Let's Learn From Home

Let’s Learn From Home!

Accessing the CPS Portal and Google Drive

• Go to http://www.cpsk12.org and go to the CPS Staff & Student Portal Login.

• The student's username is 30 followed by their initials and then a number.  (example: 30ksr08).  If students are unsure, just ask them for their 30 number or what they use as their computer login.  Their password is CPS followed by their lunch number (example: CPS180085).

• If they want to access Google drive, their username is their username followed by @stu.cpsk12.org and their password is the same as their password for the portal.  

• Students are encouraged to read each day whether in a book, magazine or online.

• Students can access books through Epic through the RBE Website (http://www.cpsk12.org/rbe) in the Media Center section.  

• Moss class code is naj3036.  

• You can sign up to receive the first month of Epic at home for free by clicking on your student’s name (after entering the class code) and then clicking “I’m a grown up” to sign up.  Using this method will require you to provide a credit card, but if you email us, we can go through the teacher login and send a link to you to get the free subscription without the credit card needed.  

• There are also online reading options through the CPS Portal through Capstone and also through McGraw-Hill (Wonders).  

• Parents may set up a free (until the end of the school year) account at Reading A-Z.  This has leveled resources students can use.

• After students have read, they can write one sentence about what they read each day.  It can be a connection, summary, something that stood out, tell about the characters, setting, problem, solution or anything else about what they read. 

• They can type their responses in Google Drive or can write them down using this paper.  

• Students can access ST Math and Everyday Math games through the Portal.

• Students can practice geometry vocab cards.

• Students can complete the packet of pages from their math journal.  They were sent home and can be found here.

• Here is a number grid if students want to use it.

• Students are encouraged to write each day.  

• They can write a fiction story or a nonfiction piece of writing.

• They can write as many stories as they would like.  They can use the Fundations paper provided or found here or they can type their stories on Google Drive.

• Many nursing homes have been closed to visitors to help with the safety and health of the patients.  Students could write letters or cards and send them to local nursing homes to bring a smile to someone’s face.  

• https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning

• Mystery Science has mini-lessons with activities and videos the students can watch.  

• In the packet that is coming home, there are the pages needed to complete the activities.  They are also linked here.

• Scholastic has resources here for both science and social studies activities (www.scholastic.com/learnathome)

• Here are a few STEM activities your family can do!

• Students can access PebbleGo through the Portal.  They can choose any topic under Social Studies.  

• To access PebbleGo, students need to go to the Portal, click on Electronic Library, then Electronic Library within the folder, this will take you to a link with Elementary resources (might need to click on the left side) and PebbleGo is available here.  

• They can read/listen to the information about their topic.  Then use the information they learned to create a Google Slides presentation.  

• They need to remember to put the information in their own words.  They can add pictures if they would like.

• Students can complete as many Google Slide presentations as they would like.

• Students can practice spelling words using the spelling patterns we have learned in Units 9, 10, 11 and 12.  

• You can use the packet provided or the pages here and have students practice spelling the words.  If there are spelling options, they can use the spelling options section of their Monster book which was sent home or is found here.

• You can use the review words, current words and sentences.

• Disney Imagineering in a Box

• National Geographic Victoria Falls

• Learn about animals at the San Diego Zoo

• Learn about the different parts of Yellowstone

• Explore different types of farms

• Travel all the way to Paris and tour The Louvre

• Travel to China to see the Great Wall of China

• Explore all 3 floors of the Boston Children’s Museum

• Some fun STEM activities

• Fun activities with Mo Willems

• Fun science activities and videos

• Books read aloud by celebrities

• Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture Weekly Contest

• Your child can enter a contest for an opportunity to win $100!

• This week’s theme: Veggies on your Plate.

• Their entry can be a poem, video, photograph, or drawing/painting

• Check out their website for more information: https://columbiaurbanag.org/

•  Book Creator is allowing students to make 40 free books!

• We use this app earlier this school year to make an eBook.

•  KidsDiscover Online

• Mrs. McKinzie has created a RBE READS Facebook group.

• All you have to do is find the group (RBE READS) and click join.

• Here are different brain break activities

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• Mrs. Ross: kross@cpsk12.org

• Ms. Mottaz: elmottaz@cpsk12.org

Reading

Math

Writing

Science

Social Studies

Fundations

Other Fun Online Activities

Any projects they do using Google Drive can be shared with their teacher using the blue Share button and then enter our email address.  

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

Wow!  What a wonderful week of celebrating reading and our love of books.  We capped off the wonderful week with Reading with the Stars today.  You will have to ask your student which stars read to us today.

Friday folders will not come home next Friday due to Spring Break.

If your student will not be here any days next week due to traveling, please let us know.

Important Upcoming Events

• March 20: Bob Shea Author Visit-Rescheduled for May 21
• Book orders are due March 19.  
• Here is the link to the order form.
• March 23-27: Spring Break (No School)
• April 16: Library Field Trip
• We are gone from school from 8:00-10:00 a.m.
• May 7: Art Field Trip
• Ms. Clark has planned a fun field trip to go see different pieces of art downtown as well as a tour of the Art and Archaeology Museum.
• May 15: Runge Field Trip
• We love for parents to attend this field trip.  If you would like to attend, please use the link below to fill out the volunteer application and the background check.  These MUST be filled out if you plan to attend the field trip.  The background check is paid for by the district, so there is no cost to you.
• https://www.cpsk12.org/volunteer 
• Please let us know if you plan to attend.  

