April 10, 2020
20th day of school closing

Happy Easter Hard Workers,

I bet you are looking forward to some treats on Sunday!  I hope the Easter Bunny leaves you some goodies!  Today is a "wrap it up" day.  Please look over the Learning Menu for this week.  Finish up any of the entrees that you have left undone.  Spend some time on IXL if you need to.

If you have already done everything, take the day off knowing that you have done a great job!  In honor of the Easter holiday, there is no message or "school" on Monday.  Enjoy the long weekend and check back on Tuesday for a new message.

*    Please note the Learning Menu asks you 

    *      Complete “This Week in Review” Form in Office 365

t     This is a misprint: there is no Week in Review this week!

T

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

April 9, 2020
19th day of school closing

Dear On-Line Learners,

Hello!  I'd like to wish a special happy birthday to Delaney!  I hope your day is special!

Today, I look forward to receiving a new reading response from you.  Use the Question Stems page to get your started.  Remember to use details and examples from your book to expand your thinking!

I am planning out next week's work.  For those of you who have been working hard and completing entrees' I have a special learning menu for you.  Please work hard to complete the entrees from Learning Menu 1 and 2 by Friday.  If you haven't met this goal, you will not receive the special learning menu...please plan and work according to your personal goals.

There is a new Subtracting Mixed Number Nearpod assignment in Teams.  Please be sure to show off your subtracting skills by completing this activity.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

April 8, 2020
Day 18 of school closing

Hello Tag Players,

I am so impressed with the first part of our Poetry Tag Game.  Everyone has been clever, creative and timely so far.  Here is today's Poetry Tag Poem:

Quarantine

By Keating Killelea

Home is boring, nothing’s happening!

I guess I could bake a cake,

Or cook a steak.

I could play with my dog,

Or jump over a log.

There’s riding my bike,

I could tease my brother and say, “Sike!”

My mom could teach me

All the thing she learns and she is artsy.

I could go to the creek,

Hopefully my boots won’t leak!

Which should I do?

Oops, I said “moo”!

You know what?

I’ll do them all.

That’s the silver-lining

Of quarantine.

Keating has tagged John A.  John, you have two days to find a poem that is somehow connected to Keating's and share it with me via email.  Be sure to tell me who you are tagging as well.

Please head off to work on today's learning menu.  Please try the Math assignment in Teams.  I think it is working now!  We will have a morning meeting at 11:30.  I hope to see you there!

Kindly,

Mrs. Harvey

April 7, 2020
17th day of closing

Dear Poets,

I love the diamante poems that I have already received from you.  Keep them coming.  I am hoping to publish your work on this blog at the end of the week.  Today, you should be focusing on the Tuesday column of your menu.  I am holding an essay meeting at 10:30 for people who need help in stretching out their ideas.  Please join us if you need help with that skill.

Alexis wrote a fabulous poem that connects to Taylor's.  Alexis also tagged Keating to go next in Poetry Tag.            

   Stuck at home 

So you don’t get sick don’t go to the store even though you might get bored 

Its ok to play outside in your yard go for a walk around the block 

Do a puzzle Don’t give it a nuzzle 

Jump rope or play basketball but you can't have a friend over at all 

Don’t cheat give your dog a treat 

Grill a steak and maybe bake a cake 

Do your  work with your best smirk 

We are all stuck at home

   Kindly, Mrs. Harvey

April 6, 2020
16th day of school closing

Hello Hard Workers,

I hope you are hanging in there!  I am missing all of your faces!  I look forward to hearing about your weekend at our 10:00 meeting today. 

Thanks to Taylor, our game of Poetry Tag continues today with this poem...

Coranavirus

By: Taylor Grimm

China started it

Outbreak all over the world

Really scary

Anyone can get it

Non-likable

Avoid close contact

Virus

Invisible germs

Really contagious

Unstoppable

Symptoms are scary

Taylor has tagged Alexis to find a new poem that is someone connected to the above poem.  Good luck, Alexis.  Please email me with the poem when you find it!  Be sure to check your email for this week's learning menu.  I am excited for you to see it!

Kindly,

Mrs. Harvey

April 3, 2020
15th day of school closing

Dear Students,

Hello and Happy Friday!  A special happy 10th birthday to Keating.  I hope you find a special way to celebrate this unique birthday!

We will have a class meeting at 10:00 today.  Before the meeting, please take a picture that represents your learning this week.  You should post your picture in the Assignments tab of Teams.  Today is a "Catch Up" day.  Look over the entrees for this past week.  Please submit any work that you haven't done yet.  This is also a good day to complete unfinished work from your Just In Case folder.

Have you been following the Progressive Poem?  It is interesting isn't it!??!  Another fun Poetry Month activity is called Poetry Tag.  It's when one person shares a poem and then "tags another person to share a related poem.  The poem can be one you have written or one you have found in a poetry folder, a book, or magazine.  I'll start.  Here is Poetry Tag poem #1

Dunk it

By Melinda Harvey

Pick up two cookies

Pass one to a friend

Nibble just a little

from the bottom end

Hold the tender cookie

as if it were brown silk

Dunk your tasty morsel

into a glass of milk

Count the time in seconds

smile at your buddy

Pull your cookie out

'fore the milk gets all muddy

Put the cookie in your mouth

feel the cream and chocolate blend

Then pick up two more cookies

and pass one to a friend

I challenge Taylor to find a poem that is somehow related and share it with me via email.  I will post Taylor's poem on Monday and tag someone else to continue the game.  

Kindly,

Mrs. Harvey

April 2, 2020
14th day of school closing

Dear Students,

Hello!  Happy Thursday!  I was glad to see so many of you at our meeting today.  Thank you for your effort!

Today, you should work through the options on the learning menu.  I am waiting for many of you to send me your reading work from last week and your essay from yesterday.  Please stay on top of the entree work so you don't get overwhelmed!

April is National Poetry Month.  This is a time that poets from all over the place celebrate poetry.  One project that is fun to watch is the Progressive Poem.  Click on the link to learn more about it. Maybe we can write our own progressive poem as a class.  Remind me to talk about this at our next meeting on Friday at 10:00!

Speaking of meetings, if you haven't yet logged into BrainPop and you need help, I am holding a meeting at 10:15 today.  Meet me in Teams if you'd like to join!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey