Please make sure that you have set up your Canvas account. Unfortunately, Ms. Fox and Mrs. Jones are not able to change passwords for the Canvas website. Please write down your passwords.
To login on Legends of Learning, enter the teacher code Foxdaw1. You will then be able to do science related activities. Kahoot! Quizzes for May 4-May 8, 2020MATH:
Line Plots: https://kahoot.it/challenge/08458505?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1588269239264 Customary Length: https://kahoot.it/challenge/08669942?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1588269550179 Elapsed Time: https://kahoot.it/challenge/08296403?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1588269666314 Volume: https://kahoot.it/challenge/02269033?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1588269794568 Fifth Grade Math Review: https://kahoot.it/challenge/05894207?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1588269951325 HISTORY: Song of the Explorers: Review https://youtu.be/MKY_jOW1QjU Explorers Kahoot!: https://kahoot.it/challenge/086396?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1588270173114 SCIENCE: Science Kahoot!: https://kahoot.it/challenge/05860722?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1588271224890 Kahoot! Quizzes for April 27-May 1, 2020Please have them use their name when the prompt asks for a nickname. That way, we can give credit to those who completed the quiz. Here are the links:
Age of Exploration Kahoot! https://kahoot.it/challenge/01942444?challenge-id=15c82db5-bf91-4d12-afa2-b7ccc45eba16_1587767803762 Math Kahoot! https://kahoot.it/challenge/04995306?challenge-id=15c82db5-bf91-4d12-afa2-b7ccc45eba16_1587668852657 Kahoot! Quizzes for April 20-24, 2020 Renaissance Kahoot! https://kahoot.it/challenge/06782522?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1587069795964 Heredity Kahoot! https://kahoot.it/challenge/01543560?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1587070178036 Math Kahoot! https://kahoot.it/challenge/02986791?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1587070521902 Grammar Kahoots! Here's the link for a grammar Kahoot on correlative conjunctions: https://kahoot.it/challenge/04237059?challenge-id=15c82db5-bf91-4d12-afa2-b7ccc45eba16_1587071632073 Here's the link for a Kahoot on prefixes: https://kahoot.it/challenge/05488518?challenge-id=15c82db5-bf91-4d12-afa2-b7ccc45eba16_1587072538967 Important informationAll work can either be uploaded to Canvas or you can take a picture of your child's completed assignments and email it to me or messaged on Class Dojo. Canvas' website is canvas.instructure.com.
If you or your child has any questions, please reach out to us. We can answer the questions through email, Google Hangout video (now that your child has a Google student email through the school), or through Zoom video conference. Please be with your child during any of these interactions. Thanks, Mrs. Jones & Ms. Fox |
Assignments for May 4-May 8, 2020 are on canvas. read this entire column of information!Updates: May 5, 2020Please check your email for the login information for your students' email address and Canvas invites.
Assignments can be found on Canvas after students have accepted the invitations from the email accounts. Please let us know if you have any questions! These are the assignments for the week of April 27-May 1, 2020. ELA: The Reformation reader is available for download from the Language Arts tab. Please make sure that this is downloaded so they can complete this week’s work. There will be a video for chapter 1 of the book sent with this email. Your child is going to read chapter 1 in The Reformation with me in the video and have some comprehension questions to answer about it as we go along. Please email the answers to your child’s teacher. The questions will also be on Canvas, for those of you that have been able to get logged in there. Reformation Unit video https://youtu.be/iVBeZGPt33A Answer these questions about Chapter 1: 1. Why was Gutenberg's invention of the printing press so important? 2. What is your favorite book? Why is it your favorite? 3. What would you imagine your life would be like without being able to read a book? The next assignment in Language Arts is for your child to choose ONE other chapter from the Reformation reader and write a paragraph about what they learned from that chapter. In their paragraph, your child needs to include the reformer they are reading about and what they did. Here are the vocabulary words for Chapter 1: secular, parchment, bind, clergy, revolutionize, doctrine. Here are the vocabulary words for Chapter 2: contraption, mechanism, lever, descend, rhythm, shame. Here are the vocabulary words for Chapter 3: institution, congregation, recant, heresy bequeath, sin, confess, reform, devout, salvation, persecution. Here are the vocabulary words for Chapter 4: ponder, theology, superior, thesis, intervene, extravagance, defy, sect, self-disciplined. Here are the vocabulary words for Chapter 5: contradict, theory, contemporary, condemn, speculation. Here are the vocabulary words for Chapter 6: embrace, convert, cardinal, order, calling, spiritual, decree, revitalize, censor, immoral, persecute. MATH: We are finishing up chapter 8 this week. Your child should finish the practice and homework page for 8.5. They will also need to do the first 2 pages of the math chapter 8 test/review. Please submit these assignments on Canvas, Class Dojo, email-whatever works best for you. J 8.5 Video 1 https://youtu.be/Ca17oqtzMVE 8.5 Video 2 https://youtu.be/U19EXJuHbwU 8.5 Video 3 https://youtu.be/wXcqEajZxAo HISTORY: We are finishing up the “Age of Exploration” unit this week. There is a Kahoot! Quiz to take when your child has completed lessons 8-10. Please have your child answer 2 questions for each chapter. Chapter 8: “France & the Fur Trade” Questions 1. Who was the first European to sail up the Atlantic coast of America? What important area did he find? 2. Cartier made three trips to the New World. What areas did he explore? 3. What trade got France interested in building colonies in New France? Who was a key figure in the settlement of New France? 4. How did fur traders interact with Native Americans? 5. What did Jolliet and Marquette do to build colonies in New France? Chapter 9: “Dutch Trade” Questions 1. Whose death brought about Dutch control over the spice trade? 