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NWMS Exploratory Remote Learning Plan 2025-2026

Choose one activity from each of the exploratory classes that you are in this semester for each remote day. Then, turn in the assignment to the correct exploratory teacher when we return to school.

 

Day

Performing Arts &

Chorus/Band (1 activity)

Art

(1 activity)

Health  

(1 activity)

PE
(1 activity)

Shumate/Ward

(1 activity)

Day 1

Make a playlist of five appropriate songs, that you would say explains your life/personality right now, and explain why you chose those songs. Must be 10 sentences.

Draw a snow globe containing a creative landscape. Your picture must include a foreground, middle ground, and background. Turn in a paper drawing when we return to school

Analyze the nutrition label for a snack that you have eaten today. 

Complete the daily warm-up. - Stretches, 10 push-ups, and 10 curl-ups.

Write a story about your life after high school and what you would like it to look like. ( 2 paragraphs)

Day 2

*CHORUS ONLY*

Rehearse each of the songs we are working on in class. Mark in your sheet music the specific areas where you struggled to sing it correctly. Then, write what aspects about those areas made you struggle (ex. rhythm, pitch, lyrics, timing)

 

 

*BAND ONLY*

Practice your scales and songs on your instrument. Then, write which areas you had trouble with. 

Design the ultimate sled. Draw it from different angles to show all the unique features. (rocket boosters, safety harness, etc... be creative!)  Turn in your  design on paper when we return to school.

 

OR

 

Build the tallest tower possible out of ice cubes. Do it on a towel... ice melts! Take a picture for evidence and size reference. Email it to Lyall.

Identify a character in a book, movie or TV show making a decision. Answer the questions below.

1. What motivated the decision?

2. What was the outcome (consequence) of the decision?
 
OR
 
Try a new stress management method today. Examples: journal, yoga, exercise, meditate
30 seconds of burpees, 30 seconds of mountain climbers, 30 seconds of jumping jacks, 30 seconds of planks

What would be your dream job? Explain what your day to day would look like .( 2 paragraphs)

Day 3

Write as many words as you can using only the musical alphabet (A-G). Then, write the notes on the staff that go with that letter. Make sure to mark if it's Treble or Bass Clef!

Imagine a world where something else besides snow fell from the sky (candy, cats, coffee...you decide!)  Draw or paint what that place would look like.  Turn it in when we return to school.

Plan a healthy dinner menu. What would you serve at your dinner?

Create-a-game - Create a game you can play at home. How do you play, what are the rules, how do you keep score, what equipment do you need?

Design a new invention. Draw what it would look like and explain what problem it solves. Explain how it can be used for good and bad.

Day 4

Design a stage set for a play that takes place beside a creek. You must include the background and stage props. Make sure to draw the set to the best of your ability. Use color and be creative! 

Make a paper snowflake! Make your design as complex as possible with only scissors and one sheet of full sized paper (8.5 X 11).  Turn in your creation when we return to school.

Find a new (healthy) recipe and prepare this item. What did you prepare? What makes it healthy? How did it turn out?

Pick a physical activity you enjoy or play outside for 15 minutes.

Find some technology in your house and describe the  problem that the technology solves.

Day 5

Write a monologue for a character who is turning 13 today. The monologue must be at least 10 complete sentences long. Your character must come to a realization at the end of the monologue.

Go outside and build a snow sculpture! Take a selfie with your creation for evidence and size reference. Email it to Miss Lyall.

You are eating with your family at home, when suddenly a family member starts choking. What do you do?

Pick 5 exercises to complete that we have done this year.  Do at least 10 reps or 30 seconds of each one.

Create something using recycled materials around your house. Explains its purpose.

 
 
Teacher Contact Information:
 
As a reminder, you can best reach your Exploratory teacher through Remind.
 
Coach Hinson: [email protected]
 
 
Ms. Shepherd: [email protected]
 
Mrs. Shumate: [email protected]
 
Coach Steelman: [email protected]
 
Mr. Robinson: [email protected]
 
 
Coach Woodie: [email protected]