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Cub Connections

March 2020 School Closure - At Home Lessons Edition

CubConnectionsMarch 2020 School Closure - At HomeLessons Edition

Welcome to Cub Connections- At Home Lessons Edition

Cub Connections is a monthly newsletter, published by Endeavor Administrators. Be sure to "Follow Endeavor Elementary" by signing up with your email and you'll be the first to receive this newsletter each month, directly to your inbox.


This is our "special edition" with At Home Lesson Information.


If you have questions, please email your child's teacher first.

Administrators are also available to help with lesson questions and technical assistance.

For Grades K-2: Please email ywright@mcssk12.org

For Grades 3-5: Please email jmcalister@mcssk12.org

Either of us will help with general questions or questions on the "special areas."


Jenny McAlister, Principal

OPTIONAL Lessons while we are out

A note to all helping with children at home right now:


Please know we are not expecting any of you to take on the role of a full-time teacher and do things at home as we do at school. We are providing activities and lessons to keep their skills sharp and to keep all of us connected during this time of “distancing.” There are no expectations and no right or wrong way to do this. Please do what works for you and your family.


Teachers should have sent out information for OPTIONAL activities by now. If you did not get information from your teacher, please let and administrator know and we will get this to you.


Kindergarten has posted a calendar of activities below.

2nd grade is sending info via Class Tag. 3rd grade is communicating using Dojo as well as Google Classroom.

All other grades are using Google Classroom, including ACE classes.

Pre-K students may contact their child’s teacher for activities. Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Hernandez have Google Classrooms set up.

Speech students, please email your child's teacher for individualized lesson information:

njohns@mcssk12.org or kosmith@mcssk12.org

Other class information for PE, Art, Music, Library, and Computer is listed below along with additional fun activities for the students and families.

Kindergarten Activities for the Week of March 16-20 Kindergarten Activities for the Week of March 16-20

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Endeavor Elementary PE on Facebook

Join us on Facebook each day for the Endeavor Elementary PE lesson provided by Coach Randolph.


https://www.facebook.com/groups/3162496987129088/

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Art from Mrs. G

Mrs. G has just created Mrs. G's Art Hangout on Facebook. You may join the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/808688312977802/


Hey Folks! Just sharing some at-home art activities/sites for you and your kiddos. Have some fun with ART over the next few weeks! It's great for relaxing and de-stressing.

Don't forget to take a picture of your art work and share so I can see what you're up to!

https://d3ndagut9sanks.cloudfront.net/2020-D/PDF-Sparklers+Club/Sparklers+at+Home/Emergency+Sparkle+Kit.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzjCPQv3y8



https://cassiestephens.blogspot.com/2020/03/my-favorite-lessons-for-home-based-art.html?fbclid=IwAR1AtbU8uqLF6EhLLjVJms1FJ_w6OSktPC8a7hEuKkEioTG4C8AUm4LdwTM

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Music from Mrs. T

Mrs. T's Magical Music Room is on Facebook. Join her group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/674580646663281/


Hello Parents!

I have put together some musical resources for our students via Youtube. I cannot be responsible for the ads that may pop up prior to these videos. I use Adblock for Youtube in my classroom (a Chrome extension) so ads do not appear. I highly suggest adding this valuable resource to your home computers as well. Below you will find links to several Youtube playlists that I have created for our students. They are for various ages, so choose what works best for your child. I truly hope you will enjoy these musical playlists with your family! Fifth graders that master recorder songs may send me videos (vtruesdail@mcssk12.org) of their playing to earn belts when we return to school. I'd love to see video clips of other grade levels enjoying their music activities too! Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions.


Fifth Grade Recorder play along videos (some review and some new) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv1JxzCi3fgUpuqaice5eLJgYsu7mP3hw


Movement Songs https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv1JxzCi3fgW9ptzIzfOKdycKWu-vhT4u


Pre-K, K, 1st Fun Songs https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv1JxzCi3fgXWvsyKO0TwTmu1_XQIq-3N


Barefoot Books (musical books that allow students to read and dance along) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf_8ZTFvJeS8U60W8C8PGhA

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Library News

The Endeavor Library has a Google Classroom for all ages. The class code to join is: dykldjd


Huntsville Public Library Puppet Show link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSTw6gyt1Nk&feature=youtu.be


Sites for eBooks:

Storyline Online - https://www.storylineonline.net/

Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) - https://www.avl.lib.al.us/

Amazon’s Free Kids eBooks - https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store-Childrens-eBooks/zgbs/digital-text/155009011

Bookbub - https://www.bookbub.com/welcome

Free Kids Books - https://freekidsbooks.org/

Oxford Owl - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home

Children’s Books Online - https://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm

Many Books - https://manybooks.net/

Open Library - https://openlibrary.org/

Mrs. P’s Magic Library - http://mrsp.com/

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Bedtime Stories Read by Endeavor Faculty

Parents and students, please tune in to the Endeavor Facebook page to hear some of your teachers and administrators read bedtime stories to our students.


