Monday, March 23, 2020

Hello Team Fritzin Families!

We are ready to embark on another week of online school at home.  Everyday we talk about how much we miss you and that being without you is not easy!

Even though we’re all at home, we can still stay in touch with one another. Please feel free to email us anytime!  We have received pictures of you reading, playing in your yards and enjoying time with siblings.  Some of you have even started your own Genius Hour projects and plan to share with us soon!  Wow!

        Both of us think it would be helpful for you to make yourself a list each day of what you hope to accomplish.  Don’t worry if you can’t always accomplish all that is on your list, but it’s always helpful to have goals to work towards!

        Please check out the ¾ Google Classroom that our ¾ team of teachers has created for you.  There are so many amazing opportunities but we don’t want you to be overwhelmed.  Here are three suggestions that you might enjoy starting with:

• Language Arts: Spice Up Your Writing with Nearpod
• Science: Take a Soil, Rock and Landform Virtual Tour
• Social Studies:  Map Your Way to Success 

Remember, it is always okay (and encouraged) to take a break from the screen and pick up a good book.  We have family reading times in both of our homes where everyone enjoys an actual book for at least 30 minutes.  We also encourage you to learn and/or review your addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts in any way that works for you.  Feel free to use the learning resources we have on our blog that you are already used to.  They are always available to you!  Finally, your parents are in charge and we want you to complete anything your parents ask you to do!  As always, they are the final word.

We’ve included a sample daily home schedule below and will post another update on our blog for you this week.  Until then, enjoy your self-directed learning and we can’t wait to hear more from you.

        Love,

       Mrs. Butzin and Mrs. Frishman

BCS Daily Schedule Possibilities for Home during School Closure

Before 9:00 AM	Breakfast/Morning Routine (shower, dress, brush teeth, clean room)
9:00-9:30 AM	Family Time* Walk, Parent choice game (Board Game, Card Game, Charades, Pictionary, see below)
9:30-10:30 AM	Academic Time #1 - see your BCS Google Classroom
10:30-11:00 AM	Creative Time (Draw, paint, design, build, write, play/listen/dance to Music, exercise) - healthy snack if needed
11:00 AM-12:00	Academic Time #2 - see your BCS Google Classroom
11:30 AM-12:30	Lunch/Recess (recreational time)
12:30-1:30 PM	Academic Time #3 - see your BCS Google Classroom
1:30-2:00 PM	Independent Reading Time (read or listen to a good book, magazine, newspaper ...)
2:00-3:00 PM	Down time** (non scripted, students play) - healthy snack if needed
2:30-3:00 PM	Inquiry time*** (tap into your curiosity and wonder)
3:00-3:30 PM	Outdoor or Indoor Play
3:30-4:00 PM	Crafts/Science Experiment/Baking/Building (activities in Google Classroom might fit here)
4:00-4:30 PM	H2 Time: Responsibilities for the “Household Harmony” (i.e. chores)
4:30 – 8:00 PM	Gaming****, TV show, dinner, evening time, Movie Night, Game Night, exercise, etc.) (*bonus evening time for completing work a.k.a. later bedtime)
Be sure to include these within any part of your day!	·         Connect w a friend time; Connect w extended family member time (phone, Skype, FaceTime, WhatsApp, text, …) ·         Co-Curricular Activities in Google Classroom (Art, PE, Engage, Eng. Tech, Spanish, Instrumental Music) ·         If you have social media accounts and would like to share any of your learning adventures during this extended closure (with parent permission), please share on the Birmingham Covington School Facebook page and/or Twitter @BCS_Cobras #BCSLearns.