Take a minute to give yourself a pat on the back for a FANTASTIC week back at e-learning!
I am so thankful for all of you and the extra effort you are continually putting in to sit by your child, redo messy handwriting, draw lots of pictures, press "play" and "record" endless times, take lots of selfies, and email and text me daily! I am confident that your child is continuing to make great learning strides, and none of that could be done without you.
Weekly Reflection
This week we had some changes in our schedule across the entire district. I hope you found those changes favorable and that you and your family can be engaged and challenged in learning while not feeling overwhelmed. For my family, Wednesday was a nice break from the routine, and we enjoyed doing some different activities with new (but still familiar) faces from Rose Park.
Do you feel positively about this past week? Would you like more? Do you feel overwhelmed? How can I help? Please, don't hesitate to reach out and give me your feedback. :)
Zoom Meetings
I have absolutely LOVED our class Zoom meetings! We had 3 great small-group sessions today and a beautiful, lively whole-group session this afternoon. Thank you for taking the time to help your child connect! I think we all enjoyed it. We'll keep following the same schedule in the following weeks. Again, if something is not working for you, please reach out to me.
La Palabra Secreta
Did you hear that the secret word today was "Gato"? I had a Lego cat inside of my surprise egg! I'll have another one next week--I thought this went great! Thanks for helping keep this up with your child at home.
Want to Connect?
This week my daughter connected with a couple classmates via Zoom. I was secretly spying on her, and it was SO sweet--they showed each other their toys, chatted in English and Spanish, and started to read books to each other! I know some of you have expressed interest in connecting your child with his/her classmates. If you would like, please fill out this spreadsheet to help facilitate connections between families.
A Reading Suggestion
You may have noticed a link on the Spring Break spreadsheet called "Build your Reading Stamina!". I would like to recommend this activity to you if you haven't checked it out. I subscribe to a lot of different teaching blogs and newsletters, and I received an email about this online video series a few weeks ago. It is very simple--basically, Gail Boushey, the teacher, talks through some different reading strategies and literally "sits" with you to read in increasing increments. She starts with 1 minute of silent reading and eventually works up to 30 minutes! My family has been doing this video series almost every day, and it has REALLY helped all of us sit down and enjoy independent reading time (while sitting in silence together). I would recommend it for all ages, even adults! Anyways, here is the link (you'll scroll down and click the green button that says "Watch Video Series" to see all the videos).
All right, it's time to sit back, relax, and enjoy some down time this weekend! I hope you can do so, and I look forward to "seeing" you again on Monday!
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