Muppet Caper

We surprised the kids with a projector and screen for enjoying movies Outdoors Under the stars. Peter cooked up a nice beef stew and we sat by the fire and watched the Muppets (always a pleaser)!!!

Storytime

Kate has been doing storytime with cousin Claire via Zoom each week. She picks stories to go with the letter of the week. 

JDRF 2020

 Anna's Army 2020

In honor of our grandfather, Kenneth Kranz (aka Pop Pop), our family is walking to create a world without type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Two years ago Pop Pop passed away and left us with beautiful memories and a passion to take control of our own future. This is one opportunity for us to impact our futures and the futures of millions of individuals who live with diabetes every day. 

While life looks different for all of us this year, Pop Pop's message continues to guide us. Through our challenges, we find opportunity - to grow, to learn and to be grateful for all those around us.

By raising funds and awareness virtually, we are changing the future of diabetes for everyone. Please consider making a contribution HERE as we count up our miles the next six weeks.

Sincerely,

Kranz Family

Virtual Academy: Week 5

                         A busy week for sure - school, yard work, Mimi's birthday and a hurricane!

    

Max and Kate were deep into Surface area, geography, aligning the Hero's Journey with Lightening Thief, and phases of the moon.

Anna was working the use of arrays in multiplication problem solving, finding the meaning/moral/lesson of a story, comparing the branches of government and understanding the importance of the Constitution, and making an argument for/against the leash law.  

 We also had our first virtual Craft Club meeting and Anna facilitated the entire activity!

Alex has been working hard on his Letterland characters, using Pete the Cat books as springboards for writing prompts, sorting things according to different attributes, show and tell and celebrating Dot Day all week long! Specials should not be forgotten as they pack a mighty punch with their 20-minutes - Music, Art, PE, STEM, and Media - they read stories, sing, dance, run, race, compete, paint!

Road Trip

 The girls and I took a little road trip to Greensboro this weekend. Cousin Adam wanted a swing and we had one, so we packed our lunches and hit the road! The Kimball family joined us for an impromptu sidewalk visit while we sat in/on our car (in the rain)! It was the highlight of our weekend!

Virtual Academy - Week 4

Hard to believe we are halfway through our first quarter.  Kids were busy with mid-unit assessments this week across the board. Anna and Alex took their BOY reading assessments.  The kids are all in the groove of their virtual learning environment.

 

Kate and Max are completely independent and staying organized and on top of all their assignments.  The kids keep me informed throughout the day with what projects/homework/quizzes are going on and we have a little end of week review to check grades and make sure nothing was overlooked and make a plan for the following week.

Anna is independent on her platform and use all of her resources and tools with ease.  We have a check-in at the end of the day to review the work she is ready to submit. 

Alex is completely independent with his virtual meets.  He can easily navigate to his Seesaw platform to find and complete his assignments independently. He enjoys working on Epic and Brainpop when he has a few minutes to spare between meets or before the day gets started.  This week they added in small group social centers in which he meets up with the teacher and three friends and they just chat about anything and everything.

 

 

Whoopie...

 ...PIES!!!  From Maine!

Thank You!!!