I have created a Google Classroom for my students. The activities are good for the whole family to do. Make sure you check in often to see the new tasks. If you need the code to enter, please email me.

I miss you all so very much! Stay safe, read your books, and continue to learn.

Mrs. Valerius

Let’s have some fun today by telling some riddles.

1.What goes up and down but does not move?

—-Stairs

2. What is white when dirty and black when clean?

—-A chalkboard

3. What has hands but can not clap?

—-A clock

4. What has to be broken before you can use it?

—An egg

5. What can you catch but never throw?

____A cold

I miss you all so very much. Please stay safe and healthy. Remember to check out your teacher’s blog, my blog, and my google classroom for activities. Next week is Spring Break so be careful.

Mrs. Valerius

This is a social story for you to share with your children. It may help to explain the virus and why we are not in school.

https://littlepuddins.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-Corona-Virus-Free-Printable-Updated-2-The-Autism-Educator-.pdf

Stay safe and I miss you all so much!

Mrs. Valerius

Today we will do a fun science experiment. This experiment will help you and your kids to learn a little bit about the 3 states of matter…solid, liquid and gas. Before you start the experiment talk with your child about what they think will happen to the ice cream and pop. See if they can tell you the three states of matter.

Items you will need;

*clear glass

*vanilla ice cream

*root beer pop

Steps for the experiment:

1. scoop out a nice size of vanilla ice cream and place it in the clear glass.
2. pour the root beer over the ice cream and watch what happens
3. eat your creation and then talk about the 3 states of matter

The ice cream is your solid.

The root beer is your liquid.

And when you pour the root beer over the ice cream, you have created the bubbles, which is the gas.

Now that your experiment is done, have your child write about what happened during the process. Hope you enjoyed this fun experiment. Stay safe and I miss you all.

Mrs. Valerius

Today I will share some fun activities you can do with your spelling words from your teacher or your sight words.

1. Write your words outside using sidewalk chalk
2. Trace around with colored pens and draw an outline around the word, kind of like bubble letters.
3. Military spelling-do jumping jacks, as you clap and say each letter to spell the word.
4. Scratch n’ Sniff-write letters with glue on paper, then sprinkle with dry jello-o. After it dries, rub your finger over the letters and it will smell like what-ever flavor you used.
5. Snap and Spell-snap on each letter, clap when you say the word at the end.
6. Timer-get a timer. Set it for 3 minutes. See how many times you can write your words before the timer goes off.
7. Good Clean Words-write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can be cleaned safely.
8. Cheer your Words-pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words.
9. Choo-choo words-write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words.
10. Word Art-draw a picture and write your words in the picture.

Today we will write a letter or a card to some you miss seeing. Maybe you want to to write to your teacher, Ms. Abdulla, Mr. Awada, or maybe someone in your family that lives far away. In your letter tell the person what kinds of things you are doing to stay busy. This activity can be fun and it will help you to get some of your questions out.

To start a letter you should put the date at the top right corner of the paper. Then add Dear……,

Now you will start to write the body of letter. This is where you will put your thoughts and idea to the person you are writing to.

After you finish all of your letter, you will need to sign the bottom of the letter with your name.

Continue to stay safe and I miss you!

Mrs. Valerius