Welcome to the Morado School at Home Information Page
Learning is experiential and social for children in their Elementary years, as they develop their independence and autonomy. As we prepare to complete the academic year in this School at Home format, we are deeply committed to meeting each child’s developmental and learning needs to the best of our ability. It is important to us that the children’s activities and work during this time be enjoyable, thoughtful, challenging, and rewarding. Our goal is to partner closely with families in order to create opportunities for that to happen, and we encourage parents to stay in close contact with their child’s teachers as we navigate this experience together.
We hope you have something to submit for our new school Newspaper! Click below to find out more.
Morado daily schedule
Maintaining a regular routine and schedule is important for a child’s wellbeing during this time. We've created the following schedule to help students and families to stay in sync with their community. We also recognize that every family is experiencing this time differently, and this schedule should be seen as flexible.
9:00-10:00 Organization and preparing for the day.
During this window of time, students, with the help of their parents, should log onto Teams, check for scheduled lessons, connect with their teachers in their individual Chat groups, and plan their days.
Students also go to the Attendance Channel on Teams and post a “good morning” reply to Mr. Shawn's attendance post as a way of signaling their arrival at school for the day.
10:00-12:00 Open class time
Students do individual and collaborative work and have lessons from teachers. Lessons are offered through the Morado Teams site and Zoom by your child's teachers.
12:00-1:00 Lunch (with possible read aloud from teacher) and outdoor break time.
***Please note that on Wednesdays, this in the end of the School at Home day.
1:00-3:00 Open class time and scheduled group and individual lessons. Afternoons are a great time for practical life activities and/or physical activity and outside time.
3:00-3:30 End of day jobs, including clean up from the day, pack work away, tidy learning spaces so that everything is ready for tomorrow.
9:00-10:00 Organization and preparing for the day.
During this window of time, students, with the help of their parents, should log onto Teams, check for scheduled lessons, connect with their teachers in their individual Chat groups, and plan their days.
Students also go to the Attendance Channel on Teams and post a “good morning” reply to Mr. Shawn's attendance post as a way of signaling their arrival at school for the day.
10:00-12:00 Open class time
Students do individual and collaborative work and have lessons from teachers. Lessons are offered through the Morado Teams site and Zoom by your child's teachers.
12:00-1:00 Lunch (with possible read aloud from teacher) and outdoor break time.
***Please note that on Wednesdays, this in the end of the School at Home day.
1:00-3:00 Open class time and scheduled group and individual lessons. Afternoons are a great time for practical life activities and/or physical activity and outside time.
3:00-3:30 End of day jobs, including clean up from the day, pack work away, tidy learning spaces so that everything is ready for tomorrow.
Morado program expectations
Students are expected to:
- Plan and organize work with guidance and support from parents and teachers
- Follow teachers’ guidelines and academic expectations
- Work with integrity on assigned tasks, suggested projects, and academic work— do your best!
Parents are invited to:
- Observe your child and communicate with teachers. Ms. Mary has more guidance on this, so click here.
- Maintain a prepared School At Home environment
- Establish a consistent routine and work schedule together
- Follow along with the teachers’ suggested activities to maintain skills and concepts
- Provide opportunities for your child to share and present work to you
- Communicate frequently with teachers in order to build a collaborative partnership.
Lower Elementary Teachers will:
- Prepare and offer a variety of lessons in all subject and activities for children to complete at home in order to maintain and move their learning forward
- Encourage children to follow their passions and interests while providing guidance to parents about how to support children’s individual needs. Examples of this may include projects, journals, creative writing, geometry constructions, Practical Life at home.
- Communicate regularly and frequently with parents, including frequent video calls, Teams chat check ins and quick responses to parents concerns that are communicated via emails or Teams (within one school day).
- Maintain a collaborative, responsive, flexible approach to helping each family navigate the digital learning environment according to individual needs and interests
- Respect the stage of development—many Lower Elementary students are at a “concrete level” and require the Montessori materials to complete certain tasks
This Week in Morado!
Click on the current week to access all class events, curriculum plans, and ongoing work suggestions provided by your child's teachers.
week 6: April 20-24, 2020
Greetings Morado students and families,
Welcome to our new class webpage! A special thank you to Ms. Nicole and Ms. Angela for their work getting this up and running. We hope that this will be a simplified helpful guide to navigating School at Home.
In looking at the Week 6 schedule, we’d like to make you aware of the plan for Earth Day on Wednesday. It is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and, following our annual tradition, we are planning to recognize Earth Day during School at Home.
In the Upper School we typically celebrate Earth Day by spending the entire school day outside (rain or shine) engaged in service projects, environmental education and awareness activities, and time to appreciate the natural world around us. We are approaching the day similarly and are asking students to spend their usual work time unplugged from their computers and Teams and instead engaged in activities aimed to help our planet and connect with nature. In thinking about Wednesday, feel free to come up with ideas for how you’d like to spend that day and we will also offer a menu of possible activities and resources. We look forward to hearing about how you spend Earth Day!
We wish you all the best and look forward to Week 6 together.
Ms. Mary, Mr. Ben, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers. Will be arranged individually.
Tuesday
Types of Roots. Mr. Ben is doing botany about the types of plant roots. A video will be posted Tuesday morning on Teams for the students to watch. Extensions and projects they can work on from this lesson will also be posted. Mr. Ben will be available during the morning if anyone needs help. Students and parents can meet with him if they have any questions, thoughts, or want to share what they learned or did for a follow-up from the lesson.
On Tuesday morning, Ms. Mary will experiment with keeping a video meeting open for anyone to join and ask for a lesson or conversation. You may schedule a particular appointment ahead of time with her and join the open video meeting at that time, if you wish. We will publish the video meeting session invite in the Announcements channel on the Morado Teams site.
Wednesday
Earth Day – 50th Anniversary!
We recommend that students get completely unplugged for the entire day, and go outside to enjoy nature-based, ecologically conscious activities. A menu of suggestions can be found on the Morado Teams site, as well as in the video posted at the bottom of this section.
Thursday
Geometry with Ms. Mary. Ms. Mary will be meeting in partners and small groups throughout the morning to review previous geometry concepts and introduce new ones. The links will be on the calendar.
Geometry lessons will be:
Children are welcome to ask to join any lesson, but they will be invited to a particular one on Teams and should RSVP.
During this time, Mr. Ben will be available on an open video meeting open for anyone to join and ask for a lesson or conversation, just like Ms. Mary on Tuesday. You may schedule a particular appointment ahead of time with him and join the open video meeting at that time, if you wish.
Friday
Literature Circles with Ms. Mary. These are “rolling” literature circles: you choose a book and meet with that group weekly until you are done reading it, then you choose another book to read. Occasionally, a new list will be published on the literature circle channel, with several old titles and several new ones. Please let the teachers know which book you are reading in the chat for you and the teachers. Look for the event invite in the Calendar on Teams.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
Rehearse songs from the Odyssey. All related information can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
Start a project with a classmate:
Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
Here are some other videos from our specialists in case you missed them.
Do you have any follow-ups to do still? If you're not sure, ask a teacher. You can also look in Teams under "classroom materials" to find information on what to do for follow-ups.
Some follow-ups you might have (check with your teachers if you are unsure):
Prepositions Extensions
Adverbs Practice
Geometry follow-ups—check classroom materials
Additional river follow-up —check classroom materials
Comma follow-up —check classroom materials
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Welcome to our new class webpage! A special thank you to Ms. Nicole and Ms. Angela for their work getting this up and running. We hope that this will be a simplified helpful guide to navigating School at Home.
In looking at the Week 6 schedule, we’d like to make you aware of the plan for Earth Day on Wednesday. It is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and, following our annual tradition, we are planning to recognize Earth Day during School at Home.
