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PCPS West Middle School Continuous Learning

Daily Assignments Weeks Four & Five, April 27th-May 8th

Work Directions ● Each day the PCPS is not in session, students choose activities from each subject in which they are enrolled. (See

attached sheet) ● Feel free to use the online platforms listed. Write the date the assignment/activity was completed in the box. ● You will return the packet with your child’s name and your signature on May 11th. ● Or you can scan and email the packet to your teacher.

The Oklahoma State Department of Education has provided the following guidelines for the amount of time students should spend on instruction daily.

6th through 12th grade: 3 hours a day ● 40-60 minutes, 4 times a week for English ● 40-60 minutes, 4 times a week for math ● 40-60 minutes, 2 times a week for science ● 40-60 minutes, 2 times a week for social studies ● Flexible time for physical education, music, art, world languages, etc. ● Additional time may be required for Advanced Placement or IB course

Directions for Additional opportunities for Continuous Learning: Each day pick one activity below to complete. When you’ve completed an activity check it off the list. 1. _____ Go on a walk and look for a unique rock. Paint or color the rock with chalk, then write a story about the unique life of your rock. 2. _____ Write a letter to your teacher and share what you have been doing and what you wish you were doing. 3. _____ Draw a picture of one of your classmates and write 5 to 7 positive adjectives that describes them. 4. _____ Create a planet, name it and illustrate it. Describe what your planet looks like. How many days does it take your planet to orbit the sun? Does it have human life or some other kind of life? What kind of weather does it have? How long are the days and nights? What is life like on your new planet? Now tell everything you know about our real planets. Tell what you would like to learn about the planets in school. 5. _____ Make a menu for home including 3 meals a day for a month. Make a menu for school including breakfast & lunch. You are in charge of making sure that health is a priority, so make sure to have healthy choices. Tell about your favorite meal. See if you can find the recipe for this meal. Create your own recipe for a meal. 6. _____ What’s your favorite animal? Describe your animal, tell what it eats and where it lives. Draw your animal. Pretend you are that animal and write a pretend story about your life using personification. If you have materials, create a mask or color one and record yourself reading your story. 7. _____ Design a t-shirt, a box of cereal or design an advertisement or logo for a local business, 8. _____ Create a new ride for a carnival. Draw & color the ride. Describe the ride. Make an advertisement for the ride. 9. _____ Design a brand new playground and illustrate the playground. Describe your playground and tell how much it would cost to build it and buy everything needed. Write out all the rules and safety guidelines for your playground. 10. _____ Career Day: pick a job that you think that you would like to have. Tell about your job, what you have to do (school/training) to get the job. Draw a picture of you at your job.

Parents and Students:

Wanted to let you know how much we are missing all of you! We hope you find yourself safe and well and have enjoyed the activities that have been sent home or posted on the website. As we approach the ending of this unique school year we want to thank you for partnering with us as we work with your student. It is very much appreciated!

Save the Dates:

6th grade packet drop off and locker pick up May 11th – 3pm-6pm

7th grade packet drop off and locker pick up May 12th – 3pm-6pm We will do our very best to make this a smooth process. Please remain in your vehicle and we will bring the contents of your students locker to you. During these times you will also be able to drop off any library books and textbooks that need to come back to the building. Thanks in advance for your patience during this time.

Important Information:

Spring Pictures and Yearbooks: These items will be released when we have been given the clearance to do so by the State Department of Education. Both items are still in production but will reach out with the process of getting these items to you as soon as we are allowed to. (Thanks again for your patience)

Tdap Vaccine: Students entering the 7th grade in the fall will need to provide documentation that they have received this vaccination before being able to enroll in Ponca City Public Schools. During this time of social distancing, please mail a copy of the documentation to 613 East Grand, Ponca City, OK 74601 Attention: Barbara Cusick. Students who have not completed this requirement will not be able to have a schedule made for them.

