family member.	There are several possible answers. Challenge: Find a different answer that does not belong and explain.	Calendar/Number Sense Routine: Counting up to the date Be a Weather watcher (what’s the weather outside today? Cloudy/Sunny, Warm/Cold, Rain/Snow/Clear?) Practice Counting to 100 Alphabet Practice One More Take out a stuffed animal and practice saying the following: Today is, Yesterday Was, Tomorrow is
9:45-10:00	Today’s Read Aloud: Private I. Guana		Today’s Read Aloud: Private I. Guana
10:00-10:05	Brain Break: Pizza Man OR		Brain Break: Pizza Man OR
10:05-10:40	Reading: Watch Readers Always Keep Life Lessons in Mind Optional Activity: Choose one or more of these ways to read! Find a spot in your book where you used a strategy that you were practicing (don’t forget about all of the strategies that we have learned this year). -OR- Read to a friend or a family member over the phone (try out speaker phone or facetime/video chat). Independent Reading (Pick one or more below) Select a book from home Select a book from Epic Use RAZ Kids Buddy-read with a person in your home or read to a special stuffed friend or doll	Optional Activities: Go onto your ReThink Activity Center and choose the word reading activity Rewatch Today’s Read Aloud: and retell the story in your own words.	Reading: Using blankets, sheets, pillows and more build a fort to read inside. Use a flashlight if you have one. Independently reread: I Help With the Work Use an iPad to magnify the words (if you need to). Parents: Write down any misread words on flashcards and practice them after. After reading: Where does the girl live and work? Name something the girl does on the farm. Use the pictures to help you. How is the work you do around your house the same or different from the work the girl does on the farm. Optional Student Activities: Practice Reading Sight Words Go onto your ReThink Activity Center and choose some activities Practice reading your sight words: Pre-Primer List Primer List First List Second List Rewatch Today’s Read Aloud and retell the story in your own words. Independent Reading or Independent Audio Book Reading(Pick one or more below) Select a book from home Select a book from Epic Use the Learning Ally app Buddy-read with a person in your home or read to a special stuffed friend or doll	Parents:
10:40-11:10	Writing: Writing your Introduction! Watch Chapter 1 of Henry and Mudge the First Book Watch the Mini Lesson Mini Lesson: Book 1 Chapter 1 Begin writing Chapter 1 of your first book about your character! Make sure you think of what you want to write. Then, say the beginning of your story out loud while touching the page. After that, draw the scene. Then, write your idea. Writers include clear beginnings in their stories so that the reader can make a picture in their mind. One way to do this is to tell the time and place. Writers describe their setting . One way to do this is to talk about where the characters are and what the characters could see around them: Use this writing checklist as you write. Use transition words: Other Resources: Personal Word Wall Other Important Words Blank Writing Paper WOW Words can also be utilized (emailed on 3/15 to parents) Optional Activity: Practice typing with Typing Club		Writing: Today you will work on opinion writing. Click on the blue link. If you want, you can print the paper and write on it, type your response on a Google doc, or write your opinion piece on a separate paper. Try to give at least two reasons why you would want either the dog or the cat. Proof-read your sentences. Follow these steps. Practice typing with Typing Club Optional Activity: Go to the Boom Cards site and login. Review any of the following decks with short A, O, E, or I. Practice writing your sight words: Pre-Primer List Primer List First List Second List
11:10-11:35	Lunch
11:40-12:15	Math: Today we are going to measure weight. Video: Measuring Weight Independent Tasks: Measuring Donut Weights Write your answers on a paper Do not forget your units in your answer (Examples: 300 g, 25 lbs, 150 kgs) Next... Complete at least two Splash Math activities Extra practice(Optional): For worksheets see the right column NEW: Math Choice Board Optional materials for board: spinner, dice, and graph paper NEW: Mixed Review Page 3rd Grade Math Site Reflex Fact Practice Practice Skip Counting Go to your ReThink Activity Center and complete a math activity. Complete one “Student Interactivity” Instructions: Visit the Think Central site. -Use the login info. that was sent over the weekend. -Click the Blue Group Assignment located within “Things to Do”. -Complete one Interactivity -Finished? DO NOT CLICK DONE ! Simply X out of the browser window.	Optional Worksheet Packs (Please note these are not differentiated. If you choose to use them, there may be material on them that was not covered this year): Review Packs: Pack 1 Pack 2 Pack 3 Pack 4 Pack 5 Pack 6 Challenge Packs: Pack 1 Pack 2 Pack 3 Pack 4 Pack 5 Pack 6 Pack 7 Pack 8 Pack 9	Math: Start today by identifying the signs. Touch the addition sign. Touch the subtraction sign Now look at each slide. Identify the picture that represents subtraction or addition. Touch the picture on each slide that is taking away an amount. Touch the picture on each slide that is adding on. Practice backwards counting: Follow along with the video Practice the skill of counting back from 20, 19, 18, 17, and 16. Practice the skill of counting back from 15 by using slides 7-22 and slide 28 on this slideshow. Practice single digit backwards and forwards counting. Use Boom Cards. First, open the deck with TouchMath numbers. Practice counting backwards on the touchpoints. Watch this video to review how to subtract. Practice subtracting 1. Try this addition practice.	For Parents: -Review the links below if you are looking for more info. On TouchMath subtraction. -TouchMath Addition and Subtraction Reference Video -General TouchMath Information
12:15-12:45	Monday PE Tuesday Science Wednesday PE Thursday PE Friday Spanish	This is usually an inclusion time: Please follow the plans from the MTSD Distance Learning Site. Follow the plans from your child's grade level.	Monday PE Tuesday Science Wednesday PE Thursday PE Friday Spanish	This is usually an inclusion time: Please follow the plans from the MTSD Distance Learning Site . Follow the plans from your child's grade level or select a grade that you may find more appropriate for your child’s needs.
12:45-1:15	Monday Technology Tuesday Art Wednesday Social Studies Thursday Music Friday Library/Media Skills	This is usually an inclusion time: Please follow the plans from the MTSD Distance Learning Site. Follow the plans from your child's grade level.	Monday Technology Tuesday Art Wednesday Social Studies Thursday Music Friday Library/Media Skills	This is usually an inclusion time: Please follow the plans from the MTSD Distance Learning Site . Follow the plans from your child's grade level or select a grade that you may find more appropriate for your child’s needs.
1:15	Closing Learning Activity What was your favorite activity from the day? Share this with a family member Check out the Del Guercio Distance Learning Classroom		Closing Learning Activity What was your favorite activity from the day? Share this with a family member Check out the Del Guercio Distance Learning Classroom