In the Upper School we typically celebrate Earth Day by spending the entire school day outside (rain or shine) engaged in service projects, environmental education and awareness activities, and time to appreciate the natural world around us. We are approaching the day similarly and are asking students to spend their usual work time unplugged from their computers and Teams and instead engaged in activities aimed to help our planet and connect with nature. In thinking about Wednesday, feel free to come up with ideas for how you’d like to spend that day and we will also offer a menu of possible activities and resources. We look forward to hearing about how you spend Earth Day!
We wish you all the best and look forward to Week 6 together.
Ms. Mary, Mr. Ben, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
- Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional)
- Sharing will be on Tuesday at 11:30 because of Earth Day on the usual Sharing day of Wednesday. Links are on the calendar and the “Week 6” channel.
- Earth Day
- Spelling: List #19b.
- This list involves adding suffixes (endings) to words that end with an “e.” Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday afternoons, or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
- Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week. The materials are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder. Please let a teacher know if you need any help on how to do Rocket Math practice.
- Odyssey Radio Drama – Make sure you’ve watched the video of Ms. Nicole and Ms. Piggadilly talking about the Radio Drama. Practice and Recording for children in Episode 1 (Act 1, Scene 1-6). A specific schedule can be found on the Odyssey Teams Site. Email Ms. Nicole with specific questions.
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers. Will be arranged individually.
Tuesday
Types of Roots. Mr. Ben is doing botany about the types of plant roots. A video will be posted Tuesday morning on Teams for the students to watch. Extensions and projects they can work on from this lesson will also be posted. Mr. Ben will be available during the morning if anyone needs help. Students and parents can meet with him if they have any questions, thoughts, or want to share what they learned or did for a follow-up from the lesson.
On Tuesday morning, Ms. Mary will experiment with keeping a video meeting open for anyone to join and ask for a lesson or conversation. You may schedule a particular appointment ahead of time with her and join the open video meeting at that time, if you wish. We will publish the video meeting session invite in the Announcements channel on the Morado Teams site.
Wednesday
Earth Day – 50th Anniversary!
We recommend that students get completely unplugged for the entire day, and go outside to enjoy nature-based, ecologically conscious activities. A menu of suggestions can be found on the Morado Teams site, as well as in the video posted at the bottom of this section.
- At 4pm, there will be a live stream concert from our nature trail, streamed through the MCH Facebook page, featuring local celebrated author, storyteller and children’s musician Eric Ode. The concert will also be filmed for those that can’t make it live or if you don't have a Facebook account, and will be posted on the MCH School at Home webpage.
Thursday
Geometry with Ms. Mary. Ms. Mary will be meeting in partners and small groups throughout the morning to review previous geometry concepts and introduce new ones. The links will be on the calendar.
Geometry lessons will be:
- Love Story of the Lines (parallel, convergent, divergent)
- Measuring Angles
- Types of triangles (by side)
- Types of triangles (by angles)
- Concept of an Angle
- Types of Quadrilaterals
- Perimeter and circumference
Children are welcome to ask to join any lesson, but they will be invited to a particular one on Teams and should RSVP.
During this time, Mr. Ben will be available on an open video meeting open for anyone to join and ask for a lesson or conversation, just like Ms. Mary on Tuesday. You may schedule a particular appointment ahead of time with him and join the open video meeting at that time, if you wish.
Friday
Literature Circles with Ms. Mary. These are “rolling” literature circles: you choose a book and meet with that group weekly until you are done reading it, then you choose another book to read. Occasionally, a new list will be published on the literature circle channel, with several old titles and several new ones. Please let the teachers know which book you are reading in the chat for you and the teachers. Look for the event invite in the Calendar on Teams.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
Rehearse songs from the Odyssey. All related information can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
Start a project with a classmate:
- Set up a Teams chat and write a story together
- Set up a Teams chat and make a comic book
Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
Here are some other videos from our specialists in case you missed them.
Do you have any follow-ups to do still? If you're not sure, ask a teacher. You can also look in Teams under "classroom materials" to find information on what to do for follow-ups.
Some follow-ups you might have (check with your teachers if you are unsure):
Prepositions Extensions
Adverbs Practice
Geometry follow-ups—check classroom materials
Additional river follow-up —check classroom materials
Comma follow-up —check classroom materials
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Week 7: April 27 - May 1, 2020
Printable Schedule
| morado_week_of_april_27.docx |
Hello Families,
We are eager to connect personally with your family. We will be scheduling some one-on-one meetings with students and parents this week and next for families that are interested. Thanks for everyone who took some time to fill it out the survey; it really helps us know what to focus on and improve on in this new situation that we are all in.
Recently, we have been trying to squeeze in as many Math lessons as possible on Monday, but it has been cutting a lot of our time short because of it. So, we will be doing Math lessons on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday mornings to give us more time to focus with each student. Some other lesson highlights for this week are the Pronoun Key Experience lessons with Mr. Ben. The Pronoun lesson introduces the part of speech and will have some extensions or follow-ups for the students to do during the week. Ms. Mary will give more geometry and geography lessons with small groups of students on Thursday.
We are excited to be hosting an all-class meeting with the students on Wednesday at 9:30 to give appreciations. This is something we did every week at school, and we are hoping to get as many students in the meetings as possible to help connect them some more. Also, we may get an opportunity to learn about Ramadan with a special presentation.
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
Record songs from the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 1(see Calendar on Teams for invite). All related information can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
- Here are some other videos from our specialists in case you missed them.
- Do you have any follow-ups to do still? If you're not sure, ask a teacher. You can also look in Teams under "classroom materials" to find information on what to do for follow-ups.
Some follow-ups you might have:
We are eager to connect personally with your family. We will be scheduling some one-on-one meetings with students and parents this week and next for families that are interested. Thanks for everyone who took some time to fill it out the survey; it really helps us know what to focus on and improve on in this new situation that we are all in.
Recently, we have been trying to squeeze in as many Math lessons as possible on Monday, but it has been cutting a lot of our time short because of it. So, we will be doing Math lessons on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday mornings to give us more time to focus with each student. Some other lesson highlights for this week are the Pronoun Key Experience lessons with Mr. Ben. The Pronoun lesson introduces the part of speech and will have some extensions or follow-ups for the students to do during the week. Ms. Mary will give more geometry and geography lessons with small groups of students on Thursday.
We are excited to be hosting an all-class meeting with the students on Wednesday at 9:30 to give appreciations. This is something we did every week at school, and we are hoping to get as many students in the meetings as possible to help connect them some more. Also, we may get an opportunity to learn about Ramadan with a special presentation.
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
- Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional)
- Sharing will be on Wednesday at 11:30. Links are on the calendar and the “Week 7” channel.
- Spelling: List #20.
- Spelling this week is about homophones, words that sound alike but are spelled and defined differently. The words can be simple to spell but the challenge is making sure the correct spelling of the words goes with correct definition. It would be good to use each word in a sentence when you are doing pre and post-tests, to make it clear, if you don’t already.
- Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites, or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
- Rocket Math
- Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
- Paper (The materials are in Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder) or
- Digital Subscription (Please let Ms. Nicole know if you’d like login information for a digital subscription)
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
- Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
- Spelling pre-test
Tuesday
- Pronoun Key Experience:
- Mr. Ben will post a video of this language lesson on Tuesday to watch and some extensions and follow-up to do during the week. He will be online during the morning if anyone has any questions or want to share their work with him. While watching the video, students will need paper, regular pencils, and colored pencils.
Wednesday
- 9:30 Appreciation Circle (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
- If your child is interested, we are going to do a group meeting with the class and give each other some appreciations. It will probably take less than 30 minutes. We may also have a presentation about Ramadan, which has begun for this year.
- 11:30 Sharing (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
Thursday
- Ms. Mary will give lessons on geometry and geography. Each child will do one or the other, depending on interest and readiness. The geography lessons will be about what farmers produce, who depends on them, and who they depend upon.
- Children are welcome to ask to join any lesson, but they will be invited to a particular one on Teams and should RSVP.
