New Week of Assignments

Hello Families,
Hopefully the changes we made in the settings of our google classrooms stopped the students from getting bombarded with emails for every assignment posted for this week.  Mondays should be for looking through email and google classrooms and then seeing if there is any work that can get started.  Go through each classroom and look at the assignments.  Make a plan that works for your family.   (Remember the daily 2 to 2 1/2 hours of work time rule!)

I love to do lists.  I always show the kids my lists.  I have two neighbors come over everyday and on Mondays we look through the assignments on google classroom and then make a list of the assignments for the week.  Then we plan them out for the week.  Every morning after breakfast and TV time, we make a to do list for that day.  By the time the day is done, they have each spent about
2 1/2 hours on academics.  It helps for us to have the same schedule everyday because I am working as well.

But that might not work for you and that's okay.  Your days need to work for your family!!!  If you need help with anything, please reach out to us.

We will be reaching out to you about becoming a "guardian" on your child's google classroom.  It will allow you to receive summaries of the work that has been assigned and the work that has yet to be turned in or marked as done.  You set your notification preferences for daily or weekly updates.  You do not have to do this, but it is helpful.  My neighbor receives daily updates, and she emails them to me, so I am able to use that to help us with our daily to do lists.

Have a great Monday.  We are here if you need support!  Reach out before the frustration takes over.

How are you doing?

Hi Families,
How are you doing?  It's vacation week, so the kids don't have any assignments.  But, we still can't go anywhere and today (Wednesday) it's snowy, windy, and cold.  I am going to curl up and read for the rest of the day. 

I haven't posted in a while because I didn't want those of you who subscribe to get another email!  The past couple of weeks have been crazy.  Hopefully, moving forward next week to the end of the school year it will become smoother with every week. The technology will be worked out for remote learning and the students will find their new routine.  The week before vacation was a good run through using google classroom, google forms, Khan Academy, and video lesssons from the teachers. 

Although I have lots of resources I can send you, I am not going to do that unless you ask me for something.  I have been overloaded with online resources.  So, if you need additional or different work for your child, please reach out to us.  And remember... the well being of your family takes priority over everything else.

Take Care,
Stacey

Resources & Outdoor Learning Activities

Good Morning Everyone,
Things are going well in the world of online learning. The students are getting better at it everyday.
Below are some resources to help you at home for days that your child/children need something else do besides academic work.  You will need those days every once in a while.

https://www.vermontpbs.org/at-home-learning/

These are the topics the students would have done in 4 Winds.
Stream Life:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQEyFjI7FzPqhP8mAntUY7cJSmH9893OwYKFOu28A4lQGHt-o0qpWcTiWc56USMAi4Byw-dza08C6ER/pub
Stream Life nearby nature unit:
https://nearbynature908475479.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/teacher-resources-ecosystems-stream-life.pdf
Snags and Rotting Logs
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ_YNy_jR15HZnv0JrViOw4cyTMvp1DZYMLPihZ_3nJgk_DpGq-rfMjE9rdaKrXIt7hYti0499CSepk/pub