What have you been doing?

Well, we have had our first week away from each other and my class has done a great job learning from home. We were able to video conference twice as a class and I have had many pictures come to me that I want to share. This is what video conferencing looked like on Friday from my device. 🙂

 

If you haven’t had a chance to yet go to this link and have your child do a quick video to share. This was so much fun. To be able to participate your child should log in using their school Gmail account. Look for me and Thor! 🙂

Enjoy the photos!

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Happy St. Patricks Day!

🍀 Dear Parents,

I am attaching a PDF document here and as a link to the right of this blog post for you to have easy access to the great learning activities and links that our administrators put together for our kids.

1-Learning Resources

Please remember that all the activities I post are optional and the practice of material previously taught. So, in the spirit of this, I will not assign a Friday’s Quiz. I will continue to guide you through the material that was sent home to help you navigate the materials. Do what’s best for your family and I will support you as best I can from my home. Via email, I will share links to answer keys for the grammar pages and scholastic news as I get them loaded. I will also post them here.

Tomorrow we will have our first Google Meet Session for our class. Below are instructions on how this can be done. This is a video conference so you may have to help your child turn on the camera function of their device. Also, please remind them that it will be like the classroom if it is to be successful, we need to take turns speaking and be respectful to whoever is given permission to talk next. I’m excited to see their faces and hear their voices. If for some reason your child is not able to participate this time that is perfectly fine. We will schedule more meetings.

Instructions for Google & Google Meet

Mrs. Bretz did a great job getting us instructions and our recorders home. Today she shared a YouTube site with more guidance for our blooming musicians. Recorder Fun!

For my many, many artists in our classroom here is a YouTube subscription you might want to visit to express that creative side of yourselves. I believe he is live at 1:00 but you subscribe to his channel and revisit his videos at your leisure. Remember our 1st Google Meet is at this time tomorrow and would hate to miss you!  Mo Willems!

I also came across these virtual field trips! I can’t wait to check a few of these out too! Virtual Field Trips

I also LOVE seeing the pictures you are sending me of the kids. My goal is to continue to post those here so we all can continue to feel connected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Week of March 16

I left school on Friday evening with a lot of different emotions as we enter into the next few weeks. I shared with the students that I will miss them and that together we are going to do our best to learn from home. This is very different for me as I plan for how I will teach from home so I know it is also very different for your family as well.  Already I have been looking into ways to organize information easily for students to independently manage their classwork and ways to video conference as a class. Stay tuned! 

I will plan to post a blog once or twice per week. This week it may be more as I am navigating how best to communicate with you as well as your children.  

I know schedules at home will look different, but I trust that you will talk with your third grader about creating a daily schedule and a specific time where they can complete their work with limited distractions. 

As always feel free to email me with any questions or clarifications. 

Grammar March Packet:

  • Do one page each day. Begin with page #5. Remember to read the instructions at the top very carefully. It usually will give you an example of what you need to do.

Math:

  • Study Island- 2-Dimensional Shapes

Reading:

  • Finish reading your book club book. If you have completed your book club book, choose one book to read and continue to read at least 20 minutes per day.
  • One Study Island assignment on Characters. This will be in the class named Homework along with your math assignment.

Spring Activity Packet:

  • Choose 3 pages to complete this week. 

Food Opportunities for Students

Beginning Tuesday, March 17 lunch will be free to ALL KIDS ages 0-18 years from 11 am – 12:30 pm at the following locations:

  • Hudsonville High School – 5037 32nd Ave, Hudsonville
  • Riley Middle School – 2745 Riley Street, Hudsonville
  • Baldwin Middle School – 3835 Baldwin Street, Hudsonville
  • Alward Elementary School – 3811 Port Sheldon St, Hudsonville

See HPS’s Update Center at this link for any and all other updates related to our district’s handling of this virus.


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Kids Heart Challenge!

The Kids Heart Challenge is in full swing! We hope you’re having a ball and feel as rewarded as we do helping fight heart disease and stroke. Keep up the great work, you’re making a HUGE difference!

Remember, more than 50% of kids are not getting the physical activity they need to be healthy. You’re helping to change that. We have a special incentive at our school. If we can get 50% of our students registered and taking the healthy challenges, we will receive an additional $500 to purchase new PE equipment. Help us reach our goal! Get your student registered for Kids Heart Challenge today! Click on the link below.

Kids Heart Challenge!

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