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STAYING SAFE -- Covid 19 Can't Stop Us!
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STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE LESSONS USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM. THEY APPEAR WITH "MOST RECENT" lesson first.
All documents are within the classroom. They are inserted here as pdf's for parents to view. ALL WORK WILL BE DONE WITHIN GOOGLE CLASSROOM. Students may access the lessons on Monday & Wednesday of each week.
MAY 4 - MAY 8
CHARACTER IN ACTION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Think about all the people around you who do things for you every single day, usually without help or even a “thank you.” Pick someone you would like to thank by showing your thankfulness in a service project that will help them and them feel appreciated.
2. Decide what you will do --this should be something that will take longer than just a few minutes to do. It should actually be a project that takes a while to finish. Suggestions (but feel free to choose something else because...you know your special someone! And what they need):
***Volunteer to REALLY clean up your room BIG time. Under the bed, the closet, in the drawers. Make a pile of toys to keep and those to give to someone else. You could take a before and after photos and videos --you cleaning when you start (so we can see how messy it was) and then you standing in your clean room. MOMS appreciate you doing this. You will be proud of your clean room too!
***Write special letters for the people in your family that live at other places and letters for the people in your family you see every day! Talk to them about why you appreciate them. This should be MORE than a sentence! : ( Ask your parents to find the addresses so you can address the envelopes and see if they will mail them. This will take some time. Show a photo of all the letters in front of you, take a video of you writing and a closeup letter of what one says.
***Work in the yard. Volunteer to pick up sticks in the yard. Pick up any litter. Make an outdoor sculpture using the sticks you gathered and leaves and other things you find outside (rocks, wildflowers, etc.) and put it near the front door. Tell your family it is to show them how much you appreciate them! Have someone take photos and videos of you working and of your finished sculpture!
***Help your mom/dad with housework (they will love it)! Volunteer to help your mom/dad by cleaning up after dinner. Vacuum and dust. Clean the sinks and tub. This will be SOOOO appreciated. Take photos and videos of you doing all the tasks you do.
***THE REAL Thankfulness Jar: Did you know that showing appreciation by saying a REAL thank you, makes those around you feel good inside? Everyone likes to feel appreciated. The best way to do that is say the PERSON’S NAME and tell what it is they did that you are thankful for. Something like this: “Thank you Mom/Dad for making these cookies. They are my favorite, and I know they took time to make.” ALSO… did you know that complaining does NOT show thankfulness. Stuff like: “Do I have to?!!” “I’ll do it later. I’m busy.” Tell your parents you want to work on being more thankful and less complaining (they will love this!) Ask them to get a clear container --maybe a jar --with a lid and each time you say something nice or show thankfulness, put a smallish torn piece of paper in the container. When you say something complaining, have the integrity to take a piece of paper out. Most of us never know we are even complaining. Tell your family to help you with this and let you know if you sound complaining. I CHALLENGE SOMEONE TO PICK THIS! You can take a photo of you by the jar full of paper and a video of you talking to your parents about helping you notice when you sound complaining and unthankful!
*** IF YOU KNOW OF SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TO SHOW CHARACTER IN ACTION by serving someone around you, tell me what it is! After all, you know those you love and what they need!
3. USE THE PLAN FORM ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM. TELL ME YOUR PERSON or PERSONS, AND WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO FOR THEM. When approved, start putting character in action! ….remember to take at least one video & several photos!!!!!!!!!!!
4. When you have finished your Character in Action Project, email me your videos and photos.
5. THE LAST THING… pick a quote from the attached list on the lesson that you believe is the MOST important to you and EXPLAIN exactly what made you choose that one instead of another --don’t say you liked it! ***Don’t just pick the first one you see. Some of the best ones are toward the end. Email me your chosen quote and explanation.
These will be posted to “Character in Action” on our website!
YOU WILL FIND SERVICE QUOTES ATTACHED TO CLASSROOM LESSON
APRIL 27 - MAY 1
RADIO NETWORK WEINER GT & MUSICIANS AND COMPOSERS YOU NEVER KNEW!
You have listened to many musicians and composers in assembly this past two years. Some you might have already heard of --some you NEVER heard of. We are going to create a continuous listening channel of Assembly Composer music that people probably have never listened to --stay away from people like Elvis, Dollie, etc.. This music channel will be shared on Facebook and on School/GT website and other places. Here is how it works.