CPS Portal

• Students are able to access different resources online through the CPS Portal.  They can access this portal through the CPS website.  They will use the CPS Staff and Student Portal.
• The student's username is 30 followed by their initials and then a number.  (example: 30ksr08).  If students are unsure, just ask them for their 30 number or what they use as their computer login.  Their password is CPS followed by their lunch number (example: CPS180085).  If they want to access Google drive, their username is their username followed by @stu.cpsk12.org and their password is the same as their password for the portal.  
• They can access the reading and math curriculum which includes games and reading activities.  They can also access ST Math as well as other as online reading options.  
• They can also access different reading and game options through the Symbaloo which is accessed by going to the RBE Website, clicking Media Center and scrolling down.  All of the pictures are live links.  
• On the Symbaloo is Epic which is online reading and our class code is Naj3036.

Learning for the Next Two Weeks

• Reading
• We will be learning about expository pieces of writing.  This unit has nonfiction pieces about different things that change the Earth's surface.  We will learn more about erosion and also about volcanoes.  We will discuss how the different text features the author includes helps us as readers.
• Writing
• After Spring Break, we will be starting our next writing piece.  Students will be writing letters to form a story.  They will be writing to a "friend" who doesn't live in Columbia and they will use the letters to teach about the two different places.  They can use a place they have visited or a place we learned about when read our Swift Walker books.  
• Math
• We will be starting Unit 8 next week.  This unit covers geometry.  There is a lot of vocabulary in this unit.  The vocabulary terms are listed below.  We will introduce some next week and some after Spring Break.  These would be good terms to practice as we are learning them.


• Vocabulary Terms: angle, apex, array, attribute, column, row, cube, equal groups, face, parallel, partition, polygon, quadrilateral, right angle, side, vertex


• Fundations
• We will continue working through Unit 11 next week and test over this unit.  This unit is over the 6 ways to make the long e sound.  These are ee, ea, ey, e-e, e and y.  We have been practicing using our monster book to find the correct spelling of the words when there are multiple spelling options.  Our trick words are whose, son, won.  The students are struggling a bit determining when to use whose and who's, so if they practice at home, please help them remember the meaning of the words.  
• We will start Unit 12 after Spring Break.  This unit covers the /oi/ sound which is made with the spelling patterns of oi and oy.  The trick words for this unit are favorite, early, their, write, and ocean.  
• Science
• We will continue learning about where water is located on Earth.  We will start to learn how water travels down hills and mountains and the current of a river.  We have different activities for the students to do to actually see how the water moves down the mountains.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

We are so excited about the warmer weather!!!  The kids are really enjoying recess not completely bundled up.  Please do continue to check the forecast and send in a winter coat when needed.  It rarely has reached the high temperature for the day by 9:35 a.m. when we go outside for recess.

We have had a wonderful week enjoying books with Mystery Readers.  It is so fun to see what books our readers choose to read.  We have found some books that we want to add to our library here at school.  We still have a few spots still open for Mystery Readers next week if you would like to come read. 

• https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c45aca62ca2fb6-read1

Important Upcoming Events

• Read Week: March 9-13

• Monday, March 9: Crazy Sock Day with New Socks
• Tuesday, March 10: Pajama Day with Dinosaur vs. Bedtime
• Thursday, March 12: Favorite Book Character Day (dress as your favorite book character) with What's Your Favorite, Favorite?
• Friday, March 13: Rainbow Day (wear lots of colors or dress all in one color) with Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
• No School: March 11
• Bob Shea Book Orders Due: March 19
• The order form is in the Friday Folder.
• Here is a link to the form.
• Bob Shea Author Visit: March 20
• Spring Break: March 23-March 27
• Library Field Trip: April 16
• Art Field Trip: May 7 
• Runge Field Trip: May 15

Math Test

• Your student's Unit 6 Math Test is in their Friday folder.  We reviewed some of the things on the tests that the students missed and then students had the opportunity to make corrections.  Their corrections are made in colored pencil.  You do not need to sign and return this test.

Next Week's Learning

*With our Mystery Readers, our schedule is off, so we are fitting things in between readers, so we may not get to everything listed below.*

Math

• Our goal is to wrap up Unit 7 next week and hopefully fit in the test.  This test covers measurement, line plots and adding multiple numbers.  
• Unit 8 will be over geometry.  We will be learning about 2-D and 3-D shapes.

Reading

• We will be enjoying and discussing the books read by our Mystery Readers.
• The students have been making some great connections between books that are being read and books they have read.  
• We will also be comparing expository writing to realistic fiction writing.  

Writing

• Students will be writing an opinion about their favorite book read to them by a mystery reader.
• They will have to support their opinion with specific details from the book.

Science/Social Studies

• We will continue to discuss where salt water and fresh water are located throughout the world. 

Fundations

• We wrapped up Unit 10 today in Fundations.  This test will come home next week.
• We will start Unit 11 next week.  This unit covers the vowel teams that make the long e sound.  These are ee, ea and ey.  
• Our trick words are whose, won and son.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Kate and Elizabeth