Pre-Algebra/Algebra Calculator: Students that will be enrolled in either of these classes at East next year will need to get a TI-30XS MultiView calculator.

PHONE: 580.767.8020 West Middle School Facebook Link

WMS Staff email list (activity questions and submissions, teacher contact):

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WEEK 4:

Week 4

Day 1

Ponca City West Middle School--Continuous Learning--Spring ‘20

6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Krypto - Give 5 numbers - give a sixth number. - then using order of operations how can you make that sixth number - now make up at least one more of your own and challenge someone else in your family to create - (Use numbers 1-25) Example: Can you make 9 with the numbers 12, 5, 8, 4, and 2? 8 x 5 = 40

40-12 = 28 28 / 4 = 7 7 + 2 = 9

Try to make 14 with the following numbers: 7, 24, 25, 2, and 21. ** If able check your google classroom.

EARN TIME ! Create a chart of extra household chores you can do to earn extra minutes of TV or screen time. Make a task that is worth 10 min, 6 min, 5 min a big one worth 30 min. How many of each rep would it take for an hour? For 2 ½ hours? Can you write an inequality for one of the tasks and for 80 extra min? **If you are able, check your school gmail and google classroom

E L A \ R E A D I N G

Playlist of My School Year: you will reflect on your school year, examine your growth, and choose songs that relate to each of them. In your writing, include the event, the song, and why you choose the song. Ideal playlist length is 5-8 events/songs.

Using the Wildcat Way - make a list of how you are using the Wildcat Way in your daily life. Part 1-WILD W- Work Ethic- How are you using this at home? I - Improve - How can you improve during this time? L-Leadership - Who are you able to set an example for during this time and how can you do this? D-Discipline - What areas do you need to use discipline - for example, are you washing your hands as often as you need to?

S C I E N C E

MY SCIENCE NOTEBOOK - Keep a Notebook To Record Observations, Thoughts Or Questions After Your Activity Along With Pictures Or Diagrams.

● Locate 5-10 different leaves from around your yard/neighborhood. In your notebook, draw or “scratch” the leaf using crayons. *If the leaf is green you can rub the leaf on paper and the chlorophyll will color your page! Can you identify the tree? Describe as many characteristics as you can about each tree/leaf.

REMINDERS: ● DO MY SCIENCE CALENDAR- “Spring Firsts” . ● If able, go to Google classroom and share today’s work

● Locate 5-10 different leaves from around your yard/neighborhood.

● In your journal, draw or “scratch” the leaf using crayons. *If the leaf is green you can rub the leaf on paper and the chlorophyll will color your page!

● Can you identify the tree? Describe as many characteristics as you can about each tree/leaf.

● Continue documenting the angiosperm you chose the 1st week- this should be the last week of documenting this.

**If able- check EDpuzzle and watch the daily video before the activity above. Don’t forget to check the moon tonight!

G E O G R A P H Y

What is the difference between weather and climate? This week you will track weather in your town and at least one other town to create a graph. Start a paper where you record the low & high temperatures for the day and then the amount of precipitation. Now contact a friend or family member in another town, state, or country and ask them the same about their weather for the day. Extension - contact 2-5 people in different places.

Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

https://www.cengage.com/coursepages/myNGconnect_access (scroll down to World Cultures and Geography) This is our textbook. Read through Chapter 16 Section 1.4 and answer both Ongoing Assessment questions at the end.

OR

Whenever you read a book, magazine, article or watch a TV show and a location is mentioned write it down. Later look up that places latitude and longitude and find it on any world map.

I N S T R U M E N T A L M U S I C

(Classes taught by Rolf, Orr, Gordon, Pratt, Cochran)

F

ind some containers in your house. You can use cups with something on top of them or bottles or some other kind of container, try and find 3-5. Fill them with different things so that they make different noises when you shake them. Examples: rocks, rice, leaves, grass, water, legos, socks... Shake them for someone and see if they can guess what is inside. Hint: make sure they can’t see what is inside of them. How many did that person accurately guess?

