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SIXTH GRADE@HOME LEARNING PATH
#TITAN UP YOUR BRAIN LORAIN!
www.lorainschools.org
GJWAPRIL 2020
HELPFUL T I PS
Keep to a routine. Make @Home Learning part
of your daily routine by sticking to the time of
day . Check out our suggested daily schedule , at
right . Make space for learning. Kids achieve their best
work in a quiet , comfortable and dedicated
space just for learning . Ideally , this will be a
different set-up than where they normally play
games or watch television . Monitor homework. Check your child 's work , not
just to see whether it 's done , but also for quality .
Help your child carve out chunks of time to
tackle tougher assignments . Praise your child's efforts. Children learn best
by positive reinforcement . Whenever you have an
opportunity , praise your child for a job well done . Encourage learning at home. If your child is
interested in insects , go searching for an anthill .
Talk about something happening in your
neighborhood , or a book he or she just read .
Fostering full-time learning is one of the best
ways you can equip your children for future
success . This is not a vacation. Even though staying
home from school might feel like a holiday ,
remind your kids that they ’re not on vacation .
Assignments , grades , requirements and tests like
state exams and ACTs aren ’t going away just
because classes are being delivered at home for
awhile . Don’t forget to have fun! Plan off-screen
activities for the whole family . Between school
and work obligations , it ’s rare for parents and
children to have this much time together , so turn
it into an opportunity for bonding .
T H E B I G B R A I N L O R A I N P R O J E C T
WELCOME TO THE BIG BRAIN LORAIN PROJECT! Our teachers and leaders have taken greatcare to put together this @Home Learning Packet which contains valuable assignments andactivities which will help keep Titan brains strong during this extended school closure. To help you navigate the contents please use the handy refrigerator calendar as a guide towhat to do and when. Learning with your child each day is an important way to connectduring this challenging time, all while preventing academic losses while not in school. Wehope this newsletter is helpful as you support your child’s learning at home. Be sure to checkout the district website for more home learning tips at lorainschools.org/athomelearning.aspx
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LORAIN CITY SCHOOLS @HOME LEARNING
SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULEBefore 9:00
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Breakfast, make bed,brush teeth, dressed Family walk in theneighborhood, stretch,pushups & sit-ups @HomeLearningassignments
Legos, coloring, music,cook or bake
Disinfect the kitchen,door handles, lightswitches & bathrooms Reading, puzzles, nap @HomeLearningassignments
Get outside for a walk,hike or bike
Wind down, take a bath,read or snuggle All kids Kids who follow theschedule and don't fight
The Lorain City Schools provides free meals for
children under the age of 18 through thirteen
sites throughout the district .
These "Grab 'n Go" meals include both breakfast
and lunch each day , Monday - Friday , for the
entirety of the extended school closure . On
Fridays , meals are provided for Friday , Saturday ,
and Sunday . Check lorainschools .org for food
pantry dates and locations .
10:00 - 10:20 FRANK JACINTO ELEMENTARY 2515 Marshall Ave . CENTRAL PARK | 2800 Oakdale
10:30 - 10:50LORAIN CITY SCHOOLS WAREHOUSE 1930 W . 19th St . HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY 610 W . 20th St .
11:00 - 11:20 GARFIELD ELEMENTARY | 200 W . 31st St . ADMIRAL KING ELEMENTARY720 Washington Ave .
11:30 - 11:50STEVAN DOHANOS | 1625 E . 32nd St .
LONGFELLOW MIDDLE | 305 Louisiana Ave .
12:00 - 12:20 BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | 4111 Pearl Ave .
PIN OAK APARTMENTS | 3501 Pin Oak Dr .
12:30 - 12:50WESTLAKE GARDENS APARTMENTS 5009 West Erie Ave .
SOUTHVIEW MIDDLE | 2321 Fairless Dr .
1:00 - 1:20TOWER SPORTS AND FITNESS 1121 Tower Blvd .
THE BIG BRAIN LORAIN PROJECT
Lorain City Schools @Home Learning
FREE MEAL D I STR IBUT ION
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COMMUN I TY MEALS
Second Baptist Church | 300 West 13th St .
(440) 244-1530
Catholic Charities Services of Lorain CountySaint Elizabeth Center | 2726 Caroline Ave .
(440) 242-0056
Christian Temple of Lorain | 940 West 5th St .
