Save the date for Visions Virtual Book Fair!
Open to ALL Visions students from ALL academies.
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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
Note: If you completed your application after July 1, 2020, or you have already completed this form this year, you do not need to complete it again.
The State of California requires all schools to collect Household Income Data from families each year. Visions uses this information to qualify for funding that is used for tutoring, field trips, bus passes, support for foster children, low income families, teen moms, families in transition, and more. This funding is very significant to our school. By submitting the electronic form, you ensure that Visions continues to provide the following resources and benefits:
• Student budgets
• Tutoring
• Curriculum
• Technology/computers
• Teacher support
• Field trips, field days and other academic enrichment activities
• College course reimbursements
To qualify for this funding, Visions needs to receive a completed electronic form by a parent/guardian for each student. Please know that this data is kept confidential and is only used to report data to the State for school funding purposes. We know that you want every resource possible available for your child’s education.
Please review the instructions by clicking the link below and complete the necessary steps by October 23rd, so that we can meet the State’s deadline of October 31st. You will also receive an email with this information.
Home School Spelling Bee is Dec. 15; Register by Oct. 30!
We are happy to announce that we will be hosting a virtual Spelling Bee on Tuesday, Dec. 15.
Students in grades 2-8 who wish to participate must sign up by Friday, Oct. 30. Families will receive spelling study lists via email upon signing up.
Scripps mandates the format and rules of hosting a Spelling Bee and is still deciding the details of how the virtual format will work. Once that information is made available to us, we will let parents know.
Visions will hold one Bee in which all grades will participate. To be thoroughly prepared, students should study words from all grade level lists.
The declared winner of our school’s Bee will be eligible to compete in the Central Valley Spelling Bee, the champion of which will win an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C to participate in the National Scripps Spelling Bee in May 2021.
To register your student, please fill out the Spelling Bee Sign Up Form by 10/30. For more details, visit our Spelling Bee events page on the Wire.
LP3 Agenda - Standards Review and Spring Classes for High School
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