Calamity Day Lessons for All Three Grades
Letter from our administration explaining Blizzard Bags:
January 31, 2018
Dear Parent/Guardian:
The Marlington Local School District has adopted a plan for the 2017-2018 school year to make up missed school days beyond the board adopted school calendar using online classroom lessons. These online lessons or Blizzard Bags can be found on the district website under the teacher’s classroom page. www.marlingtonlocal.org
You will be notified using the website, social media and phone messaging system on the sixth missed day that Blizzard Bag work will be required. Students may submit their work using the options below:
- Students may submit their assignment online during the missed school day.
- Students may complete a print version of the assignment to turn in for credit.
- Students may have access to online version upon return to school.
The online assignments will be evaluated as other lessons and students may receive an incomplete or failing grade if the lessons are not completed and turned in on time. Students have up to two weeks to complete and turn in all “Blizzard Bag” online lessons.
The district chooses to use online Blizzard Bag lessons in order to avoid making up missed school days that extend beyond the five days allotted through Board Policy. If the district exceeds three Blizzard Bag days, the district may still require attendance to make up the missed days of school.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 330.823.7458 or [email protected].
Respectfully,
Carole Sutton,
Assistant Superintendent/Curriculum Director
Day One
- Using your iPad, go to www.history.com, click on this day in history. There are multiple events listed on this page. Pick one that interests you.
2.Read about the event on this site then try to find two other sources of information about the event.
3. Write a short informative essay (2-3 paragraphs) about the event. Why was it important? What did you find fascinating about it? Was there any controversy attached to it? Did all the sources agree or were there differences in the facts about the event?
4.List your sources of information.
Day Two
1.There are many things in the world that interest you. Using your iPad, spend some time finding out more about one of those things.
2. Write one persuasive paragraph about whatever this is and convince me that I should be interested in it also.
3. List your sources of information.
Day Three
You have a perfectly good day off school and you have to spend part of it
doing school work anyway! Write a letter to the Ohio Board of Education about why students should be granted this time off and not have to make it up via a calamity day assignment or an actual school day at the end of the year.