LP5 Agenda - Report Cards and Spring Plans
From the Visions Curriculum Team...
We are delighted to offer Visions Families English Language Arts classes for a second semester this year. Our team welcomes students and parents who have not attended fall classes, as well as Credentialed Teachers serving Visions families to attend. We hope that our courses will assist students in learning new skills and Parent Educators in developing additional teaching strategies as we learn together.
All courses will meet virtually, and students will access materials, links to classes and recordings, and other resources through Writable and a Google Classroom account that we be set up for each registered student with their Visions email.
After registering your students on this form you will receive a confirmation email from Michelle Sweezey letting you know if you have been enrolled, or placed on a waitlist. We can only take a maximum of 50 students per course to ensure quality offerings. No charges for the writing courses will be posted to your student account until registration is confirmed. Courses will be offered as follows:
LP4 Agenda - Report Card Prep
Monday 12/7
Office Day/Teacher Meetings
Virtual
3:00 - Billy*
Save the date for Visions Virtual Book Fair!
Open to ALL Visions students from ALL academies.
Ordering process
In the past, Visions has hosted a Curriculum Fair (now called a Community Partner Fair) in Sacramento at Christ Community Church. However...
This year, due to COVID-19, our Community Partner (Vendor) Fair is virtual! Select partners have provided Visions with fun and exciting videos showcasing their virtual enrichment services!
This resource features select partners who provided Visions with an informative video experience. To view a complete list of over 600+ partners providing virtual services available for eVouchers during this time, please visit our Community Partnerships (vendors) webpage.
LP4 Agenda - Report Card Prep
Monday 11/30From the wire...
Although we cannot offer our usual in-person Sly Park Science Environmental Camp, the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) who runs the science camps has come up with a series of science classes students can attend from their home.
Students will learn how to be scientists in their own backyard. They will learn to think, observe, collect and analyze data. As scientists, students will understand the movement of matter, creek ecosystems, forest ecology, and the importance organisms play in ecosystems. With COVID many schools across California will not be able to send their students to Outdoor Education. Our program will give access to the NGSS and Environmental literacy standards that are so relevant today.
Five, one-hour classes begin on Friday, December 4, 2020 and end on January 15, 2021.
Class sizes are limited.
To sign up, use the following form: Online Science Class Enrollment
LP4 Agenda - Report Card Prep
Many museums are offering virtual tours of their galleries for free! Other companies are providing learning resources as well. Here are just a few...
Science
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has some online courses and family friendly science activities.
The Nature Conservancy has lots of online field trips with teacher guides.
Take a tour of the International Space Station.
Explore the world's largest cave with National Geographic.
Check out the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History webinars and teaching resources.
History
Studying Ancient Egypt? Take a virtual museum tour of The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
Learning about Immigration? Scholastic has a page of fun things to see and do.
Have a source you'd like to share? Just let me know an I'll post it on the Blog.
LP3 Agenda - Standards Review
This is such a great opportunity to discuss ideas such as: government, history, environment, immigration, law, equality, freedom, wealth, handling confrontation & disagreement, as well as the concepts of power and control with your students. Here are some online resources that might have something of interest:
How to talk to kids about election 2020 - William & Mary College
Teacher Planet - Election Day
Free Elections Worksheets from Teachers Pay Teachers
PBS Learning Media - The Election Collection
10 Activities That Teach the Presidential Election Process - We are teachers.com
Scholastic Election Collection
Education World - Primaries, Voting & Elections
Many students and parents are choosing to increase Keyboarding Skills as their technology PLP goal. Here are some resources shared by other teachers to check out:
Free Resources
typing.com
typingclub.com
Dance Mat Typing
https://www.learntyping.org/
Paid Resources
Keyboarding Without Tears (K-5, $9.99 for a year license)
Learn to Type Typing Skin - covers the keys so you aren't tempted to look
Another common technology goal is Internet Safety. Here are a few resources to help with that:
Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship Curriculum - Free Lessons for K-12
If you have others that you would like to share, please email them to me and I will add them!
Last week two really cool things happened...
For the first time ever, a Ram's Horn Squid was filmed in it's natural environment
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/science/rams-head-squid-cephalopod.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/science/great-barrier-reef-new-coral.html
LP3 Agenda - Standards Review
Monday 11/2
Office Day/Teacher Meetings
It does seem early, but it is LP3 already! So, at our next meeting, we will go over your current schedule and start talking about your spring semester classes.
See the Courses Catalog and Offerings page on the Wire for:
LP3 Agenda - Standards Review
Monday 10/26