Step 1: What is a Tweet? Read the definition below and look at the examples.
What is a Tweet? A tweet is a status update on a social media platform called Twitter that is broadcast to other users. Limited to 280 characters or less, tweets can express how users are feeling, what they’re doing, and anything in between.
Step 2: Look over the Tweet options below and choose one to complete. Turn in your finished work to your teacher or EY coordinator.
Option 1: Character Tweet
What would a character from a favorite book “tweet” at the end of a chapter or section. Write it as though you are that character using Twitter.
Character Tweet Example:
Character Tweet Template:
Option 2: Chapter/Section Tweet:
Think of a chapter of a book or section of a movie and summarize what happened twitter style.
Chapter/Section Template:
Option 3: Book Review Tweet
Book Review Tweet Examples:
Option 4: Historical Figure Tweet
Choose a person from a historical event. What would this historical figure “tweet” after this event? Write it as though you are that person using Twitter.
Historical Figure Template:
Step 3: Use the contact form below and type your Tweet in the Message section. Hit Submit
When you are at school, you follow a routine. This school-day schedule helps us structure our time. It tells us when the day begins and ends, and how to spend all the hours in between. The school day builds in time for learning, physical activity and play, creativity, socializing, eating and taking breaks, too. When you have school breaks, sometimes, without this routine, a day at home can feel endless. Learn how to set up a routine for when you are not in school.
Spark your thinking!
1. Set up your SEL mini spark recording page: #6 – A New Routine
2. There are steps you can take to create a daily routine that works for you and provides some of the structure you’re missing. You’ll want to make sure your new routine allows you time for both productivity and rest. On your recording page, write some of the activities you enjoy to do while at home on the weekends or over school breaks.
3. Look over some items that you need to do everyday to stay healthy and exercise your brain. On your recording sheet, record 3-5 of these ideas that you would like to add to a daily schedule.
Wake up at the same time each day 🛏️ (Consistent sleep supports brain and body health!)
Make your bed (Builds responsibility and sets a positive tone.)
Do a quick stretch or 5-minute workout 🤸 (Jumping jacks, pushups, yoga, etc.)
Read for 20–30 minutes 📖 (Choose fiction, nonfiction, or a magazine.)
Practice a skill or hobby (Piano, drawing, coding, a new language, etc.)
Brain puzzle or game 🧩 (Sudoku, word search, math challenge, chess.)
Take a walk or play outside for 20–30 minutes 🌳 (Ride a bike, walk the dog, toss a ball.)
Work on a creative or school project (Science experiment, writing, building, art.)
Limit screen time (TV/games) to short breaks (Use a timer if needed.)
Journal or write a few sentences ✍️ (How your day is going, what you’re learning, or a funny story.)
Clean up your space for 10 minutes 🧼 (Keeps things organized and calm.)
Read, draw, or listen to relaxing music (Helps your brain settle down.)
Turn off screens 1 hour before bed (Screens can make it harder to fall asleep.)
Brush teeth and wash face 🪥🧼
Reflect on the day or say 3 things you’re grateful for
Go to bed at the same time each night 🕙 (Aiming for 9–11 hours of sleep!)
4. Create a chart that includes the activities in your morning, afternoon, and evening while you are at home. You may use a table in Google Docs, create a presentation in Google slides or print one to use. Daily RoutineDaily Schedule Planner
EXAMPLES
5. Post your routine chart/slides to keep you on track and get the most out of your distance learning journey! Where did you put your schedule?
6. Share your SEL mini spark recording page and your planner with your teacher or the EY coordinator in your building.
A bio poem is a simple poem that provides biographical information about a person, historial figure, or literary character.
Spark your thinking!
1. Set up your language arts mini spark recording page: #55: Bio Poems
2. A bio poem is a simple poem written about a person, and it follows a predictable pattern. Bio poems generally don’t rhyme, and they can be autobiographical (about another person) or biographical (about yourself). Record this information on your recording sheet.
3. Decide who you want to research for your Bio Poem. Here are some options to get your brainstorming kick started.
American Presidents
African American Leaders
Influential Women
Favorite Athlete, Musician or Artist
Family Member or Friend
Yourself
4. Research your selected person (or interview family member) so that you have content for your Bio Poem. Take notes on your recording page.
5. Read the sample Bio Poem below about Rosa Parks.
6. Use the guide and template below to draft your own Bio Poem!
Optional: Draw or include a picture of your selected person.
7. Share your language arts mini spark recording page and your poem with your teacher/EY coordinator.
We all have an inner voice that speaks to us regularly. When this voice is kind and understanding, it can be a great guide to helping you through challenges.
Spark your thinking!
