Happy Wednesday Core 2!
I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! We are having a great (but hot!) week in Core 2. I wanted to remind everyone to send their kiddo(s) with a water bottle, especially on these super-hot days. We will be finishing up our interview project in the next few days. We are excited to have Dan (DVIA’s junior high humanities teacher) come and record our partner interviews tomorrow and Friday. Depending on how many we can get through, we may continue recording next week as well. I am excited to have students do their final interviews, get a chance to experience the recording process, and hopefully (fingers crossed) hear an actual podcast of their interviews! I will be in touch about what we will be doing with the final recordings. I am excited to say that I have noticed new friendships being created in both classes! The celebrations that we do at the end of the day have been full of new friend celebrations! We are starting Handwriting without Tears this week. Tuesday/ Friday cohort started yesterday, and Mon/ Thurs will start tomorrow. Students will be doing the first month or two with me in class. This will give me a chance to learn about each student’s grip and letter formation. Once I have info about each student, I will be sending some students home with their workbook to do at home during homeschooling. Other students will continue to do their handwriting in class so that I can keep an eye on their grip/ letter formation and make sure that they are progressing. I will reach out to parents as I have more information. I am noticing a lot of reversals in both cohorts (b’s and d’s, p’s and g’s etc). I had a parent recommend an interesting sounding app that addresses these reversals called “Letter Reflex.” It sounded interesting so you may want to check it out if you notice your kiddo making a lot of these reversals. You should have received an email from me regarding ST math: Dear Core 2 Parents, I wanted to send out info on ST Math, which is a great math program that you all have access to at home. I finished logging all Core 2 students into their new grade level today, so students can begin playing at home. If you would like to use this at home you will need to download the ST Math app onto a tablet device (if you don’t have the app already). At that point your kiddo has a password that they can input. If they cannot remember their password, don’t worry! We will practice it more next week and then they will have an easier time remembering it. For those of you who have kids that used ST Math last year, their password is the same. I would recommend that kids play for app. 20 minutes a day during their homeschooling. I know that there were a few hiccups over the weekend, but it should be working at home at this point. Students that are new to the program may take a week or two to learn their password. If they do not remember it at home, don’t worry! I will help them learn it at school and they will be able to log in at home soon! We will be starting up our next project soon! I am beyond excited to share with you what we will be creeping and crawling (hint hint) into! I hope to have a project plan and some home extension ideas for you very soon! Reminder: Our First Pizza Day! Thurs, 9/17 & Fri, 9/18: Please make sure to make a plan with your kiddo. If they are going to buy pizza at lunch they will still need snacks for morning and afternoon body break. If they are not going to get pizza, you may want to have a conversation with them about it, so that they are not disappointed during lunch time. Thanks! Comments are closed.
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