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Hello (Parent, Student, or Family),

Intro Paragraph: (I hope you’ve had a great week, etc, etc.)

Please share some of the self-directed activities your children have engaged in this week.  This can include things like building with lego, drawing pictures, writing letters, acting out scenes from a story, etc. 

Please share some of the family-centered activities your children have engaged in this week.  This can include family outings, baking or cooking together, household projects, etc. 

I’d love to hear what your children were most excited about this week.

Please estimate how many hours this week your students spent on each subject area, just underline or highlight your time estimate, the comment section is optional:

English language arts (any reading, writing, talking about what they read, watched, or listened to, memorization and recitation, etc):

• Less than 5 hours – Between 5 and 10 hours – More than 7 hours

Comments:

Mathematics (building with lego or blocks, working on curriculum, using money, following a recipe, making patterns, applying math to real life problems, board games or card games that require math skills, computer games that require math, etc):

• Less than 5 hours – Between 5 and 7 hours – More than 7 hours

Comments:

Social Studies (looking at or creating maps, reading historical fiction or non-fiction, working through social studies curriculum, discussing issues and finding solutions to problems, reading or watching the news, etc.):

• Less than 5 hours – Between 5 and 7 hours – More than 7 hours

Comments:

Science (nature appreciation and study, reading science related material, experimenting, working on science curriculum, researching, etc):

• Less than 5 hours – Between 5 and 7 hours – More than 7 hours

Comments:

Fine Arts/Phys.Ed/Personal Planning (drawing, painting, dancing, music appreciation, playing an instrument, watching a play, riding a bike, playing sports, managing time, discussing issues, etc):

• Less than 5 hours – Between 5 and 7 hours – More than 7 hours

Comments:

I look forward to hearing about your week!