Welcome! I am so glad to have you in my classroom! I'm Ms. Vee, and I knew from a young age that I was meant to be a teacher!

🎓 I am a licensed teacher with certifications in K-6 classroom teaching and Elementary Music. I have six years of experience as a public school teacher and over 16 years of experience volunteering with and teaching PreK and Kindergarten students!
📆 This is a Year-Round, Full Curriculum Class, designed for learners to join at any time, as we learn and practice our skills in new ways all the time!
📒 Handouts are provided each week as part of class instruction, plus extra activities to continue practicing skills at home!
🎶 Every class includes live music and puppets to match our weekly theme!
👾 I create digital games and manipulatives to share with students to make learning more fun!
💪🏻 I bring ENERGY to every class so your learner will stay engaged and want to return for more each day!

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    WHAT TO EXPECT
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- Interaction! Students are encouraged to participate in class. It is my goal to leave microphones on for this class so students can add to the conversation and interact with other learners. If a child becomes a distraction to the class, I will mute that student for a limited time to make sure other learners can focus and join in on the conversation!
- Live Music! In addition to my classroom certification, I am also a certified PreK-12 Music Teacher with extensive experience teaching PreK and Kindergarten students. I will be playing my ukulele and singing along with your students!
- Puppets! I've collected puppets for my brick-and-mortar classroom for six years, and I'm excited to share new puppets and stuffies that relate to our weekly theme!

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ACTIVITY PACKET
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The price of this class includes an activity packet that coincides with our daily lessons! Printing this packet will benefit your child, as they can follow exactly what we are doing in class on their papers at home! 
**The activity packet will be posted in the online Outschool classroom on Sunday nights by 7:00 p.m. EST.**
Most weeks, the packet will be posted earlier than this. If there is a delay, I will keep parents and learners informed through the Outschool classroom.

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     🍁 Fall Themes 🍁
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🔥 Fire Safety: Oct. 9-13 🔥
🌽 Scarecrows and Corn: Oct. 16-20 🌽
🎃 Pumpkins: Oct. 23-27 🎃
👻 Halloween: Oct. 30-Nov. 3 👻
🦃 Turkeys: Nov. 6-10 🦃
🙏🏼 Thanksgiving: Nov. 13-17 🙏🏼

NO CLASS THANKSGIVING WEEK - November 20th - 24th

Gingerbread: Nov. 27-Dec. 1
🎊 Kwanza: Dec. 4-8 🎊
🕎 Hannukah: Dec. 11-15 🕎
🎄 Christmas: Dec. 18-22nd 🎄

✨ More themes to be added soon! ✨
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D A I L Y  C L A S S  S C H E D U L E:
(with rotating possible activities!)
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   Day 1        Day 2      Day 3
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1. Daily Greeting with Teacher and Classmates

2. Calendar Time:
- Month, Day of the Week, Number of Days
- Weather
- Live Ukulele Playing 🎶 for Months and Day of the Week Song

3. Letter Recognition: ✨ includes interactive slide activities and original handouts ✨
- Live Ukulele Playing 🎶 for Alphabet Song
- Introduction to the New Letter (following the Foundations of Reading curriculum)
- Letter Sound
- Movement
- Tracing and Writing (Uppercase and Lowercase)
- Identify words that start with the Focus Letter
- Read a story and identify words that start with the Focus Letter
- CVC Words

4. Number Recognition: ✨ includes interactive slide activities and original handouts ✨
- Original Number Song up to 20
- Counting Aloud
- Circle the Number of Objects
- Tracing the Number
- Graphing
- Basic Addition

5. Colors & Shapes: ✨ includes interactive slide activities and original handouts ✨
- Identify Colors
- Color by Number
- Identify Shapes
- Trace / Draw Shapes

6. Weekly Theme: 
- Mini Lesson
- Vocabulary
- Books
- Games

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      Day 4
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1. Daily Greeting with Teacher and Classmates

2. Calendar Time:
- Month, Day of the Week, Number of Days
- Weather
- Live Ukulele Playing 🎶 for Months and Day of the Week Song

3. Letter Recognition Review: 
- Live Ukulele Playing 🎶 for the Alphabet Song
- Review of Letter of the Week

4. Weekly Theme: ✨ includes original handout ✨
- Interactive Handout
   - Usually requiring crayons, scissors, and glue

5. Art Project: ✨ includes original handout ✨
    - Art Project Supplies May Include:
            - Crayons
            - Markers
            - Scissors
            - Glue
            - Sample Craft will be posted in the Outschool Classroom. Additional supplies will be 
            announced on Sundays by 7:00 p.m. EST.

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TEACHER MESSAGE
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Thank you for taking the time to read about this class! I am excited to create a positive relationship with your learners and watch them grow! Teaching is my passion, and I can't wait to bring that energy to the classroom!

❤️ Ms. Vee