Welcome to our 3rd week of remote learning! This has been an adjustment, but the Seesaw activities and Google assignments are going really well. Thank you for all who have been participating.
I know this is tough. It's definitely not the same as being in a classroom with me having the ability to explain things. However, if your child is in need of some help, PLEASE let me know so I can set up a one-on-one meeting or a small group meeting during my office hours or on Fridays. I'm sure you know by now that Governor Cooper stated on Friday that all NC school buildings will be closed for the rest of the school year. What does that mean for us? We will continue with our class meetings and remote learning. Our last day of school will be June 11th. I do not know what next school year will look like. That being said, I have a handful of mixed emotions. I am so happy to have this time with my boys. I get to watch them grow and have all the snuggles and spit up I could ever dream of. On the other hand, I miss my "kids." They were my kids first, and I was not ready on March 13th to "let them go." Had I known it would've been our last day together, I would've made sure to get a hug (even with the germs) from every one of them. I am so sad thinking about all of the things we will miss out on as we miss the last quarter together in our classroom. My heart breaks knowing what we had won't be any more. I honestly avoided thinking about it as long as I could this weekend. I feel like time was stolen from me with a group of seriously awesome kids. Thank you so much for raising such sweet, wonderful children. At this point, I am working on making our meetings even more fun and meaningful to feel like we didn't "miss out" on as much. Please let me know if your child is unable to make a meeting so I can make it up with them another time. This week in our lessons, we are learning:
Thank you so much. You are incredible. We will get through this together. Mrs. Farrell
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Hello and welcome to our second week of remote learning!
Last week was honestly way better than I thought it would be! I think I let some of my anxieties get the best of me. :) Thank you SO SO much for your patience with the links that may have not been working. It is definitely a change for me just like it's a change for you guys. Thank you times a million! Also, thank you to those sweet parents who submitted a parent shout out for me. That made my heart smile so big! You guys are awesome. Thanks for your support. You are wonderful! Same as last week: Please refer to the Home Learning tab on this website for all of the links and help. Please email me with any questions or login concerns. Don't forget this is all new and there may be some links and resources that don't work for whatever reason. Just email me with any issues, and my team and I will do my best to resolve them as quickly as possible. CHANGES:
Same - The specials teachers have come up with a website to showcase various specialist resources for you to use during remote learning- https://sites.google.com/wcpss.net/lpesspecials/ Thank you so much for reading! Mrs. Farrell Hello! This week starts the remote learning for LPES. Please refer to the Home Learning tab on this website for all of the links and help. Please email me with any questions or login concerns. Don't forget this is all new and there may be some links and resources that don't work for whatever reason. Just email me with any issues, and my team and I will do my best to resolve them as quickly as possible.
We will have our class meeting Monday at 12 noon. Same code as always! Please see the Home Learning Pacing Guide (a working document which means it will change as time progresses) to see what lessons to use each day. It is available through Google Classroom. People outside of the network were trying to access, so I needed to remove it from my public website. Thank you. The specials teachers have come up with a website to showcase various specialist resources for you to use during remote learning- https://sites.google.com/wcpss.net/lpesspecials/ Thank you so much for reading! Mrs. Farrell From Ms. Benner: Hello, everyone! I am so glad we've had some amazing weather! Mr. Farrell and I took advantage of it this weekend and got some much needed yard work done. Well, Mr. Farrell worked in the yard while I took care of the babies. But when they napped, I was able to help! We were also able to get them outside, too! We opened up the back of the van in the garage and did tummy time in there. It was super fun and got them used to being outside. Copper also enjoyed a nap or too in the van while we were spreading mulch. I hope you were able to enjoy the weather and do something fun together as a family!
This week's challenge: bake or cook something and tell us about it! I posted an activity on Seesaw (thank you for responding- everything looks so yummy) for you to be able to post a picture, video, or other media to tell us about your recipe! We will discuss more tomorrow during our class meeting. Class Meetings: We will be doing a class meeting every Monday at 12pm. I will send the Google meet link to parents on Mondays before the meet via email. You can join by web, phone (or tablet) app, or phone. Please follow these norms for the meets:
Remote Learning Update: Wake County announced last week that all schools would be operating on a traditional schedule for the rest of the school year. It will look like this: Remote Learning Calendar 2020. Because of this change, this week is "spring break" and instruction will start next week. Next week, I will be adding assignments to Google Classroom. There will be a math unit, a Module (ELA) unit, a science unit, and a social studies unit along with a schedule of when to work on the different tasks. For math, we will start with fractions (which is what we were doing right before we left). For Module, we will be starting Module 4 - Water Around the World. For social studies, we will focus on geography. For science, we will focus on land and water features. **I will also be adding a "Home Learning" tab to this website that may help answer questions you have about logging in, etc. Important: This week I need everyone to make sure they are able to login to their WakeID so they can get into Google Classroom, Dreambox, and BrainPop. I also need everyone to make sure they can log in AS a STUDENT for Seesaw. The codes I emailed last week are necessary for that. I can reset a WakeID password, and I can resend a Seesaw code if needed. It will be no problem at all. For now, continue reading, practicing multiplication facts, getting onto any web resource you have found that works and is enjoyable, and writing. You do not need to spend hours and hours every day doing "school" work. Please cook and prepare meals with your kids. Spend time together as a family. Build forts. Go on scavenger hunts around the house or in the yard. Create movies. Try fun science experiments. Build something from recyclables. Tell scary stories in the dark with a flashlight. Be creative. I'd love to know what you're doing! If you have any questions, please email me or message me on Seesaw. I will try to respond as quickly as possible. I know that you are trying to get schedules going and balance working from home, too. It's a lot. Take care of yourself and your family. We will get through this difficult time! Thank you so much for all you are doing every day. Love, Mrs. Farrell |
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