1. Set up your SEL mini spark recording page: #5: Inner Voice
2. This exercise is all about getting to know your inner voice better. How do you talk to yourself when you face a challenge? Are you compassionate? Do you speak to yourself like you are your own best friend? Or are you a little more harsh and critical? Which voice do you think helps you reach your goals? Answer a few of these questions on your recording page.
3. Read about the challenges below and see how a self-critical voice (left column) sounds versus a self-compassionate one (right column). Compare how these two different voices affect the character you’re reading about. Write 2 sentences on your recording page.
4. Next time you have an adversity, take a moment to notice how your inner voice sounds. See if you can choose to speak to yourself with greater compassion. Speak to yourself like a best friend would speak to you. On your recording page, explain a situation during your week that you tried to follow the suggestion from this step.
5. Your turn! Use one of the templates below to write in what you think a self-critical and self-compassionate voice sounds like. You can even use the last challenge you faced as an example. Make two columns on your recording page to write your dialogue.
6. Share your SEL mini spark recording page with your teacher or the EY coordinator in your building.
Forever Ago® is a history show for the whole family! Every episode explores the origin of just one thing — like sandwiches, video games, clocks and more — while teaching listeners to think critically about history.
1. Set up your social studies mini spark recording page: #41 – Forever Ago Podcasts
2. Watch this brief video about the Forever Ago podcasts. Explain Forever podcasts using exactly 8 words.
3. In step 4 you will listen to one of the episodes. After listening you will tell others what you learned. Print this review planner or make your own digital copy to organize your thoughts.
4. Choose 1 episode from the list below. Each episode is about 30 minutes so write down your stopping point if you can’t listen to the entire episode all at once. Write the name of the episode you choose on your recording sheet.
Once every four years countries put together teams of the best athletes to compete for a gold, silver, or bronze medals. During the summer olympics, athletes compete in wrestling, weightlifting, volleyball, track, tennis, swimming, gymnastics, and many more sports. If you were to be an olympic athlete, what sport would you want to compete in?
Spark your thinking!
1. Set up your early enrichment mini spark recording page: #50: The Olympic Games
2. Read about the sports that are part of the Olympics at Wonderopolis. Who makes the decision as to what sports are included in the Olympics?
3. Look over this list of Olympic Sports. On your recording page list 3 sports you would like to try that have have never played, 2 sports that might be fun to take part in at the Olympics, and 1 sport that you have not heard of before.
4. Share your early enrichment mini spark recording page with your teacher or the EY coordinator in your building.
After spending some time at the playground, soccer field, or in the backyard, it can be easy to see the dirt on our hands. What you can’t see are the invisible-to-your-eye germs that accumulate on your hands throughout the day. To see the effect those germs have, give this this eye-opening experiment a try.
Spark you thinking!
1. Set up your science mini spark recording page: #5: Hand Hygiene Experiment
2. Read this whole page. On your recording page write down your plans the supplies you will need.
Three slices of bread (the kind from a bakery or homemade works best — the fewer preservatives the better)
Three resealable bags
tongs (optional)
Dirty hands
3. Gather your supplies and take a picture. Add it to your recording page.
4. Label each of the three bags:
Control
Dirty
Clean
5. Place one slice of bread in the “control” bag without touching it. You can use clean tongs, or turn the resealable bag inside out and use it like a glove to get the slice inside. Seal the bag.
6. Remove a second slice of bread and touch the bread with unwashed hands. Place the bread in the bag and seal it.
7. Wash your hands with soap and water.
8. Take a third slice of bread and touch the bread with her freshly-washed hands. Place the bread in the bag and seal it.
9. Take all three sealed bags and put them in a cool, dry place.
10. Look at the bread daily and write down your observations, but do not take the bread out of the bags. In a few days, mold should start to appear.
11. Record the answers to these questions on your recording sheet.
What slice of bread gets moldy first?
Which grows the most mold?
Which grows the least?
If mold starts to appear, take a ruler and measure it and record your observations.
Draw a picture of the bread each day, or keep a photo diary by taking pictures of the bread each day to watch the changes over time.
12. REMINDERS
You should wash your hands before, during, and after preparing food. Also wash before you eat, after using the restroom, after blowing your nose, after touching animals, and any time your hands appear dirty.
How Do I Wash? The scrubbing part of washing your hands is important. It’s the combination of the friction of rubbing your hands together along with the soap that really gets them clean. Take your time and sing or hum the Happy Birthday song twice. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Make sure it’s at least 60 percent alcohol. Rub the sanitizer all over your hands just like if you were scrubbing your hands with soap and water. Then allow the sanitizer to dry.
13. Share your science mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
A bio poem is a simple poem that provides biographical information about a person, historial figure, or literary character.
After spending some time at the playground, soccer field, or in the backyard, it can be easy to see the dirt on our hands. What you can’t see are the invisible-to-your-eye germs that accumulate on your hands throughout the day. To see the effect those germs have, give this this eye-opening experiment a try.