April 2-8, 2024

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No school Monday, April 1, 2024 - Easter Monday

Monday, April 8, 2024 - Solar Eclipse

I Can statements/Learning Targets/Agenda: (not necessarily in this order)

I can listen to a book/lesson.

I can answer questions about the book/lesson.

I can take an Accelerated Reader quiz on the story OR complete an activity on the lesson.

I can read/preview books on MyOn or on Epic and/or practice skills on Lexia Core or Prodigy.

I can check out a book (if applicable).

Brain Breaks (as needed): I can move as directed. 

REMINDER TO STUDENTS: You should NOT be on your Chromebook until I tell you to open them! You will use them for the quiz AFTER the story and then during your independent activity.... just like we always do.  Thank you!  😉

1. I.S.1 Interact with content presented by others. (share knowledge & ideas with others through discussion & listening; recognize that people have different opinions)

1. I.G.1 Continually seek knowledge. (read regularly for personal enjoyment & growth; actively participate in reading and learning communities)

2. IN.T.2 Adopt a discerning stance toward points of view and opinions expressed in information resources and learning products. (fact vs. opinion, author's opinion/perspective)

2. IN.T.3 Describe their understanding of cultural relevancy and placement within the global learning community. (listen to diverse texts in various genres to find out about self & the surrounding world; connect content w/one's own personal culture & experience; respect others' cultural identities)

5. E.T.1 Read widely and deeply in multiple formats and write and create for a variety of purposes. (routinely select picture, fiction & information books; explore new genres; recognize that different genres require different reading, listening, or viewing strategies; make connections between literature & personal experiences; select books at the appropriate reading level, to be read aloud, or challenging books for browsing & enjoyment; read, listen to, and view a range of resources for a variety of purposes)

Substitute: Please read the following out loud.  You will use the top half of this website for Washington's 5th grade class and Webb's 3rd grade class:

Today, on Monday, April 8th, Arkansas will experience a solar eclipse.  Much of the state will see totality, however, Pine Bluff will not.  Pine Bluff will see 98.7% coverage of the sun, so YOU MUST KEEP YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES ON THE ENTIRE TIME! DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES ON, FULLY COVERING YOUR EYES! 

Looking at the sun without these protective glasses can cause permanent blindness!

This is a significant event in Arkansas; the last total solar eclipse that passed over our state was in 1918. (106 years ago)

Several schools in the band of totality will be closed that day. (Pine Bluff schools will be open.)  The Arkansas Department of Transportation is expecting an additional 300,000 to 1.5 million visitors in the state.

Substitute: Please click on the links below to show the students the difference between what they will see and what people in the totality band will see.  There is a zoom slider button on the left (push it up to zoom) and a time slider button across the bottom of the page (slowly push it to the right) so students can see what the eclipse will look like in both cities below.

Simulation of what the sun will look like in PINE BLUFF

Simulation of what the sun will look like in Russellville, Arkansas (one city in totality)

Substitute: Please click on the map below.  It will allow you to zoom in or out to show the path of the eclipse.  Please point out where Pine Bluff is and show that it is not within the shadow.  This is the reason we are not getting totality.  After you show the map and point out any cities students may ask about, you can go down to the next section of this page.

Substitute: Please play both of these videos below.  They explain many things about why there are eclipses and other facts about them.

Substitute: Please read the sentence below and show the pictures, then continue on down this webpage to the next section.

Ms. Wall traveled over 5 hours to see totality during the solar eclipse of 2017.  Here are some pictures from her experience:

All 3 images below are the sun crescents filtering through the tree's leaves.  This can only be seen during an eclipse.

All 3rd - 6th grade students will listen to this story below:    A Few Beautiful Minutes        (BL: 4.0, AR Quiz # 522943)

(Substitute: Please play the read aloud below in full screen mode.  It tells the story of what it is like to experience a total solar eclipse.)

After the story, have students answer the AR quiz questions below, VERBALLY.  They should be able to tell you the correct answer to each question.  After they answer, scroll down on the screen to see if they got it correct. There are only 3 questions.

(Example: Question #1, Answer #1, Question #2, Answer #2, Question #3, Answer #3)

If students were able to give the highlighted answers verbally before they saw the answers, they will make a 100% when they take the AR quiz on their Chromebooks.  Show the image below, then scroll down to the AR quiz number.

Students' Independent Activities:

All 3rd - 6th grade students should use their Chromebooks to take the AR quiz #  522943

Students: AFTER you take the Accelerated Reader quiz, you may work on the following websites until it is time to leave library:

Read books on Epic! (Classroom code is wiv5913; some have AR quizzes on Renaissance)

Read books on MyON (and take AR quizzes on them if you finish them)

Work on LexiaCore

Work on Prodigy  

You MAY NOT talk, walk, or play!

Thank you!  :) 

Substitute: After Washington's 5th grade class leaves, scroll back up to the top of this page and repeat what you did for the 3rd grade class that is coming - Webb's class.

Afternoon classes (12:35-1:35, McNeely and 1:40-2:40, Sullivan)

Pine Bluff will see the eclipse between 12:35 - 3:10.  I'm not sure what time Mrs. Watson will have students go outside (weather permitting) to see it or how long they will be outside, but I'm confident that it won't be the entire time span above, (as much of that time the eclipse won't be as visible or appear much different than a normal day).  If the students are brought to the library for their resource period when Mrs. Watson calls for them to go outside, you will need to stay with the students while they are out there.  For these afternoon classes, I have several videos below that you may show.  You may show as many or as few of them as you'd like or have time for.  I have also left a coloring sheet for the kindergarten class, the last class of the day.  Even if there is no time for them to color it in the library, you may still give it to them to take home and color.

All Kindergarten - 2nd grade students will listen to the videos below:  

(Substitute: Please play these videos below in full screen mode.  

Another story, if you need it:        

   Total Solar Eclipse: A Stellar Friendship Story

Substitute: After McNeely's class leaves, scroll back up to the beginning of the second half of this page and repeat what you did for the next class - Sullivan's kindergarten class.

Extra resources if you still need more or if students ask to see images of the Sun, Moon, or Earth.

Additional resources about eclipses can be found on Epic!