Friday
- Literature Circles with Ms. Mary.
- This week, we have a new page to fill out that will help you remember key information about the book. It can be found on the literature circle channel and in the classroom materials files. These are “rolling” literature circles: you choose a book and meet with that group weekly until you are done reading it, then you choose another book to read. The April list is on the literature circle channel, with several old titles and several new ones. Please let the teachers know early in the week which book you are reading (in the chat for you and the teachers. ) Look for the event invite in the Calendar on Teams.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
Record songs from the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 1(see Calendar on Teams for invite). All related information can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Monday: Chorus “Come On & Watch Along With Us”
- Tuesday: Ithaca People (not Invaders) “We Know They’re Coming Home”
- Thursday: Companions “Ithaca”
- Friday: Companions “More”
- Start a project with a classmate
- Dig into Plants with the Burke Museum https://www.burkemuseum.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/FINAL-burke-plants-packet.pdf
- Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
- Here are some other videos from our specialists in case you missed them.
- Do you have any follow-ups to do still? If you're not sure, ask a teacher. You can also look in Teams under "classroom materials" to find information on what to do for follow-ups.
Some follow-ups you might have:
- Practice sounds using the process we outlined
- Prepositions Extensions
- Adverbs Practice
- Types of Roots Extensions
- Geometry follow-ups—check classroom materials
- Additional river follow-up —check classroom materials
- Comma follow-up —check classroom materials
- Schwa follow-up
Week 8: May 4-8, 2020
Printable Schedule
| morado_daily_schedule.docx |
Hello Families,
We hope everyone is enjoying the first weekend of May. We are planning to continue to do conferences and meetings with parents and teachers this week to help us strengthen our connections as a community.
Some other lesson highlights for the week are a plant lesson about the different types of stems with Mr. Ben and some more geometry with Ms. Mary.
Usually, during the Spring we do some LEGO robotics lessons with some programming. Since that is not possible with our current situation, Mr. Ben will be using the Sprite Lab on Code.org to teach students some basic coding. The lessons will start this week with 2nd and 3rd years and then we will try and do some for 1st years who are interested during later weeks.
We are also excited to let you know that we are starting a student newspaper. Students of all ages will be welcome to help with the newspaper or submit articles, artwork, and so much more. More information will be available in the next week about the newspaper, so stay tuned!
Last week, we had our first Community Gathering on Zoom to do appreciations. It went really well, and we had 21 students in the group! We will schedule another one this week, if students are interested in joining.
With the positive experience of a larger group on Zoom, we would like to do Birthday Circles on Zoom for the months we are missing this year. We would like to try and do it on Friday at 9:30. Students can take turns giving hopes and wishes for the students who have had/will have birthdays from March to August.
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Wayside School is Falling Down.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30. Links are on the calendar and the “Week 8” channel.
Spelling: List #21: Spelling this week is about words with added prefixes.
Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families now have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
Tuesday
Types of Stems:
Mr. Ben will post a video of this plant lesson on Tuesday to watch and some extensions and follow-up to do during the week. He will be online during the morning if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students won’t need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s Sprite Lab. Links will be sent out during the first lesson.
Wednesday
9:30 Community Gathering (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
If your child is interested, we are going to do a group meeting with the class and give each other some appreciations. It will probably take less than 30 minutes. We may also have a presentation about Ramadan, which has begun for this year.
11:30 Sharing (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
Thursday
Ms. Mary will give lessons on geometry and geography. Each child will do one or the other, depending on interest and readiness. The geography lessons will be about what farmers produce, who depends on them, and who they depend upon.
Children are welcome to ask to join any lesson, but they will be invited to a particular one on Teams and should RSVP.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Thursday afternoon using Code.org’s Sprite Lab. Links will be sent out during the first lesson.
Friday
Literature Circles with Ms. Mary. This week, we have a new document called the “LiteratureCircleTree” to fill out that will help you remember key information about the book. It can be found on the literature circle channel and in the classroom materials files. These are “rolling” literature circles: you choose a book and meet with that group weekly until you are done reading it, then you choose another book to read. The April list is on the literature circle channel, with several old titles and several new ones. Please let the teachers know early in the week which book you are reading (in the chat for you and the teachers.) Look for the event invite in the Calendar on Teams.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 2. Detailed schedules and all related information can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Start a project with a classmate
Make a masterpiece at home: Recreate famous paintings with household items (How fun does this look?!):
https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/getty-artworks-recreated-with-household-items-by-creative-geniuses-the-world-over/
-Download a packet of activities from the Burke Museum: https://www.burkemuseum.org/burke-from-home
- Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
- Do you have any follow-ups to do still? If you're not sure, ask a teacher. You can also look in Teams under "classroom materials" to find information on what to do for follow-ups.
-Find something to get deeply involved in. Lose yourself in a subject.
Some follow-ups you might have:
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Pronoun Extensions
Geometry follow-ups— do as many as needed to learn the concept
What does the farmer produce? Follow-up
Additional river follow-up —check classroom materials
We hope everyone is enjoying the first weekend of May. We are planning to continue to do conferences and meetings with parents and teachers this week to help us strengthen our connections as a community.
Some other lesson highlights for the week are a plant lesson about the different types of stems with Mr. Ben and some more geometry with Ms. Mary.
Usually, during the Spring we do some LEGO robotics lessons with some programming. Since that is not possible with our current situation, Mr. Ben will be using the Sprite Lab on Code.org to teach students some basic coding. The lessons will start this week with 2nd and 3rd years and then we will try and do some for 1st years who are interested during later weeks.
We are also excited to let you know that we are starting a student newspaper. Students of all ages will be welcome to help with the newspaper or submit articles, artwork, and so much more. More information will be available in the next week about the newspaper, so stay tuned!
Last week, we had our first Community Gathering on Zoom to do appreciations. It went really well, and we had 21 students in the group! We will schedule another one this week, if students are interested in joining.
With the positive experience of a larger group on Zoom, we would like to do Birthday Circles on Zoom for the months we are missing this year. We would like to try and do it on Friday at 9:30. Students can take turns giving hopes and wishes for the students who have had/will have birthdays from March to August.
- May 15 – March/April Birthdays
- May 29 – May/June Birthdays
- June 12 – July/August Birthdays
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Wayside School is Falling Down.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30. Links are on the calendar and the “Week 8” channel.
Spelling: List #21: Spelling this week is about words with added prefixes.
Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families now have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
- Paper (The materials are in Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder) or
- Digital Subscription (Please let Ms. Nicole know if you’d like login information for a digital subscription)
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
Tuesday
Types of Stems:
Mr. Ben will post a video of this plant lesson on Tuesday to watch and some extensions and follow-up to do during the week. He will be online during the morning if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students won’t need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s Sprite Lab. Links will be sent out during the first lesson.
Wednesday
9:30 Community Gathering (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
If your child is interested, we are going to do a group meeting with the class and give each other some appreciations. It will probably take less than 30 minutes. We may also have a presentation about Ramadan, which has begun for this year.
11:30 Sharing (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
Thursday
Ms. Mary will give lessons on geometry and geography. Each child will do one or the other, depending on interest and readiness. The geography lessons will be about what farmers produce, who depends on them, and who they depend upon.
Children are welcome to ask to join any lesson, but they will be invited to a particular one on Teams and should RSVP.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Thursday afternoon using Code.org’s Sprite Lab. Links will be sent out during the first lesson.
Friday
Literature Circles with Ms. Mary. This week, we have a new document called the “LiteratureCircleTree” to fill out that will help you remember key information about the book. It can be found on the literature circle channel and in the classroom materials files. These are “rolling” literature circles: you choose a book and meet with that group weekly until you are done reading it, then you choose another book to read. The April list is on the literature circle channel, with several old titles and several new ones. Please let the teachers know early in the week which book you are reading (in the chat for you and the teachers.) Look for the event invite in the Calendar on Teams.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 2. Detailed schedules and all related information can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Chorus members should be practicing “What Are the Odds?”
