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My mission is to inspire young minds to explore, discover, and learn, fostering a lifelong love for knowledge and growth in a supportive and engaging environment.  My curriculum is structured to promote critical thinking, problem-solving, and social skills in an fun and engaging manner. All children are encouraged to participate each session. See below to see what is included with your subscription.


 👩‍🏫1. A certified teacher with over 20 years of experience in public, private, and online schools.

🙋‍♀️2. Help if your child does not understand the concept, please send me a message and I will answer any questions your child may have.

😉3. I utilize the chat feature in Zoom to answer questions and no one sees the answers except the teacher. I know some children are afraid to speak out and that is why we use the chat feature. I will teach the children how to use it the first class for those that choose to use it.

📰4. A monthly newsletter sent out the first class of every month or if you join after the first class, it will be sent when you book. The newsletter will include what we are learning in class, tips and tricks to help your student succeed in math, and days that we will not be meeting. 

📄5. A work packet for us to complete during class and also extra work in between classes that is optional for students that need extra practice

💻6. Occasionally we will take a virtual field trip that has been prerecorded.

 Below is what to expect during each class.

1. 📅 Calendar time- We will review days of the week, months of the year, how many days in the year and month. What is today, tomorrow, and yesterday? What is the date? What will the date be in 5 days?

2. 📝Writing Workshop: We will have a writing prompt each session and the students will get a chance to share what they wrote if they want to share. Students are encouraged to use phonics skills to help with spelling skills. 

3. 🚍Spelling/Vocabulary Workshop: We will have spelling words each week and the students will use the words in sentences. We will also learn some new vocabulary words each week and they will learn how to use those in sentences.

4. 📕Story Time/Reading Fluency: The class will listen to a story and we will discuss the story afterwards and participate in a story related activity. The class will have a chance to read a short story after the story is read. We often look for sight words in our short stories. We will also be working on reading fluency each class.

5. 🔠Phonics Workshop: We will start off with Heggerty phonemic awareness lesson. Now we will learn letters/sounds, sound segmenting and blending, digraphs, diphthongs and learn how to sound out unfamiliar words. It's the students time to read and work on fluency!

6. 👩‍🏫Language Arts Workshop: Now we will discuss grammar concepts such as nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, sentence structure, and correct a sentence that is not correct.

7. 🔢Math Workshop: We will review math skills and learn a new skill each session. Next, we will practice the skill together with a game. Then the students will do a couple of problems on their own for independent practice.

8.🔬Monday/Wednesday-Science investigation-We will learn science and discovery topics with new topics each week. We will do a science experiment on Wednesdays during class!

9.🏠 Tuesday/Thursday-Social Studies/Social Skills/Geography Skills- We will learn how to solve problems that we may have with our friends. We will also learn how to be a good citizen and learn some key geography skills such as how to use a map or globe. Thursday is Show and Tell day and virtual field trip day to different countries!

Below is an idea of the skills that your child will be learning each week along with so many more that we cover each session and they are listed above:


🍂September🍂

The week of 9/9-9/12-
Math: Learn simple subtraction with differences to 20

Literacy: Letters/sounds, middle sounds, sight words, discuss character and character traits, practice finding nouns

Science: Living and Non-Living Things 
Activities: Sorting living and non-living items, nature walk to observe living things, creating a chart

Social Studies: All About Me
Activities: Create an "All About Me" poster, share favorite activities and foods

The week of 9/16-9/19-
Math: Learn that a 2 digit number is represented as tens and ones

Literacy: Letters/sounds, sight words, rhyming words/word families, discuss the main idea of the story, practicing finding verbs

Science: Living and Non-Living Things
Activities: Sorting living and non-living items, nature walk to observe living things, creating a chart

Social Studies: My Family
Activities: Family tree project, discuss different family structures

The week of 9/23-9/26-
Math: Measure lengths using standard and nonstandard units of measurement

Literacy: Letters/sounds, sound blending with CVC words, discuss the main idea of the story, Practice finding verbs

Science: Parts of a Plant
Activities: Planting seeds, observing plant growth, labeling parts of a plant

Social Studies: My Neighborhood
Activities: Draw a map of the neighborhood, discuss local places (parks, stores)

🎃October🎃
The week of 9/30-10/3-
Math: Identify and describe 2D shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle, hexagon, pentagon, octagon).