2. Where did the Dutch set up their main trade center? Why is this location significant? 3. What sneaky tactics did the Dutch use to control the spice trade? 4. What area did Henry Hudson explore? 5. How did Peter Minuit acquire Manhattan? (To answer this question, you need to watch the short video on this link: https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/the-fight-for-manhattan-0270319 Chapter 10: “Slavery” Questions 1. When did slaves first appear in present-day America? 2. Why wasn't slavery as popular in the colonies in the Northeast as in the South? 3. What were conditions like on slave ships? 4. Explain what an indentured servant is. 5. What were the cash crops the American colonies grew? History Videos L. 8 France & the Fur Trade https://youtu.be/KMV8kObUnr4 L. 9 Dutch Trade https://youtu.be/1LKYuDmD9Mk L. 10 Slavery https://youtu.be/E1_qEcioewQ Song of the Explorers: Review https://youtu.be/MKY_jOW1QjU If you have any questions, please let me know! Mrs. Jones Week of April 20-24, 2020 Dear Parents, For this week, we have the following assignments: ELA Please use the reader that you can download from the Language Arts tab. Go to the Language Arts tab, toward the bottom of the page, there is a label for The Renaissance. If you need help finding it, please let Mrs. Jones know. ([email protected]) MATH: Students are going to be working on 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and the Mid-Chapter Checkpoint this week. There are videos attached to the modules on Canvas for these lessons. Please submit ONLY the Practice and Homework pages for lessons 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4. Submit both pages for the Mid-Chapter Checkpoint for Chapter 8. Have your child use the videos on ThinkCentral for extra help with 8.2 and 8.4. Here are videos for lesson 8.3. 8.3 Video 1 https://youtu.be/-v6wC-hSgwk 8.3 Video 2 https://youtu.be/p_tXoGN2uMI 8.3 Video 3 https://youtu.be/NDvw7vpLoxo Helps: If your child is still struggling with a concept after watching the videos for that lesson on Canvas, they may use ThinkCentral (which has videos for each lesson). If you need help accessing ThinkCentral, please contact Mrs. Jones at [email protected]. She will help you get to the videos. There are also videos available on Khan Academy. Every fifth grader has an account on Khan Academy (contact Mrs. Jones if you need the login for that). You’ll go to khanacademy.org. Click on login at the top on the right-hand side. Then, you’ll be asked for the username and password. Once that is typed in, there are videos available with quick checks of the concepts we’ve covered in math. ELA: This week, students are going to be finishing up the Renaissance unit. A. Reading They will be reading Chapter 9: Popular Prose on Page and Stage. There are videos on Canvas to introduce the chapter and vocabulary. They also have a glossary at the end of the reader for definitions. They will answer the following questions about this chapter: 1. What words or phrases in the text let you know that The Adventures of Don Quixote was a popular novel that transformed literature? 2. What does the word transformed mean? 3. Who was William Shakespeare? 4. Why are some things about Shakespeare's life known and other things are unknown? 5. How was Shakespeare's Globe Theater different from theaters where plays are performed today? B. Assessment On Canvas, there is the final assessment for the Renaissance unit, as well. The module is called Renaissance Unit Assessment/Enrichment Reading “Music in the Renaissance” Complete the assessment and submit it. C. Writing There is also a link to a module on Canvas called Renaissance Virtual Tours. Please have your child go to that link and complete the writing prompt in this module. If your child hasn’t finished writing about “My Aspirations,” they need to complete that, as well. Helps: If you haven’t yet downloaded the reader for the Renaissance, it is available on www.ehfifthgrade.weebly.com under the Language Arts tab. Please watch the videos on Canvas and do the assignments listed under the modules for those lessons. If you haven’t completed the work for Chapters 1-8 (which were previously assigned) please contact your child’s teacher for instructions on completing the work for those chapters. We are happy to modify assignments as needed. HISTORY: We have finished up our science unit on heredity and begun our history unit on “The Age of Exploration.” Last week, students were to complete lessons 3 and 4. If they have not watched the videos for lessons 1-4, they are still available for viewing on Canvas. This week, students will be completing lessons 5-7. Please have them watch the videos and complete the questions on Canvas. Here are the videos: Spanish Empire: Lesson 5: https://youtu.be/YO9y-LcJcI8 Magellan: Lesson 6: https://youtu.be/JiT9nfDIZYI England Explores: Lesson 7: https://youtu.be/Y5U4GlUMQ88 Please also have them watch this video after Lesson 7. https://youtu.be/THqZ8r2Vr2M Helps: If your child is having trouble viewing the videos on Canvas, please let us know. KAHOOTS! QUIZZES: In our Zoom meeting last Wednesday at 4 p.m., we had about 10 students participate. Thank you! We talked about doing Kahoot! Quizzes this week. The links for your child are attached. Please have them use their name when the prompt asks for a nickname. That way, we can give credit to those who completed the quiz. Here are the links: Renaissance Kahoot! https://kahoot.it/challenge/06782522?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1587069795964 Heredity Kahoot! https://kahoot.it/challenge/01543560?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1587070178036 Math Kahoot! https://kahoot.it/challenge/02986791?challenge-id=e2cca30f-9b89-4898-8401-bd605aa4b0b8_1587070521902 Grammar Kahoots! Here's the link for a grammar Kahoot on correlative conjunctions: https://kahoot.it/challenge/04237059?challenge-id=15c82db5-bf91-4d12-afa2-b7ccc45eba16_1587071632073 Here's the link for a Kahoot on prefixes: https://kahoot.it/challenge/05488518?challenge-id=15c82db5-bf91-4d12-afa2-b7ccc45eba16_1587072538967 If you have any questions, please let us know. [email protected] or [email protected] Thanks! Mrs. Jones |
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