- Companions should be practicing “What’s in the Sack?”
- Odysseus should be practicing “Once Again”
- Start a project with a classmate
Make a masterpiece at home: Recreate famous paintings with household items (How fun does this look?!):
https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/getty-artworks-recreated-with-household-items-by-creative-geniuses-the-world-over/
-Download a packet of activities from the Burke Museum: https://www.burkemuseum.org/burke-from-home
- Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
- Do you have any follow-ups to do still? If you're not sure, ask a teacher. You can also look in Teams under "classroom materials" to find information on what to do for follow-ups.
-Find something to get deeply involved in. Lose yourself in a subject.
Some follow-ups you might have:
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Pronoun Extensions
Geometry follow-ups— do as many as needed to learn the concept
What does the farmer produce? Follow-up
Additional river follow-up —check classroom materials
Week 9: May 11- MAy 15, 2020
Printable Schedule
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Hello Families,
We hope you are all getting a welcomed dose of sunshine this weekend. It’s hard to believe we have been at this long enough that we are rolling into Week 9 of School at Home. Thank you all for your support, engagement, feedback, and hard work along the way. Here’s a look at what’s ahead this week.
Lessons for all students to be aware of this week include a botany lesson about the parts of a leaf with Mr. Ben and more geometry and geography with Ms. Mary.
We have heard from many first-year students and their families about wanting more social time to connect with peers. Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie, two of the Upper Elementary teachers, have volunteered to lead small group art activities to provide opportunities for socializing and connecting. These will be offered on Teams every day except Wednesday from 12:30-1:00.
Passion Project news! Based on feedback from families and discussions among the teaching team, we have made a final decision on when Passion Projects will be due and how to best present them. The most equitable and manageable process will be for everyone to film their presentations/displays at home and send the video to a teacher. We are happy to help in the video-taping process, so please don’t hesitate to ask. As we get closer to the date, teachers will offer guidance and suggestions on ways to record and send the video. The videos of the Passion Projects are due by Friday, June 12. Feel free to send in the video any time before then. Over that weekend, we will edit them all together and then host a watch party on Monday, June 15.
Wishing a happy Mother’s Day to all maternal folks out there! You are amazing!
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Birthday Circle: This Friday, May 15 will have our first Birthday Circle over Zoom. We will be celebrating students with March and April birthdays. The Zoom link will be posted next week. We will take turns saying our hopes and wishes for each of the birthday students. All students are welcome to join us at 9:30.
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Wayside School Gets a Little Stanger.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30. Links are on the calendar and the “Week 9” channel.
Spelling: List #22a: Spelling this week is about words with added suffixes.
Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
Tuesday
Botany Lesson: Parts of a Leaf
Mr. Ben will post a video of this botany lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online during the morning if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students won’t need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s Sprite Lab. Links will be sent out during the first lesson.
Wednesday
9:30 Community Gathering on Zoom (see Calendar on Teams for Zoom invite)
We had a great turnout last week for our Community Gathering. If your child is interested, we are going to do a group meeting with the class and offer appreciations and any announcements.
11:30 Sharing (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
Thursday
Ms. Mary will give lessons on an individual basis, on a variety of geography and geometry topics. As Montessori school, we believe it’s important to allow some breathing room. This week is a great opportunity for a child to get a lesson that they missed, talk about their work and interests with Ms. Mary, linger for a little longer over a new idea, or do deeper independent work on a topic that they’ve been introduced to. The Classroom Materials section on Teams and Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work (see below) are great resources, as is Ms. Mary and the other teachers.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Thursday afternoon using Code.org’s Sprite Lab. Links will be sent out during the first lesson.
Friday
March/April Birthday Circle at 9:30 on Zoom.
Literature Circles with Ms. Mary. There is a new document in the Literature Circle channel under files called “May Literature Circle Books.” There are some old titles along with new ones. These are “rolling” literature circles: you choose a book and meet with that group weekly until you are done reading it, then you choose another book to read. Filling out the “Literature Circle Tree” document is meant to be a tool to help students recall details from the book and aid them in lit circle discussions. Please let the teachers know early in the week which book you are reading (in the chat for you and the teachers.) Look for the event invite in the Calendar on Teams.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 2. Detailed schedules and all related information can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper. Ask a teacher if you have questions or want to discuss ideas.
-Start a project with a classmate
- Do you have any follow-ups to do still? If you're not sure, ask a teacher. You can also look in Teams under "classroom materials" to find information on what to do for follow-ups.
- Memorize poetry: There’s a new poetry folder in classroom materials: files: language. You can memorize “Jazzy Goats Gruff” or a poem called “The Year.”
- social thinking videos to help your child through the social/emotional aspects of social distancing: https://www.socialthinking.com/free-stuff/video-lessons
- Journey North-- https://journeynorth.org/
Celebrate the change of seasons by following the migrations of various animals on this website.
-Create a Natural History Musuem Box:
https://childhoodbynature.com/build-a-homemade-natural-history-museum/
-Download a packet of activities from the Burke Museum: https://www.burkemuseum.org/burke-from-home
- Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
-Find something to get deeply involved in. Lose yourself in a subject.
Some follow-ups you might have:
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Types of stems extensions
Geometry follow-ups-- do as many as needed to learn the concept
What does the farmer produce? Follow-up
Additional river follow-up —check classroom materials
3rd years have a follow-up for River Civilizations
We hope you are all getting a welcomed dose of sunshine this weekend. It’s hard to believe we have been at this long enough that we are rolling into Week 9 of School at Home. Thank you all for your support, engagement, feedback, and hard work along the way. Here’s a look at what’s ahead this week.
Lessons for all students to be aware of this week include a botany lesson about the parts of a leaf with Mr. Ben and more geometry and geography with Ms. Mary.
We have heard from many first-year students and their families about wanting more social time to connect with peers. Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie, two of the Upper Elementary teachers, have volunteered to lead small group art activities to provide opportunities for socializing and connecting. These will be offered on Teams every day except Wednesday from 12:30-1:00.
Passion Project news! Based on feedback from families and discussions among the teaching team, we have made a final decision on when Passion Projects will be due and how to best present them. The most equitable and manageable process will be for everyone to film their presentations/displays at home and send the video to a teacher. We are happy to help in the video-taping process, so please don’t hesitate to ask. As we get closer to the date, teachers will offer guidance and suggestions on ways to record and send the video. The videos of the Passion Projects are due by Friday, June 12. Feel free to send in the video any time before then. Over that weekend, we will edit them all together and then host a watch party on Monday, June 15.
Wishing a happy Mother’s Day to all maternal folks out there! You are amazing!
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Birthday Circle: This Friday, May 15 will have our first Birthday Circle over Zoom. We will be celebrating students with March and April birthdays. The Zoom link will be posted next week. We will take turns saying our hopes and wishes for each of the birthday students. All students are welcome to join us at 9:30.
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Wayside School Gets a Little Stanger.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30. Links are on the calendar and the “Week 9” channel.
Spelling: List #22a: Spelling this week is about words with added suffixes.
Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
- Paper (The materials are in Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder) or
- Digital Subscription (Please let Ms. Nicole know if you’d like login information for a digital subscription)
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
Tuesday
Botany Lesson: Parts of a Leaf
Mr. Ben will post a video of this botany lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online during the morning if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students won’t need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s Sprite Lab. Links will be sent out during the first lesson.
Wednesday
9:30 Community Gathering on Zoom (see Calendar on Teams for Zoom invite)
We had a great turnout last week for our Community Gathering. If your child is interested, we are going to do a group meeting with the class and offer appreciations and any announcements.
