WEEK 1 (March 16-20)

Monday, March 16, 2020

*** IMPORTANT UPDATE – ADDED MARCH 19, 2020 ***

Round 2 chromebook pick up for our Lowrey families!

This is only for Lowrey Students! If your family does not have a working computer, and is in need of a chromebook, then please come to Lowrey’s main doors, tomorrow Friday March 20th between the times of 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM. If you already picked one up, please don’t come again.  One chromebook per household! All parents will need to sign a consent form to insure chromebooks will be returned in the same condition they were given. All parents and students are responsible for the chromebooks. They must be returned once students return to school. 

*** IMPORTANT UPDATE – ADDED MARCH 19, 2020 ***

Lowrey School will be distributing chromebooks to families in order to support their child’s remote learning. Each chromebook was checked and cleaned by administration and personnel to ensure that they are safe to be used. Please note that chromebooks need a working internet connection.   If your family does not have a working computer and is in need of a chromebook, please come to Lowrey’s main doors, tomorrow Thursday March 19th between the times of 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM. One chromebook per household! All parents will need to sign a consent form to insure chromebooks will be returned in the same condition they were given. All parents and students are responsible for the chromebooks. They must be returned once students return to school. 

PLEASE KEEP A NEAT, ORGANIZED BINDER OR FOLDER OF ALL YOUR WORK AND BE READY TO TURN IT IN ON APRIL 13TH!

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CHAPTER BOOK TO READ!

  • If you don’t have a book at in your house, you could borrow from a family member or read an online book.
  • Read your book 20-30 minutes per day. You will have to write some reading logs for your book.

IXL FOR WEEK 1 – DUE BY SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020 11:59 PM:

ELA 7TH GRADE N.1, N.2, N.3, AND N.4 – Your SmartScore must reach 80 on all four.

MONDAY – READING

Carefully read and annotate “Deadly Hits”. If you cannot print the article, please write your annotations on a piece of paper.

After you have read the article, please complete the “Text Structures” assignment. Again, if you can’t print, please write your answers on a sheet of loose leaf.

TUESDAY – WRITING

Write a CER using evidence/quotes from the “Deadly Hits”article. Your CER must have TWO quotes and TWO reasonings.

PROMPT: In what ways has the sport of football become safer in recent years?

WEDNESDAY – VOCABULARY

Please answer 1-5 for Exercise 79. Please look up ALL the four choices before you choose your final answer. As you know, you will NOT earn an A+ if you just fill in the answers. Maybe you could make 5 flash cards for 5 of the WRONG answers. Just an idea – feel free to be creative.

THURSDAY – M-STEP PREP

Please go to the Dearborn Public Schools Student Portal page and follow the M-STEP links until you get to the online sample items – LIKE WE DID IN CLASS!

Make sure you take time to RE-READ the “Life in the Food Chain” text.

Please answer 1-6. You will have to write your answers on a sheet of loose leaf paper.

FRIDAY – READING LOG #1

Please find a quiet place in your home. Read your library book or chapter book for at least 30 minutes. SET A TIMER! Write your start time and your stop time on your paper. After you finish reading, please write at least a half page summary about what you read. YOUR MOM OR DAD MUST SIGN THIS READING LOG!

SATURDAY – EXTRA CREDIT – COMPOSITION BOOK

If you did not bring your composition book home, you can write this on a sheet of loose leaf paper.

PLEASE WRITE AT LEAST ONE FULL PAGE – NO SKIPPING LINES.

CHOICE 1 – Watch the “100 Writing Prompts for grades 6-8” YouTube video then pick one. THEN WRITE!

http://www.spencerauthor.com/prompts/

CHOICE 2 – If the video is not working for you, choose one of the prompts from Mrs. Sorenson’s list. THEN WRITE!