Welcome to Culture Corner Academy! The ULTIMATE interactive FLEX experience! Upon enrollment get access to our virtual school. Each week enter a different area of the school to learn your tasks for the week. All weeks are posted in the platform so you can work at your own pace. Work ahead, take your time, the choice is yours! We also will host fun interactive games and activities  including: 

-Game of the Week in the Gym (GimKit, Kahoot, Blooket, etc) 
-Create Your Own Lunch Tray in the Cafeteria!
-Decorate Your Desk
-Read of the Week in the Libray 

Flexible Schedule Information : This flexible schedule class will mirror the live class offered with a few difference due to its flexible schedule. This class will be hosted by me on a various 3rd party sites to help build engagement through out the semester. The class will mainly be ran through an interactive site called Genially.  Learners will then be able to self direct their learning by completing different tasks set out. Examples of these would be direct instruction/lecture (by me recorded with slides using Canva and ED puzzle), supplemental videos via Youtube or a other site, discussion questions which should be answered via the Outschool classroom, Warm Up/Ice Breaker Questions using Padlet. Account creation is not required for any of these 3rd party materials. Direct instruction lessons via Ed puzzle will contain check for understanding questions throughout. 

Our full curriculum course covers core subjects in a fun engaging way. At Culture Corner Academy your learner will learn a variety of subjects in a nonconventional way. From our ELA curriculum that stems around diversity to our engaging Geography field trips. We believe learning should be not only fun but engagingly rich with content. Our teachers are highly qualified to give your learner the ultimate homeschooling experience. Your learner will continuously learning information not found in the conventional classroom. 

Class structure will follow this schedule: 

Monday- ELA / WRITING 
Tuesday- MATH  
Wednesday- SCIENCE / GEOGRAPHY
Thursday- HISTORY / ART

Class Information: 

🤎 Literature and Language Arts 

Never judge a book by its movie! In this class we take on books so amazing, they made a movie! Each month we will read 1 book in class and upon completion we will all watch their video productions (Parent permission will be required; an alternative will also be given to those not participating in the film screening). After the movie, students will participate in an open dialogue in Padlet or Jamboard comparing and contrasting both pieces.

Our Language Arts Curriculum focuses has a "Social & Emotional Learning: Appreciating Diversity" approach. We will explore reading passages focused on this approach while learning corresponding vocabulary and working through comprehension questions. 

WEEK 1-4 : 

Novel: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by: Judi Barrett,  (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1978) 32 pages.
Film: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Reading Passages Theme: Cuisine in the following cultures/countries  : Turkey, India, Wampanoag, Peru 

WEEK 4-8: 

A Bear Called Paddington by: Michael Bond, illustrated by: Peggy Fortnum - (HarperCollins, 2014) 176 pages.
Film: Paddington (2014)
Reading Passages Theme: Geography, Societies & Culture in the following cultures/countries  : Puerto Rico, China, Jordan, Japan 

Week 8-16:

Fantastic Mr. Fox by: Roald Dahl, illustrated by: Quentin Blake - (Puffin Books, 2007) 112 pages.
Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Reading Passages Theme: Geography, Societies & Culture in the following cultures/countries  : Columbia, Chile, USA 

🤎 Writing and Grammar  (with FEEDBACK)

Students will learn about various topics, and put them in action. Students will need a writing notebook for class. A grown up will also need to assist in writing submissions to the teacher for grammar/punctuation feedback.

Week 1-8: 

Writing: Learners will learn the basics and steps of Sentence Structure and Paragraph Writing over 8 weeks. We will be learning about different parts of speech and turning fragments into sentences.   

Grammar: Identifying and using nouns, Common and proper nouns, Singular and plural nouns, Collective nouns

Week 8-12:

Writing: Learners will be introduced to Narrative Writing with a goal of writing their own by the end of the month. 

Grammar: Identifying and using verbs, Conjugating verbs, Verb tenses

Week 12-16:

Writing: Learners will learn the 5 steps to creating a fairytale and putting them into action creating and writing their own. 

Grammar: Identifying adjectives, Using adjectives, 

🤎 Math 

Our math instruction is a mix of gamification and problems solving with at home practice to help your learners master their skills. 