11:30 Sharing (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
Thursday
Ms. Mary will give lessons on an individual basis, on a variety of geography and geometry topics. As Montessori school, we believe it’s important to allow some breathing room. This week is a great opportunity for a child to get a lesson that they missed, talk about their work and interests with Ms. Mary, linger for a little longer over a new idea, or do deeper independent work on a topic that they’ve been introduced to. The Classroom Materials section on Teams and Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work (see below) are great resources, as is Ms. Mary and the other teachers.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Thursday afternoon using Code.org’s Sprite Lab. Links will be sent out during the first lesson.
Friday
March/April Birthday Circle at 9:30 on Zoom.
Literature Circles with Ms. Mary. There is a new document in the Literature Circle channel under files called “May Literature Circle Books.” There are some old titles along with new ones. These are “rolling” literature circles: you choose a book and meet with that group weekly until you are done reading it, then you choose another book to read. Filling out the “Literature Circle Tree” document is meant to be a tool to help students recall details from the book and aid them in lit circle discussions. Please let the teachers know early in the week which book you are reading (in the chat for you and the teachers.) Look for the event invite in the Calendar on Teams.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 2. Detailed schedules and all related information can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Companions should be practicing “What’s in the Sack?”
- Odysseus should be practicing “Once Again”
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper. Ask a teacher if you have questions or want to discuss ideas.
-Start a project with a classmate
- Do you have any follow-ups to do still? If you're not sure, ask a teacher. You can also look in Teams under "classroom materials" to find information on what to do for follow-ups.
- Memorize poetry: There’s a new poetry folder in classroom materials: files: language. You can memorize “Jazzy Goats Gruff” or a poem called “The Year.”
- social thinking videos to help your child through the social/emotional aspects of social distancing: https://www.socialthinking.com/free-stuff/video-lessons
- Journey North-- https://journeynorth.org/
Celebrate the change of seasons by following the migrations of various animals on this website.
-Create a Natural History Musuem Box:
https://childhoodbynature.com/build-a-homemade-natural-history-museum/
-Download a packet of activities from the Burke Museum: https://www.burkemuseum.org/burke-from-home
- Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
-Find something to get deeply involved in. Lose yourself in a subject.
Some follow-ups you might have:
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Types of stems extensions
Geometry follow-ups-- do as many as needed to learn the concept
What does the farmer produce? Follow-up
Additional river follow-up —check classroom materials
3rd years have a follow-up for River Civilizations
week 10: May 18-20, 2020
Hello Morado Families,
As we look ahead to Week 10 we would like to start by expressing our gratitude for everyone that makes up our community and the ongoing efforts that you are all putting into supporting your child’s experience with School at Home. Nothing about it is easy, but together we continue to get better and pave new pathways. This resonated last Friday afternoon at the “Odyssey Episode 1 Listening Party” where a large part of our Upper School community listened with joy to the polished creation they’ve been working on together for weeks. You can listen to Episode 1 here:
https://www.mchkids.com/school-at-home-with-mch.html
Please note that Week 10 is a shortened week. There is no school on Thursday and Friday or the following Monday (Memorial Day). We hope the extended weekend provides you all with an opportunity to find balance in your lives.
Lessons for all students to be aware of this week include a grammar lesson about conjunctions with Mr. Ben and more science lessons with Ms. Mary.
We are still developing the idea of how to provide extra time for the first years to meet with each other during the day. Ms. Jessie and Mr. Shawn are going to start using Zoom for the 12:30-1:00 first year meeting and divide them by two groups based on a topic of interest. So, one day it might be about Legos and Cats and the students can follow their preference and chat with a teacher and classmates about them. This is still a work in progress so any information on how the first years are feeling and ideas of how to change it is always welcomed.
If you are planning to have your child do school-work during the days off, please try and focus on Passion Projects. We are also planning to focus more on them the week we are back.
Upcoming Events:
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger.
First-Years: Optional Social Time with Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie will be offered from 12:30-1:00pm on Monday and Tuesday. See Teams Calendar for Zoom link.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30. Links are on the calendar and the “Week 10” channel. Because of the large amount of students, we are going to start meeting on Zoom. The link will be sent out next week.
Spelling: There will be no spelling this week because of the shortened week.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
Ms. Mary will give lessons on science skills: inference/observation and accurate description. She will also have a reading lesson with some children.
Tuesday
Grammar Lesson: The Conjunction Key Experience
Mr. Ben will post a video of this grammar lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online from 10:00-10:30 during the morning to help, but you can still message him anytime if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students will need to bring paper, pencil, and colored pencils while watching the lesson.
Ms. Mary will give lessons to second and third-years about how people through the ages have satisfied their need for clothing. First-years will begin making a month by month timeline of the year from September to September.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
There will be no coding this week because of the shortened week.
Wednesday
9:30 Morado Community Gathering on Zoom (Zoom link will be in the Teams calendar and “Week 10” channel)
11:30 Sharing (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
Thursday - no school
Friday - no school
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Practice for recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 3! You will find Episode 3 on the Teams site by Sunday morning. Detailed schedules and all related information about recording sessions can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper. Ask a teacher if you have questions or want to discuss ideas.
-Keep a reading journal. You can use your own journal or use the pages here to keep track of books you have read. All you need to do is write the title, author, and date finished. It will be fun to read over the years and remember books you have read.
-Learn to draw Wild Washington!
https://www.burkemuseum.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/burke-home-packet-final.pdf
In this Burke Museum packet, you can explore homes of people and animals, watch a hummingbird build its nest, see a person weave a tule mat, and learn about decorator crabs, among other things. As always, the other Burke Museum home packets can be found in the classroom materials files.
- Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
Some follow-ups you might have:
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Parts of a leaf extensions
Geometry follow-ups-- do as many as needed to learn the concept
As we look ahead to Week 10 we would like to start by expressing our gratitude for everyone that makes up our community and the ongoing efforts that you are all putting into supporting your child’s experience with School at Home. Nothing about it is easy, but together we continue to get better and pave new pathways. This resonated last Friday afternoon at the “Odyssey Episode 1 Listening Party” where a large part of our Upper School community listened with joy to the polished creation they’ve been working on together for weeks. You can listen to Episode 1 here:
https://www.mchkids.com/school-at-home-with-mch.html
Please note that Week 10 is a shortened week. There is no school on Thursday and Friday or the following Monday (Memorial Day). We hope the extended weekend provides you all with an opportunity to find balance in your lives.
Lessons for all students to be aware of this week include a grammar lesson about conjunctions with Mr. Ben and more science lessons with Ms. Mary.
We are still developing the idea of how to provide extra time for the first years to meet with each other during the day. Ms. Jessie and Mr. Shawn are going to start using Zoom for the 12:30-1:00 first year meeting and divide them by two groups based on a topic of interest. So, one day it might be about Legos and Cats and the students can follow their preference and chat with a teacher and classmates about them. This is still a work in progress so any information on how the first years are feeling and ideas of how to change it is always welcomed.
If you are planning to have your child do school-work during the days off, please try and focus on Passion Projects. We are also planning to focus more on them the week we are back.
Upcoming Events:
- Friday, May 29th at 9:30 we are going to have a birthday circle for the students who have birthdays in May and June.
- Friday, June 12th - Passion Project videos are due.
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger.
First-Years: Optional Social Time with Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie will be offered from 12:30-1:00pm on Monday and Tuesday. See Teams Calendar for Zoom link.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30. Links are on the calendar and the “Week 10” channel. Because of the large amount of students, we are going to start meeting on Zoom. The link will be sent out next week.
Spelling: There will be no spelling this week because of the shortened week.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
- Paper (The materials are in Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder) or
- Digital Subscription (Please let Ms. Nicole know if you’d like login information for a digital subscription)
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
Ms. Mary will give lessons on science skills: inference/observation and accurate description. She will also have a reading lesson with some children.
Tuesday
Grammar Lesson: The Conjunction Key Experience
Mr. Ben will post a video of this grammar lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online from 10:00-10:30 during the morning to help, but you can still message him anytime if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students will need to bring paper, pencil, and colored pencils while watching the lesson.
