I recently learned that parent participation during school hours is not only allowed, it is encouraged. Several of you have expressed interest in helping out in class, so I have devised a plan to involve those of you that would like to volunteer. 

The primary areas I want to focus on are reading, literacy, fluency and comprehension. Because my responsibilities are three-fold, (First, Second and Third Grades,) it is never easy to step away from the class in order to conduct a small group read-around. For that reason, I would like to have parent volunteers break off into small groups to help the kids with reading. This is something that anyone could do, it would free me up to conduct lessons inside the classroom, and I believe it would facilitate progress for these little readers. You would be working mostly with First and Second graders, but sometimes Third Graders will also join in, as they need to perpetually practice reading aloud, in order to improve fluency. 

Thus, I propose the following: I have set up two time slots per day, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, each for 1 hour. It is not imperative that all these slots be filled, but it will be nice to have slots filled occasionally, and I can plan our weekly schedule based on when we have our parents volunteering. 

I am excited about the prospect of having this help for my readers, but I am also open to feedback, suggestions and even requests if you feel you would prefer assisting in some other capacity. Also, let me know if you think I should structure the slot setup differently, or if you would prefer longer slots. 

Finally, if you would like to earn your volunteer hours but simply can't give up your daytime hours, there is always something you could do for us at home/at night. Mostly this work would be in the realm of the preperation of class materials, and might include stapling, cutting, laminating, that sort of thing. Just throwing that out there!

Thanks, parents, for everything you all do, I am forever grateful to have been so fortunate so as to get a class with AWESOME parents. I appreciate each and every one of you.

STUDENT-DRIVEN LESSONS(follow the link, then just type name on first line and hit "enter".)

1. Intro to Map Skills

https://app.nearpod.com/presentation?pin=FZDUQ

2. Parts of a computer

https://app.nearpod.com/presentation?pin=ZLABD

3.Edit Your writing

https://app.nearpod.com/presentation?pin=IXSMD

4. Learning new things

https://app.nearpod.com/presentation?pin=KTXDJ

EPIC

Please connect with our classroom for free at www.getepic.com/connect using our class code HNN4959 to see what your child is reading in class and find out how to access Epic! at home. I have also emailed a private invitation and one month free to even email in our class. 

READING HORIZONS: 

Use link:

http://www.americaninternationalschool.rhdiscovery.com

Password: child's name with the first letter of last name, no capitals 

(Example- For Jessica Benson it would be: jessicab 

for George Washington it would be: georgew)

TYPING:

Link directly to site using this link: 

https://american-international.typingclub.com/signup/LFJ4HXL

Class code is LFJ4HXL.

CONTINUED SKILL DEVELOPMENT ON EDUCATION.COM

(Use Link)

https://www.education.com/games/play/#choosePlayer

Other Resources for Students and viewing pleasure and review:

STATES- New York

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/50-birds-50-states/#new_york.mp4

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/new-york/#new-york-statue-of-liberty.jpg

VOLCANOS

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/spectacular-science/#volcanoes_101.mp4

SOLAR SYSTEM

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos?videoGuid=75ef52f5-757e-4ac8-9719-8fd09711b35e

NATIVE AMERICANS

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos?videoGuid=5831a1dc-d037-4b5b-b7c6-bc4ddd94f6f7

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/world/