*Optional Daily Activity: Practice your instrument for 15-20 mins.


Find some containers in your house. You can use cups with something on top of them or bottles or some other kind of container, try and find 3-5. Fill them with different things so that they make different noises when you shake them. Examples: rocks, rice, leaves, grass, water, legos, socks... Shake them for someone and see if they can guess what is inside. Hint: make sure they can’t see what is inside of them. How many did that person accurately guess?


http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm


https://www.cengage.com/coursepages/myNGconnect_access


Week 4

Day 2


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Using the idea from yesterday, now make 5 Krypto problems for someone else to solve. (Use numbers 1-25) ** If able check your google classroom.

Write out a family recipe. Figure each ingredient if you doubled the amount. What would the amounts be if you made it for a single person? If you added all the dry ingredients, how much would you have? **If you are able to check you school gmail and google classroom


Place yourself in the shoes of one of the characters you have just read about and write a diary entry of a key moment from the story (so write it like you’re that character experiencing that key moment, example Harry Potter when he finds out he is a wizard) Your entry should be at least a paragraph in length and contain information you learned from the book when the character was in that specific place and time. Remember to use a first person perspective.

Using personification, giving non living things human characteristics and feelings, write a creative paragraph from the perspective of one of the non human things you identified in your science assignment. Example: “The tree danced in the wind.” Or Practice Figurative Language on Study Island for 20 minutes.

S C I E N C E


● Which is the best invisible ink? Write 3 messages using milk, lemon juice, and vinegar. Make sure to label! Allow to dry. *substitutes-acidic juices such as grape juice also work. Heat up the paper with a blow dryer to see the message appear. *no blow dryer? Set paper outside, in the sun, on the sidewalk on a hot day(70+). Document your results in your science notebook.


● In your journal, divide a page in half. Label them “living” and “nonliving.”

● Take a walk around your yard/neighborhood and identify as many living and nonliving things as you can in your journal. Draw at least 5 of each.

● How did you know how to classify each thing?


G E O G R A P H Y

Gather your data. Remember to record the low & high temperature for the day as well as the amount of precipitation. Then contact the same people from Monday and gather their information as well. Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Watch YouTube (search title: Geography Now and Geography Go} Watch Iraq

OR Look around and find maps in your everyday life. Find at least one example of a helpful map, and at least one example of an unhelpful map. What makes that map helpful? Why is the other map not as helpful?





If you could be a superhero, what is your superhero name, and what powers do you have?



If you could be a superhero, what is your superhero name, and what powers do you have?


Week 4

Day 3


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Get a piece of paper to use. Design a hopscotch board labeled with fractions.

Students multiply and divide as they hop. Have someone check your math.

(Be sure to use ½, ¼, ⅓ at least once on the

board.)

** If able check your google classroom.

From yesterday's recipe how much would you need to quadruple the recipe? What would you need if you only wanted to make a quarter recipe? **If you are able to check you school gmail and google classroom


Select a character from a book, movie, TV show, or video game and consider what might be a good job for them. You can choose something completely suitable such as a security guard job for Superman or an oddball approach such as a pastry chef. Then write a letter from the perspective of this character and apply for that position. List why you think that character would be a great employee and what special skills they would possess to make them ideal for the role.

Using the Wildcat Way - make a list of how you are using the Wildcat Way in your daily life. Part 2-CAT C- Compete - Have you had any competitions in your family during this time? Write about it. A-Attitude - How can you keep your attitude in check when you can’t hang out with your friends in person? T-Teamwork - What does teamwork look like in your family to help during this pandemic?

S C I E N C E


● Design and build a table using only newspaper or paper and tape. Document in your notebook how much weight can it hold? How can you make it stronger?


Engineers solve problems to improve our lives.

● Brainstorm an invention that can improve your life. In your journal, describe and draw how it will work.


G E O G R A P H Y

Gather data cont. : Repeat day 2 Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Draw and color a map for your own country. Describe the significance and history behind each symbol, color, and stripe on your flag.