(440) 244-5883
Church of the Redeemer | 647 Reid Ave .
(440) 244-3134
First Evangelical Church | 1019 W . 5th St .
(440) 244-6286
Greater Victory Ministries | 559 Reid Ave .
(216) 213-8669
Salvation Army – Lorain | 2506 Broadway
(440) 244-1921
Faith Ministries Center | 1306 Euclid Ave
(440) 288-3622
Lorain Lighthouse United Methodist Church3015 Meister Rd . | (440) 282-2383
APRIL 2020 LORAIN CITY SCHOOLS | 2601 POLE AVENUE , LORAIN , OHIO 44052 | (440) 830-4000 | LORAINSCHOOLS .ORG
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© 2020 Vicki Whiting, Editor • Je� Schinkel & Eli Smith, Graphics Vol. 36, No. 17 - Census, pg. 1
The first census was taken in 1790. Since that time, the U.S. Government has counted people
every 10 years.
The number of people in different age groups has
changed over the past 200 years. These two charts show
the ages of people in 1890 and in 1990. How has the size of each age group changed?
What does this tell us?
Standards Link: Math: Interpret results summarized and displayed in charts.
Standards Link: Social Science: Current Events.
The Census: Then and Now
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very 10 years, every person in the United States gets counted. The count, called the census, is required by the U.S. Constitution. It lets the government know how many people live in the United States, including citizens and non-citizens.
One of the main reasons for the census is to be sure that each state is represented fairly in Congress. The number of representatives that can be elected from each state depends upon how many people live in that state.
The government also uses the census to provide important services. These services include roads, schools, hospitals and fire departments.
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© 2020 Vicki Whiting, Editor • Je� Schinkel & Eli Smith, Graphics Vol. 36, No. 17 - Census, pg. 3
Standards Link: Math: Compare, sort and count common objects.
How many of each of the following can you find in today’s newspaper: pictures of women, pictures of men, pictures of boys, pictures of girls, pictures of animals.
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How often does the government count the number of people living in the U.S.?
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Are both citizens and non-citizens counted?
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EARTH DAY
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The Earth is beautiful. It is the planet we call home. It is the only place in the solar system where humans can survive. So, we must make sure that the Earth stays clean and safe. This is important for us and for future people who will live here. Every year on April 22nd, we celebrate Earth Day. On that day, we work together to keep our planet green and beautiful! How did Earth day start? Well, a United States Senator had an idea. He worked hard to see it happen. Senator Gaylord Nelson wanted to start a holiday to honor planet Earth. He was a conservationist. He believed that it was important to keep the environment clean. He wanted everyone to be able to enjoy it, even people hundreds of years into the future. Senator Nelson wanted to make sure Earth Day wouldn’t share a date with any other major holidays. He chose April 22nd. The first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970. Nelson thought the first Earth Day would be a success, but he didn’t know how popular the day would be. Before that first Earth Day, people all over the U.S. made plans. Many college students wanted to share their feelings about saving the environment. They used Earth Day to do this. It was a big success. Over 20 million people participated in that first Earth Day! Nelson thought that people would like the holiday, but he didn’t think that it would become as popular as it is today. Earth Day became so big, that the senator was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom! Today, Earth Day is celebrated across the world. Over 193 countries celebrate the day. The Earth Day Network helps keep track of Earth Day events around the world. On Earth Day, people learn more about conservation. They look at ways to fix Earth’s problems. These problems include pollution, climate change, and rainforest destruction. Other people spend the day doing things. They clean up litter, plant trees, and help wildlife. They find ways to make the world more beautiful. We can still do a better job in taking care of the Earth, though. More than 100 billion pieces of junk mail are delivered in the U.S. each year. Half the world’s tropical and temperate forests are now gone. The U.S. buried or burned more than 166 million tons of paper, plastic, metals, and other materials last year. We need to think about these things. We can make a plan to change and do better, for the sake of the Earth. Earth Day is a great time to start! How will you celebrate Earth Day this year? Try something new to help our planet Earth. Working together, we can keep our planet clean, safe, and beautiful!
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Coronavirus: The US governor who saw it coming early
(April 1, 2020) As the coronavirus outbreak barrels throughout the US, states have scrambled to get ahead of its spread, often after weeks of inaction. But one governor imposed sweeping measures days before a single case had been reported in his state.
