Happy Friday! It’s been an interesting week, hasn’t it?
Later this morning both you and your parents will get emails from me and Mrs. Coté, outlining what the expectations are for next week. Since you’ve all already gotten off to a good start with online learning, it won’t be too different from this week. As always, if you have questions, email or leave a blog comment any time.
One new thing is that we will be using a new Microsoft Team to communicate with you. One of the features on this Team is that we can schedule live class meetings! We want to do two test calls today to see how it works. One call will be at 10:30 am, and one will be at 1:00 pm. Please check with a parent to make sure it’s okay for you to participate at the time you choose.
Here’s how to participate in a Team meeting:
- Make sure you are using a device with a camera and speakers. Turn the volume up or use headphones.
- Make sure you are in a quiet place, free of distractions and loud noises.
- Go to office.com and sign in.
- Click on Teams.
- Find the team called 5th Grade HPAL Remote Learning and click on it.
- At the meeting time (not before), you will see a box on the page that says Meeting Now. Click Join to enter the meeting.
- I will most likely ask you to mute your microphone at first. There will be a chat going on the right side where you can type questions or talk to people (please be appropriate!)
- When your microphone is unmuted, make sure to talk one at a time.
We’ll see how it goes! If you can’t participate today, that’s okay! We’ll keep scheduling Team meetings throughout the next week. We can also schedule one-on-one or small group meetings if you’d prefer to meet that way. I’ll be checking in with you next week to see if you’d like to participate in a smaller meeting.
Spend the rest of the day catching up on things we’ve been asking you to do throughout the week, and explore some of the links we’ve sent. Here’s one more video for you!
Video of the Day
Who doesn’t love a good optical illusion? Here’s a collection of some fun ones:
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
PS: Leave a comment on this blog post telling me your favorite animal and your favorite color. That will show me you read all the way down to the bottom! 😉
My favorite animal is a sloth and my favorite color is teal.
Thanks for being the first to read all the way down to the bottom! My favorite animal is a tiger and my favorite color is blue.
my favorite color is pink and my favorite animal is a dolphin.
Also I was confused about if the chat is on Friday or Saturday.
I just fixed the blog, that was my mistake. It is today (Friday). Thanks for the heads up!
My favorite animal is a dog, and my favorite color is red. By.
Thanks for reading all the way down to the bottom!
My favorite animal is a dog and my favorite color is green
Thanks for reading all the way down to the bottom!
Is the class thing on teams today or tommorow because one part said today and the other said tommorow
It is today (Friday). I just fixed it on the blog. Good eye for catching my mistake!
On the blog it says we will do the virtual meeting today and tomorrow. Which day will we be doing it?
Thanks for catching that! I just changed it on the blog. It is today (Friday).
Hi! My favorite color is yellow and my favorite animal is giraffes!
You sound like my sister Ginny! That’s her favorite color and animal, too!
You said at the top of the blog the meeting is tomorrow but then after the instructions you said that it is fine if you can’t participate today. Is the meeting today or tomorrow?
Oops, sorry, I’ll change that! Thanks for catching it. It is today (Friday).
this type of learning from the blog is fun
I’m glad you like it! Ella, can you try to send me an email, too? Look at Monday’s post for instructions. Thanks!
My favorite color is pink and my favorite animal is a puppy!
Thanks for reading all the way down to the bottom!
My favorite animal is a koala and my favorite color is royal blue
My favorite animal is a tiger, and my favorite color is blue (all shades, but I like royal too)!
My favorite color is Yellow.
My favorite color is Yellow. Amy favorite animal is a lion.
My favorite animal is a tiger, and my favorite color is blue!
My favorite animal is a dog, and my favorite color is green.
Those are two of my faves, too!
My favorite animal is a cat and my favorite color is purple.
When I was your age those were my favorites too! Now my favorites are tigers and the color blue.
My favorite color color it almost white yellow, and my favorite animals are piglets!!
Your favorite animal and color are EXACTLY the same as my oldest daughter!
My favorite color is hot pink and my favorite animal is a cheetah.
My favorite animal is a tiger, and my favorite color is blue!
Hi Mrs. Hamman, my favorite animal is the Mexican coati. My favorite color is sea green!
My favorite animal is a tiger, and my favorite color is blue!
My favorite animal is a three-toed sloth, and my favorite color is turquoise.
You read all the way down! I like your favorites.
My favorite animal is a puppy, and my favorite color is purple or blue.
Puppies = 😍
My favorite animal is a panther or a shark and my favorite color is blue.
Lots of people seem to like big cats! Me too: my favorite animal is a tiger.
I’m allergic to cats.
I am too, a little. But I still like them!
I am not allergic, but I love cheetahs!
My favorite color is black and my favorite animal is a gator.
Mine: tiger and blue. Why gators?
he likes the Florida gators collage football team.
Oh, that makes sense!
My favorite animal is a Turtle and my favorite color is blue.
Thanks for reading all the way down! Blue’s my favorite too.
I loved that video. My favorite color is either blue or green. my favorite animal is a dog or a snake.
Aren’t optical illusions cool? I agree with all your favorites…I like snakes but my husband doesn’t!
My favorite color is blue and my favorite animals are cats.
Yours are close to mine. My favorite color is blue and favorite animal is a tiger…a big cat!
My favorite animals are tigers and my favorite color is red. Im sorry i missed the first meeting i was sleeping.
Tigers are my favorite too!
also do i have to attach a camera to my monitor because i have my own computer for gaming and that is what i use.
No, you don’t need a camera. Just sound so you can hear. We’re still figuring it out and troubleshooting! We’ll get it figured out better next week,
My favorite animal is a dog, and my favorite color is blue or purple.
My favorite animal is a wolf and my favorite color is blue
I thought your favorite animal would be a cat! My favorite color is blue, too.
Hi! My favorite animal is a Cuddle fish, and my favorite colors are yellow and light blue. I think that I have been doing too many puzzles and spending too much time at home because I can’t even remember what day it is. Is it the 25 or the 26?
Ha ha! I think it’s the 27th, at least that’s what it says on the blog post. You’re right, it’s hard to keep track! You know I agree with your favorite animal!
My favorite animal is a tiger and my favorite color is red.
Tigers are my favorite too!
My favorite color is pink and my favorite animal is a llama.
Llamas are so popular now! Have you ever seen a real one?
My favorite animal is a Lizard and my favorite color is Carolina Blue
That’s a good shade of blue, you’re right!
my favorite animal is a bunny because I have one.
my favorite color is dark green.
I always wanted a bunny for a pet!
A tiger and the color orange
Hi Carlan! A tiger is my favorite too. It’s good to hear from you!