V57 Remote Learning May 18th-May 22nd

Writing:

Click here to choose a picture and use the qwerty board to write about your topic:

Foundational ELA:

This week some will be learning about consonant blends and other students will be reading for comprehension.  Consonant blends is when we put consonants together without a vowel between them.

Group D: Esther, Evan, Joshua, Shinny, Ali	Group C: Raysean, Taliya, William R., Emily	Group B:  William B
Watch the video about consonant blends and complete the worksheet following the video here: Click Here	Watch the video about consonant blends and complete the worksheet following the video here: Click Here William R: See your activity here: Click Here William R	When we read, it's important that we ask ourselves questions to help us understand what we are reading about. Read the text and practice answering the comprehension questions here: Click Here

ELA

This week we will continue to learn how to find the theme in a story. Remember that a theme is the message, a lesson or an idea about life that the writer wants us to learn from the story.  There are many common themes that we can learn from stories. We can learn about love, being brave, death, happiness among others. People see themes that relate to their own life experiences. Everyone will see different themes in what we view or read based on our own personal experiences. So a theme is subjective, meaning that it depends on you.

Let's watch this video to help us understand more about themes:

Questions to ask yourself as you watch:

What does the character like doing?

What is a problem for the character?

What does the character think/do about the problem?

Now let's practice identifying the theme here

Science:

This week we will continue learning about the human body and the organs systems that keep it alive. Our bodies are kept alive  through homeostasis. This means that our bodies work to keep what is happening inside them the same all the time. This can be our body temperature or even how much water is in our bodies.


Let's watch the video to see experiments about homeostasis in our bodies:

Next let's practice what we learned here

Social Studies

This week we will continue to learn about the Great Empire of Ghana in Africa. One thing that this Empire was known for was trading.  This means that people paid for good and services  with something similar to money. We will watch and learn about how the Empire rose, how long it lasted and what factors made it fall. T



Let's watch the video about the Empire of Ghana:

Now let's answer the questions here:

V57 Remote Learning May 11th-May 15th

Writing:

Click here to choose a picture and use the qwerty board to write about your topic:

Foundational ELA:

This week some will be learning about consonant blends and other students will be reading for comprehension.  Consonant blends is when we put consonants together without a vowel between them.

Group D: Esther, Evan, Joshua, Shinny, Ali	Group C: Raysean, Taliya, William R., Emily	Group B:  William B
Watch the video about consonant blends and complete the worksheet following the video here: Click Here	Watch the video about consonant blends and complete the worksheet following the video here: Click Here William R: See your activity here: Click Here William R	When we read, it's important that we ask ourselves questions to help us understand what we are reading about. Read the text and practice answering the comprehension questions here: Click Here

ELA

This week we will learning how to find the theme in a story. A theme is the message, a lesson or an idea about life that the writer wants us to learn from the story.  There are many common themes that we can learn from stories. We can learn about love, being brave, death, happiness among others. People see themes that relate to their own life experiences.

First let's watch this video to help us understand more about themes:

Let's listen to the song below and look at the words in the song by Ariana Grande, "No More Tears Left to Cry:"

Now watch as I identify the theme in the Song, "No More Tears Left to Cry"

Now let's practice what we learned about themes in this worksheet

Science:

This week we will be learning about the human body and the organs systems that keep it alive. One way our bodies are kept alive is through homeostasis. This means that our bodies work to keep what is happening inside them the same all the time. This can be our body temperature or even how much water is in our bodies.

Let's watch a video to learn more about homeostasis:

We all get thirsty but do you know why you get thirsty? What is happening in your body to make you thirsty? Let's read to find out and answer the questions to show our comprehension.

Social Studies

This week we are learning about the Great Empire of Ghana in Africa. One thing that this Empire was known for was trading.  This means that people paid for good and services  with something similar to money. We will watch and learn about how the Empire rose, how long it lasted and what factors made it fall. Then we will make connections to our lives. We will ask ourselves:

• -What are good and services? 
• -What does it look like in my community? 
• -How do I or the people I know participate in trading?

Let's watch the video about the Empire of Ghana:

Now let's review what we learned in earlier grades about goods and services:

Now let's think about our own lives. We buy things and others pay us to do something for them. Let's practice here.