Create a body percussion pattern for a song you like, and then teach it to someone else. (Like the Macarena)



Create a body percussion pattern for a song you like, and then teach it to someone else. (Like the Macarena)




Week 4

Day 4


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Design a hopscotch board labeled with decimals to a tenth. Students add and

subtract as they hop. Have someone check your math. Play again by rounding the

numbers to the nearest whole number and multiply and divide this game.


Make your own set of 20 “cards” Use numbers 0-9 and ⅛, ⅙, ⅕, ¼, ⅓, ½, ⅔, ¾, ⅖, and ⅘. Mix them all up, pulling 2 or 3 at a time, solve by finding the sum then play again by finding the product. For challenge, find by finding quotients. (check with calculator). Play by yourself or challenge family. **If you are able to check you school gmail and google classroom


Would you rather: -be in a room with 50 rats or 50 non venomous snakes -go to school without deodorant or without being able to brush your teeth -become 5 years older or 2 years younger Please write which of these you would prefer and why. Then, write two of your own “would you rather” questions to ask your family members.

Choose a character from a book, movie or video game and write a paragraph on what type of person they would be if they were in your class today and why. (Examples: star athlete, class clown, ect.) Journal about your day.

● Reading plus and google classroom are optional

S C I E N C E


● Take your notebook and go on a walk or ride around the neighborhood. Identify all the ways you think your nervous system is responding to your environment. Have a pet or sibling? Take them on a walk and identify all the things that affect their nervous system too. Remember stimulus (5 senses) and response(reactions).


● Opt 1- Discuss what friction means. Think of 5 different ways to create friction in your home and display as a poster. You can use your journal page as a poster.

● Opt 2- Design and build a catapult with household items to knock over a tower of cups. Calculate percentage accuracy. Document in your journal.


G E O G R A P H Y

Gather data cont. : Repeat day 3 Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Continue recording information in your weather diary. Record seasonal patterns are you observing.



Ask your parent/guardian what kind of music they listened to when they were your age. Would you listen to that kind of music now?



Ask your parent/guardian what kind of music they listened to when they were your age. Would you listen to that kind of music now?




Week 4

Day 5


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Choose an image (a menu, a sign, etc.) and write and solve at least 8 word problems that are related to that image. Ask a member of your household to solve at least half of the word problems, too. See if they are smarter than a sixth grader. :) Extension: Have someone in your household write 4 word problems for you to figure out. ** If able check your google classroom.

Find the area of the walls in your room. Remember Area of a rectangle is found with the formula A = bh. If a gallon of paint covers about 400 square feet. How many gallons will it take to paint your room? Don’t forget to subtract doors and windows. **If you are able to check you school gmail and google classroom


As the saying goes, “rules are meant to be broken.” Tell about a time when you broke the rules and what happened as a result. Please try to write a well developed paragraph that fully answers the “saying” above.

Write a letter to yourself to read a year from now about the events happening in your life and with the virus. Make sure and put down the date. If there is anything you are hoping will be different by this time next year, you could put that down and see if one year from now your hope has come true. *Reading Plus and Google classroom are options.

S C I E N C E


● Go outside and take a picture of as many different birds, insects and mammals as possible! How many types can you find? Enter the photo contest with your “best nature shot” at www.rangerrick.org


● Help someone cook today. Use utensils made from different materials (wood, metal, plastic) and document in your journal which items conducted heat the best and which didn’t.

● Describe all the transfers of energy from you to cooking to eating.


http://www.rangerrick.org/

G E O G R A P H Y

Repeat day 4 - Now that you have your data create a graph for each of the locations you were keeping track. Based on the information predict whether or not Ponca City is on the same latitude as the other places you were tracking? Then, if you can, check your prediction with an atlas. Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Using any resources at your disposal, research a country in Asia that you would like to visit. Find at least 5 interesting facts about that country. Find pictures as well.



