Art and Science: African Animals from A-Z and their Habitats 
Come along with me and explore the animals of Africa from A-Z. We are going to talk about 26 different animals that represent every letter of the alphabet.  We will learn fun facts about these animals, color, draw, and sometimes watch a video about the animal of the day.

In this ongoing class, we will learn about different African Animals from A-Z. We will learn, explore, and discover fascinating facts about animals from Africa.


Students will be provided with a color page with fun facts to bring to class each week. We will explore the animal and its habitats. In some class sessions, we will watch a short video on the animal of the day. 
We will explore the animals in alphabetical order and students are free to sign up for this class at any time. If your learner isn’t into African Animals I offer other classes on different animals from A-Z.
Students will be encouraged to participate and ask questions at any time.

Skills Covered:
This set can be used to build and develop a wide variety of academic skills including:
•	Animal Sciences
•	Habitats & Biomes
•	Early Reading Skills
•	A-Z Letter Recognition and sounds
•	Coloring & Creativity
•	Science Journaling
•	Research & Fact-Finding 


The class will go as follows.
1.	We will talk about the letter of the day. We will go over the letter sound (for vowels we will go over long and short sounds)
2.	The animal of the day will be introduced, and we will go over the fun facts. (If students know additional fun facts or want to ask questions, they are free to do so at any time.)
3.	We will watch a short video on the animal of the day (if one is available). Make sure to pay attention because I will ask simple questions from the video or our fun fact sheet.
4.	The students will have the opportunity to color the animal of the day and if time is permitted, I will do a guided easy step-by-step drawing of the animal for students that would like to draw it too.
5.	Students will be given the opportunity to share their finished artwork.
*Sometimes students may choose to draw along with me during class instead of coloring their color sheet, which is fine, and they can do the color page after class if they’d like.

Schedule
*Every 26 classes we will start a new session and repeat the alphabet from the beginning. Sometimes we may repeat the same animals and other times we may not depending on how many animals begin with the alphabet of the day. For example, for the letter “A” there are several “A” animals so in each new session we may cover a different animal and so forth for any other letters that have multiple animals with the same letter.
Below I have provided the letter of the week and a snippet of some of the animals we will cover. I don’t want to spoil the surprise of knowing all the animals ahead of time.

Animals from A-Z Letters

Week 1: Aug. 14-18 : A-Aardvark
Week 2: Aug. 21-25: B- Baboon
Week 3: Aug. 28- Sept. 1 : C-Cheetah
Week 4: Sept. 4-8 : D- Duiker
Week 5: Sept. 11-15: E
Week 6: Sept. 18-22: F
Week 7: Sept. 25-29: G
Week 9: Oct. 2-6: H
Week 9: Oct. 9-13: I
Week 10: Oct. 16-20: J
Week 11: Oct. 23-27: K
Week 12: Oct. 30- Nov. 3: L
Week 13: Nov. 6-10: M
Week 14: Nov. 13-16: N
Week of Nov. 20-23: No Class  Thanksgiving Break* I will send out review sheets students can do over the break if they want to.
Week 15: Nov. 12-Dec 1: O
Week 16: Dec. 4-8: P
Week 17: Dec. 11-15: Q
Dec18- Jan 1  Christmas Break ** I will send out review and activity sheets student can do at home if they’d like.
Week 18: Jan2-5: R
Week 19:Jan8-12 : S
Week 20: Jan 15-19 : T
Week 21: Jan 22- 26: U
Week 22: Jan 29- Feb2 : V
Week of Feb 5-9 No Class *I will provide worksheets and activities students can do if they’d like.
Week 23: Feb 12-16: W
Week 24: Feb 19-23: X
Week 25: Feb. 26- Mar. 1: Y 
Week 26: Mar. 4-8: Z
Week 27: Mar. 11-15: A
Week 28: Mar. 18-22: B
Week 29: Mar. 25-29: C
Week Apr. 1-5: No Class Spring Break
Week 30: Apr. 8-12: D
Week 31: Apr. 15-19: E
Week 32:  Apr. 22-26 : F
Week 33: Apr. 29- May 3: G
Week 34: May 6-10: H
Week 35: May 13-17: I
Week 36: May 20-24: J
 
**if this class goes into summer, we will continue the letters until we reach Z
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A little about me. 
My name is Teacher LaMeEl, but you can call me Teacher La La. I have a B.A. in Communications and an M.S. in Marketing. I have over 17 years of teaching experience. I have taught Pre-K through 3rd grade in private schools. Also, I have taught art to students ages 3 years old through 80 years old. I have been an ESL teacher since 2017 and I hold a TESOL Certification. I have a passion for teaching others and truly find joy in my student’s accomplishments and achievements. I love being creative and making things. I enjoy crafting, painting, making books, painting, and much more. I love to use my hands and imagination to create something wonderful.
I love helping and encouraging learners to learn new things and helping them find ways to make learning easy and fun. Children tend to enjoy learning when it doesn't feel like learning. I enjoy being silly and engaging with my students. I have created all my curriculums to be engaging and to help students become confident in the skills being taught.
I look forward to working with your child(ren) in my class.

I can’t wait to meet you.
-	Teacher La La
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Please read before registering

Attendance Policy
The class will begin on time and if your child is late the class will continue moving forward. If time permits, I will try to go over the drawing(s) that your student missed. 

What to do…

Schedule Change Request?
I understand that life happens and sometimes you may need to change your learner’s class session. I have no problem with making arrangements with you. Please try to give me a 24hr. heads up if your learner is unable to attend their session and I’ll be more than happy to transfer them to another session at a different date or time.

What to do If my child is absent?
If a session is missed, please be sure to request a recording.

Class Cancellations 

Canceled Class by the teacher?
According to Outschool’s policy, I am to wait 10 minutes in the classroom before canceling class. If no students are in attendance in class before the 10-minute grace period, the class session will be canceled and there will not be a recording of the session as I will not proceed to teach without students being present.

Also, if students arrive in class late, I will start the lesson from the beginning at whatever time the first late student arrives. I will continue the lesson until the scheduled class ending time. If we are not able to finish the activity due to tardiness the student is more than welcome to finish their activity outside of class and share their final results at the end of the next class session if time is permitted.

Teacher Emergency?
As stated, before life happens and most times it happens in and at the wrong moments. In the event I must cancel class due to an emergency I will give you the option of having your learner transferred to another class. If a transfer doesn’t work for you, I am more than happy to issue a refund for the missed class session on my behalf.

Refunds?
No-shows and missed classes are not entitled to refunds. If you miss a session a recording will be available for viewing. Please allow yourself and the student time to log in early in order to give yourself time to do a technical check and make sure you can enter the class without any issues

**There is no sibling discount for this course. Siblings and/or co-learners must be enrolled individually to attend and participate in class.