Showing posts with label substitute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label substitute. Show all posts

Thursday, April 11, 2019

April 12 Substitute

All through school teachers ask you, "Who is your favorite author?"


Most of you shrug your shoulders and say, "I don't know."

Today you will pick from the authors below and listen to some of their books read aloud.

You will pick the author whose writing you enjoyed the most and create a Google Slide Presentation
about that author.


Answer all of these questions in your presentation:

Who are they?
Where are they from?
What books did they write?
What inspired them to write?
Are they still living?

Allen Say_
The Favorite Daughter
Tea With Milk

Sandra Boyton-
Are you a Cow?
The Going to Bed Book

Other Read Alouds

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

April 4 Science Substitute




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Science Class


Cells

Read the cells passages HERE and answer the questions on a piece of paper

Click HERE to play the cells game!

Click HERE to explore plant and animal cells?



When you are finished, you will take a quiz on cells HERE, remember to read and play the games before you take the quiz.


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Social Studies Class

First:


Read all about the Civil Rights Movement HERE

Read even more about it HERE

Then: 

Choose from the people or events below and create a 10 page Google Slideshow. Your
slide show must answer the following questions and have at least 3 pictures relevant to your presentation.

What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Why is the Civil Rights Movement Important?
Why was the event or person you chose important to the Civil Rights Movement?
When was your person born and die? Or When did your event take place?

Choose From:

Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
The Little Rock Nine
Woolworth's Lunch Counter
Ralph Abernathy
John  F. Kennedy
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown vs. Board of Education
March on Washington
Freedom Rides








Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Why Does it Matter?

You have completed watching all of the necessary Nearpods, Videos and Brainpops to collect the notes for this assignment?


You will now create a mini-book for our Second Grade Lion Buddies.
The teacher has your mini-books ready to go for you.



The Front Cover:

The title of your book should be about Matter. The front cover will be illustrated and have your name on it as well.


The information:
You need 6 pages of information about matter. You need to include the following:

The definition of matter
The Three States of matter
The definitions of mass, weight and volume
At least 4 illustrations

Your Work:
Must be neat
Must be complete
Must be correct

Your back cover:
List the websites you used to find the information

Monday, November 12, 2018

WIN TIME SUBSTITUTE

Greetings Sweet Students! 

I'll miss you today!



Please do the following things, in this order: 





Then go to Dogonews and read an article about something that is interesting to you. Create a google document and summarize your article. Email your summary to jenifer.fraker@knoxschools.org






Watch this video about species extinction by clicking HERE


Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Emergency Substitute Plans

Good Morning Friends!

Today you will complete several activities. You can choose the order in which you complete the actives. They must all be completed by the end of the day.  When you have finished all of the activities, you can log on to i-ready.


MATH/READING-  I have uploaded some articles about math for you to read. Choose 3 of the articles, read and answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. Please be sure to write your name, the date, and the title of the article above the questions. Answer the questions in complete sentences and make sure you use evidence from the text to answer the questions.

Click on the titles below to complete the work:

Angles

Basic Geometry Terms

Classifying Triangles

Coordinate Grids

Estimation





SOCIAL STUDIES-  Click HERE for the instructions for your Writing About History project. Please work on this independently.  Take your notes on notebook paper.





SCIENCE-  Click HERE to find your science activities for the day.



Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Science Activities




Check out these games about animal adaptations HERE

Want more information about chemical and physical changes, click HERE



Want to create a little fun:

Choose one of the categories from the website below and complete the activities. When you
are finished, create a Kahoot  all about the science concept that you explored and quiz your friends about your new found knowledge.

Read, Explore, and Create

Find all the categories- HERE

Monday, January 23, 2017

Writing about History

Writing About History


       You will be assigned a topic related to American history during the early 1900's. You will research the topic and discover the who, what, where, when, and why of your topic.  Who does this involve? What is it all about? Where did this happen? When did it happen? Why is it important to American History? How does my topic relate to what we are learning in social studies?

You will write a paper about your topic. It can be a simple, three paragraph paper with an introduction, main paragraph, and a conclusion.

     You will take organized notes. You will be required to use one page for each separate website or resource that you use for research.

    You will use your notes to write a coherent, legible paper in a Google Document. It must align with our rubric that can be found HERE.


You then create a presentation in Google Slides that is at least 10 slides, includes 5 pictures, and your presentation should follow the expectations in the rubric, shown below:





The websites you can use for research can be found below.




Harlem Renaissance





Big Universe- Ask your teacher for login information

Great Depression




Big Universe- Ask your teacher for login information


Dust Bowl


Easy Science for Kids

Big Universe- Ask your teacher for login information




Lusitania



History Facts for Kids

Big Universe - Ask your teacher for login information

Treaty of Versaille




Study.Com

Big Universe-  Ask your teacher for login information

Women's Suffrage 



A Fight to Vote

Big Universe- Ask your teacher for login information


The New Deal



Ducksters

Big Universe- Ask your teacher for login information

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Lucy and The Leakeys



Read the booklet you can find HERE.   As you read, use the text to answer the questions below on a piece of paper.


1. What year was Louis born? What year was Mary born? What year was Lucy born?

2. What is a Homo sapien?

3.  Paleo means ancient, an archeologist is a scientist who studies human history. What do you think a paleoarchaeologist studies?

4. Why did paleoarchaeologist in the early 1900s not consider Africa as a potential site for the origin of makind?

5. Why was the discovery of Lucy important to scientists? What did they learn from Lucy's bones?

6. What country was Lucy discovered in?

7. What important discovery did Mary make in 1976?


Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Science Review


Science Test Practice:

Grab your paper and pencil and get started!

You will answer all of the questions in this online test booklet.

Science Test Practice



Are you finished? Then you should be able to find the answers HERE to check your work.

Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt

Activity 1:

Search the following website for the meanings of the terms below. Write down the terms and the definitions on a piece of notebook paper.

Silva Rhetoricae: Use the Search Box

1.   Alliteration:



2.   Simile:



3.   Metaphor:



4.   Personification:




5.   Onomatopoeia:



Activity 2:
Search the following websites for poems that contain the literary devices you just learned about.  Record the name of the poem, the website it was found at, and the line or lines from the poem that contain the literary device on a piece of notebook paper. 


Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for KidsPoetry Lover's Page




1.   Alliteration:
Name of Poem:
Author:
Website:
Example of Literary Device:



2.   Simile:
 Name of Poem:
Author:
Website:
Example of Literary Device:


3.   Metaphor:
 Name of Poem:
Author:
Website:
Example of Literary Device:


4.   Personification:
 Name of Poem:
Author:
Website:
Example of Literary Device:



5.   Onomatopoeia:

Name of Poem:
Author:
Website:
Example of Literary Device:


Activity 3:

Your turn! Write a poem that contains all five of these literary devices. When you are finished list each device and how you used them in your poem. 

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