Literacy: Letters/sounds, sound blending with CVC words, learn about sneaky E and how to decode words with the sneaky E, retell the story with a picture walk, practice finding verbs

Science: Parts of a Plant
Activities: Planting seeds, observing plant growth, labeling parts of a plant

Social Studies: Community Helpers
Activities: Role-playing different community helpers (police, firefighters)

The week of 10/7-10/10-
Math: Learn to identify halves and fourths using fractions

Literacy: Read early reading books, learn to read and decode words with long a

Science: Types of Animals
Activities: Classifying animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.), animal matching games, creating animal fact cards

Social Studies: Rules and Responsibilities
Activities: Discuss classroom rules, create a list of responsibilities at home and school

The week of 10/14-10-17-
Math: Review skills covered so far

Literacy: Review week

Science: Review week

Social Studies: Review week

The week of 10/21-10/24-
Math: Learn calendar math concepts

Literacy: Read early reader books, create our own story, compare our story to stories that we have read this year. Learn to read and decode words with long o

Science: Types of Animals
Activities: Classifying animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.), animal matching games, creating animal fact cards

Social Studies: Citizenship and Being a Good Friend
Activities: Role-play scenarios on being a good friend, discuss qualities of a good citizen

The week of 10/28-10/31-
Math: Count forward and backwards within a given number to 50

Literacy: Read early reader books, Compare the story this week to other stories like the one this week, Practice using adjectives

Science: Animal Habitats
Activities: Exploring different habitats (forest, ocean, desert), habitat dioramas, habitat matching games 

Social Studies: Celebrating Differences
Activities: Share different cultures and traditions, create a classroom culture quilt 

🦃November🦃
The week of 11/4-11/7-
Math: Use strategies such as counting on, making ten, and decomposing numbers.

Literacy: Learn about fiction and nonfiction, continue to read short stories and answer questions about the stories we read, practice using adjectives

Science: The Earth’s Layers
Activities: Creating a model of the Earth’s layers, discussing each layer's characteristics

Social Studies: Introduction to Maps
Activities: Look at different types of maps, map scavenger hunt 

The week of 11/11-11/14-
Math: Compare numbers based on place value

Literacy: Learn beginning blends and find them in the stories we read, and practice using adjectives.

Science: Rocks and Minerals
Activities: Rock collection and classification, examining minerals, creating rock art

Social Studies: My Country
Activities: Learn about national symbols (flag, country song, etc.,)

The week of 11/18-11/21-
Math: Tell time to the hour and half hour

Literacy: Practice digraphs, learn about the main idea of a story, Practice using adjectives

Science: Weather and Climate
Activities: Weather observation journal, making a weather chart, creating a rain gauge

Social Studies: The Globe and Continents
Activities: Identify continents on a globe, coloring continent maps

🎄December🎄
The week of 12/2-12/5-
Math: Identify and describe 3D shapes (cube, cone, cylinder, sphere, rectangular prism).

Literacy: Tell about the setting of the story, Learn how to decode difficult words using phonics skills, practice using pronouns 

Science: Weather and Climate
Activities: Weather observation journal, making a weather chart, creating a rain gauge

Social Studies: Landforms
Activities: Create landform models (mountains, valleys), landform sorting game

The week of 12/9-12/12-
Math: Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares.

Literacy: Practice using pronouns, practice using digraphs, find differences between two of the characters from the story read. Read more short stories.

Science: Seasons
Activities: Seasonal changes chart, nature walk to observe seasonal changes, seasonal crafts

Social Studies:  Holidays Around the World
Activities: Learn about different holidays (Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas), holiday crafts

The week of 12/16-12/19
Math: Review skills taught this year

Literacy: Review week

Science: Review week

Social Studies: Review week

⛄January⛄
The week of 1/6-1/9-
Math: Recognize, count, and write numbers to 100

Literacy: Play vocabulary games, practice using pronouns, read short stories and discuss the setting of the story

Science:  Water Cycle
Activities: Creating a water cycle diagram, water cycle experiments (evaporation, condensation), water cycle song

Social Studies:  Weather and Seasons
Activities: Create a weather chart, discuss how weather affects daily life

The week of 1/13-1/16-
Math: Solve word problems involving addition

Literacy: Compare and contrast stories read, practice using pronouns, read short stories and discuss the differences between the characters in the two stories read.

Science:  Water Cycle
Activities: Creating a water cycle diagram, water cycle experiments (evaporation, condensation), water cycle song

Social Studies:  Bodies of Water
Activities: Discuss different bodies of water (oceans, rivers, lakes), water body collage  

The week of 1/20-1/23-
Math: Solve word problems involving subtraction

Literacy: Discuss the difference between fiction and nonfiction and both kind of books. Predict what the story will be about, practice using nouns, Practice using decoding skills to decode difficult words.

Science: States of Matter
Activities: Sorting solids, liquids, and gases, matter experiments (melting, freezing), creating a matter chart

Social Studies: Transportation and Travel
Activities: Discuss different modes of transportation, create a transportation collage

The week of 1/27-1/30-
Math: Order numbers according to place value

Literacy: Continue discussing the difference between fiction and nonfiction, practice using nouns

Science: Simple Machines
Activities: Exploring levers, pulleys, and inclined planes, building simple machines, machine scavenger hunt

Social Studies: Introduction to History
Activities: Timeline of a typical day, discuss what history is

💘February💘
The week of 2/10-2/13-
Math: Learn how to read charts and graphs

Literacy: Learn to compare stories read to real world events, discuss the events in the story, learn more beginning blends, Practice using verbs

