Good morning 7th graders,
On this 19th day in March, I wish you several things:
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- A knowledge-filled 4th day of Distance Learning – each day we learn new things, about our curriculum, technology, and ourselves!
- A bountiful 1st Day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere!
- …and a happy Father’s Day in many countries, including, but not limited to Spain, Mozambique, Honduras, Italy, and Bolivia!
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And now, a word about work time – the time in parentheses, after the bold titles, is how long I expect you to work on the activity. For example, if you saw something like this – Making a butter sculpture (2 hours) – you would know you needed to work on that (most unlikely, but still intriguing) project for about 2 hours that day. Just like in Math, it’s okay if you don’t finish; I just want you to put in solid work during that time!
Today you have four items for your Literature / ELA To Do List:
- Tangerine reading and discussion questions (20 – 30 minutes)
- Please follow the instructions on your bookmarks and contact me with any questions.
- If you have lost any of your items (bookmarks, questions, etc.), you can download new ones from this post on March 18th.
- Reading log (35 minutes – 30 for reading and 5 for reflecting)
- Please follow the instructions from previous posts
- Contact me with any questions!
- Daily journal entry (10 – 15 minutes)
- You can always write for longer if the spirit moves you!
- Prompt: If you can, take a short walk around your neighborhood and, when you get home, write about what you see. Maybe you noticed something particular about the people, the cars, the weather, the plants, the buildings, or different activities going on. Whatever you saw, write about.
- Teams test for presentations (2 – 5 minutes)
- I’m working on presentation plans for book talks, but I need to check if everyone can use the tools. So, we’re going to test out the meeting feature in Teams today! Thank you for your patience, persistence, and positivity. Hooray for learning opportunities!
- Here’s what I would like you to do:
- Sometime during your normal morning or afternoon Literature/ELA class time (Rzegocki now-9:15am and 2:17 – 3:00pm / Tice 9:15 – 10:02am and 1:30 – 2:15pm) get on to your Teams app
- Join the meeting that will be in progress.
- Give some sort of greeting and identify yourself, we’ll check that audio and visual work, and then you’ll hop out of the meeting.
- E-mail me with any feedback (issues with the technology (Teams app), hardware (computer, etc.), or anything else).
- This will help me iron out the details in the presentation plan and schedule. Thank you for your efforts!
That’s everything for today. As always, contact me with questions, and I look forward to seeing you soon!