If you could learn another instrument what would it be? What songs would you want to learn to play first on that instrument? Describe what would draw you to choosing this instrument over others.



If you could learn another instrument what would it be? What songs would you want to learn to play first on that instrument? Describe what would draw you to choosing this instrument over others.




WEEK 5:

Week 5

Day 1


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Create a probability game (trash basketball, coin in cup, stuffed animal to laundry basket, flip coin) Have each family member attempt 10 times. Write accuracy as a fraction, decimal, and percent. (Experimental) ** If able check your google classroom.

Gather the following shapes from around your home. Then find the Area and the Perimeter of each shape. 1. Circle 2.Rectangle 3. Triangle 4. Trapezoid **If you are able to check you school gmail and google classroom


Find a book in your house and pick a random sentence from the book. Write a short story using that sentence. See if the story would change by putting that sentence in a different part of the story.

Instagram for your favorite book. Draw 4 pictures and write a caption for the most important scenes in your favorite book. For your captions or explanations think about the main idea of each scene you decided to draw/illustrate. If you have access to your favorite book you can use quotes and text based evidence from your book for the main idea caption/explanation. Or Practice on study island for 15 minutes.

S C I E N C E


● Help someone cook today. Use utensils made from different materials (wood, metal, plastic) and document in your notebook which items conducted heat the best and which didn’t. Describe all the transfers of energy from cooking to eating.


● Search your yard/neighborhood for examples of the Law of Conservation of Mass/matter.

● In your science journal, document your findings and why you think it supports the law.


G E O G R A P H Y

List 10 events that have been postponed/cancelled because of the ‘safer at home’ orders. Explain why 5 of those were postponed or cancelled. (i.e. size of crowd/ possible exposure, large number of travelers from other places, etc..) Describe if any of these events affected you personally. Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

https://www.cengage.com/coursepages/myNGconnect_access (scroll down to World Cultures and Geography) This is our textbook. Read through Chapter 16 Section 2.3 and answer both Ongoing Assessment questions at the end.

OR

Whenever you read a book, magazine, article or watch a TV show and a location is mentioned write it down. Later look up that places latitude and longitude and find it on any world map.



Someone in your family’s voice is malfunctioning. Now instead of speech, everything that comes out of their mouth is a sound from a musical instrument. What member of your family would this be and what instrument would their voice sound?



Someone in your family’s voice is malfunctioning. Now instead of speech, everything that comes out of their mouth is a sound from a musical instrument. What member of your family would this be and what instrument would their voice sound?






Week 5

Day 2


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Draw your name in block letters on a piece of graph paper. Keep the lines of your letters on the lines of the graph paper as much as possible. When you are finished, find the area of your name. Free Printable Graph Paper ** If able check your google classroom.

Walk around your house, your neighborhood, or your closest walking trail. Have your family help. Locate the following items and take a picture of them. If you can’t take a picture then write a description of where you found the shape. Square Circle Rectangle Cylinder Right Triangle Rectangular Prism Rhombus Triangular Prism Octagon Cone **If you are able to, check your school gmail and google classroom.


A genie lands in the midpoint of a story, tv show, or movie you have just read or watched (if you are playing a video game with a storyline, you could try to use it) and grants the two main characters three wishes. What do they wish for and why? Finally, would their wishes have changed anything about the story? How so? Again think about the cause and effect relationship and how this may have altered the path of the book you have been reading.

Write a descriptive paragraph of what you ate today or your favorite meal. You must use vivid sensory language in your description. Write a paragraph of 5-7 well-written sentences. Don’t forget a topic sentence and concluding sentence.

S C I E N C E


● Backyard scientist - use a hula hoop (or string) to isolate an area to observe. Choose a spot for your hoop that seems to have a lot happening inside, but be aware that there may be even more (or less) happening at other places in the ecosystem. Observe what is in your hoop and repeat at different times of the day. Take notes and photograph or sketch what passes through.


