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Read Aloud: The Bad Seed by Jory John

Learn: Research the food we eat that grows in the ground. All work is in the activity.

Activity: Get to Know Your Food. This activity is on WorldBook Online.

• Listen to narration about leaves, stems, seed, plants, and fruits
• Sort the foods into the correct category using the pdf or just a blank paper
• Can you make a salad from the foods in the picture? Draw your salad.

username: watertownps password:student1

Listen and Learn: When was the last time you had to try really hard at something? How did this make you feel?

Circle Round: The Money Tree

Activity: Retell the story of the Money Tree. Use this page to help you organize your retelling

Describe the Setting

Describe the Characters

What is the Problem?

How did this story resolve?

Learn: How do computers talk to each other? What is the Internet made of?

Watch this video about computer networks to see how computers talk to each other.

BONUS VIDEO: How do we talk from one country to another? Underwater cables connect the world. Watch this short history of how it all works.

Activity: Take a walk around your house or neighborhood and see how many parts of the Internet you notice now that you know what to look for. Record your finds HERE.

Read Aloud: Listen to The First Ring on the WBUR Circle Round podcast. Click the red arrow to listen.

Learn: How do computers talk to each other? What is the Internet made of?

Watch this video about computer networks to see how computers talk to each other.

Bonus Video: How do we talk from one country to another? Underwater cables connect the world. Watch this short history of how it all works

Activity: Take a walk around your house or neighborhood and see how many parts of the Internet you notice now that you know what to look for. Record your finds HERE.

Optional: Data travels in packets through the Internet. Sort the packets to reveal the message.

Read Aloud: Listen to The First Ring on the WBUR Circle Round podcast. Click the red arrow to listen while you work.

Learn: Digital Citizenship: Cyberbullies

This week you will:

• Compare different forms of cyberbullying and the roles of those involved.
• Interpret scenarios that illustrate the importance of empathizing with targets of cyberbullying.
• Identify ways to be an upstander when cyberbullying occurs.

Activity: Play the e-Volve game and respond to cyberbullying scenarios.

Read Aloud with Lauren Tarshis and the I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 chapters 7 and 8

Learn: Podcast: Brains on! Books: How Are They Made and How Does Your Brain Read Them?
Activity: Complete this 3-2-1 about what you learned listening to this podcast

Listen: Neil Gaiman reads chapter one of his Newbery award winning book: The Graveyard Book: Chapter One.

Is your pet working hard right along with you at home? Snap a photo of your pet reading, writing, painting, doing school work, or exercising and send it to me at kelly.mccollum@watertown.k12.ma.us

I'll feature different photos each week. Teachers are welcome to submit their pets too!

Junior Library Guild: Lowell Library subscribes to this book service and now they are offering free online reading of some books in their catalog for the next several weeks. Selections include elementary, middle school, and teens. There is no password required. (3/30)

Watertown Free Library: What's Available During the Closure (Article)

Watertown Free Library e-Library (3/23)

ALL MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS can sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard online, and can use Overdrive, Hoopla and much more! To get a BPL eCard, visit bpl.org/ecard.(3/23)

Free Audible stories for Kids while school is out.(3/23)

World Book Online e-Books (5/18) UN: watertownps PW: student1

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