Hi everyone, I hope this post finds you well. Today in our Google Meet we talked about racism and how we can be advocates and ally's. We watched 2 different read alouds and then had some discussion following each book and as we were reading. Here are the two books we listened to: A Kids Book about Racism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE A is for Activist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIdCCKDGvF4 Below I have attached another book (we did not read this one as a group) that you may wish to watch and discuss as a family. Something Happened in Our Town This book follows two families — one white, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children’s questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOhOFGcWm8 Here is a resource with a variety of different children's books that talk abo...
Read & Write Google Chrome This is an awesome resource that can be used through Google Chrome as an "add-on". It looks like a purple puzzle piece when it is installed. The major highlight is it has a built in voice translator, and speech to text. Other uses are that It helps you correct your grammar, spelling, and even asks "what did you mean?" or "what did you want to say?" and gives you options to put down and you can speak into it. There is a document attached in Google Classroom that has 3 helpful videos how to use it that are time stamped. Find it in the Resources section under the Classwork tab on Google Classroom.
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Today we began our fractions unit in Math. Students started by creating fraction slips and then comparing fractions utilizing greater than, less than, and equal to with a partner. In Language Arts students received their new words for the week. Students also continued to type up the rough draft of their stories this week. The first draft of their story is due (typed up on Google Docs) by Wednesday. They will receive two more days to work on it at school. In Science we studies for our electricity unit test tomorrow. Students were given time to study in the class and ask questions. They were also given a study sheet for them to review tonight if they felt they needed a bit more time to study. We also had Music, Ignite, and PE. Mr. Berry created a website for our grade team. We will be updating the site with information about what is happening in our classrooms and resources that we will be using at school...
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