● Opt 1-Create something using household items that would allow you to push or pull someone around the yard.

● Opt 2- Place a small ball on top of a large ball and drop them together. Watch how energy is transferred. Document in your journal what you observed.

Don’t forget to check the moon tonight! - May 5th should be 28days(around) of watching and documenting the moon. You should have been able to see the moon in all its phases. **If able- check EDpuzzle and watch the daily video before the activity above.

http://print-graph-paper.com/

G E O G R A P H Y

Create a map of your own imaginary country. Include 5 physical features, 2-4 political boundaries, 3 large cities and 3 small cities,1 national capital and 1 capital for each political boundary area. Be sure to include all other map elements. Label accordingly. Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Watch YouTube (search title: Geography Now and Geography Go} Watch Iran

OR Look around and find maps in your everyday life. Find at least one example of a helpful map, and at least one example of an unhelpful map. What makes that map helpful? Why is the other map not as helpful?



With a family member/friend, create two rhythm patterns and play them at the same time, using objects found in your home.



With a family member/friend, create two rhythm patterns and play them at the same time, using objects found in your home.




Week 5

Day 3


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Draw a coordinate plane. Label the x and y axis. Graph the following ordered pairs: (4, 1) , (3, 2) , (2,

4) (3, 5), (5, 2) , (6, 4) , (5, 5) , (4, 4). Connect the dots.

What shape does it make? Now you draw two more

shapes and list the ordered pairs that make them.

Free Printable Graph Paper


Walk around your house, your neighborhood, or your closest walking trail. Have your family help. Locate the following items and take a picture of them. If you can’t take a picture then write a description of where you found the shape Pentagon Trapezoid Acute Triangle Parallel Lines Perpendicular Lines Chevron Obtuse Triangle Cube Diagonal Lines Arc **If you are able to check you school gmail and google classroom


Find any object in your home and use personification to bring it to life. Write a story from your object’s point of view. Remember that personification gives a non-living object human characteristics.

Make a list of five topics you are interested in knowing more about. Then, write out a plan to spend two weeks learning about each topic this summer. For example:Weeks 1 and 2 - topic: how to make a blog, Weeks 3 and 4 - best fishing spots in Oklahoma, Weeks 5 and 6 - an occupation that seems interesting to you now - what kind of education do you need?, etc.

S C I E N C E


● Discuss what friction means. Think of 5 different ways to create friction in your home and display as a poster. You can use your notebook page as a poster.


Play some basketball(or trash can ball)! ● Measure how many baskets you make out

of 10. Calculate your percentage accuracy. ● Document in your journal**If able- check

EDpuzzle and watch the daily video before the activity above.


G E O G R A P H Y

Design a flag that represents the imaginary country you created. Make sure to use the colors that you want to represent your country and any symbols you would like. Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Draw and color a map for your own country. Describe the significance and history behind each symbol, color, and stripe on your flag. Finally, create some demographics for you country (population, population density, GDP per Capita, life expectancy, languages, religion, literacy rate, etc)



When you are allowed back into the school what is the first thing you would like to do there?



When you are allowed back into the school what is the first thing you would like to do there?




Week 5

Day 4


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

On a piece of graph paper, build your dream home.

1 unit = 4 feet.

YOU MUST INCLUDE: 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, 1 living

room, 1 dining room, and 1 bedroom. You can include

more if you would like.

Now, find the square footage of your dream house.

Free Printable Graph Paper


Create a coordinate grid, label the x-axis and y-axis. Create three shapes for example rectangle, square, circle, triangle, trapezoid. Perform the following on each shape, what quadrant did the shape start in and what quadrant did it end up in after the transformation. Translation (-2, -3) Translation (2, 5) Translation (3, -3) Reflection over the x-axis Reflection over the y-axis **If you are able to check you school gmail and google classroom


● Draw the main character from a book you have recently read. Show them as a baby, middle aged, and as an older person. Underneath each picture write what you think they might be doing at that point in their life, and explain why (for example do they have a job, what is it, and why) For example if you drew Harry Potter as a baby, he might be casting spells on his mom to feed him lots of yummy food.

