Neil feels sick today. First he feels cold, then he feels hot. He has a fever. He has a bad cough. His mother, Ann Levy, calls the doctor’s office.
RECEPTIONIST: Hello. Doctor Little’s office. Can I help you?
ANNE: Yes. This is Anne Levy. I am calling about my son, Neil.
RECEPTIONIST: What’s the matter?
ANNE: I think he is sick.
RECEPTIONIST: Ok. How old is he?
ANNE: He is eight years old.
RECEPTIONIST: And, does he have a fever?
ANNE: Yes. He has a very bad fever. His temperature is 103!
RECEPTIONIST: When did the fever start?
ANNE: On Monday.
RECEPTIONIST: Does he have a cough?
ANNE: Yes. He has a dry cough.
RECEPTIONIST: Is he vomiting?
ANNE: Yes. He is. And he is not eating. He is very thin.
RECEPTIONIST: Ok. Can you bring him in to the office for a test?
ANNE: Yes. I can.
RECEPTIONIST: How old are you, please?
I am 37 years old.
RECEPTIONIST: How old is your husband, Mr. Levy?
ANNE: He is 47 years old.
RECEPTIONIST: Can you all come in today at 3pm?
ANNE: Yes. We can.
RECEPTIONIST: We will give you all tests.
ANNE: Okay. Thank you.
Mr. and Mrs. Levy take Neil to doctor Little. Dr. Little tests Neil. He says Neil has a virus. He needs to stay
home. He needs to take medication. He needs to drink fluids and eat soup.
Mrs. Levy goes to the store. She wants to buy soup. She talks to a store clerk.
Mrs. Levy: Where is the soup, please?
Clerk: It is right here.
Mrs. Levy: Where is
the juice?
Clerk: It is over
there, on aisle 6. It’s next to the bread.
Mrs. Levy walks to aisle 6.
She gets a can of soup. She reads the label.
Answer questions about the story. Write your name. CLICK ANSWERS. Click SUBMIT.
Have a video or phone zoom meeting Thursday at 9:30 AM. I will send you a the link and id number you need through REMIND.
PRACTICE could/should/would
LEARN about adverbial clauses to talk about time.
LISTEN to a video about adverbial clauses
READ a story about a mother and child planning to shop for groceries.
WRITE answers to questions from the story
BEGIN a journal of emergency resources
PRACTICE FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS
Ventures arcade is a place where you can find lots of good practice. This week we will practice modals like “could” and “might.” Click the link below. Then go to level 4, Health, B. Modals. Need help? Look at these pictures.
READ. AFTER YOU READ THE STORY, BELOW, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
Last week, Sandra read an article online about good
strategies for shopping during the COVID 19 virus. She thought she could follow the article’s
suggestions for involving her children in meal planning and using meal planning
as a teaching tool. Here is a conversation she had with her daughter, Emilia,
before she went to the grocery store.
Emilia is 9 years old.
Sandra: Hi, honey. Have you finished your homework?
Emilia: Yes. I have.
Sandra: Good. Then, we could talk about our grocery shopping for this week. Have you found any recipes you want to try?
Emilia: Well, I like this one for zucchini bread.
Sandra: Hm. It looks delicious. If we cook this bread this week, then we will use up the zucchini that is in the refrigerator. If we make this recipe, I should buy more zucchini at the store.
Emilia: Zucchini bread sounds healthy. But will the vegetables taste terrible in bread?
Sandra: No, honey. If you cook zucchini this way, then you can’t taste the veggies very much. I have one problem with this recipe. There is too much cholesterol and calories in the frosting. What should we do?
Emilia: I don’t know.
Sandra: Let’s look for “low fat” frosting recipes online.
(Sandra searches with Google.)
Sandra: Oh, here’s a good bet! It uses 1/3 fat cream cheese instead of butter and cream cheese. We could use this to get the recipe down to 2 grams of fat.
Emilia: It sounds good.
Sandra: What else could we change to make the recipe healthier?
Emilia: Here it says: “To lower calories, replace half of the sugar with applesauce.”
Sandra: Good idea. The recipe calls for 1¾ cups of sugar. If we replace half of that with applesauce, how much applesauce will we need? If you use the math you learned in school today, then you can find the answer.
Emilia: Hm. First I have to make one and three quarters into an improper fraction. That’s 4 quarters (or 1) plus 3 quarters. That’s 7 quarters. If I multiply it by ½ to find out what half is, I get 7/8ths. We need 7/8ths cup of apple sauce. That makes sense. 1 and 3/4s is close to 2. 7/8ths is close to 1.
Sandra: Wow! You are learning math. Now, visualize something we can do with fruit to make this desert even better.
Emilia: We could cook berries in it.
Sandra: We might try, but that might not work.
Emilia: We could put strawberries on top at the end.
Sandra: Good idea. If we buy frozen strawberries, then they will last a long time. We could use half of the strawberries on the zucchini bread and keep the rest for another day.
Emilia: Could I have a strawberry smoothie?
Sandra: Sure! Let’s buy yogurt too. Okay. Next we need to visualize meals for the next week. Until we know what we want to cook, we won’t know what we need!
Emilia: Wouldn’t it be easier to get a lot of frozen meals?
Sandra: No. Frozen meals have a lot of empty calories, salt and sugar. It’s better to buy fresh vegetables, meat, grain and fruit and cook our own food. I want you to write down 6 meals you want to have. Then, before I go to the store, we will look in the pantry and in the refrigerator. We will write down everything we have, and we will make a list of everything we need to make those meals. Okay?
Los Angeles experiences many emergencies. Right now, we are experiencing a shutdown for COVID 19. We also have fires, floods and earthquakes. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to collect information you need on paper in case your mobile phone breaks or doesn’t work during an emergency?
I want you to get a small notebook and start an Emergency Journal for this reason. You should divide your journal into these sections.
NEWS
MEDICAL
SHELTER
FOOD/WATER
FAMILY CONTACTS
SCHOOL
COMMUNITY
Every week I will send you a link to a website. Please read the website and WRITE it down in the correct section. Write two sentences about why this is a helpful website. This week its the link to the CDC. This is the Center for Disease Control. Why is this helpful? Can you trust this site? Where should you put it in your notebook?
