Week of Events
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...
Learner University: Plan a Spring Break Trip Using Your Free Adventure Pass (Grade 4)
Learner University: Plan a Spring Break Trip Using Your Free Adventure Pass (Grade 4)
Attention 4th grade learners! Looking for something to do over Spring Break? Come plan a trip to some of the California State Parks using your free California Adventures Pass. Every 4th grader has the opportunity to visit 19 different State Parks utilizing their Adventure Pass. Learners will plan to visit 2 parks. The plan will...
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...
Dungeons and Dragons In-Person Game (Grades 6 and Up)
Dungeons and Dragons In-Person Game (Grades 6 and Up)
Learners in grades 6-12 are invited to join the Acton Curriculum Library to travel through the world of Dungeons and Dragons, a creative storytelling game. Together we'll travel together on a quest as we learn to work cooperatively together, solve problems as a group, and creatively write our characters into existence and through this fantastical...
Book Club for Grades 3rd-5th: Brown Girl Dreaming
Book Club for Grades 3rd-5th: Brown Girl Dreaming
Third through fifth grade learners are invited to join this virtual book club opportunity. Brown Girl Dreaming is a memoir written in verse. It is Jacqueline Woodson's experiences growing up in South Carolina and New York during the changing landscape of the 1960s and 1970s. We will learn about Civil Rights leaders that inspired her.ย As...
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...
Book Club for Grades 6th-8th: Finding Langston
Book Club for Grades 6th-8th: Finding Langston
During their reading of Finding Langston, learners will be introduced to The Great Migration, the time in American history where millions of Black Americans moved away from violence and racial strife. This is a time where Black American art found a renaissance in music, art, and, of course, great writing like Langston Hughes. Through the...
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...