San Diego Scoop
October 2018
Mark Your Calendars!
10/5- Marketing Event: Starbucks Meet Up
10/8- Picture Day
10/9- Parents Night Out
10/10- Last day to enroll to receive full enrichment funds
10/19-End of LP3 (Work Samples and Attendance due to your teacher)
10/19- Last day to Add/Drop a High School Course
Lending Library-Now OPEN!
The POWAY Lending Library is now open! The Grand opening was a HUGE hit. Make sure to stop by and take a peek if you were not able to make it. It is a great place to check out items, browse curriculum, and interact with library staff and other Inspire families.
Address: 13915 Danielson St., Ste.200, Poway, CA 92064
Hours:
M/T/W/FR 10am-3pm
TH 1pm-6pm
Enrichment Academy (EA) updates...
Work Samples
- For TK-8 grade students, one sample must be provided from Language Arts, Math, Science OR Social Studies (History)
- For High School students, one work sample for each course must be provided
- On each work sample, the following information MUST be included: First and Last Name of student, sample completion date (must be within the learning period), and proof of parent review (grade, percentage, fraction, etc).
Parent Portal and Attendance
San Diego Parent Resource Site
Did you know that our San Diego Parent Resource Site is a great place to find learning tools for your child? One great tool to highlight is the Learning Styles section. There are assessments you can use to discover your child's learning style. All students have different learning styles and knowing how your child learns best will be helpful in determining how to approach homeschooling. Click here to check out these awesome tools.
Curriculum Resources
History
Whether you are learning continents, or countries, or states (and even state capitals!) you can go to HEREand download a free map game that is simple and really fun!
Ideas based on I Can Statements:
KN- American Symbols & Holidays: Columbus Day; 1st grade- Maps & Locations; 2nd-Then and Now, Map Skills; 3rd-Geography of people, places, environments, American Indian Nations; 4th-Geography in CA, Missions in CA; 5th-Early Explorers, Dwellers of Americas, American Indians & New Settlers; 6th-Ancient Egypt; 7th-Rise & Fall of Rome, Islam in Middle Ages; 8th-American Political System
Science
As fall approaches what a better way to celebrate this time of year by doing science experiments with pumpkins:
Enjoy these Halloween themed science activities!!!
Math
Language Arts
Scholastic Daily Starters – Writing
This is a free website with a new daily “Teachable Moment”, “My Morning Journal”, and “Word of the Day” to facilitate writing and vocabulary development. The grade level may be changed if there are various grade levels in one family. Answer keys are provided on the site. Awesome resource!