V57 Remote Learning May 4th-May 8th

Writing:

Click here to choose a picture and use the qwerty board to write about your topic:

Foundational ELA:

1.Please visit Raz Kids Click Here
2.Click on kids log in
3.Enter your teacher name: abrochard
4. Then enter your username and password that was sent to you
5. Read the book that is assigned to you for the week

Group D: Esther, Evan, Joshua, Shinny, Ali	Group C: Raysean, Taliya, William R., Emily	Group B:  William B
Read the text: The Birthday Party Activity: Discuss this question with your family. You can film a video, if you would like, and post your discussion to ClassDojo. What is the most important thing that should happen at a birthday party? The most important at a birthday party is___ because (we can/we need/ your own idea)_______	Read the text: After School  Activity: Discuss this question with your family. You can film a video, if you would like, and post your discussion to ClassDojo. In the last weeks of this school year, we have to learn from home to stay safe. Read the book to get an idea of some activities to do outside of school. What are some things that you do at home for fun?	Read the text:  Activity: Discuss this question with your family.You can film a video, if you would like, and post your discussion to ClassDojo. What is one unique animal that you read about? What feature makes it unique? I think one of the most unique animals is ____ because______

ELA

This week we will learning how to find the central idea in an informational text. An informational text gives us factual or true facts about a topic. The central idea is what the text is all about.

Let's watch and learn how I find the central idea in the text below:

Next, click here to read the assigned text and find the central idea in this worksheet.


Please see the American Sign Language Translation of important vocabulary for ELA below:

Watch the American Sign Language Translation of the lesson below:

Science

Let's continue exploring unbalanced forces in order to understand Newtons' First Law of Motion.

Let's watch the video, Click Here , on Generation Genius:

You will learn that:

Force has both strength and direction.

Unbalanced forces cause an object to change its motion.

Balanced forces do not cause a change in motion.

Next, watch the video about an egg drop using the Inertia:

If you have the materials at home,  please carry out this simple egg drop experiment under Procedure on the Generation Genius page with your parents.

Next, let's play an online quiz to see what you learned from the video and/or experiment! Good luck!

Social Studies

This week we will be beginning our exploration of the Golden Age in African Empires. Before we talk about these empires, let's get a better understanding of the continent of Africa and its amazing people by looking at a monumental time in its history-- the Bantu Migration.

Let's watch a video to learn more about the Bantu Migration

Interview (as your family members questions) to find out if they or their family members have always lived in New York City. If not where did your family members begin their migration? Who came from where?

Questions you can ask your family:

1. Did you always live in NYC?
2. Where did our family members come from?
3. Why did they decide to come to NYC?

Next:

Draw a picture to show your family's heritage and honoring where they came from. It could be of a favorite meal, a type of dress or a word in another language. Post your photo or video on ClassDojo.

For example,  my family now lives in New York City but we began our journey from Jamaica and France and before that from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Senegal in Africa. My drawing would be of the national dish in Jamaica which is ackee and salt fish. It's delicious!

   V57 Remote Learning April 27th to May 1st

Writing:

Choose a picture and use the qwerty board to write about your topic:

Click Here to write about your topic

Foundational ELA:

1.Please visit Raz Kids Click Here
2.Click on kids log in
3.Enter your teacher name: abrochard
4. Then enter your username and password that was sent to you
5. Read the book that is assigned to you for the week

Group D: Esther, Evan, Joshua, Shinny, Ali	Group C: Raysean, Taliya, William R., Emily	Group B:  William B
Read the text: OUT Activity: Discuss this question with your family What is one thing you liked about the story? I liked when__________	Read the text: We Make Cookies Activity: Discuss this question with your family  What is one thing you liked about the story? I liked when__________	Read the text: The Shadow People  Activity: Discuss this question with your family What is one thing you liked about the story? I liked when__________  because it made me think/feel _____________________

ELA

This week readers we will pay attention to how characters change over time. In real life, the people around us change. This is a part of life experiences. Let's look at how the character Ramon changes in this short story, "ISH."

Did you notice the change in Ramon over time? At first, he enjoyed drawing what he saw around him. Then his brother laughed at his drawings and he began to not believe in his talents anymore. Then in the end, his little sister showed him that drawing is not about being perfect but about doing your best to show what you like about the world around you. In the end, Ramon drew and drew because he loved it and it didn't matter if it wasn't perfect.

Now I'd like you to practice paying attention to how a characters changes when things happen to them in a text. Let's watch, "Mr. Indifferent."

