Falcon's Nest
Alcova Elementary School
April 17, 2020
Principal's Message
Dear Parents,
Although we are working on Digital Learning Work on eCLASS or Google, the days are long when school is canceled. We also wanted to put together some suggested schedules and resources for you to help the days pass more productively. Send positive pictures of you and your child to our teachers or post on social media with the hashtag #alcovastrong so that we can follow our journey!
I am also saddened that some of you can't get online for one reason or the other. We have limited resources relating to computer devices. However, we are doing our best to support families in need of computer assistance. We do not want lack of computer to be the reason your child is not continuing to learn. Please let your teacher, counselor or administrator know if you require assistance. Thanks for your patience!
Thinking of you during this time and praying our Alcova Community to safe! Please let me know if you or a love one is in need.
Your Proud Principal,
Cortina Harris
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English Language Learners and ALL student Links...
https://www.understood.org/pages/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/
Lets get our password Imagine Learning users online!
A Sample Day with Ideas to Help Fill the Time
8:00 Make breakfast together
9:00 An hour of schoolwork
10:00 DIY Science project
11:00 Exercise! Here are some Indoor suggestions
12:00 Creative lunch-making
1:00 Second session of schoolwork
2:00 Round 2 of physical activity - we all need it...
3:00 Healthy snack & DIY Crafts project
4:00 Write, rehearse, and perform a play or mock commercial, or dress up time.
6:00 Prepare, eat, and clean up dinner; everyone helps.
8:00 Board Games/showers/read aloud before bed
Baking = great STEM learning
After you've done all the measuring, then you can think about the chemistry of cooking. At what temperature does butter melt? Or water boil? You and your child can generate hundreds of questions and answers about math and science by the simple act of making cookies.
Then, once those cookies are made, there are all kinds of story problems! If everyone in the family gets an equal number of cookies, how many cookies does each person get? What about the ethical dimensions of cookie-making? Who should get the most? The person who cooks? Who cleans? Who buys the groceries? Or should everyone get an equal amount?
Great topics for studying together
1) The upcoming primary and election
2) The Water Cycle
3) Ways to model kindness-What can your family do now to model kindness to others?