Mrs. Johns and Logan Johns and Mrs. Riley have already posted. Check these out on Endeavor's Facebook page and look for new ones each day.


https://www.facebook.com/HomeoftheCubs/


https://www.facebook.com/HomeoftheCubs/videos/256135805380158/


https://www.facebook.com/HomeoftheCubs/videos/1218527195012932/

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Lessons from the Computer Lab

For Grades K-2:


https://eescomputer201.weebly.com/grade-level-pages.html


For Grades 3-5:


In clever typing.com they should try to finish the beginning typing lessons. The standards are as follows:

3rd Grade - 15 WPM and 95% accuracy

4th Grade - 20 WPM and 95% accuracy

5th Grade - 25 WPM and 95% accuracy


If the finish this they can log into code.org also in clever. They have all been assigned a block of instruction. They just need to do continue lesson and complete until the end.

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Clever- USE THIS LOGIN FIRST

If your child starts by logging into Clever from home, they should see all their school icons on one page. This will make navigation to needed sites much easier for your student.


https://clever.com/oauth/authorize?channel=clever&client_id=4c63c1cf623dce82caac&confirmed=true&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fclever.com%2Fin%2Fauth_callback&response_type=code&state=7c1fe0c0250c4552fbb6d782d1ac9df98df5f892529b6be7908d9cd0fd8aa42a&district_id=55aea93bcef2d30100000093

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myON Reader and myON News

The myON digital library provides students free access to thousands of digital texts, anytime, anywhere. myON News publishes five daily news articles written just for students every weekday.

You will click on your unique district link to access the myON digital library and news articles. You unique district link is:

https://www.myon.com/school/madisoncountyschoolsread

Also, your login information will be as follows:

Student username: myON

Student password: read

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Google Classroom for Parents

Parents, if you have never used Google Classroom, this slideshow will give you a quick lesson to get you up to speed.


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PDVZvie0DnFbFEVFB8U3j89o1mD5BCUXTE6ymbb9y_k/mobilepresent?slide=id.g4f60ec15fb_1_0

Additional Learning Sites Available Additional Learning Sites Available

Bedtime Math

launch bedtimemath.org
Teaching Remotely for Grades K - 12 | Free Resources and Strategies

Teaching Remotely for Grades K - 12 | Free Resources and Strategies

Keep students academically active with 20 days of meaningful learning journeys

launch classroommagazines.scholastic.com
Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice

Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice

You can learn anything. Expert-created content and resources for every course and level. Always free.

launch khanacademy.org

ABCya! • Educational Computer Games and Apps for Kids

launch abcya.com
Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts & Culture features content from over 1200 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

launch artsandculture.google.com

DreamBox Learning - Online Math Learning for Home

DreamBox has the best math lessons for kids from K-8. Supports all students, including English learners and gifted. For Common Core and other standards.

launch dreambox.com
Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.

Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.

Mystery Science offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science. The hook, visuals, and activity have all been prepared for you. Less prep, more learning.

launch mysteryscience.com
Home

Home

launch kids.sandiegozoo.org
NSDL

NSDL

launch nsdl.oercommons.org
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids

launch kids.nationalgeographic.com

Smithsonian's History Explorer

launch historyexplorer.si.edu

Packets for all grade levels. Not specific to Madison County but good stuff. Packets for all grade levels. Not specific to Madison County but good stuff.

COVID-19 Break Packets - Google Drive

launch drive.google.com

Website

Our school website address is: https://www.mcssk12.org/EndeavorElementarySchool

Endeavor Social Media

Please stay in touch throughout the year with our school and PTA FB and Twitter pages.

FB is https://www.facebook.com/HomeoftheCubs/

Twitter is @HomeoftheCubs

PTA FB is https://sites.google.com/view/endeavor-elementary-school-pta/home

Madison County School Page:

http://www.mcssk12.org/

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Endeavor Elementary School

Jenny McAlister, Principal

Yolanda Wright, Assistant Principal

Email: jmcalister@mcssk12.org
Website: https://www.mcssk12.org/EndeavorElementarySchool
Location: 1997 Old Railroad Bed Rd, Harvest, AL, United States
Phone: (256) 851-4620
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HomeoftheCubs
Twitter: @HomeoftheCubs

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