Feb. 21-27, 2024
Learning Targets/Agenda: (not necessarily in this order)
Students will listen to a book/lesson.
Students will answer questions about the book/lesson.
Students will take an Accelerated Reader quiz for the story OR complete an activity related to the story.
Students will read books at their table, on Epic!, or on MyOn.
REMINDER TO STUDENTS: You should NOT be on your Chromebook during the lesson! You will use them for the quiz AFTER the story and then during your independent activity.... just like we always do. Thank you! 😉
Dr. Opal Lee
This week we will learn about Dr. Opal Lee, who is known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth. She is also a retired teacher and a 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.
Born: October 7, 1926
Current Age: 97
Juneteenth: June 19, 1865 (159 years ago this summer, the last enslaved people in Texas found out they were free. This was over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed by then President Abraham Lincoln.)
June 15, 2021 - Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday. President Joe Biden signs it into law with 94 year old Dr. Opal Lee at his side.
Introduction: Images & Video
In 1939, when Opal Lee was only 12 years old, her family moved into a house that stood in an all-White neighborhood.
They had lived at the home for just 5 days when a white mob showed up and smashed and burned the Lee family's possessions.
The family moved away and moved on. They just wanted to forget the horror. Until eight decades later, when Lee decided the time had come to remember it.
So she looked up the address (940 E Annie St., Fort Worth, TX), and discovered the lot was still vacant and owned by the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
Trinity Habitat for Humanity CEO Gage Yager took Lee's call. He listened to her story, but then told her she could not "buy" the property.
"I said, 'Well, we won't sell it to you Opal, but we'll give it to you,'" Yager told CBS News. "There's no option for anything else."
Students: Read these questions. You will need to listen for the answers to these questions during the story that you will watch next:
1. After Buddy ran to the blooming tree, he wanted Opal Lee to do what?
2. When did Gordon Granger said, "... ALL SLAVES ARE FREE"?
3. What did Opal Lee do on good days?
4. What happened the day Opal Lee's family's brand new house burned?
5. What happened after Opal Lee said it was time for barbecue, cake and punch?
Next, students will listen to the story below, Opal Lee and What It Means To Be Free, which tells the history of Juneteenth and about some of her life experiences.
Students should be able to verbally answer these questions after listening to the story:
After listening to the story above, and reviewing the AR quiz questions, students should take the AR quiz on their Chromebooks.
Students: open your Chromebook, and log on to Renaissance through Clever or the Scholars page.
Then, click on Accelerated Reader (the little orange book):
Students:
The Accelerated Reader quiz number is:
BL: 4.3
517483
Students' Independent Activity
AFTER you take the Accelerated Reader quiz, you may:
Read books at your table (and take AR quizzes on them if you finish them)
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
Work on NitroType
You MAY NOT talk, walk, or play!
Thank you! :)
Substitute: About 3-5 minutes before their class time is up, please have students stack the books at their table into 2 or 3 stacks. Then scroll down to show the dismissal image below as you call tables of students to line up at the exit door (double doors). Each student should be standing on a black dot (for personal space). NO student should have a library book in their hands. After they leave, scroll back to the top of this page to repeat all for Mrs. Yu's class (9:35-10:35).
Afternoon classes
Dr. Mae Jemison
This week we will learn about Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space.
Born: October 17, 1956
Current Age: 67 years old
Notable Moments: On September 12, 1992, she became the first African American woman to travel into space - she was almost 36 years old; was elected to the National Women's Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame
Introduction: Images & Video
(Please show the images (some have captions) and then play the video on full screen mode, then press Esc to return to this page.)
Next, students will listen to a story below. (either/or OR both videos, your choice)
(Please play the video in full screen mode. Press Esc (escape) to return to this page when the story is over.)
AR BL: 2.1
OPTIONAL: IF students need a break to stand & move, you may play this video. Students should push their chair up to the table, STAND BY THEIR CHAIR, and do the movements as directed in the video.
MaeJemison.pdf
Students can each get a Jackie Robinson mini-poster (shown above) to color while they are in library. There are enough crayon baskets to have one for each table. (You may move students as needed. It really works best when only 2 students at a table are sharing a basket.)
Also, please remind them that they should only have one crayon in their hand at a time, and when they're done with it, it goes back in the basket... not laid on the table. (They roll off and get on the floor.)
By 2:40-2:45ish, the intercom will start coming on. You probably don't want to be playing any video by this point, because you & the students will need to listen for any of their names being called for early checkout. Since coloring is a quiet activity, students should continue to work on their mini-poster until they finish OR until they leave. Please let them take their paper with them. If a student finishes early, they may read books at their table.
*****Please do not let them read AND color at the same time, though. *****
Thank you!
About 3-5 minutes before their class time is up, please have students stack the books at their table into 2 or 3 stacks, make sure all crayons are back in their basket, stand up, push their chairs up, and wait as you call tables of students to line up at the exit door (double doors). Students should line up on the black dots while they wait for their teacher. NO student should have a library book in their hands.
Thank you so much for covering for me! 😃
Please turn the power off on the interactive whiteboard at the end of the day.
The computer is fine; it will time itself out.