Complete your ELA worksheet here

Science

Watch the video about the unbalanced forces:

Complete your worksheet here to show what you learned about unbalanced forces

Social Studies

Let's continue learning about Buddhism.  Last week we learned that Buddhists believe that people are the most important actors in life not god. People can create suffering and cause bad things but people can also create peace and good things in life.

Let's watch the video below:

Activity:

Take a picture of or draw something that is important in your family. It could be a special object or a food. Post it to your ClassDojo portfolio and write a few words to explain.

For example: Something that is important to my family is___________________

It is important because_____________________________.

   V57 Remote Learning April 20th to 24th

Writing:

Choose a picture and use the qwerty board to write about your topic:

Click here to begin writing about your topic

Foundational ELA:

1.Please visit Raz Kids Click Here
2.Click on kids log in
3.Enter your teacher name: abrochard
4. Then enter your username and password that was sent to you
5. Read the book that is assigned to you for the week

Group D: Esther, Evan, Joshua, Shinny, Ali	Group C: Raysean, Taliya, William R., Emily	Group B:  William B
Assigned reading:  Clean, Not Clean Question: What is something that is clean in your house? Tell your parent or sibling. Record a video of yourself responding or take a picture of your dictated response and post it under Foundational ELA in portfolios in classdojo	Assigned reading: Clean is not for me Question: What is the book about? Do you agree or disagree with the main character? Record a video of yourself responding or take a picture of your dictated response and post it under Foundational ELA in portfolios in classdojo	Assigned reading: Question: What is one thing that made Barack feel like he didn't fit in? Record a video of yourself responding or take a picture of your dictated response and post it under Foundational ELA in portfolios in classdojo

ELA:

Readers,  everyday we interact with people in our lives. These can be our family members or friends. These days we are interacting with each other and our friends online. Interact means how we get along with others. Sometimes we interact well with others and sometimes we don't. That is a natural part of life.

This week we will be looking at how characters interact with each other. We can ask ourselves:

What do the characters say to each other? What do they think about each other? How do we know this?

Let's watch this short animation,The Present, to practice:

Please watch the American Sign Language interpretation of the video:

Now make a video of yourself s answering the questions or take a picture of your written answers:

1. What is the video about? It's about__________________________.

a. a boy who gets a present

b. a girl who goes to a restaurant

c. a family on a boat

2. Who are the main characters in the video?

a. a toy car

b. two mice

c. A boy and a puppy

3. What does the boy do at first? He__________________


a. he plays with the puppy

b. ignores the puppy

c. he buys a new bag

4. What does the boy probably think about the puppy at first? He probably____________.

a. doesn't want to spend time with him

b. likes to eat in the cafeteria

c.  he really likes the flowers

5. How does the interaction between the boy and the puppy change? At the end of the story_______

a.  he started playing baseball

b. he likes singing

c. the boy wants to spend time with the puppy

Science:

Let's continue exploring Newton's First Law of Motion-- The Law of Inertia, which says that objects will continue to do what they are doing unless acted upon by an exterior unbalanced force.

Let's watch a video to remind ourselves of how this law works:

Please see the American Sign Language Translation of what inertia means:

This week, let's do a practical application of the law of inertia in our homes using simple objects that we can easily find at home. We will do a coin experiment to understand the gravitational pull on an object.

After carrying out the experiment with a parent or sibling, make a video answering the questions or take a picture of your written responses to these questions:

Please see the American Sign Language Translation of the questions here:

1. What was the experiment about? It's about_________________________.

a.  animals 

b. inertia

c. volcanoes

2. What do you think will happen in the experiment? Dictate or write your own response

_____________________________________________________________________

2. What is one material that you used in the experiment?

a.  a coin

b. ice cream

c. a sandwich

3. What did you observe? I noticed that__________________

a. the coin flew in the sky

b. the coin fell in the cup

c. the coin caught on fire

4. What did you learn? I learned that gravity was always ___________  the coin  down even when it was on the paper

a. laughing

b. yelling

c. pulling

5. What is inertia? Inertia means that an object stays the  _____________ direction and speed unless something else or another force changes  it.

a. same

b. red

c. circle

Social Studies

Let's continue learning about world religions. This week we will begin learning about Buddhism.

Let's watch the video below:

Question to answer : Many religions in the world are about a god but Buddhism is not about a god but about people. Buddhists people that believe can create and also stop suffering in the world.

Think about one way you have helped or you have seen someone helping others ?

Record a video where you dictate or write your answer to share. Please post your video under Social Studies in portfolios in ClassDojo.