Ms. Mary will give lessons to second and third-years about how people through the ages have satisfied their need for clothing. First-years will begin making a month by month timeline of the year from September to September.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
There will be no coding this week because of the shortened week.
Wednesday
9:30 Morado Community Gathering on Zoom (Zoom link will be in the Teams calendar and “Week 10” channel)
11:30 Sharing (see Calendar on Teams for invite)
Thursday - no school
Friday - no school
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Practice for recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 3! You will find Episode 3 on the Teams site by Sunday morning. Detailed schedules and all related information about recording sessions can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper. Ask a teacher if you have questions or want to discuss ideas.
-Keep a reading journal. You can use your own journal or use the pages here to keep track of books you have read. All you need to do is write the title, author, and date finished. It will be fun to read over the years and remember books you have read.
-Learn to draw Wild Washington!
- https://www.burkemuseum.org/burkefromhome/drawing-wild-washington
https://www.burkemuseum.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/burke-home-packet-final.pdf
In this Burke Museum packet, you can explore homes of people and animals, watch a hummingbird build its nest, see a person weave a tule mat, and learn about decorator crabs, among other things. As always, the other Burke Museum home packets can be found in the classroom materials files.
- Find the latest Art video from Ms. Michelle in her file on the classroom materials channel.
Some follow-ups you might have:
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Parts of a leaf extensions
Geometry follow-ups-- do as many as needed to learn the concept
Week 11: May 26-29, 2020
Hello Morado Families,
We hope you are all enjoying the long weekend!
Last week we had a wonderful Morado Community Gathering in which we spent part of the time sharing memories from the school year. We enjoyed hearing and thinking about where we’ve been as a community and what has stood out from the year as we head into our last month of school. We were also grateful to have a presentation during our gathering about Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr by a Morado parent and two of our students. As part of the presentation they posted follow up activities including a word search and suggestions for random acts of kindness. Both can be found on the Morado “Week 10” channel.
On to Week 11...
Lessons for all students to be aware of this week include a biology lesson about the parts of a flower with Mr. Ben and more science lessons with Ms. Mary.
Students should be working to wrap up their Passion Projects and thinking about how they are going to create a video to share their project. Teachers will be checking about projects, but please feel free to reach out with questions.
Upcoming Events:
- Thursday, May 28 – Cray Cray Day! - Students can look silly, dress backwards, crazy hair, be creative, and do things that will make others smile!
- Friday, May 29th at 9:30 we are going to have a birthday circle for the students who have birthdays in May and June.
- Friday, June 12th - Passion Project videos are due. Please send them to a teacher when they are done.
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Wayside School Gets a Little Stanger.
First-Years: Optional Social Time with Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie will be offered from 12:30-1:00pm every day but Wednesday. See Teams Calendar for Zoom link.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30 on Zoom. The link is on the calendar.
Spelling: There will be no spelling this week because of the shortened week.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
- Paper (The materials are in Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder) or
- Digital Subscription (Please let Ms. Nicole know if you’d like login information for a digital subscription)
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
No School – Memorial Day
Math lessons will be scheduled throughout the week.
Tuesday
Students can share their “History of Filling a Need” and their “School Year Timelines” with others during a meeting.
Biology Lesson: The Parts of a Leaf
Mr. Ben will post a video of this biology lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online from 11:30-12:00 during the morning to help, but you can still message him anytime if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students will not need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Wednesday
9:30 Morado Community Gathering on Zoom. Link is on the calendar.
11:30 Sharing on Zoom. Link is on the calendar.
4:00 – MCH Wednesday Connections Series: This week the entire MCH community is invited to The Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 2 listening party on Zoom
Thursday
Cray Cray Day - Harper (1st year) has created a holiday called Cray Cray Day and talked about it during Community Gathering last week and added it to the school newspaper, The MCH Voice. Students are welcome to dress silly, have crazy hair, or do other things to show their creativity. Harper said the goal is to make other people smile!
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Friday
May/June Birthday Circle at 9:30 on Zoom. Link is on the calendar.
Literature Circles with Ms. Mary. Literature Circle book options can be found on the Literature Circle channel under files -> “May Literature Circle Books.” There are some old titles along with new ones. These are “rolling” literature circles: you choose a book and meet with that group weekly until you are done reading it, then you choose another book to read. Filling out the “Literature Circle Tree” document is meant to be a tool to help students recall details from the book and aid them in lit circle discussions. Please let the teachers know early in the week which book you are reading (in the chat for you and the teachers.) Look for the event invite in the Calendar on Teams.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Practice for recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 3! You will find Episode 3 on the Teams site by Sunday morning. Detailed schedules and all related information about recording sessions can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper, The MCH Voice. Ask a teacher if you have questions or want to discuss ideas.
- Keep a reading journal. You can use your own journal or use the pages here to keep track of books you have read. All you need to do is write the title, author, and date finished. It will be fun to read over the years and remember books you have read.
-Learn to draw Wild Washington!
https://www.burkemuseum.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/burke-home-packet-final.pdf
In this Burke Museum packet, you can explore homes of people and animals, watch a hummingbird build its nest, see a person weave a tule mat, and learn about decorator crabs, among other things. As always, the other Burke Museum home packets can be found in the classroom materials files.
The Burke Museum also has food projects:
https://www.burkemuseum.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/burke-foods-curriculum-packet.pdf
- Learn about some of the natural resources Indigenous peoples have used for food in Washington since time immemorial, and how those foods are still used today!
- Play a Seasonal Rounds game to harvest and trade for the resources you need to thrive for a year.
- Design your own creative recipe, build a bentwood box, and boil up some bountiful soup as you investigate the traditions and ingredients essential to our local food web
Some follow-ups you might have:
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Conjunction Extensions
Parts of a Leaf Extensions
Week 12: June 1-5, 2020
Hello Morado,
We’re headed into June and our last two and a half weeks of school. As we find each week when writing this we are filled with gratitude for our community and are looking forward to finishing the year strong together. During the next few weeks, we will be scheduling time for reflection on the school year and portfolio work, as we would in the classroom, as well as opportunities to connect in small groups and large with classmates through games and other activities.
As you plan for Week 12 we’d like to remind everyone about a few important details related to Passion Projects.
For Week 12...
Tuesday will be another opportunity for students to share their work on either the timeline of a year or timeline of a human need. If they need to focus on the passion project instead, they can come and enjoy other people’s presentations without doing one themselves.
Lessons for all students to be aware of this week include a biology lesson about the parts of fruit with Mr. Ben and more science and geometry lessons with Ms. Mary.
Literature Circles: Please note that we will not be meeting for literature circles for the remainder of the year. Students are encouraged to finish the books they’re reading but don’t need to choose another lit circle book to discuss for June. Time will be set aside Friday, June 12 to share a picture or diorama of a scene from one of your literature circles.
Upcoming Events:
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This vWeek’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.
First-Years: Optional Hang-Out Time with Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie will be offered from 12:30-1:00pm every day but Wednesday. See Teams Calendar for Zoom link.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30 on Zoom. The link is on the calendar.
Spelling: List #22b: Spelling this week is the second part of words with added suffixes.
Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
Tuesday
Students can share their “History of Filling a Need” and their “School Year Timelines” with others during a meeting.
Biology Lesson: The Parts of a Fruit
Mr. Ben will post a video of this biology lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online from 10:00-10:30 during the morning to help, but you can still message him anytime if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students will not need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Wednesday
9:30 Morado Community Gathering on Zoom. Link is on the calendar.
11:00 – Odyssey Radio Drama Episodes 2 and 3 listening party on Zoom. The link will be shared to student calendars and sent out in a chat message before the event.
4:00 – MCH Wednesday Connections Series: A Special Family Concert is coming your way! Local Musician Jonny Gold is covering classics both past and present for a fun and engaging evening of music for the whole family! Jonny has performed on stages across America and is both a parent in our Community as well as Ms. Sarah’s partner. We are super excited to welcome Jonny to our MCH Connection Series! Zoom link will be sent out ahead of time and will also be posted on the homepage of the School at Home part of our website.
