March 17, 2020 Update
The most recent information we have received is to plan for one of three things.
- Plan for reopening of school as we continue to work to mitigate the virus.
- Partial opening for those who students who require special education services or have limited access to technology.
- Opportunity Learning…i.e. web-based learning with appropriate supplements.
Option 3 has been identified as the greatest priority per the state in the event we are closed for longer than this week.
Elementary School
For next week, we will utilize scholastic learn at home, which is a web-based program. We will also be providing alternates to those who do not have a device who can connect to the internet. Based on the results of the survey sent yesterday, which had at least 95% of our families, almost all families have devices that can connect to the internet in order to receive this instruction. In addition, we would supplement this instruction with DreamBox. We will be also delivering additional information using Zoom and/or Google Hangout for a communication tool grades K-6.
If the closure goes beyond next week: Look for essential standards in curriculum and assign work for grades K-6:
K- Dreambox logins; Little Readers; Saxon math sheets; Handwriting w/o Tears
1- Dreambox logins; Little Readers & Reading Textbooks; Saxon math sheets; Reading
Counts books; Reading Series Papers; Handwriting w/o Tears
2- Dreambox logins; Little Readers & Reading Textbooks; Saxon math sheets; Reading
Counts books; Reading Series Papers; Handwriting w/o Tears
3- Chromebooks; Dreambox logins; Reading Textbooks or Novels; Saxon math on
Google Classroom; Reading Counts books; Reading Series on Google Classroom;
Science Google Classroom; Social Studies Google Classroom
4- Chromebooks; Dreambox logins; Reading Textbooks or Novels; Saxon math on
Google Classroom; Reading Counts books; Reading Series on Google Classroom; Science Google Classroom; Social Studies Google Classroom
5- Chromebook; Dreambox logins; Reading Textbooks or Novels; Saxon math on
Google Classroom; Reading Counts books; Reading Series on Google Classroom; Science Google Classroom; Social Studies Google Classroom
6- Chromebooks; Dreambox logins; Reading Textbooks or Novels; Saxon math on
Google Classroom; Reading Counts books; Reading Series on Google Classroom; Science Google Classroom; Social Studies Google Classroom
Additionally, we’d encourage you to do things with your children like reading, play games, etc… there are a whole host of ideas to incorporate.
High School
Students will transition to a completely web-based program via Google Classroom focusing on specific content areas. Teachers have been instructed to focus on essential standards and not forcing students to spend greater than 3 hours of screen time. The high school will have office hours (2 sets) turned in by Friday at 9:00 am.
- a different set for each class period, about 45 min in length, where you can set aside time for asking questions specific to that class
- office hours if we do go to online learning for 2 weeks, as a result of mandatory shutdown
By Friday at 9:00 am, a detailed lesson plan for all of next week. Include standards, what used/ materials, how you are holding kids accountable. This will be due every Friday for the following week. The expectation for grades 7 & 8 in math will be to do DreamBox for 20 minutes per day. Resources to be considered: Kahn Academy, Discovery Education, many companies have made free trials available. Grading and eligibility will still be an expectation. Due dates need to be made available to students. If students miss an assignment, teachers must call home and make contact.
District
We are in uncharted waters and we appreciate your patience as week work through this. All teachers will have defined office hours and this schedule will be released as soon as we can. Each teacher will be required to create one video each week minimum for each class into Google Classroom or Zoom for instructional purposes. Also, deployment of materials and Chromebooks for all students should be released tomorrow, Wednesday, at the latest. If we have an extended period time in which we need to provide online learning opportunities, we will have to submit a plan for approval to the Governor. Regarding President Trumps statement on groups of 10, this only applies for 10 people who have no known relations. The school still falls under groups of no more than 50 students. The buildings and buses are continuing to be cleaned using guidelines from the CDC.