Week 1-4: SKIP COUNTING and INTRO TO PLACE VALUE 

-Various Skip counting techniques (2, 4 10,50 100, even, odd)
-Build a 3-digit number	
-Missing place value (3-digit numbers)	
-Writing numbers in expanded form (3-digit numbers)	
-Write numbers in normal form (3 digit numbers)	

 Week 4-8: PLACE VALUE 

Comparing & ordering numbers
Comparing numbers	
Ordering numbers	
Round to the nearest ten (0-100)
Round to the nearest ten (0-1,000)	
Round to the nearest hundred	
Round to the nearest ten or hundred

Week 8-16: ADDITION

Mental addition 
Adding within 0-10
Add a 2-digit and 1-digit number, no regrouping	
Add a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number
Add two 2-digit numbers
Whole tens
Adding whole tens	
Adding whole tens, missing number	
Adding whole tens, 3 addends	
Adding whole tens, 3 addends, missing number	
Adding whole tens, 4 addends
Adding whole tens, 4 addends, missing number	
Adding by completing whole tens


🤎 History 

Students will learn about diverse heroes of different cultural backgrounds and their contributions to the world. Each week we will be highlighting new heroes. Students will learn about each hero's early life, societal contribution, and posthumous accomplishments.

Each day there will be a fun craft, drawing, or coloring page reflecting each hero. Supply lists and print outs will be given at the beginning of each term.

African American History 

Week 1: Bessie Coleman and Mae Jemison
Craft/Activity:  Build your own Planet

Week 2: Jackie Robsinson and Ruby Bridges
Craft/Activity: Paper Lunch Boxes and Baseball Craft

Week 3: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr
Craft/Activity:Bus Craft and Diversity Hands Craft

Week 4: George Washington Carver and Harriet Tubman
Craft/Activity: Design your own Factory and Harriet Tubman coloring page

Week 4- 8: Hispanic Inventors 

Week 5: Albert Báez
Craft/Activity:  Create Your Own Science Lab!

Week 6: Ángela Ruiz Robles
Craft/Activity: Create Your own Mini Book!

Week 7: Carlos Juan Finlay
Craft/Activity: Me as a Mosquitoes Creation! 

Week 8:  Isaac Peral
Craft Activity: Decoarte Your Own Submarine!

Week 8: ELLEN OCHOA
Craft/Activity: Create Your Own Planet!

Week 9- 12: Asian American and Pacific Islanders History Figures (Inventors) 

Week 9: Peter Tsai
Craft/Activity: Decorate Your Own Mask!

Week 10: Nainoa Thompson, Native Hawaiian navigator 
Craft/Activity: Make Your Own Compass 

Week 11: Steven Shih Chen, Taiwanese & American entrepreneur 
Craft/Activity: Make a Mock Youtube Thumbnail Picture Digitally 

Week 12: Ajay Bhatt, Indian & American computer architect (1957- )
Craft/Activity: GimKit 

Week 12 - 16: Semester History Research Project 


🤎 Science 

Our science instruction is a taught through a mix of engaging supplemental videos, art, and project based learning. There will be a LAB at the end of every 4 weeks that highlights what was covered in class. 

Week 1-4: Plants 

Plant Anatomy
Identify the parts of plants and trees.	
Plants and Food
Plant Needs
Photosynthesis
Plant Seeds
Seed Dispersal
Pollination
Life Cycle of Plants
Plant Habitats

Lab: Grow Your Own Plant!

Week 4-8 : Animals 

Animal Needs
Examine what animals need to live.	
Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores explained.	
Examine food chains on land and in the sea.
5 Habitats
Describe ocean, desert, arctic, forest and grassland habitats.	
Animals and their habitats.	
Adapting to Habitats
A look at how bears, camels, sharks and giraffes have adapted to their habitats.	
Mammals vs. reptiles vs. fish vs. insects vs. amphibians.	
Animal Classification
Examine characteristics of animals and classify them.	
Hair, feathers or shells?
Animal Anatomy
Animal Sounds
Animal's Offspring
Identify how animal babies are like, and unlike, their parents.
Life Cycle of Animals

Lab: Animal Habitat Diorama 

Week 8-12: Weather

Temperature 
Using thermometers and understanding temperature.	
Weather Graphing
Graphing how the weather keeps changing.	
Weather Forecasting
Reading weather forecasts and using weather instruments.	
Describing severe weather conditions.

Lab: Tornado in a Bottle!

Week 12-16: Solar System 

Earth, Moon, and Sun
Looking at the orbits of the earth and moon.	
Phases of the Moon
Naming and understanding the phases of the moon.	
Identifying and describing the planets of our solar system.	
Space Travel 
Thinking about traveling to, and living in, space.

Lab: Playdough Solar System!

🤎 Geography

Every week learners will go on a virtual field trip to a new country every week. They will learn where this country is on a map, local currency, historical landmarks, capitals, and customs. Worksheets will be given for students to complete a scavenger hunt while on the field trip. 

Week 1-4: Canada, Mexico, USA, Iceland
Week 2-8: Spain, Portugal, France, Morocco  
Week 8-12: Columbia, Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam
Week 12- 16: South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, New Zealand 

🤎 Art

Art will be based on various read aloud's of the week. They will be given a theme and can create their own versions of the theme using printouts. Examples of themes include: Camping, Ocean, Forest, Ski Trip, Family Feast, etc.