REMOTE MM/Advisory Ideas (4/20/20)

Current Events Connections (4/20/20)

Sharing Prompts:

• What’s something new you’ve been learning about yourself and your family at this time?

• What’s something new you’ve been realizing about your community and/or our country at this time?

• What is something you’re especially missing right now that you can’t do?

• What’s an unexpected silver lining for you during physical distancing?

• Imagine yourself one year from now, where are you? How did we go back to “regular life?” What has changed and what has stayed the same?

• Many people have reported having vivid dreams during this time. What are you dreaming about? Is anything significant or symbolic?

Games/Activities:

1. Kahoot (from Claire) – select/make a game, screenshare, students log in, have fun!

2. Quizizz (from Susannah) – works like Kahoot plus scheduling quizzes, tracking and reports of student progress.

3. Magic Hat (from Jessica) -make calling on students in class fun (and magical)

4. Virtual Card Games! Good for small groups.

5. 50-sec Calm breathing (with nature sounds) – start off with calm breathing to begin or end the day

Music Videos : “This Week-in-Rap”

Short videos summing up previous week’s news for MS students (plus standard aligned quizzes, lessons)

What’s Going On In This Picture? April 20, 2020 (New York Times Learning Network)

#Iamnotavirus Campaign

“Our hope is to raise the visibility of the Asian American communities across the U.S. in order to inspire compassion and kindness. As the coronavirus has spread, so has fear and violence against Asian Americans. We are inviting people to help build a community of support.”

“Why Does Black America have more COVID-19 Deaths?” The Giot, April 10, 2020

“Farmworkers, mostly undocumented, become essential” New York Times, April 2, 2020