Earth and Sky: Paper Mâché Earth

In this week's Family Friday, you will make a paper mache earth. After reading about the earth in our Earth and Sky A-E, you will get a little messy with this fun arts and crafts project!

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Announcing New Data Dashboards

We are thrilled to announce the release of our brand new data dashboards!

Based on extensive collaboration between our education and engineering teams, the new dashboards leverage big data solutions to provide just-in-time, actionable data for teachers and administrators. Best of all, the data dashboards are easy to interpret and appealing for early-grade teachers to work with. Teachers can easily answer:

  • Who is falling behind?
  • What are students' strengths and weaknesses?
  • How can I group students to best serve individual needs?
  • Are students making progress?
  • Which books are students reading?
  • Are students developing as writers?

And, of course, the new dashboards make it easier than ever to virtually take attendance and monitor student activity.

With data dashboards, we completely rethought what proficiency data looks like. No more endless charts and tables. Instead, we’ve created a tool that teachers will enjoy coming back to again and again, to find new ways to help their students excel.

To get started exploring your data, simply click Dashboards when you log in on myf2b.com

 

The Challenge of Online Learning for Young Children

The COVID pandemic is affecting how we educate our students. Remote instruction has not only become necessary, it’s requiring schools to meet new standards that often tie directly to funding. The fact is that online learning has created new challenges for our general population of students and creates even more challenges for our most vulnerable students.

 

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Ellie the Elephant

This week's Family Friday is fun for all ages. After reading Ellie the Elephant in our Alphabet Animals series, you will make your very own elephant ring toss! Read our step-by-step guide on creating this interactive ring toss game at home. Have fun!

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Ellie la elephante

Este Viernes en familia es divertido para todas las edades. Después de leer Ellie la elefante en nuestra serie de Animales del alfabeto, ¡hará su propio juego lanzando anillos al tronco de un elefante! Lea nuestra guía paso a paso para crear este juego interactivo en casa. ¡Diviértase!

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The Engineering Design Process

This week's Family Friday will deepen your child's understanding of the engineering design process and includes a step-by-step guide for creating your own paper helicopter with everyday supplies. In our Physical Science and Engineering series, your child will be introduced to important science concepts. Read The Engineering Design Process and complete our step-by-step guide to creating and flying your own helicopters. Have fun!

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El proceso del diseño de ingeniería

Este Viernes en familia estarán aprendiendo más sobre el proceso del diseño de ingeniería. En nuestra serie de Las ciencias físicas y la ingeniería, será introducido a la importancia de los conceptos de la ciencia. Lea nuestra guía paso a paso para crear un helicóptero usando materiales de día a día. ¡Diviértanse!

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Kindness vs. Bullying

This week, you and your children will read two books: Larry and Milton and The Lion and the Mouse. Using the two fables, you will create a new page to show how each set of characters behaved. This is a great way to think about how to behave if you were in the same situation and the good choices you would make. Enjoy!

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Amabilidad vs. Hostigamiento

Esta semana, usted y sus niños leerán Larry y Milton y El león y la ratona. Usando estas dos fábulas, crearán una nueva página para demostrar cómo cada uno de los personajes se comportaron. Esta actividad servirá para pensar sobre cómo nos comportaríamos si estuviésemos en estas situaciones y cómo elegiríamos comportarnos.

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Get Out The Clothes

For this week's Family Friday, we will do a sorting game. In Get Out the Clothes, children will learn all about the seasons and what clothes you should wear each season. Children will then practice their sorting skills by placing the correct clothes and activities with the appropriate season. Read our step-by-step guide on how you can play this interactive seasons activity with your child at home!

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