At the podium for Tuesday's daily coronavirus press briefing, Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine provides the latest on the virus's march through his state - 2,199 cases, 55 deaths, 585 hospitalizations. His announcements are peppered with "thank yous" and mild "just-a-reminders", encouraging continued social distancing. He holds printed notes, shuffling the papers occasionally, staring down at them frequently. He doesn't speak in platitudes, but in detail, taking time to dictate every letter and character in the state's coronavirus web address.
It's a stark contrast from his New York counterpart Andrew Cuomo, whose own daily briefings have become a staple of the US coronavirus news cycle.
But while the lesser known Mr. DeWine, 73, may lack the media attention of Mr. Cuomo, he is drawing praise for his early moves against the virus, at a time when much of the US was still playing catch-up.
On 5 March, after resistance from organizers, Mr. DeWine got a court order to shut down much of the Arnold Sports Festival - an annual event featuring 20,000 athletes from 80 countries, around 60,000 spectators each day, and an expected $53m for Columbus, the state's largest city.
The state had yet to report a single case.
"This is a balancing test," the first-term governor said at the time, in response to criticism. (DeWine continued on next page)
Above: Ohio’s Governor, Mike DeWine speaks at the podium. Ohio’s Director of Ohio's Public Health Department, Dr. Acton stands to the left.
(DeWine) Over the next three weeks, Mr. DeWine moved to bar spectators from major sporting events - days before US professional leagues decided to cancel their seasons. He was first in the nation to declare a state-wide school shutdown. He invoked an emergency public health order to postpone Ohio's presidential primary the night before it was scheduled on 17 March.
At the time, critics dismissed Mr. DeWine's strict regulations as overblown, largely out of step with Ohio's neighboring states. And in terms of policy, the governor's approach put him at odds with fellow Republican Donald Trump, who until later in March downplayed the threat of the virus, saying it would "go away".
"On the front end of a pandemic you look a little bit alarmist, you look a little bit like a Chicken Little, the sky is falling," said Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton at a briefing this month. "At the end of a pandemic, you didn't do enough."
To plot his approach Mr. DeWine has, by all accounts, relied heavily on Dr. Acton - the last cabinet member selected by the governor when he took office last year. The selection of Dr. Acton marked a change for the department - neither of her two predecessors were medical doctors.
"Mistakes that I have made throughout my career have generally been because I didn't have enough facts, I didn't dig deep enough," Mr. DeWine said. "So, I made up my mind I was going to have the best information, the best data available."
In his daily briefings, Mr. DeWine is quick to defer to Dr. Acton for specific questions on the virus and its spread, reminding Ohioans that the state's decisions are driven by science.
These policies are "keeping us safer" he said on Tuesday. "We've got to stay at it."
For his job today, Mr. DeWine has the benefit of experience. In his nearly 30-year political career, he has held almost every public office on the way to governor, serving as county prosecutor, state attorney general, and in both the US House and Senate.
He will need all that experience to confront a dire economic picture. Last week, Ohio reported 187,780 jobless claims - the second highest nationwide and almost half the total claims from all of last year.
We've made difficult decisions, but we have to get through this," he said of the job losses on Tuesday. "We can't let this monster come up; we need to keep pushing it down."
Still, while Ohio's infection numbers are rising, it has so far managed to avoid the surges seen in states like New York, Washington, and Louisiana, ranking 15th nationwide
in terms of reported cases. And Mr. DeWine has stayed resolute.
"It has to be the type of response you take in war time because we have been invaded, literally.
"We've got to stay at it."
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Who is Dr. Amy Acton? From The Columbus
Dispatch Newspaper and WKYC
Ohioans have become very familiar with Dr. Amy Acton's clear and calm directives over the last few weeks.
Her regular afternoon press conferences alongside
Governor Mike DeWine and other state officials have
become must-see TV during this unprecedented time.
Those who know Acton are not surprised. They describe a woman who overcame childhood hardship to become a passionate proponent of helping both her coworkers and the people she serves.
“The thing I appreciate about her is she speaks the truth,”
said Melissa Sever, the health department’s chief of public
health systems and innovation. “She’ll often say `I’m not a
politician.′ I think there is a realness and genuineness that
comes from her.”
Douglas Kridler, president and CEO of the Columbus Foundation, where Acton worked before taking the health department job in 2019, called her “a unique combination of grit and grace.”
