Social Studies, Coding, & Gym Week of October 4, 2021


WEEKLY REMINDERS

  • Monday, October 4th, Mass of St. Francis of Assisi. School animals will be blessed during mass. Animals cannot be brought from home due to Covid restrictions.
  • Tuesday, October 5, students in grades K- 8th will be taking the NWEA Map testing for Mathematics.
  • Wednesday, October 6, students in grades 3- 8th will be taking the NWEA Map testing for Science.
  • Title 1 Extended Day Learning Program for 4th Grade is on Tuesdays and Thursdays!

5th Grade Social Studies
  • Students will continue to work on Chapter 1 from our textbook, which focuses on how early people in North America adapted to their geography.
  • This weeks' lesson objective will include the following:
  • Students learning how to use latitude and longitude to determine locations
  • Identifying and describing the land form regions of the United States.
  • Locating the land forms of North America on a Map.
Students will receive 3 assignments this week that correspond with the lesson. All assignments and classwork will be posted on Google Classroom. Please make sure to follow directions and Don't fall behind!
As a reminder to all parents, If you have not received an invitation to google classroom and would like to be able to keep up with your childs' work, please send me an email to MrBonilla@olqmnyc.org


Coding (CodeSpeak)

  • 3rd-5th grade:
    • Students were introduced to Scratch by adding sprites and backgrounds, and short code segments to do animations
    • Students learn how characters can interact with each other by using sensing blocks and forever loops; they make a basic game where a Hungry Cat catches Apples.
  • 6th-8th grade:
    • Students learned an introduction to simplified JavaScript, one of the most popular programming languages of the web.
    • Students use coordinates to place cookies around the screen and then added a function to allow the user to virtually eat them.
Physical Education (Gym)

    Students will continue to work on developing plyometric skills by doing a light routine of Jumping Jacks, Squats, and Burpees. Workout routine will then be followed up with a class activity such as Kickball, volleyball, Shark Attack, and etc. Please remember to have gym uniform on Fridays!


As always, if there are any questions regarding this week, please feel free to send me an email.

THANK YOU & HAVE A BLESSED WEEK!

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