Welcome/Bienvenido to the 2023-2024 School Year!
Welcome to my website! My name is Ms. White. I was the facilitator in the S.T.E.A.M. Lab at King School. I will be your guide through this page. Please visit often and share comments. I will continue to update my page! Thank you to all of the great students, teachers, and administrators who have inspired me to create this space. This is the sixth year for this awesome space in our school district. (updated 2-01-24)
Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching!
Click above to go to the Black History page on this website.
This National Black History Month, we celebrate the vast contributions of Black Americans to our country and recognize that Black history is American history and that Black culture, stories, and triumphs are at the core of who we are as a Nation. The soul of America is what makes us unique among all nations. We are the only country in the world founded on an idea. It is the idea that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated with equal dignity throughout our lives.
All About February
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. It is the first of five months not to have 31 days (the other four being April, June, September, and November) and the only one to have fewer than 30 days. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February is the third and last month of meteorological summer (being the seasonal equivalent of what is August in the Northern Hemisphere). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February
Interesting Facts about February
Interesting Facts about February
- It is the shortest month of the year.
- The Welsh call February "y mis bach" which means "little month".
- It is the third month of winter.
- In the Southern Hemisphere February is a summer month the equivalent of August.
- The month is named for the Latin word februum which means purification.
- Together with January, it was the last of the months added to the Roman calendar.
- The largest American sporting event of the year, the Super Bowl, is held in February.
- The Saxon term for the month, Sol-monath, means "cake month". This is because they offered cakes to the gods during this month. https://www.ducksters.com/history/februaryinhistory.php
Special Days in February
National Freedom Day-February1; Groundhog Day - February 2; Mardi Gras-February 13; Valentine Day - February 14;
Presidents' Day-February 19
Presidents' Day-February 19
Day by Day Facts for February
The Fact Site
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Symbols and Signs for February
Click on pictures or links for more info.
Flower
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Birthstone
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Zodiac Signs
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Read Alouds for February
I do not own the rights to these books. I suggest, when possible, you purchase them or borrow them from the library. Click on the book covers to read/listen to the books. Enjoy these titles. You will find more books by clicking on my links below. (updated 2/01/24)
If the video says NOT AVAILABLE, refresh your page or go to You Tube and type in the title.
There are more books on the February Activities page. Click on the calendar at the top of the page.
This is a story of Phyllis the groundhog who is just sure that spring is going to come early. She has to convince her family that she is right about winter ending six weeks early. This is a great resource to add to February 2nd lesson plans on Groundhog Day.
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The Day It Rained Hearts. This is an adorable picture book about a girl named Cornelia Agustus who goes out for a walk in February and finds it raining hearts
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Nine-year-old Ron, a frequent visitor to the Lake City Public Library in South Carolina in the 1950s, where he pores over books on airplanes and flight, makes his own quiet stand against segregation when he decides to apply for his own library card. Based on the life of astronaut Ron McNair.
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Chapter Books
These chapter books are available for students to read online. Click on the book cover to read. Enjoy! If you are unable to view books from clicking on the link, go to Abdo Digital Bookshelf and search for the books.
Get ready for hearts, candies, cards, and crafts! Kids will learn all about Valentine’s Day and its traditions with Super Simple Valentine's Day Activities. Then, explore ways they can celebrate this holiday by making a heart-shaped suncatcher, a love bug greeting card, and more. Colorful photos and step-by-step instructions make each project super easy and super fun.. This is a chapter book not a video.
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I do not own this subscription. After clicking on the icon, you will be directed to the Greenwood School library. Click on TumbleBookLibrary on that page. You can find graphic novels as well as other books to read. Click on the icon above.
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You can find the books that appeared here and others by visiting the digital bookshelf. After you choose a book, select "Open E-book." Click HERE.
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Cool Tools
Check out these cool learning tools.
Student Response Systems
Lessons and quizzes created by Ms. White. Students must have codes to access these lessons and quizzes.
Math Drills & Games
NEW: Students can practice the math facts and use these skills to problem solve.
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WordSmyth
This children’s dictionary provides an exploration of words and meanings(grades 3 to 8). The display includes audio pronunciations, definitions, example sentences and more.
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S.T.E.A.M. Lab
This link takes you to Ms. White's STEAM Lab in our page.
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Into the Books
Great interactive site to teach summarizing, synthesizing, inferring, and other reading skills
Available in Spanish
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Unsplash
Thousands of free images to download. |
Schoolhouse Rock! Click on the icon above to visit this page to see fun videos on grammar, math, science and government.
Arbol ABC: 500+ juegos educativos GRATIS para niños 3-10 años. Juegos infantiles e interactivos en matemáticas, lenguaje, inglés, lógica y arte. ¡Jugar y aprender! (500+ FREE educational games for kids 3-10 years old. Children's interactive games in math, language, English, logic and art. Play and learn!)
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Toy Theater - NEW!vThis is an educational site for elementary school teachers and students. You will find games and manipulatives for Math, Reading, Art, and Music, as well as puzzles, games and teacher tools. Try it!
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Scholastic is offering special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video.
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Room Recess was developed entirely by an elementary school teacher with the goal of reinforcing fundamental learning concepts in math, reading, spelling, language arts, typing, and problem solving.
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Wide Open School aims to make learning from home an experience that is accessible to all and that truly engages kids and teachers, relieves family stress, and restores community in the face of long-term school closures and other shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ebooks - I remembered that when I was still the school librarian that I ordered some digital books from Follett and Gareth Stevens. If you click on the book above, you will find links on my Digital Book page. Use the passwords and usernames. Most of the books are non-fiction. (Also scroll down on this page for more READING ONLINE options.)
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Free and fun digital education for children worldwide. There are portals for students, teachers and parents.
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Boost student engagement & fact fluency with our free multiplayer educational games, math games, language arts games, and more! Compete with friends.
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Virtual Tours - Click on the bus to go to my Virtual Tours page on this site. There you will find links to great websites for fun tours.
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Primary Playground - This website is a blog that provides fun and engaging activities for young learners. It includes scavenger hunts, cooking ideas, literacy snacks and much. Some of the documents are free. Some are Teacher Pay Teacher.
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Click on the icon above to try some mini-tutorials from Florida Students or choose links to websites for solving challenging math problems.
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Click on this icon to learn about plants, animals, the rainforest. (There is even some information about the Solar System.) This page was updated on April 2, 2022.
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More Activities
Click on picture above for some awesome STEAM activities.
Memory Games were moved to the Archived STEAM Page. Click HERE.
Vocabulary Activities
Celebrate February
Here's a fun idea. Learn some vocabulary words for special winter days. Create a crossword puzzle, a word search or a word cloud.
Click on the following link to go to my Learning to Code page to have a great time with coding. This school year we encourage our students at King to participate in the Hour of Code week. You can code all year round. You may also want to check out my What Is STEAM? page for information about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math and some fun activities related to these fields.
Technology Activities
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Student Videos
The videos have been moved to the Student Projects page and the Archived Videos page. Click on the links.