1.LISTEN: Leonard Bernstein's "Young People's Concerts" always began with him telling a story about the composer. The story wasn't boring stuff like when he was born and died and all that boring stuff. It was a story that got people's attention! LISTEN to Bernstein introducing Beethoven. He is like a musical D.J.
1.LISTEN: Leonard Bernstein's "Young People's Concerts" always began with him telling a story about the composer. The story wasn't boring stuff like when he was born and died and all that boring stuff. It was a story that got people's attention! LISTEN to Bernstein introducing Beethoven. He is like a musical D.J.
2. Listen to Miss Hesse's Disk Jockey Introduction to Ella Fitzgerald.
3. Follow directions on the INSTRUCTION SHEET! CAREFULLY....CAREFULLY....CAREFULLY....CAREFULLY.....CAREFULLY.....
YOU HAVE A WEEK TO DO THIS PROJECT.
YOU HAVE A WEEK TO DO THIS PROJECT.
GT RADIO DISK JOCKEYS! Directions - READ CAREFULLY
1. Select three musicians that probably most people have never heard of, and that you’d like to introduce to the listening audience! Send your choices to [email protected] YOU MUST HAVE THIS APPROVED BEFORE YOU BEGIN
*** Select your three musicians from WEINER ELEMENTARY WEBSITE UNDER MUSICIANS There are TWO YEARS worth of musicians to choose from, BUT REMEMBER... YOU MAY NOT choose a familiar musician/composer.
MUSICIANS SELECTED SO FAR - LIST WILL BE UPDATED DAILY ***NEED YOUR SELECTED MUSIC PIECE!
Madden - Amy Beach
Rylee - John Williams
Scarlet - Konji Kondo
Ava - Chopin - "Nocturne E flat major op.9 no.2"
Sam - Jimmy Driftwood
Gentrye - Lin Manuel Miranda "Dear Theodosia"
Jax - Jimmy Driftwood
Brody - Mark Allen Springer - “Between Turn Rows”
Peyton - One Voice Choir - "What About Us"
Tyler - Tchaikovsky
Marley - Philip Glass
Mack - Edgar Varese
Kylie - Indina Menzel “I See You”
Emily - Gershwin Bros "Our Love Is Here to Stay"
Cannon - John Denver
Will - Benjamin Britten
Xander - Scott Joplin
Benton - Robert Xavier Rodriguez
2. I will email you, letting you know which musician you have. After finding out WHO your musician is, select a piece of music by that musician to share on our radio station. Send the name of the music you chose to my email.
3. Research your musician/ composer until you find a STORY about them that you can tell. I told the one about Ella Fitzgerald entering a talent contest at 16, hoping to be a famous dancer because it is interesting.
4. Write a “script” for your D.J. session. (THIS YOU WILL HAND IN TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM USING THE PROVIDED DOCUMENT!!!!!! YOU MAY NOT START RECORDING UNTIL YOUR SCRIPT IS APPROVED!) Your script should be arranged like this:
A. Tell your first name and ask a question to get the listener interested --listen to mine! Don’t tell the name of the musician or composer YET. (MAKE YOURSELF SOUND “COOL” - have fun with it. You’ve heard people talk on the radio before!!!! Don’t be stuffy!!!!!!)
B. Tell the STORY --now you can use your person’s name (be a good storyteller --use expression! You are a disk jockey!)
C. Tell them the name of the piece by your musician/composer that you have chosen for them to hear. Tell why you chose it.
IMPORTANT!!!!!!! YOU MUST USE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM for you script and turn it in! DO NOT create your own document!
5. When your script is approved you are ready to be rehearsing for your D.J. audio!
1. Select three musicians that probably most people have never heard of, and that you’d like to introduce to the listening audience! Send your choices to [email protected] YOU MUST HAVE THIS APPROVED BEFORE YOU BEGIN
*** Select your three musicians from WEINER ELEMENTARY WEBSITE UNDER MUSICIANS There are TWO YEARS worth of musicians to choose from, BUT REMEMBER... YOU MAY NOT choose a familiar musician/composer.
MUSICIANS SELECTED SO FAR - LIST WILL BE UPDATED DAILY ***NEED YOUR SELECTED MUSIC PIECE!