A short story is a brief work of fiction. It presents a sequence of events, or plot, and is generally told from a consistent point of view. The plot centers on a central conflict within a particular setting. Here is the first paragraph in a story. Read the paragraph and answer the questions. Kari was looking in her bedroom closet for her new outfit. She threw shirts and pants all over the floor. Suddenly, her younger sister Debbie said, “I took your new outfit. Doesn’t it look great on me?” “Maaaaaaaa!” Kari yelled. “Debbie took my new outfit!” 1. What is the setting? 2. What is the plot? 3. What is the conflict?

S C I E N C E


● Design and build a catapult with household items to knock over a tower of cups. Calculate percentage accuracy. Document in your notebook.


● Remember the Earth is 6 times larger than the moon. *if able- research the size of the sun in comparison to the Earth and moon.

● Use household items to model the proportionate relationship of the 3(or just 2) -be creative.

● Document what you did in your journal. ● **If able- check EDpuzzle and watch the daily video before

the activity above.


G E O G R A P H Y

Current Event with a twist! Come up w/ a current event for your imaginary country. (newsworthy event that occured in last 7 days) -What happened? (include time/date, place, etc.) -Why did you pick this story? Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Continue recording information in your weather diary. Record seasonal patterns are you observing. How have the weather’s patterns changed since you’ve started recording? Why have they changed?



Ask a family member what the last letter of the musical alphabet is. If they do not know, explain/teach them about the musical alphabet (A-B-C-D-E-F-G).



Ask a family member what the last letter of the musical alphabet is. If they do not know, explain/teach them about the musical alphabet (A-B-C-D-E-F-G).




Week 5

Day 5


6th Grade 7th Grade

M A T H

Using items around your house (cardboard, toilet paper rolls, boxes, etc.), do your best to build a model of the dream house you designed on day 4. If you are able, take a picture and email it to your math teacher! ** If able check your google classroom.

**If you are able to check you school gmail and google classroom


Reflect on the novels that you’ve read this year. Create a one-pager. On one sheet of paper, you will write and draw about the books you choose. Think of characters, symbols, setting, and conflicts.

A fact is something that actually happened or that can be proved. An opinion is a person’s belief or judgment and cannot be proved. Recognizing clue words, such as I think, that indicate an opinion and checking facts with reference sources are ways of judging information. Read the following sentences and tell me if they are fact or opinion. 1. Nantucket Island is a little south of Cape Cod. 2. Nantucket Island is the best summer vacation spot. 3. Nantucket Island was once a center for the whaling industry. 4. Visitors will always be able to admire Nantucket Island’s quaint homes and beautiful scenery. 5. Herman Melville used Nantucket Island as the hometown for some of the characters in his novel Moby Dick.

S C I E N C E


● In your community, learn more about ecology and decomposition. Look for discoveries around you of how nature recycles material. If you like, try making and observing your own mini compost piles at https://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/compost-cups-science-project/


● Design and build a table using only newspaper or paper and tape.

● Document in your journal how much weight can it hold? How can you make it stronger?

● **If able- check EDpuzzle and watch the daily video before the activity above.

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https://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/compost-cups-science-project/

G E O G R A P H Y

Create an economic activity for your imaginary country. (from days 1-3) -What is the GDP (Gross Domestic Product)? -What economic activities occur in each sector? --Primary? Secondary? Tertiary? What type of Government will your country have? Explain why you chose that type of government. (ex: monarchy, democracy, republic, dictatorship, etc.) Pick at least 3 cultural traits your country would have. (Think music/art/religion) Extra/optional: South America only http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Using any resources at your disposal,l research a country in Africa that you would like to visit. Find at least 5 interesting facts about that country. Find pictures as well.



Play musical chairs using your favorite music with family/friends.



Play musical chairs using your favorite music with family/friends.




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