Hello Agents,

Here is a message from our director:

As we work through these recent challenges, there are several ways that you, as parents, can help us out! First of all, we would like to continue to strongly encourage you to drop-off as close to the 8:45 time as possible. For after school, students need to be picked up before 3:15 at the very latest so we can minimize the congregating of parents and students on the school property.

If you are feeling uncomfortable with having your child at school or your child is feeling ill, and you are keeping your child home please let the office and myself know so that we can plan accordingly. In this blog post, you will find activities that you can do with your child at home that are based on the activities happening at school.

Since our class is at home for the next several days. I will list activities for home that can help keep on skills that we will be using in school upon our return. I will also up date the online learning resources in case you want to find extra learning opportunities from home.

• Math
  • Create a schedule
    • Write down times for when you want to practice academics, have snacks, meals, or fun time.
    • Pick a length of time that you want the activity to last, then write down when the end time will be.
    • Find an analog clock and see if you can use it to keep track of where the hour and minute hands will be when it is time for your next activity to start or end.
  • Angles
    • A right angle is made at the corner of a rectangle. See how many right angles you can find in the house. What can you use to make sure it is a right angle?
    • An acute angle is made at a corner where the lines are closer together than a right angle. How many acute angles can you find in the house? What kind of shapes have acute angles?
    • An obtuse angle is made at a corner where the lines are farther apart than a right angle. How many obtuse angles can you find in the house? What kind of shapes have obtuse angles?
  • Math Facts
    • Practice multiplication/division and addition/subtraction math facts with flash cards.
    • Use an online site like Prodigy or Xtramath. Login information should be in your planner. Email me if you need help.
• Reading
  • Keep up your reading with any books. Login information for Epic! should be in your planner.
  • As you read, identify the following story elements.
    • Main Character
      • What are their character traits? (example: adventurous, cautious, or cheerful)
      • What do they want? (example: to bring grandma some muffins)
    • Setting
      • What can you imagine about where and when this story happens?
      • What does the text say that helps you imagine that?
    • Problem
      • What stops the main character from getting what they want?
    • Solution
      • What does the main character learn to overcome the problem?
• Writing
  • Write out the story elements listed above for a book that you are reading.
  • Plan out your own story by listing the story elements from your imagination or create a list of the story elements from a familiar story and change them a little bit.
• Science
  • Watch the following youtube playlist on the earth.
    • Create a poster (use any blank paper) that could explain what you learned from any of the videos to the class.