Madden - Amy Beach
Rylee - John Williams
Scarlet - Konji Kondo
Ava - Chopin - "Nocturne E flat major op.9 no.2"
Sam - Jimmy Driftwood
Gentrye - Lin Manuel Miranda "Dear Theodosia"
Jax - Jimmy Driftwood
Brody - Mark Allen Springer - “Between Turn Rows”
Peyton - One Voice Choir - "What About Us"
Tyler - Tchaikovsky
Marley - Philip Glass
Mack - Edgar Varese
Kylie - Indina Menzel “I See You”
Emily - Gershwin Bros "Our Love Is Here to Stay"
Cannon - John Denver
Will - Benjamin Britten
Xander - Scott Joplin
Benton - Robert Xavier Rodriguez
2. I will email you, letting you know which musician you have. After finding out WHO your musician is, select a piece of music by that musician to share on our radio station. Send the name of the music you chose to my email.
3. Research your musician/ composer until you find a STORY about them that you can tell. I told the one about Ella Fitzgerald entering a talent contest at 16, hoping to be a famous dancer because it is interesting.
4. Write a “script” for your D.J. session. (THIS YOU WILL HAND IN TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM USING THE PROVIDED DOCUMENT!!!!!! YOU MAY NOT START RECORDING UNTIL YOUR SCRIPT IS APPROVED!) Your script should be arranged like this:
A. Tell your first name and ask a question to get the listener interested --listen to mine! Don’t tell the name of the musician or composer YET. (MAKE YOURSELF SOUND “COOL” - have fun with it. You’ve heard people talk on the radio before!!!! Don’t be stuffy!!!!!!)
B. Tell the STORY --now you can use your person’s name (be a good storyteller --use expression! You are a disk jockey!)
C. Tell them the name of the piece by your musician/composer that you have chosen for them to hear. Tell why you chose it.
IMPORTANT!!!!!!! YOU MUST USE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM for you script and turn it in! DO NOT create your own document!
5. When your script is approved you are ready to be rehearsing for your D.J. audio!
VIDEO CLASSROOM EXPLANATION OF RADIO DISK JOCKEYS
"AFTER" YOUR HAVE PRACTICED SAYING YOUR DJ INTRODUCTION
1. Record yourself. (Your Disk Jockey recording should be NO longer than 2 minutes!)
2. Listen to yourself on the recording. Do you sound relaxed and “COOL”? --you can have fun with this!
3. Do it over and over until you get one that sounds good and sound professional. You can record yourself on a phone or on a device. EMAIL me your Disk Jockey recording.
4. I will add your chosen music (that you emailed me the name of), along with everyone elses’! Voila! We have a radio station to share!
***You have TWO attached documents to HAND IN (Script & Scoring Rubric for after the project), according to the directions I have shared with you in the video.
YOU DO NOT CREATE YOUR OWN DOCUMENT OR MAIL ME A DOCUMENT!!!! All you email is the name of the composer/musician and the song you chose after finding out who you have.
I WILL CONNECT EACH DJ introduction & music for our Radio Playlist!!! COOL!!!!
1. Record yourself. (Your Disk Jockey recording should be NO longer than 2 minutes!)
2. Listen to yourself on the recording. Do you sound relaxed and “COOL”? --you can have fun with this!
3. Do it over and over until you get one that sounds good and sound professional. You can record yourself on a phone or on a device. EMAIL me your Disk Jockey recording.
4. I will add your chosen music (that you emailed me the name of), along with everyone elses’! Voila! We have a radio station to share!
***You have TWO attached documents to HAND IN (Script & Scoring Rubric for after the project), according to the directions I have shared with you in the video.
YOU DO NOT CREATE YOUR OWN DOCUMENT OR MAIL ME A DOCUMENT!!!! All you email is the name of the composer/musician and the song you chose after finding out who you have.
I WILL CONNECT EACH DJ introduction & music for our Radio Playlist!!! COOL!!!!
HUMAN Masterpieces
APRIL 20 - 24 LESSON --DOING A LOT WITH A LITTLE
This week's lesson challenges your creativity!!! There are some out there who are using this time to re-create famous paintings, using themselves and things they've found to bring the paint TO LIFE! They use different props that take the place of objects seen in the painting. They pose the same, wear something similar to what is in the painting, and then have a friend take a photo! THAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE! Have fun with this --I will create a slideshow of your creations that shows the original painting, next to your creation! As is always the case --astound me with your creativity and your attention to detail!