Some of the grit undoubtedly comes from her upbringing in Youngstown. Sever said Acton has spoken about coming from a broken family and living in 18 different places in a 12-year period, including in a tent when she was homeless.
“She had to learn to take care of herself and her brother and find her own way,” Sever said. “She has a resilience that I see in her every day.”
Acton heard about a medical school attached to Youngstown State University and decided to pursue medicine.
She earned a medical degree from what at the time was
called the Northeastern Ohio University College of
Medicine. She served residencies in New York City and at
Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
She later received a master’s degree in public health from
The Ohio State University, where she later became a
professor. That's where she got the call from the then
newly-inaugurated Governor Mike DeWine. She became
his final cabinet pick in February of 2019 - the first woman
to hold the position of Director of Ohio's Public Health
Department.
Acton is also a mother of six who is married to a middle
school track coach.
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One chart explains how staying home can slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The coronavirus continues to spread throughout the world. Experts say keeping your distance from other people during the pandemic could slow down the virus and save lives.
A simple chart, shown above, tells us how. It shows two scenarios. One is what would happen if nothing were done to stop the spread of the virus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Many cases of the disease would appear quickly. The other is what would happen if everyone did their part to help others, including following social- distancing guidelines (see “Social Distancing,” page 2).
“There’s an opportunity here to take power over this virus,” Drew Harris told TIME for Kids. Harris is a popu-lation health researcher at Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He based the chart on one by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The original showed how an outbreak could be con-trolled. Harris added the dotted line. It represents how many people the health-care system can care for at a time.
TAKING CONTROLWhen health experts like Harris talk about slowing the coronavirus, they speak about “flattening the curve.” The chart shows two curves. The red one with a steep peak represents a surge of COVID-19 cases all at once. Such an increase happens if no protective measures are taken. The blue curve has a flatter slope. This represents a
FLATTENING THE CURVE
pandemic noun: an outbreak of disease that spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people throughout the world
scenario noun: a possible situation
surge noun: an increase
slower rate of infection over a longer period. And that’s the goal: to spread out infections over
time and flatten the curve. This gives hospitals time to care for patients before more people get sick. It ensures that there are beds and medical equipment for people who need them.
Harris offers a comparison: Imagine everyone in your family got the flu on the same day. You couldn’t properly take care of one another because everyone would be sick. “Wouldn’t it be better if everyone took turns getting the flu so there is always somebody healthy to care for others?” he says. “That’s what we want to do in our society.”
To slow the spread of COVID-19, health officials have advised some schools and businesses to close. Many events that attract large crowds have been canceled. This might make people feel disconnected. But the chart suggests that when we practice social distancing to stop the virus, we are not really alone. “We are connected in many more ways than just being near each other physically,” Harris says. “All of us, young and old, have a responsibility to take care of each other.” —By Brian S. McGrath
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KEEP YOUR DISTANCE Some public spaces, including this park in New Jersey, are closed to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
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SOCIAL DISTANCINGU.S.
By Josiah Bates for TIME, adapted by TIME for Kids editors
To limit the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, health experts say people should practice social distancing. But what does that really mean?
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social distancing involves “avoiding mass gatherings” and “maintaining distance” whenever possible. Even standing six feet apart from one another, people can spread the virus through droplets from coughs and sneezes. Social distancing
limits the chances of that.Dr. Susy Hota is an infectious-
disease specialist at the University of Toronto, in Canada. “Social distancing is a very general term,” she says. “There are a bunch of different types of measures that can fall under it.” For kids, these include learning from home instead of going to school and canceling playdates and sports events. “All of these measures are trying to achieve the same thing,” Hota says.
Denise Rousseau is a professor
WHY is it important to hear from experts during an emergency? How does information from experts help limit the spread of misinformation?
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ON THE JOB TFK Kid Reporter Zara with U.S. Supreme Court justice
Sonia Sotomayor
at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Penn-sylvania. She says social distancing is a response to the idea that many people can’t stay home all the time, even during a disease outbreak. “People have lives that they need to continue to live,” Rousseau says. By keeping space between them-
selves and others, people “can reduce the likelihood that the virus can be transferred,” she says (see “Flattening the Curve,” page 6).
Both Hota and Rousseau know it can be difficult to keep away from others in some situations, such as on public transportation or elevators. Going to the bank or grocery store can also be hard. In these cases, social distancing means simply doing the best you can.
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