Happy Friday! Happy May!
It’s so hard to believe that today is May 1. Even though we have been remote teaching, this school year is flying by so fast.
Today, will be the beginning of individualized penmanship for the rest of the school year. We are starting with where your child left off in March. You will be getting individual emails from one of us with the lesson. It will be the teacher who has been working on penmanship with your child all year long. We break this up by birthdays. I have the older half of the group, and Stephanie has the younger half.
My two favorite units to teach are also in May.
For Science, I do a butterfly unit. I order caterpillars and we watch the process of them changing into butterflies. Usually, we release them right before Memorial Day weekend. The kids were always excited to have their own caterpillar. This year I am going to try to duplicate the unit as best as I can. I will take pictures through the process, and make a video of when I release them. I will also have a couple cute projects to accompany this lesson.
For Social Studies, I dedicate the month to the state of Michigan. We discuss facts such as the state symbols, how our state is divided into 2 peninsulas, different products that come from Michigan etc. My original plan was to give a lesson, and then have Google meets every Wednesday for a Michigan show and tell. This could have been an item made in Michigan, a picture from a vacation in Michigan, or wearing a shirt from somewhere in Michigan. However, I am sure you have heard by now that there was a problem with older students and Google Meet. The district has decided that we may no longer use Google Meet, Zoom, or anything of that nature. This a very unfortunate situation and has really saddened me that we will not have the opportunity to “see” each other. I am hoping that the district will find some alternative so that we can meet again. I will still be doing my Michigan unit, though.
Another activity for Practical Life that everyone should be working on is zipping and buttoning. These are fine motor activities that also help your child become independent. So please have them zip their own jackets, and button their own clothes.
Please remember to look for Blue Mountain virtual cards that were sent to your child.
Hope you can all go out and enjoy the beautiful weather predicted for this weekend!