You can use the following as an example of how to do this. Detailed directions, along with a scoring rubric for your project are found in your Google Classroom. Your images should be emailed to me by Wednesday, April 22nd.
APRIL 20 - 24 LESSON --DOING A LOT WITH A LITTLE
This week's lesson challenges your creativity!!! There are some out there who are using this time to re-create famous paintings, using themselves and things they've found to bring the paint TO LIFE! They use different props that take the place of objects seen in the painting. They pose the same, wear something similar to what is in the painting, and then have a friend take a photo! THAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE! Have fun with this --I will create a slideshow of your creations that shows the original painting, next to your creation! As is always the case --astound me with your creativity and your attention to detail!
You can use the following as an example of how to do this. Detailed directions, along with a scoring rubric for your project are found in your Google Classroom. Your images should be emailed to me by Wednesday, April 22nd.
YOU MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT YOUR PLAN AND HAVE IT APPROVED BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR PHOTO. I MAY HAVE SOME ISSUES YOU NEED TO ADDRESS
VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT PROJECT
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| information.pdf |
| re-create_artists_-_instructions.pdf |
| re-create_plan.pdf |
| re-create_rubric.pdf |
SLIDESHOW OF IMAGES TO CHOOSE FROM FOR "YOUR RE-CREATION" PROJECT
No one may choose painting with "2nd grade only," however, 2nd graders are free to choose any painting.
BONUS LESSON --need something else to do?
LIMERICKS, LIMERICKS!, LIMERICKS!
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MATILDA
An epicure dining at Crewe Found a rather large mouse in his stew Cried the waiter, “don’t shout And wave it about Or the rest will be wanting one too.” |
Roald Dahl loved anything silly. His books, while a little dark because of evil adult characters, are filled with the zany! He knew kids expected his books to make them both laugh and shudder. The first day Matilda is at school, Miss Honey discovers she is an incredible reader! She has her read a limerick to the class in a book of poetry she has on her desk. In our play, even Cannon gets in on the limerick. While most of you "kinda" know what a limerick is, this week you will become limerick masters.
YOU WILL:
1. View a video that REALLY explains what a limerick is.
2. Listen to some limericks.
3. Compose and record your own limerick for sharing with other classes at school.
YOU WILL:
1. View a video that REALLY explains what a limerick is.
2. Listen to some limericks.
3. Compose and record your own limerick for sharing with other classes at school.
| limericks_.pdf |
Edward Lear is considered the Father of Limericks. He was born on May 12, 1812, in the village of Holloway, England --think about how long ago that was. His poem are super silly. Many begin with "There was an old woman" or "There was an old man of ...and then the name of a place. Listen to these silly poems that were written about 200 years ago!
APRIL 13 - 15 LESSON
Road Dahl loved Norse myths when he was your age. He loved his visits to Norway where he'd listen to his grandmother sharing tales of Loki and Thor. This week you will read a Norse myth that is funny! You will use the myth on Wednesday (April 15) for a Response activity! The first download is for 2nd grade. The second is for 3rd-6th.
DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR ACTIVITY. (DISCUSSION response found on Google Classroom)
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| how_thor_and_loki_fooled_thrym_the_giant-2.pdf |
APRIL 6 - 8 LESSON
This week's lessons center around a rather creepy short story Roald Dahl wrote for kids. It is full of great vocabulary words, mood, and requires critical thinking to decide what is really happening... ***2nd grade is reading the same story at a reading level, not as difficult, but still challenging.
| 2nd_grade__22the_wish_22_by_roald_dahl_-2.pdf |
| 2nd_grade_the_wish_questions-2.pdf |
| the_wish_by_roald_dahl_3rd-6th.pdf |
| the_wish_discussion_grades_3-6.pdf |
MATILDA PRACTICE MATERIALS
Actors must keep going over their lines in their scripts and SINGING & DANCING! If they do not have scripts at home, let me know!
THE PRACTICE MUSIC IS ALSO IN THEIR GOOGLE CLASSROOM!!!!!!
STUDENTS WILL USE THE MATILDA PRACTICE LOG WEEKLY --it is within their Google Classroom. They will complete it there --it is here for parents to see.
| matilda_practice_log.pdf |
