I made you a video!

I made you a little morning meeting video! It’s really out of my comfort zone but I hope the kids will enjoy it! Please leave me a comment! Today’s checkin is the name of your pet!

 

youtube.com/watch?v=qGgRtT8jHWg

 

It actually took me all day to figure out this high tech project but I will try to get them out earlier in the future. You will be getting a packet from school in the mail. It is another round of work since we are extending our time. Please don’t feel overwhelmed but if you can try to keep your student working on these every day! We want to come back strong and not have lost any learning.  Thank you!!

Animal exercise check in!

Here’s our next check in! Let’s do the animal exercises and then draw me a picture of your favorite. Parents if you can down load the app “Snap Type” it will take a picture of the drawing and you can put it in the replies or send to my email [email protected].  (If not just leave a reply with your student’s favorite!) I would love to put them all on here so we can see each other’s work!

unique learning site

Just wanted to check in with everyone! I miss you all and hope to see you soon! The other site we can be working on is our Unique Learning. Each student has a login. We use this together in class but I am new to assigning it at home. I will keep working on it so its hopefully not so overwhelming. You don’t have to do every lesson but if you try for one a day that will keep your student’s mind active and it pretty much covers reading writing science and social studies.

The website is wwwn2y.com

choose login on the left

choose student

usernames:

Kazarriah    kazc1          star1

Hovan          hovanh1     star2

Ellynie          ellynieh1    star3

Chloe            chloew1      star4

Mika              mikar1       star5

The kids probably know how to make the books “read” to them (we call is Siri reading lol)-click on the chat icon

and you can click on the answer box for answer choices.

 

Please leave a comment and let me know how everyone is doing! I hope you are all safe and well!

 

 

kidsa-z

Hi!

I was able to get us a free subscription for this really great interactive reading site through the end of the year. As you may have seen we use printed books from this website that are adaptable to each student’s reading level. This version is  so super cool and I will definitely be applying for a permanent subscription to use from here on out! It’s an interactive reading lesson specific to each student. If possible, I would like students to do one episode per day while we are out. I will be able to see what is completed and I will be giving out huge treasure box rewards for everyone who has done this over our extended break!

Please check it out! I have left a special message for each student and I will be able to see the work you’re doing!

Here are the instructions:

log in to www.kidsa-z.com. You get the app for ipad or your phone or either just use a browser.

enter the teacher username-Teacher Amy1

you should see your student’s name-here are the passwords  (click on the picture):

Chloe-fish

Ellynie-cat

Hovan-rocketship

Kazarriah-bunny

Mika-airplane

 

The first lesson is a placement test and then it takes you to an “episode” which is about 20 minutes long.

Please let me know any questions. Ty!!

Occupation Therapy Activities

This was sent to me by our occupational therapist. I know it is a little harder to complete any of these activities at home. These are some things that will help our kids that are in therapy or if not it is still helpful for handwriting, cutting, typing, and other fine motor skills. I’ve really missed your kids..and it has only been  1 day! 🙂

Hello wonderful families!  I hope you are all staying well and healthy during this time.  I would like to provide some ideas for you all to do at home to help your amazing kiddos out while schools are closed.  Please let me know if you have any questions about any of the activities I have provided.

 

Handwriting

 

 https://www.lwtears.com/resources/top-10-classroom-downloads – Handwriting without Tears has given all families free access for 90 days to many of their worksheets.  Please look around the website for what is most appropriate for your child and download that worksheet. This is a great resource for any family.

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rcTCNKgl_3CL1-QhfiNW03jyF–h7twd2s1PnJXNBhI/edit – This is a parent handout I have to discuss the use of the Handy Learning protocol and with various activities to promote handwriitng grasp and precision.  If you are having trouble accessing this file, let me know and I will share it with you in Google Docs.

 

Typing

 

https://www.typingclub.com/ – I use Typing Club.com with many of the students I am working on typing skills with right now.  It is great practice with an onscreen visual component for finger placement that helps improve fluency and speed during typing tasks.

 

Cutting

 

https://www.ot-mom-learning-activities.com/cutting-activities.html – There are some great ideas on this page for practicing cutting skills at home.

 

Sensory supports

 

https://www.sensorysmarts.com/sensory_diet_activities.html – Some great movement activities for sensory supports are listed on this page.  Have your child (safely) perform some of the activities listed before requiring them to sit and do any type of tabletop work.

 

https://www.gonoodle.com/ – Your kids probably know of these videos already.  These are frequently used in classrooms before instruction.  These are great songs with a lot of movement incorporated.

 

If you have any questions, I am always available via email at [email protected].  Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you need to.

 

Thank you, 

Misty Weedon, OTA

Websites for our time off

Dear Lifeskills Parents,
I wanted to put together a list of some of the educational websites that we use in class to hopefully keep our students on track (and busy! 🙂 during this break. We usually do the work together as a group and if there is a paper activity we do it first online and then do it step by step on paper. I will miss your kids and be prayerful that we all stay safe and healthy!

  1. Epic Books-Each student has an account on this website and many of the books are read aloud. Log in with the class code and you should see your child’s name. This also has an app for your phone.​www.getepic.com/students​ class code h​ gg3735
  2. Mystery Doug-the following are free lessons that have been set up for parentshttps://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/pizza?code=1ff5b80840db4c0add0a9358f357a 8ac#slide-id-6011 https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/animals-laugh?code=c0e9d08a82b907d34cef8 38ac6720634#slide-id-7575 https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/biggest-tree?code=4d4ab28bde6ee9598871b8 1ff33c5357#slide-id-7405 https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/hiccups?code=d080bde185cab603a93e5b163d 557ec1#slide-id-5568 https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/germs?code=e6a6a181e835354f8c7b2dffec02 0893#slide-id-8055 https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/germs-sanitizer?code=d1220d5754c6fab7c9de 53d6654f41d6
  3. www.storylineonline.net
    You will find your kids can quote most of these books. We love this website and listen to it everyday before lunch!

4. www.app.gonoodle.com
This one even streams on your TV! We do these every morning. There are videos for several academic subjects including math, science, and reading and of course some just for fun!

5.​https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
This is a yoga program for kids themed around movies. Some of our favorites are Harry Potter, Pokemon, and Frozen.

6. I also have a paper packet that is from one of our main Lifeskills cirriculum sites “News to You”. There is a parent site being set up for this school break time but I haven’t been able to access it yet. I will be in touch when I am able to contact them on Monday. My understanding is that the paper packet will be available at school on Tuesday.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or just to keep the kids in touch! I hope we get to see each other soon!