Week 7 of Activities
May 4 - 8
Boat Week!
This week we will be conducting some boat and buoyancy experiments at home and recording our scientific findings! Please also have your child read lots this week as usual. I've highlighted some boat-related books from Epic in my videos this week if your child would be interested in reading those.
Literacy Assignment for Week 7
To be submitted to Mrs. Barker by the end of the week
This Week's Assignment: Write Like a Scientist!
- You will choose two experiments from the choices below to conduct at home
- Some experiments require more simple materials, so choose the experiments that work best with what you have at home
- If you're having a tough time choosing two experiments that you have materials for, virtually all families should have materials for Experiment 2: Float or Sink and Experiment 7: Cupside Down
- Click on the link below the experiment description to view the instructions for each experiment
- Click here to view the instructions for all nine experiments together if it's easier for you to view them that way
- The videos below demonstrate how to write a prediction and observations
Examples
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Scientific Writing Mini-Lessons
Reading at Home
If possible, please have your child read every day for a good chunk of time; quality reading time is one of the most crucial components of students' learning! Your child might be reading hard copy books, or from Epic or Raz-Kids. If you need a reminder about how to access Epic or Raz-Kids, you can check out the directions from the Week 2 page here in the Reading at Home section.
If your child is reading below grade level (let me know if you're not sure), and was working on sight words and phonics in class, I've attached some beginning activities to get back to some of that practice at the bottom of this page. I will change and add to those activities each week.
Happy reading!
If your child is reading below grade level (let me know if you're not sure), and was working on sight words and phonics in class, I've attached some beginning activities to get back to some of that practice at the bottom of this page. I will change and add to those activities each week.
Happy reading!
Searches You Could Try on Epic for Boat Week
Vikings
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Pirates
Titanic |
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Non-Fiction Reading Mini-Lessons
Boat Read-Alouds
Extra Writing at Home
If your child has completed their experiment write-ups and still has more time, they can start another piece of writing (in class when a student finishes early I always encourage them to revise their work start on something new to make the most of our writing practice time).
Spelling at Home
Students can practice their spelling words for this week on Spelling City. Their username and password are the same as their Google username and password (such as caitb1234 and red.bike). Students have accessed this website before to find the games for this week, but feel free to comment if you need help finding the games. They should be able to log on, go to Lists & Games, find the list from the group "All This Week" and then select Games.
I've also attached a document when you click here with some offline ways to practice spelling words if that's preferable for you.
I've also attached a document when you click here with some offline ways to practice spelling words if that's preferable for you.
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Our spelling words this week are:
boat coat float long along belong paw fawn tall wall nice where |
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For Students Reading Below Grade Level
Week 6: R Controlled Vowels
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This week our focus in reading work will be r-controlled vowels (er, ir, ur, ar, and or. You can practice by reading the below book, working through the worksheets (you can download the worksheets here), and playing the games below.
Your child will benefit from lots of practice of their sight words, so please click here to go to the sight word page (it's also linked at the top of this website under "more") and select the group of words that your child was working on. Almost of the children were working on set 2 of the words, but the student reading at level G was working on set 4 of the words. Just message me if you're not sure which set your child was working on, and I can let you know! On the page for each set of sight words, the 25 words to practice are listed there, along with download links for flashcards and a booklet if you feel like printing those off or writing them out. There are links to a fridge magnet game where your child can write out their words, and links to the words on Spelling City where your child can play games with the 25 words from that group. Finally, there's a video for students to practice reading the words quickly (in about 3 seconds or less) and a list of ideas for how to practice the sight words. When your child knows 23-25 of the words quickly and consistently (without sounding out the word), you can move them up to the next level of sight words! I will vary the activities for these students every week on this section of the Language Arts page, so next week we will focus on different skills (but still practice their sight words). Reading on Raz-Kids is also a great way for these readers to practice reading at their just-right level! |
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Games
You can also check out online games from the Language Arts pages from previous weeks to practice vowel sounds!