Parent Resources
NDDPI: https://www.nd.gov/dpi/school-closure-faq
Possible Activities
Dreambox K-8
Several different options for learning: http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/
Scholastic https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Khan Academy- Grades K-12 from math, science, business, reading etc… www.khanacademy.org
Switcheroo Zoo-watch, listen, and play games to learn all about animals www.switcheroozoo.com
Fun Brain-Math and reading skills www.funbrain.com
Nat Geo for Kids- Geography and animals www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
PBS Kids- www.pbs.org
Into the Book-Reading strategies www.reading.ecb.org
Star Fall- Phonics skills with read along stories www.starfall.com
Suessville-read, games, and play with Dr. Seuss www.seussville.com
Storyline Online-stories read by movie stars www.storlylineonline.net
ABC YA- math and reading skills www.abcya.com
Highlights Kids- read, play games, and conduct science experiments www.highlightskids.com
Virtual Field Trips- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/mobilebasic
10 Strategies of Online Learning- www.iste.org
Music: Smartmusic (free right now) https://www.smartmusic.com/
or Google classroom: https://www.mtna.org/MTNA/Learn/Parent_and_Student_Resources/Websites_for_Kids.aspx
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/03/10-good-educational-websites-for-music.html
Band: Smartmusic (free right now) https://www.smartmusic.com/
PE: Send lists of activities to complete and parents can check off or upload videos to do on Google Classroom
https://openphysed.org/activeschools/activehome
https://openphysed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AX-XK2-HomeMapGradeK-2-FInalPacket.pdf
Art Ideas:
http://wildfreeandcrafty.com/2020/03/15/free-online-art-lessons-for-kids/
Things that DO NOT require technology and the internet.
Interview a family member.
Measure the area and perimeter of each room in your home.
Graph the types of birds that frequent your yard or windows.
Be completely silent for 60 minutes, then write about the experience.
Write and mail a [real] letter to your teacher or principal or classroom penpal. Address the envelope yourself.
Build a "fable fort" out of blankets and chairs. Camp in it all day while you create stories to tell your family over dinner.
Learn Morse code and use it to communicate with your siblings through walls and floors.
Alphabetize the spices in your kitchen.
Stay up late and stargaze.
Call a grandparent or older relative. Ask them to teach you the words to a song from their childhood days.
Using household materials, build a working rain gauge, barometer, and wind vane.
Determine and chart the times that different liquids require to turn solid in the freezer.
Design and build puppets that perform a show about multiplication.
Construct a family tree.
Learn ten new big words. Write them in marker on your bathroom mirror.
Draw a map of your home.
Sit silently for 15 minutes while you write down every sound you hear. When you are done, classify the sounds (high/low pitch, high/low volume, manmade v. naturally occurring, etc.).
Create a Venn Diagram that compares and contrasts two people in your family, your neighborhood, or your church, mosque, or temple.
Learn, practice, and perform a magic trick.
Learn, practice, and tell three new jokes.
Use household materials to make and play stringed, percussion, and wind instruments.
Learn to shine a pair of shoes.
Collect leaves from ten different (non-harmful) plants. Sort them by size, color, and texture.
Put your favorite book, toy, and keepsake on a small table in sunlight. Draw or paint a full color still life.
Find, pick, and dissect a flower.
If you have stairs, walk up and count them. Walk down and count by twos. Walk up and count by threes. Continue through tens.
Determine the volumes of ten containers, them display them in order on your porch.
Write a poem on your sidewalk using chalk.
Classify twenty everyday objects by shape, size, color, height, mass, and material.
Measure the length of your bed using five different nonstandard units.
Call a person who speaks a language you do not. Ask them to teach you five common words or phrases.
Create and use a secret code.
Using one type of paper (constant), build three different paper airplanes (independent variable) and test to see how far they fly (dependent variable).
Set a clock three hours and seven minutes ahead. Whenever someone needs to know the time, help them figure it out by subtracting.
Write down every adjective you say for one full day.
Learn three new jokes. Tell them to an aunt or uncle.
Design a map of every state ever visited by people in your family.
Write or tell a story titled "What if humans had to leave the Earth and no one remembered to turn off the last robot?"
Find ten rocks smaller than a dime.
Using paper, tape, and string, design, build, and test a device that warns you when someone opens the kitchen cabinet.
Imagine, create, and fly a full-size flag that tells the world about you.
Source: Kim Jones McClelland