Science: States of Matter
Activities: Sorting solids, liquids, and gases, matter experiments (melting, freezing), creating a matter chart

Social Studies: Understanding Timelines
Activities: Create personal timelines, family history project

The week of 2/17-2/20-
Math: Learn how to create charts and graphs

Literacy: Write about the story read and how you would change the ending, read short stories and practice decoding difficult words, play vocabulary games, Practice finding diphthongs in the stories read, practice using verbs

Science: Properties of Matter
Activities: Describing objects by their properties (color, texture, size), comparing and contrasting materials

Social Studies:  Important Historical Figures
Activities: Learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, create fact sheets

The week of 2/24-2/27-
Math: Learn how to interpret charts and graphs

Literacy: Learn how to summarize a story, learn about synonyms and antonyms, play vocabulary games, read short stories and practice decoding difficult words, practice finding diphthongs in the stories we read  

Science: Properties of Matter
Activities: Describing objects by their properties (color, texture, size), comparing and contrasting materials

Social Studies: National Holidays
Activities: Discuss significance of national holidays (Independence Day, Memorial Day), create holiday posters


🍀March🍀
The week of 3/3-3/6-
Math: Learn to count from a given number within 100

Literacy: Dr. Seuss Week- Practice summarizing a story, learn about synonyms and antonyms, find our vocab words in the stories read, practice using verbs and find them in sentences, read short stories and answer story related questions

Science: Introduction to Forces
Activities: Exploring pushes and pulls, simple experiments with magnets, creating a force and motion poster

Social Studies: Community History
Activities: Explore local history, visit a local museum or historical site

The week of 3/10-3/13-
Math: Learn to tell time to the half hour

Literacy: Write our own story using key details to retell the story, learn how to read a poem, read short stories and decode difficult words, practice finding verbs in sentences.

Science: Motion and Movement
Activities: Building ramps and observing motion, rolling and sliding experiments, motion scavenger hunt

Social Studies: Changes Over Time
Activities: Discuss how technology and daily life have changed, compare old and new photos

The week of 3/17-3/20-
Math: Recognize penny, nickel, dime, quarter(US currency)

Literacy: Compare and contrast stories written by the same author, practice finding adjectives in sentences, practice 

Science: Sound
Activities: Exploring sound with musical instruments, creating sound waves with a slinky, sound experiments

Social Studies: Inventors and Inventions
Activities: Learn about famous inventors (Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell), invention projects

🐰April🐰
The week of 3/31-4/3-
Math: Learn the worth of a penny, nickel, dime, quarter(US Currency)

Literacy: Practice using adjectives in a sentence, read short stories and answer story related questions, practice reading beginning blends

Science: Sound
Activities: Exploring sound with musical instruments, creating sound waves with a slinky, sound experiments

Social Studies: Family Traditions and History
Activities: Share family traditions, create a family traditions book

The week of 4/7-4/10-
Math: Review the skills taught this year

Literacy: Review week

Science: Review week

Social Studies: Review week

The week of 4/14-4/17-
Math: Learn to count money

Literacy: Learn about digraphs such as ch, sh etc., discuss the different characters in the story read, review verbs and nouns what is the difference, 

Science: Natural Resources
Activities: Identifying natural resources, sorting renewable and non-renewable resources, recycling project

Social Studies:  Pioneers and Exploration
Activities: Discuss pioneers, create a pioneer diary

The week of 4/21-4/24-
Math: Use place value to add multiples of 10

Literacy: Summarize the story read, practice finding digraphs that we have discussed in the story read, find pronouns in the stories that we read.

Science: Earth Day and Conservation
Activities: Earth Day crafts, planting trees, discussions on conservation and recycling

Social Studies:  Our Earth and Caring for It
Activities: Discuss recycling and conservation, Earth Day project

The week of 4/28-5/1- 
Math: Use place value to add 2 digit numbers with regrouping

Literacy: Discuss the setting of the story, practice story sequencing, practice finding digraphs in the stories read, practice finding pronouns

Science: Light
Activities: Exploring sources of light, creating shadows, light and reflection experiments

Social Studies:  Introduction to Government
Activities: Discuss what government is, role-play different government roles

🌺May🌺
The week of 5/5-5/8-
Math: Use place value to subtract 2 digit numbers with regrouping

Literacy: Practice using pronouns in sentences, practice story sequencing, practice finding digraphs in the stories read 

Science: The Sun
Activities: Observing the sun’s path, creating a sun model, discussing the sun’s importance

Social Studies: Local Government
Activities: Learn about mayor and city council, visit a local government office

The week of 5/12-5/15-
Math: Learn about weight, capacity, feet, centimeters,

Literacy: Practice finding pronouns, practice reding difficult stories, practice story sequencing

Science: The Moon
Activities: Phases of the moon chart, moon observation journal, creating a moon craft

Social Studies: State and National Government
Activities: Discuss roles of governor and president, create a government chart

The week of 5/19-5/22-
Math: Review week

Literacy: Review week

Science: Review week

Social Studies: Review week