There is room for 9 students on this field trip. Please email Dr. Spady at spady dot lynn @westside66.net by Friday, October 29 if you are interested in attending.
The Ashoka Changemaker Index is a self-assessment tool that will determine where you are on your Changemaker Journey and help you understand and improve your Changemaker Skills. NOTE: This is an optional activity, not required.
Step 1: A grown-up at home will need to review and agree to the Privacy Policy so be sure to ask before you begin.
The WMS Future City Team is forming now! Do you have what it takes to make the world a better place?
The WMS Future City Team will imagine, research, design, and build a city of the future that showcases a solution to a citywide sustainability issue. The 2021-22 theme is: “Waste Free Future”
If you are interested in joining the WMS Future City Team, send an email to Dr. Spady at : s p a d y . l y n n @ w e s t s i d e 6 6 . n e t by Friday, October 29.
There are several writing contests happening in the next few months. For this EY Challenge, check out the writing contests below and find one (or two or three) to enter!
Nebraska Scholastic Writing Contest: No age requirement is listed nor a specific writing prompt/topic~Due Dec. 15https://www.artandwriting.org/regions/NE001W (NOTE: There is a cost associated with submitting to this contest so if you’d like to submit your work, check with the EY Coordinator at your building.)
3. Watch the video directions for this coding challenge
4. Step 2 gave the information in a written format and step 3 had you watch a video. On your recording sheet, write 3-4 sentence about how you like to get information
5. Log into Bitsbox.
6. Make 3 of your own stamps. Add a picture of your stamps to your recording page.
7. Share your STEAM mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
3. Create a product based on your learning. Below are a few tutorials if you need an idea. NOTE: Always ask for adult permission/supervision when using tools like hot glue guns, scissors, etc.
Make a video of your product and/or take pictures of it in use. Upload your project to your drive and make it sharable. Copy the link and paste it in the Google Submission Form: https://forms.gle/YDo6t5MDXW8vA1q58
Get ready for spelling bee season by reviewing some strategies to help you spell new words.
Spark your thinking!
1. Set up your language arts mini spark recording page: #65: Spelling Bee Prep
2. Watch this video, pause to write the word on your recording page that you think is correct. Check your work as you go. Spend at least 3 minutes doing this activity.
3. Make sure you know how to pronounce all of the top 10 commonly misspelled words. Number your paper from 1-10. At Safari, type in the word in the search bar and then word”dictionary” and the pronunciation will pop up for you. Put a checkmark on your recording page after you have listened to the word a few times.
Advanced Option-
If you know all of the pronunciations, record the pronunciation with diacritical marks for each word. Type the word in the search bar and the word “dictionary” and under the word you will see the pronunciations typed out with diacritical marks. Record these for each of the words on this list. For those of you typing , from Google Docs, go to Insert > Special characters to find the special characters.
4. Write each word from the list on your recording sheet two times.
5. Learn to spell all 10 words.
Start with the first five words.
Step 1-Write each one 2 times on your recording page
Step 2- Whisper spell each one 3 times.
Step 3-Look at one word quickly then close your eyes and spell the word in your head. Open your eyes and check your spelling from the list.
Step 4-Keep practicing until you can spell all 5 correctly.
Repeat with the next 5 on the list.
Step 1-Write each one 2 times on your recording page
Step 2 -Whisper spell each one 3 times.
Step 3-Look at one word quickly then close your eyes and spell the word in your head. Open your eyes and check your spelling from the list.
Step 4-Keep practicing until you can spell all 5 correctly.
6. Write the word on your spelling page that was the hardest for you to remember.
7. Share your language arts mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
Check out the Super Speller Set badge at the EY webpage.
2021 Nebraska Severe Weather/Preparedness PSA Contest
If you are interested in this contest, please email Dr. Spady and we can meet during Warrior Time to come up with a plan.
The winter severe weather season is quickly approaching and it’s time for a new Nebraska Severe Weather Awareness/Preparedness Public Service Announcement (PSA) Contest. The contest is sponsored by Nebraska Association of Emergency Management, the National Weather Service and the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency. The purpose of the PSA contest is to receive a variety of multimedia products from middle school students that promote preparedness, storm readiness, tornado safety, fire safety or other emergency topics.
The PSA contest is open to all seventh and eighth grade media classes in public and private schools and combined home school students. The infograms, short videos (3-5 minutes) and PSAs (30 sec. to 1 min.) should be on anything regarding preparedness including, home fire safety, home disaster preparedness (kits, plans, drills), safety tips for severe weather (tornadoes, severe winter weather, lightning, flooding)
The winning class infogram will receive $100, the winning class PSA will receive $250, and the winning class short video will receive $500. The prizes will be awarded to the teacher for use in the classroom.
Contest rules are as follows:
The contest is open to all middle school (seventh and eighth) media classes in public and private schools along with combined home school students in Nebraska. Please one entry per category per school.
Entries must be related to the theme of severe weather safety/preparedness and will be judged on originality, effort and accuracy. Entries may be a 30-60 sec. video PSA; a 2-5 minute Instructional video or digital image ensemble, Facebook cover image, educational infographic, etc.
Each school is encouraged to conduct the contest. All submittals are to be made electronically to knoxema@knoxcountyne.orgby November 19, 2021by a link to either YouTube or Vimeo. All submittals become the property of NAEM upon submittal.
Each entry MUST INCLUDE the following information:
All winners will be contacted by phone by December 20, 2021.
Any questions regarding the 2021 Severe Weather PSA should be directed to the local Emergency Management Director/Coordinator or to Laura Hintz (402) 288-5613, email knoxema@knoxcountyne.org
Contest rules and other information can also be obtained at the Nebraska Association of Emergency Management website at www.naem.us. Judging will be done in December by representatives of the contest’s sponsors: Nebraska Association of Emergency Management, National Weather Service and Nebraska Emergency Management Agency.
Get ready for spelling bee season by reviewing some strategies to help you spell new words.
All winners will be contacted by phone by December 20, 2021.
Heads Up!