Remote Learning Lesson Plans and Daily Schedule 3/25 4th GRADE

4th GRADE Remote Learning Lesson Plans and Daily Schedule 3/25 4th GRADE Mr. Taylor's Class

WEEKLY REMOTE LEARNING SCHEDULE! 

MONDAY  TUESDAY  WEDNESDAY  THURSDAY  FRIDAY

Times are Flexible!	Daily Schedule of Activities
7am - 8am	Early Breakfast! YES, YES, YES! Get UP and GET ready for LEARNING!  BIG HUGS AND GREETINGS FROM MR. TAYLOR!  GOOOOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!
8am - 9:30am SOCIAL STUDIES  and WORLD GEOGRAPHY  LANGUAGE ARTS    LISTENING AND SPEAKING	WATCH The Most Dangerous Ways To School - Mexico AND PAUSE THE VIDEO WHEN SOMETHING CATCHES YOUR ATTENTION, WRITE DOWN INTERESTING FACTS, any CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, and WOW MOMENTS. AFTER VIEWING the Video and reviewing your notes HAVE A CONVERSATION and Compare and Contrast what is the same and what is different between the children's adventures in Mexico and Bolivia. Talk WITH SOMEONE WHO ALSO WATCHED THE VIDEO! USE THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS to help guild the discussion Create your own ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS to help guild your discussion. Every Monday, little Lorenzo struggles alone as he makes his way over slippery scree and past steep canyons. And all this just so he can go to school and receive something to eat there. The 6-year-old lives in northwest Mexico in the extensive Sierra Madre Occidental. This is the home of his people, the Rarámuri. These indigenous peoples live well-hidden in the mountains and have hardly any contact with the outside world. Their daily lives revolve around agriculture and livestock; poverty is a big issue for the Rarámuri. To escape this fate, Lorenzo must literally overcome more than 1000 metres altitude. One small lapse of concentration, one careless step and Lorenzo could fall off the edge. At school, Teresa, Angela and Philomena sit next to him. These sisters, aged 6, 8 and 9, can see the school from their home, which sits on a plateau opposite. But to get there requires a journey of many hours, which takes them over narrow and rocky paths, onto sharp rock edges, across a stream, and - just before they reach their destination - forces them to climb again steeply uphill over smooth rocks on all fours. If it is raining, this journey becomes an almost impossible one: the stream is transformed within minutes into a torrent, and the rocks are suddenly as slippery as an ice rink. These children undertake their journey to school all by themselves. For up to four hours, they march through one of the most beautiful but also one of the most dangerous Mexican landscapes. Throughout this journey they all have only one goal in mind: to ultimately find a job in a city and lead a better life. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS ideas: What is culture? Why should we study different cultures? How are cultures similar and different? What characteristics can we study about cultures? How do beliefs and values of individuals affect society? How do geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way people live and work? PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR QUESTIONS AND THOUGHT IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW!   Most Dangerous Ways To School - BoliviaThe Yungas Valley in Bolivia: a unique landscape, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon Rain Forest. In this remote section of one of the poorest countries in South America, children have a very long and incredible dangerous walk to school ahead of them. All for one goal: education – for a better life.  Seven-year-old Elmer wants to become an engineer and to build his own house, far away from the remote village. But his only way to school leads over a ravine more than 650 feet deep and about 1000 feet long: a kind of homemade zip-line. He has to entrust his live on a rusty iron pulley and a worn plastic bag. On the other side of the valley, on the summit of the mountain range, is where the sisters Helen and Mariela live. Isolated, and in the heart of the jungle. Of all the children who attend the school, the sisters live furthest away. Fear, hunger, and exhaustion are their constant companions. For them, education the key to a new, better world. And that’s why they run great risks every day in pursuit of it.  All this is more than just a walk to school – It is a test in the vast jungle. Throughout this journey they all have only one goal in mind: to ultimately find a job in a city and lead a better life.  STUDY THE WORLD FACT BOOK  MEXICO   BOLIVIA
