This article has a list of 21 games you can play online. I for sure remember playing the Gold Miner one:
If You Are Bored at Home Right Now, These 21 Games From Your Childhood Are Still Online Games are a fun way to pass the time, but don't forget to do your classwork. All of the Week One Assignments for English are due today (Friday) by 3:00. CNN 1o has been telling us about virtual vacations. Here is an article that has 12 vacations you can take from home:
https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/virtual-vacations-to-take-online-47327155 If you are looking for something to do to pass the time and/or you are interested in learning a new skill, I suggest origami. Even if you do not have fancy origami paper lying around, it is not too hard to fold a regular piece of paper (such as printer paper) into a square. You might also want to learn to make paper airplanes. Origami is also a good activity to do if you have little brothers or sisters or are babysitting! Here are some Youtube videos to get you started: I hope distance learning is going well so far. If you are confused or unsure of things, be sure to contact your teacher - but be easy on us because this is new for us, too!
It is important to do fun things and take a break from school work sometimes, too. If you have never tried listening to podcasts (or even if you have), I would like to recommend a recent and popular episode of one of my favorite podcasts - Reply All (a podcast about the internet hosted by journalists). The episode is called "The Case of the Missing Hit" and is about a man who remembers a popular song from the 90's but cannot find it anywhere. The journalist who hosts the show goes to some extraordinary measures to try and help him. You can listen on your phone, on Spotify, or here: Reply All: #158 The Case of the Missing Hit It's Monday and that means the first week of distance learning has begun! If you have any questions you think I can help you with, please let me know. The easiest way is to just send me an email: [email protected] Most of our assignments are on Google Classroom. If you have a question about a specific assignment it is possible to leave me a message about it on Google Classroom. I suggest you watch this video on how to use Google Classroom: I am here to help.
If you do not have access to a computer at home the district can help. Fill out and submit this form. As of right now, I believe they still have plans to hand out laptops tomorrow. Finally, please know that school lunch is still available. There is a drive up system. Here is a message from the district: Beginning Thursday, March 19th, students who need meals may have their parents walk up or drive up to the following sites: Granada Elementary School, Marguerita Elementary School, Ynez Elementary (McPherrin gate) between the hours of 11:00am to 1:00pm. If you are driving up, please indicate how many meals you need. Good luck and remember to stay safe and healthy. Don't forget to go outside sometimes, just stay at least six feet away from others. The district website has information and resources that you might find helpful/interesting. For example, how to get a laptop, free internet, and more! District Website - School Website The district recently announced that we will continue with social distancing until at least May 5. Governor Newsom, however, thinks it is likely that it will last longer, according to this quote from the Los Angeles Times Distance learning starts tomorrow (Monday, March 23) and all of your teachers should have sent you an email detailing how they plan to manage things. Many teachers are using Google Classroom, so if you are unsure of what to do for any of your classes, that is a good place to look.
Good luck with your learning and stay healthy and safe! I miss you guys! I hope you are staying healthy and safe!
Distance learning starts on Monday, March 23. For this class, I will post the assignments for the week on Monday mornings at 7:45 a.m. and they are all due on Friday at 3:00 p.m. There are three to five things you need to do every week and then sometimes there are other little assignments or quizzes, but usually this is what you will do each week (everything is due on Google Classroom except for stories which are due as usual in folders): CNN 10: I am asking you to watch CNN 10 every day. (If you watch it on YouTube you should consider leaving a comment that says "Alhambra High School in Alhambra, CA home of the Moors" so we can maybe get a shout out on air from Carl Azuz!) There is a weekly note-taking sheet where you will take notes on each video. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK: Every week super English teacher extraordinaire Kelly Gallagher posts an Article of the Week on his website. The new article shows up every Monday. You will read the article (one per week) and type up a one-page response. You do not need to annotate the article. NEWS PACKET: Before we left school I gave all of you a packet of work (if you do not have it, there is a pdf version). You will complete one or two assignments from this packet each week. You can write on the paper with a pen and take a picture or picture(s) and turn that in (or I guess you could scan it if you have a printer that has a scanner) or you can type your answer into Google docs. STORY ASSIGNMENTS: We will still be publishing issues of The Moor Weekly, including a Senior Issue (all probably online). About once a week (it depends on the student and the assignment, sometimes some of you will have a week off) you will be given a writing assignment. For example, you may be asked to write a story about coronavirus or about how distance