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Life Cycles~Ongoing~Literacy and Science

Early Childhood Education classroom with an experienced, licensed educator. Literacy: Fiction and Non Fiction and a Life Cycle directed drawing project.
Betty Nilssen
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16 live meetings
8 in-class hours
Projects
1 hour per week. 1-2 throughout the class
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Class Experience

US Grade Kindergarten - 2
Beginner Level
🐄🐋🐊🦚🦩🐳🐢🐝🐷🐸🐧🐙🦃In this ongoing science and literacy class, the students will listen to a non fiction story read fluently and will learn about and discuss living things during the "research" part of the class.  The students will then brainstorm facts and all learners will be encouraged to participate and share what they know.   During the directed drawing portion of the class, the students will step by step draw a life cycle or an animal with non fiction labels and add color to the picture.  They will share the project with their classmates throughout the class, if they feel comfortable doing so.  The finished life cycle non fiction research project will be shared at the end of the class for all to admire!  
*These lessons do not build on each other, so feel free to sign up your learner when it fits their schedule and when it is a topic of interest.  




Course Syllabus:

Week 1:  All About Sharks
Week 2:  All About Spiders
Week 3:  All About Frogs
Week 4:  All About Ants
Week 5:  All About Butterflies
Week 6:  All About Dinosaurs
Week 7:  All About Cheetahs
Week 8:  All About Cows
Week 9:  All About  Flamingos
Week 10:  All About Snakes
Week 11:  All About Turkeys 
Week 12:  All About Penguins
Week 13:  All About Giraffes
Week 14:  All About Pigs
Week 15:  All About Bats
Week 16:  All About Ladybugs




Other possible topics:  
Please note:  some topics may change depending on the season or learner's interests.

Week 17:  All About Honey Bees
Week 18:  All About Animal Tails
Week 19:  All About Bears
Week 20:  All About Day Sky/Night Sky
Week 21:  All About Reindeer
Week 22:   All About Penguins
Week 23:  All About Toads and Frogs
Week 24:  All About Cheetahs
Week 25:  All About Animal Groups
Week 26:  All About Living/Non-Living
Week 27:  All About Snakes
Week 28:  All About Pumpkins
Week 29:  All About Dragonflies
Week 30:  All About Whales
Week 31:  All About Snow
Week 32:  All About Stingrays
Week 33:  All About Mammals
Week 34:  All About Sunflowers
Week 35:  All About Snails
Week 36:  All About Animal Ears
Week 37:   All About Amphibians
Week 38:  All About Crocodiles and Alligators
Week 39:  All About Flamingos
Week 40:  All About Polar Bears
Week 41:   All About Science
Week 42:  All About Sea Turtles
Week 43:  All About Our Five Senses
Week 44:  All About Insects and Bugs
Week 45:  All About Grasshoppers
Week 46:  All About Bird Beaks
Week 47:  All About Groundhogs
Week 48:  All About Rain Forest Animals
Week 49:  All About Animal Food Chains
Week 50:  All About Life In A Pond
Week 51:  All About Animal Feet
Week 52:  All About The Coral Reef
Week 53:  All About Safari Animals
Week 54:  All About Reptiles
Week 55:  All About Science Careers
Learning Goals
-Students will use listening skills by focusing on non-fiction science facts and life cycles. 
-Students will use research skills to gather information.
-Students will use creative skills by drawing and coloring.
-Students will use writing skills to create sentences with facts and labels on their pictures.
-Students will use listening skills to follow directions.
-Students will use social skills to interact with other students and have a little bit of fun.
learning goal

Syllabus

16 Lessons
over 16 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Sharks
 In this lesson, we will listen to fiction and non fiction and then create a life cycle project complete with non fiction labels. 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Spider
 In this lesson, we will listen to fiction and non fiction and then create a life cycle project complete with non fiction labels. 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Frogs
 In this lesson, we will listen to fiction and non fiction and then create a life cycle project complete with non fiction labels. 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Ants
 In this lesson, we will listen to fiction and non fiction and then create a life cycle project complete with non fiction labels. 
30 mins online live lesson

Other Details

Supply List
~Students will need white paper, a pencil, and crayons or colored pencils.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined May, 2020
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Hi!  Welcome to my Outschool classroom. 

My name is Betty Nilssen.  💕

I have a BS in Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish from UW-Milwaukee.  I am a first grade teacher, but I have also taught second, third and fourth grade, full inclusive classrooms.  My passion for teaching reading while incorporating phonics, phonemic awareness, rhyming, comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, science, social studies, math, drawing and writing helps children strengthen their academic skills while they gain academic confidence and a love of learning.  Teaching reading is my super power.  

However, I always incorporate math, writing, drawing, social studies and science into all of my lessons, as well.  

I have three adult daughters and two of them are teachers.  My mom was also an educator.

There are so many books to read, words and sentences to write, math equations to solve and fiction and non fiction pictures to draw. Let's get started!  

Enroll your Early Childhood Education student and your child will further develop an academic foundation and gain academic confidence with a love of learning. Your child will be a life time reader! 

Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or if you are looking for different times or dates for classes.  
I can't wait to work with you and your child and further a passion for learning!  
Betty Nilssen

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