9:30am - 10am	RECESS AND BRAIN BREAK:GO OUTSIDE! Have a HEALTHY snack! Go for hike/walk/run. Youtube JUST DANCE!
10am - 11:30 am READING BLOCK  PICK ONE OR TWO FROM THE READING CHOICES!	TEACHERS CHOICE: IF you have a good internet connection please get on Mobymax Informational Reading this morning for 45 minutes.  FIRST CHOICE:  READ A CHAPTER OR TWO OF YOUR FAVORITE CHAPTER BOOK! Curl up with a favorite chapter book and listen along to the audio book. Audio book ideas! Five Famous Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen |Learn English Through Stories with English Subtitle Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AudioBook  Intro 0:00 Chapter I: 0:15 Chapter II: 12:15 Chapter III: 23:21 Chapter IV: 32:47 Chapter V: 45:55 Chapter VI: 58:04 Chapter VII: 1:13:30 Chapter VIII: 1:27:42 Chapter IX: 1:40:48 Chapter X: 1:54:33 Chapter XI: 2:09:13 Chapter XII: 2:19:19 ♡ Audiobook ♡ Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie ♡ Timeless Classic Literature for Children Black Beauty By Anna Sewell ♡ A Timeless Spiritual Horse Lovers Classic The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ♡ Brilliant Reading by Karen Savage Harry Potter 1 Chapter 14 Harry Potter 1 Chapter 15 Harry Potter 1 Chapter 16 Harry Potter 1 Chapter 17 SECOND CHOICE:  Reading comprehension practice on Khan Academy. It is grouped by grade level: 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade We recommend starting at your grade level and doing 1-2 practice sets per day (or 10 practice sets per week). This should take about 10-20 minutes per day. If you find it difficult, completely okay to start at an earlier grade level. Likewise, if you find the passages and questions to be easy, feel free to move to higher grade levels THIRD CHOICE: MOBYMAX READING INFORMATIONAL Reading Skills Informational | MobyMax www.mobymax.com › curriculum › reading-skills-informational Informational Skills. Reading Skills Informational is aligned with the Common Core standards for informational texts whose goal is to help students critically analyze complex informational texts. Progress Monitoring.  FOURTH CHOICE:  PRACTICE FOR THE LITERARY ELEMENTS TEST LITERARY ELEMENTS TEST for the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Grade Free Online Literary elements study words:  allegory, alliteration, allusion, antagonist, assonance, character,comedy, conflict, fable, imagery, irony, metaphor, myth, onomatopoeia, paradox, parody,personification, plot, protagonist, satire, setting, simile, theme, tragedy Online LITERARY ELEMENTS Test
11:30 am - 1:00 am	LOOOONG LUNCH Break and Recess. HELP MAKING LUNCH AND TRY OUT A NEW RECIPE!  Try listyening to an educational podcast while making lunch Brains On! If you like science, Forever Ago if you like history, or Story Pirates to hear funny stories written by kids. Older students may like RadioLab If you like science, Forever Ago if you like history, or Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls if you like biographies
1:00 am - 2:20 pm MATH LAB	FIRST CHOICE:  DMS is being sent home via Snail Mail  PREVIEW NEXT WEEKS DMS Early!  OR  MAKE YOUR OWN DMS AND PRACTICE MATH TOPICS YOU ARE STILL LEARNING TO MASTER!  SECOND CHOICE: KHAN ACADEMY MATH Khan Academy math practice has got your back. Depending on your confidence and grade level, one of the following courses are likely good for you: 2nd grade math 3rd grade math 4th grade math 5th grade math One practice that we’ve seen teachers and students use to great effect is to start, regardless of age, on Kindergarten and then move to 1st grade, 2nd grade, etc. Course challenges and unit tests can be used to accelerate through material. If you don’t have too many gaps, you should be able to get through a previous year’s content in 1-3 hours. If you do have gaps, it may take a bit longer, but that is good!  