learning is going or you may be asked to contact some seniors (via text, email, etc.) and ask them a question for the senior issue. Most of these stories will be published on our website but some will not - you will still get a grade either way. Due dates for these assignments will be announced each week. ED. BOARD MEETINGS: If you are an editor, we will have Ed. Board meetings once a week or as needed. These will be held via Google Hangouts - so you might want to familiarize yourself with that platform. STAFF ED.: Every other week or so we will do a staff ed. so you will be asked to read articles and send in your opinion. I honestly believe that the students and staff of our school will want to read what we have to say during this unprecedented time. We as student journalists have a responsibility to record this moment in history. Please consider keeping a journal. Stay up-to-date with the news, but do not overwhelm yourself. I don't know if we will be going back to school this school year or not. I don't know if graduation is cancelled or not. The district has been sending updates almost every day and I will let you know when I hear anything important. I am also in touch with the advisers and staff of the newspapers at San Gabriel and Mark Keppel. Please let me know (via email) if you have any questions or if there is anything I can help you with. I am keeping school hours, which means I am working, checking emails, etc. from 7:45-2:41 Mon.-Fri. If you need to get ahold of me outside of that time, let Aishani or Sophia know. We can do this together! Go Moors! Ms. Naylor Adviser, The Moor Weekly During this difficult time, many people and companies are stepping up to make things easier for everyone. Audible, a company that offers audiobooks, has decided to make a lot of titles free. Here is their message. Check it out; I know I will!
For information about how to get free audiobooks online from our local library, see my previous post. As all of us around the world confront this difficult new period, we recognize the importance—and the challenge—of staying relaxed and entertained, especially for kids at home who are missing the stimulation of the classroom. From the beginning, Audible has served as an antidote to loneliness and even isolation, as a way to hear words that inspire and transport and for many – words that teach and entertain in deeply intimate ways. With all of us experiencing varying degrees of social distancing and school closures, we have created something that we hope makes our customers’ lives a little easier. At stories.audible.com, you will find hundreds of our titles available completely free. The collection has been handpicked by our editors and is a mix of stories to entertain, engage, and inform young people, ages 0–18. These stories offer a screen-free option that we hope may help break up the day for families with students home from school. There are selections for our listeners in English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Italian. To access the free titles, just visit stories.audible.com from any web browser. The experience is completely free – no log-ins, credit cards, or passwords required. Just click, stream and listen. We wish you and your loved ones good health, and we hope that listening to a good story will offer some respite during these unsettling times. All of us at Audible Here are some questions you might have right now. Please read through them. If there is a question you have that is not listed, please contact me.
Will we be back at school before the end of the school year?
I’m feeling a lot of anxiety and uncertainty right now because I’m not at school. What can I do about this?
What about my grades? Will they be affected?
If all of the assignments are posted on Monday, can I complete them all in one day?
If all the assignments are posted on Monday but aren’t due until Friday, does that mean I can wait until Friday to complete them?
I’m confused about an assignment. How can I get help?
Will there be extra credit options like last semester?
I’m bored! TikTok, Netflix, etc. just aren’t entertaining me anymore. What can I do?
Dear Students and Parents/Guardians,
Thank you for your patience during this difficult time. I hope you are all doing well. Learning for journalism will continue, as will the publication of the school newspaper (online). For the next few weeks, journalism students/newspaper staff will continue to write and read articles and complete other assignments. Starting on Monday, March 23, 2020 you will begin getting weekly assignments on Google Classroom. Please check your school email account ([email protected]) regularly. There will be no lessons during Spring Break (March 30 - April 3). I will post a week’s worth of assignments each Monday. You can turn in your assignments as you finish them, but they are all due on or before 3:00 on Friday of that week unless my directions say otherwise. I will hold office hours where you can chat with me if you have questions. This will probably be through Google Hangouts, so you will need to use your school email for that as well. Check Google Classroom, your email, and/or our website for details. You can also email your editor-in-chief or page editor if you have questions. You will still be expected to continue reading/watching the news. Please check our class website regularly. I have been adding information that I hope you will find useful. For the Google Classroom and Remind codes, see the email I sent today. This is the plan as of today but, of course, things are subject to change. Ms. Naylor's email: [email protected] |
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