Thursday
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Friday
In place of literature circle discussions, we will be scheduling times for passion project support, make-up lessons, portfolio work, and opportunities to connect with classmates in small groups.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Practice for recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 4! You will find Episode 4 on the Teams site by Sunday morning. Detailed schedules and all related information about recording sessions can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper, The MCH Voice. Ask a teacher if you have questions about submissions ideas or where to submit them.
- Keep a reading journal. You can use your own journal or use the pages here to keep track of books you have read. All you need to do is write the title, author, and date finished. It will be fun to read over the years and remember books you have read.
-Work on a picture or diorama from one of your favorite literature books from the schoolyear. Time will be set aside on Friday, June 12 for students to share their creations.
The Burke Museum is offering video lessons in drawing Washington flora and fauna. You can also find coloring pages here. Draw Wild Washington
Some follow-ups you might have:
If you didn’t get to the Comparing Butterflies lesson, the video and follow-up are posted in the Week 12 channel.
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Parts of a Flower Extensions
We’re headed into June and our last two and a half weeks of school. As we find each week when writing this we are filled with gratitude for our community and are looking forward to finishing the year strong together. During the next few weeks, we will be scheduling time for reflection on the school year and portfolio work, as we would in the classroom, as well as opportunities to connect in small groups and large with classmates through games and other activities.
As you plan for Week 12 we’d like to remind everyone about a few important details related to Passion Projects.
- We are asking students to create a short video of their Passion Project and send it to Mr. Ben by June 12th.
- On the morning of Monday, June 15th we will host a “Passion Project Watch Party” on Zoom to view the compilation of videos.
- Please don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions about creating a video or anything related to wrapping up Passion Projects.
For Week 12...
Tuesday will be another opportunity for students to share their work on either the timeline of a year or timeline of a human need. If they need to focus on the passion project instead, they can come and enjoy other people’s presentations without doing one themselves.
Lessons for all students to be aware of this week include a biology lesson about the parts of fruit with Mr. Ben and more science and geometry lessons with Ms. Mary.
Literature Circles: Please note that we will not be meeting for literature circles for the remainder of the year. Students are encouraged to finish the books they’re reading but don’t need to choose another lit circle book to discuss for June. Time will be set aside Friday, June 12 to share a picture or diorama of a scene from one of your literature circles.
Upcoming Events:
- Wednesday, June 3 at 4pm:
- A Special Family Concert is coming your way! Local Musician Jonny Gold is covering classics both past and present for a fun and engaging evening of music for the whole family! Jonny has performed on stages across America, and is both a parent in our Community as well as Ms. Sarah’s partner. We are super excited to welcome Jonny to our MCH Connection Series! It will be hosted live through MCH's Facebook page.
- Friday, June 5th - Pajama Day
- Friday, June 12th at 9:30 – July and August Birthday Circles
- Friday, June 12th - Passion Project videos are due. Please send them to Mr. Ben when they are done.
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This vWeek’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.
First-Years: Optional Hang-Out Time with Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie will be offered from 12:30-1:00pm every day but Wednesday. See Teams Calendar for Zoom link.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30 on Zoom. The link is on the calendar.
Spelling: List #22b: Spelling this week is the second part of words with added suffixes.
Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
- Paper (The materials are in Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder) or
- Digital Subscription (Please let Ms. Nicole know if you’d like login information for a digital subscription)
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual and partner math lessons with teachers (will continue throughout the week with individual appointments).
Tuesday
Students can share their “History of Filling a Need” and their “School Year Timelines” with others during a meeting.
Biology Lesson: The Parts of a Fruit
Mr. Ben will post a video of this biology lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online from 10:00-10:30 during the morning to help, but you can still message him anytime if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students will not need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Coding with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Wednesday
9:30 Morado Community Gathering on Zoom. Link is on the calendar.
11:00 – Odyssey Radio Drama Episodes 2 and 3 listening party on Zoom. The link will be shared to student calendars and sent out in a chat message before the event.
4:00 – MCH Wednesday Connections Series: A Special Family Concert is coming your way! Local Musician Jonny Gold is covering classics both past and present for a fun and engaging evening of music for the whole family! Jonny has performed on stages across America and is both a parent in our Community as well as Ms. Sarah’s partner. We are super excited to welcome Jonny to our MCH Connection Series! Zoom link will be sent out ahead of time and will also be posted on the homepage of the School at Home part of our website.
Thursday
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Friday
In place of literature circle discussions, we will be scheduling times for passion project support, make-up lessons, portfolio work, and opportunities to connect with classmates in small groups.
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Practice for recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 4! You will find Episode 4 on the Teams site by Sunday morning. Detailed schedules and all related information about recording sessions can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper, The MCH Voice. Ask a teacher if you have questions about submissions ideas or where to submit them.
- Keep a reading journal. You can use your own journal or use the pages here to keep track of books you have read. All you need to do is write the title, author, and date finished. It will be fun to read over the years and remember books you have read.
-Work on a picture or diorama from one of your favorite literature books from the schoolyear. Time will be set aside on Friday, June 12 for students to share their creations.
The Burke Museum is offering video lessons in drawing Washington flora and fauna. You can also find coloring pages here. Draw Wild Washington
Some follow-ups you might have:
If you didn’t get to the Comparing Butterflies lesson, the video and follow-up are posted in the Week 12 channel.
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Parts of a Flower Extensions
week 13: june 8-12, 2020
Hello Morado families,
The last eight days of school will be about reflecting on the year and celebrating our community.
Last Friday was Pajama Day and we’d like to offer another special day for students this week to add some fun on Tuesday, whether that’s with clothes, a hat, showing upside down onscreen, or other. We’ll be taking nominations for a theme from students up until 10:30am on Monday morning, at which point we’ll put it to an online vote. We hope to know by lunchtime on Monday what the theme will be for Tuesday. If your child has an idea over the weekend, please feel free to share it. They can also share on Monday morning.
Other Upcoming Events:
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.
First-Years: Optional Hang-Out Time with Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie will be offered from 12:30-1:00pm every day but Wednesday. See Teams Calendar for Zoom link.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30 on Zoom. The link is on the calendar.
Spelling: List #23b: Spelling this week is the last part of words with added suffixes. This will be the last spelling for the school year.
Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual reflection meetings with teachers and spelling pretests.
9:30 Finish the Sounds Group
1:00 Odyssey Recording Scene 10 – Chorus song recording: A Secret About Odysseus
Tuesday
Grammar Lesson: Interjections
Mr. Ben will post a video of the final grammar lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online from 10:00-10:30 during the morning to help, but you can still message him anytime if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students will not need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Individual reflection meetings and passion project support (as needed)
Final Coding Lesson with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Odyssey Recording
1:00 Scene 11 – The Final Contest: Odysseus, Ithaca People, Invaders – Lines
1:30 Scene 11 – Odysseus Song Recording (invaders, Ithaca people, chorus, Odysseus)
Wednesday
9:30 - Morado Community Gathering on Zoom. Link is on the calendar.
Lessons on the Accurate Description game and opportunities to play it.
Finger knitting and conversation
11:30 – Morado Sharing on Zoom. Link is on calendar.
Thursday
Individual reflection meetings and passion project support (as needed)
Meetings to play the Accurate Description Game.
Lessons by request.
11:30 – Social Justice: We will likely do this in small group sessions. Please see calendar for meeting invite.
Final Coding Lesson with Mr. Ben:
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Friday
9:30 – Birthday Circle Gathering on Zoom to celebrate July/August birthdays
Share your dioramas or pictures of a scene from a literature circle book.
Games 1:00-3:00
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Practice for recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 4! Detailed schedules and all related information about recording sessions can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper, The MCH Voice. The newspaper staff is planning to send out another edition before the end of the year. This is a perfect place to share your messages or artwork about social justice and anti-racism. Ask a teacher if you have questions about submissions ideas or where to submit them.
