We Miss You

Let me begin by saying how much I miss all of my students. I am thinking and missing them daily, and I will do my best to continue to support them and their families as the COVID-19 continues to impact our communities. I hope all of you are safe and healthy!
1. You matter and I miss you
2.Stay Safe
3.Be kind to your family
4. Investigate your own interests
5. Get creative (Journal)
6. Go outside every day
7.Find ways to make a difference
8. We'll be here when you get back

Love,
Mrs. Cascio

                                   Covington County School District                                                                      REVISED 3-25-2020

Parent Resources for Learning and Being Creative at Home

Below we have compiled a list of resources for parents and students to use at home. This list and any additional resources schools send home are voluntary. All resources sent home are to help parents and students continue learning at home. As you are on these websites there may be ads that could take your child to other sites or content that might not be appropriate for the age levels of some students so, parental monitoring is required.

Talking to Your Child About Current Events

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/talking-with-children.html The Center for Disease Control guidance for speaking to children and students

https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/ Brain Pop Video about the Coronavirus and what you can do to prevent the spread of the virus in a “kid-friendly” approach. (Parents please watch this video first to see if it is appropriate for your child.)

Reading Language Arts

Scholastic Learn at Home www.scholastic.com/learnathome

Students do not have to create an account. Choose a grade band to see articles that are grade-appropriate, like their weekly reader program.

Vocabulary.com www.vocabulary.com

Fry Instant Phrases http://timrasinski.com/presentations/fry_600_instant_phrases.pdf

The words in these phrases come from Dr. Edward Fry’s Instant Word List (High Frequency Words).  According to Fry, the first 300 words in the list represent about 67% of all the words students encounter in their reading.

Zeno Sight Words http://www.dps.k12.oh.us/content/documents/zenowordlist.doc

Dolch Sight Words https://sightwords.com/sight-words/dolch/

Wonderopolis http://wonderopolis.org/

Starfall www.starfall.com

Common Lit https://www.commonlint.org

TED Talks https://ed.ted.com

Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org

Smithsonian Magazine https://smithsonianmag.com/

Study Island https://www.studyisland.com/

Reading Rockets https://www.readingrockets.org

Funbrain https://funbrain.com

Prodigy Game https://prodigygame.com

Splash Learn https://www.splashlearn.com