News

Volume 23

May 18, 2021

Teacher Nicole and Teacher Bahiya

Volume 23
Week of MAY 17-21

Resources:  

Neighborhood House is receiving $8 million in rental assistance to help residents of King County. For more information, go click here.

WA COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund  for low-income immigrant residents and their households provides a $1,000 cash grant to eligible individuals. It is meant for residents unable to access federal aid and state unemployment insurance based on their immigration status. This payment will not be considered as part of the public charge rule when people apply for a green card. Application open NOW and available on a first-come-first serve basis. Funds will be distributed in June. To apply, go to www.immigrantreliefwa.org or call the hotline 844-724-373 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.  

FEMA started providing financial assistance forfuneral expenses incurred after January 20, 2020 for deaths related to COVID. Applicants may apply by calling 844-684-6333 (TTY: 800-462-7585) from 9a.m. to 9p.m. EDT, Monday through Friday. Multilingual services are available. Applicants can also visit FEMA.gov/funeral-assistance/faq. Information is provided in several languages both by telephone and the website.

The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program provides a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households, Up to $75 per month for households on Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute $10-$50 toward the purchase price. The Emergency Broadband Benefit is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household. For more information, go to https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit To sign up, go to:  https://getemergencybroadband.org/

 

Resource: Check out Tools of the Mind Website (TOTM)

https://vc.toolsathome.org/playful-giraffe-5397

I texted you the password for the website.

Art / Writing

 Venger Drawing – One activity we often do in class is drawing a picture out of a shape, we call this “Venger Drawings.” Draw a square shape on a piece of paper and ask your child to turn that shape into something new

             

Social Emotional

Encourage your child to be independent with self-help skills such as picking out own clothes, dressing themselves, brushing own teeth, and cleaning up own toys.

Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes

https://video.link/w/lBduc

 

Math / Science

Counting the Calendar: It’s a new Month!! Have your child count the days in MAY 1-31. Point to random numbers and ask what this number is? Have child Jump or clap the number

More Math: Find 10 items in your house and group them in 3 groups: large(big), medium, and small

   

Language / Literacy

Do you recognize letters in your house: Walk around your house and find letters and words?

     

Read a book to your child or have child read a book to you. Ask your child questions about the book such as “What part of the story did you like” “what would you do if..”

Letter Scavenger Hunt Find Items in your house or outside that begin with the Letter X