This is your chance to fill in those gaps that might otherwise hold you back in the future. You’ll see that if you are able to put in at least a solid 30 minutes a day of math practice and keep leveling up skills, you’ll see big gains and, most importantly, really see the world in new and exciting ways! One you are at your grade level, try to set a goal of leveling up at least 3 skills a week THIRD CHOICE: MobyMax | Fix learning gaps www.mobymax.com Award-winning MobyMax helps struggling learners quickly catch up to grade level and closeslearning gaps for all your students. Find and fix missing skills with personalized learning, pinpoint assessments, and motivating rewards. ... Administrator. School ... Create yourMobyMax login: School ... Moby for Middle School. Search Results FOURTH CHOICE: ONLINE MATH SOFTWARE1  Hour of Code Activities - Learn | Code.org code.org › learn Try a one-hour tutorial designed for all ages in over 45 languages. Join millions of students and teachers in over 180 countries starting with an Hour of Code. Sheppard Software: Fun free online learning games and ... www.sheppardsoftware.com Hundreds of fun educational games and activities for kids to play online. Topics include math, geography, animals, and more. Geography World geography quizzes galore - over 250 fun online map ... Brain Games Give your brain a workout by playing fun games that sharpen ... Math Games Free math games that make learning fun! Topics: addition ... Science Free science games and activities for kids. Learn about chemistry ... USA Geography US geography games - over 38 fun map games teach capitals, state ... Language Arts Grammar Tutorial - Magical Capitals - Easily Confused Words Math Games | Math Playground | Fun for Kids www.mathplayground.com Free, online math games and more at MathPlayground.com! Problem solving, logic games and number puzzles kids love to play. Logic Games Skill Games - The Parking Lot - Connect the Roads - Andy's Golf Math Games Hundreds of free, online math games that teach multiplication ... Grade 2 Games 2nd grade math games for free. Addition, subtraction, place ... Grade 4 Games 4th grade math games for free. Multiplication, division, fractions ... 3rd Grade Math Games 3rd grade math games for free. Multiplication, division, fractions ... Grade 1 Games 1st grade math games for free. Addition, subtraction, place ... Math.com - World of Math Online www.math.com Free math lessons and math homework help from basic math to algebra, geometry and beyond. Students, teachers, parents, and everyone can find solutions to ... ‎Math Practice · ‎Basic Math · ‎Everyday Math · ‎Algebra Ixl.com | IXL Learning | Try It For Free TodayLearn 2000+ K-12 skills online. Master tough topics. Win awards. Sign up now! Standards-basedLearning. K-12 Math & English. Adaptive & Individualized. Immediate Feedback. Courses: Math, English, Science, Social Studies. K-12 Math Practice IXL is the Web's Most Comprehensive Adaptive Math Program. Try It Now! At-Home Learning with IXL Free Webinars, Lesson Plans, & More to Keep Students Learning. Math Games | Hooda Math | Games www.hoodamath.com Play Math Games at Hooda Math. Games for School. Best Math Site for Kindergarten to College and everything in between. Math Games for learning addition, ... Escape Games Our unblocked addicting Escape games are fun and free. Also try ... Papa's Scooperia Play Papa's Scooperia Now! @ Hooda Math. Practice math ... All Games Play All Games on Hooda Math. Our unblocked addicting All ... Papa's Games Our unblocked addicting Papa's games are fun and free. Also try ... Math Games Play Math Games Now! Free Online Math Games for All, Only ... Hooda Stacker Play Hooda Stacker Now! @ Hooda Math. Practice math ... FINAL CHOICE: Mr. Taylor's DMS or 3 Minutes of Minute Math WE WILL BE SENDING OUT PACKS FOR STUDENTS WITH NO OR LIMITED INTERNET.
2:20 pm - 3:00 pm WRITING LAB	Write Mr. Taylor a Formal Letter about what you are grateful for about Rio Vista. Pretend you are applying for a job as the new STEM lab Teacher.   Use Formal Letter Writing Etiquette:
3:00 pm-4:00 pm	Relax, go outside and take a walk, ride your bike, play a game,c

Here are some ideas for creating a Genius Hour at home:

• Build a Lunar city out of trash
• Build a mini-engineering project like a Heron's Fountain.

• Heron's fountain - Wikipedia

• Explore the world by planing a vacation in a far away land. 
• Find the answers to life's biggest questions. BEING AN IDEAL DAD OR MOM? BECOMING A LIFELONG LEARNING "PHILOSOPHER"? BEING HAPPY WITH LESS? HELPING OTHERS? 
• Learn a to play the recorder.
• Write a story, play, compose a song, create a new dance, learn a new language, start a journal, etc.