- Keep a reading journal. You can use your own journal or use the pages here to keep track of books you have read. All you need to do is write the title, author, and date finished. It will be fun to read over the years and remember books you have read.
-Work on a picture or diorama from one of your favorite literature books from the schoolyear. Time will be set aside on Friday, June 12 for students to share their creations.
-The Burke Museum is offering video lessons in drawing Washington flora and fauna. You can also find coloring pages here. Draw Wild Washington
Some follow-ups you might have:
If you didn’t get to the Comparing Butterflies lesson, the video and follow-up are posted in the Week 12 channel.
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Parts of a Fruit Extensions
The last eight days of school will be about reflecting on the year and celebrating our community.
Last Friday was Pajama Day and we’d like to offer another special day for students this week to add some fun on Tuesday, whether that’s with clothes, a hat, showing upside down onscreen, or other. We’ll be taking nominations for a theme from students up until 10:30am on Monday morning, at which point we’ll put it to an online vote. We hope to know by lunchtime on Monday what the theme will be for Tuesday. If your child has an idea over the weekend, please feel free to share it. They can also share on Monday morning.
Other Upcoming Events:
- Friday, June 12th at 9:30 – July and August Birthday Circles
- Friday, June 12th - Passion Project videos are due. Please send them to Mr. Ben when they are done.
- Monday, June 15th – Passion Project Watch Party at 10am on Zoom
- Wednesday, June 17th - Last Day of School
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.
First-Years: Optional Hang-Out Time with Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie will be offered from 12:30-1:00pm every day but Wednesday. See Teams Calendar for Zoom link.
Sharing is on Wednesday at 11:30 on Zoom. The link is on the calendar.
Spelling: List #23b: Spelling this week is the last part of words with added suffixes. This will be the last spelling for the school year.
Please make sure that if your child does Spelling that they meet with either a teacher on Monday and Friday by following the Calendar invites or do both a pre-test and post-test at home with another person. The lists and some practice activities are in the Classroom Materials channel under the Spelling folder.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
- Paper (The materials are in Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder) or
- Digital Subscription (Please let Ms. Nicole know if you’d like login information for a digital subscription)
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
Individual reflection meetings with teachers and spelling pretests.
9:30 Finish the Sounds Group
1:00 Odyssey Recording Scene 10 – Chorus song recording: A Secret About Odysseus
Tuesday
Grammar Lesson: Interjections
Mr. Ben will post a video of the final grammar lesson on Tuesday to watch along with extensions and follow-up work to do during the week. He will be online from 10:00-10:30 during the morning to help, but you can still message him anytime if anyone has any questions or is ready to share their work with him. Students will not need to bring anything while watching the lesson.
Individual reflection meetings and passion project support (as needed)
Final Coding Lesson with Mr. Ben:
Half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Odyssey Recording
1:00 Scene 11 – The Final Contest: Odysseus, Ithaca People, Invaders – Lines
1:30 Scene 11 – Odysseus Song Recording (invaders, Ithaca people, chorus, Odysseus)
Wednesday
9:30 - Morado Community Gathering on Zoom. Link is on the calendar.
Lessons on the Accurate Description game and opportunities to play it.
Finger knitting and conversation
11:30 – Morado Sharing on Zoom. Link is on calendar.
Thursday
Individual reflection meetings and passion project support (as needed)
Meetings to play the Accurate Description Game.
Lessons by request.
11:30 – Social Justice: We will likely do this in small group sessions. Please see calendar for meeting invite.
Final Coding Lesson with Mr. Ben:
The other half of the 2nd and 3rd years are invited to do some coding with Mr. Ben on Tuesday afternoon using Code.org’s programs. Links will be sent out during the lesson.
Friday
9:30 – Birthday Circle Gathering on Zoom to celebrate July/August birthdays
Share your dioramas or pictures of a scene from a literature circle book.
Games 1:00-3:00
Suggestions for Other Ongoing Work:
- Practice for recording the Odyssey Radio Drama Episode 4! Detailed schedules and all related information about recording sessions can be found on The Odyssey 2020 Teams site.
- Work on a submission for the MCH student newspaper, The MCH Voice. The newspaper staff is planning to send out another edition before the end of the year. This is a perfect place to share your messages or artwork about social justice and anti-racism. Ask a teacher if you have questions about submissions ideas or where to submit them.
- Keep a reading journal. You can use your own journal or use the pages here to keep track of books you have read. All you need to do is write the title, author, and date finished. It will be fun to read over the years and remember books you have read.
-Work on a picture or diorama from one of your favorite literature books from the schoolyear. Time will be set aside on Friday, June 12 for students to share their creations.
-The Burke Museum is offering video lessons in drawing Washington flora and fauna. You can also find coloring pages here. Draw Wild Washington
Some follow-ups you might have:
If you didn’t get to the Comparing Butterflies lesson, the video and follow-up are posted in the Week 12 channel.
Practice sounds using the process we outlined
Parts of a Fruit Extensions
week 14: June 15-19, 2020 the last week of school!
Hello Morado,
We are super excited to get a chance to watch everyone’s Passion Project videos this upcoming week. It is great that we still can celebrate everyone’s hard work and dedication. We are inviting the entire Upper School to the watch party and friends and family are welcome to join us on Monday morning as well. We have also set up a Passion Projects channel on the Morado Teams site where students will be able to post any other pictures, written work, additional work, etc., related to their projects. Classmates will be able to offer feedback there as well.
Also, please stop by during one of the scheduled pick-up/drop-off times on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday afternoon. Please refer to last Thursday’s email outlining the details or ask one of us.
Other Upcoming Events:
- Monday, June 15th – Passion Project Watch Party at 10am on Zoom.
- Tuesday, June 16th - Morado Student
- Wednesday, June 17th - Odyssey Finale Listen Party at 11:30 on Zoom.
- Wednesday, June 17th - Last Day of School
All our best,
Mr. Ben, Ms. Mary, and Mr. Robin
This Week’s All-Class/Ongoing Events:
Daily lunch read aloud with a teacher from 12:00-12:30 (optional). We will be reading some pictures books on Monday and Tuesday.
First-Years: Optional Hang-Out Time for First Years with Mr. Shawn and Ms. Jessie will be offered from 12:30-1:00pm every day but Wednesday. See Teams Calendar for Zoom link.
Sharing: No Sharing this week.
Spelling: No Spelling this week.
Rocket Math
Each child should also be doing Rocket Math practice at least 4 times a week.
Families have two choices for how to do Rocket Math.
- Paper (The materials are in Classroom Materials channel under the Rocket Math folder) or
- Digital Subscription (Please let Ms. Nicole know if you’d like login information for a digital subscription)
This Week’s Curriculum Plan:
Monday
10:00 Passion Project Watch Party.
Individual reflection meetings with teachers.
1:00 – 3:00pm Material drop-off/pick-up at MCH (Mr. Robin will be there to assist)
Tuesday
10:00 Morado Student Town Hall Meeting.
Individual reflection meetings with teachers.
1:00 – 3:00pm Material drop-off/pick-up at MCH (Ms. Mary will be there to assist)
Wednesday
9:30 - Morado Community Gathering on Zoom. Link is on the calendar.
Lessons on the Accurate Description game and opportunities to play it.
Finger knitting and conversation
11:30 – Odyssey Finale Listening Party.
12:00 – End of the 2019/2020 school year!
1:00 – 3:00pm Material drop-off/pick-up at MCH (Mr. Ben will be there to assist)
Considerations for the Summer:
Community is central to us. We have every intention of keeping Teams alive during the summer break with the sole purpose of helping students easily stay connected to each other. Stay tuned for more information in the next week.
If you’re looking for guidance or suggestions for summer work for your child please reach out to any of the Morado teachers and we are happy to discuss and provide recommendations.
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