{"id":2992,"date":"2020-05-11T07:13:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2020-05-11T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T21:19:08","slug":"epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2020\/05\/11\/epic\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Welcome back to another week of online learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I know we are all wishing we could be back together at school, but unfortunately that is not possible yet.\u00a0 &#x1f622; I know you have all been doing your best work at home&#8211;I&#8217;m amazed by all the wonderful work you have been sending me&#8211;I could not be prouder of you and your families.\u00a0 Parents you are doing a phenomenal job&#8211;at a job that you never signed up for&#8211;so THANK YOU from all of us!! &#x1f497;&#x1f497;&#x1f497;<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, you likely got an email from <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/epic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2993\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/05\/epic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"71\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is another reading resource I thought might be helpful.\u00a0 Raz Kids is like the reading groups I would do in class, while<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/students\"> <strong>Epic!<\/strong> <\/a>is more like the reading bags the students have full of &#8216;treat&#8217; books to read.\u00a0 It is new to me as well and I will not be assigning books on the site&#8211;rather it is just for fun reading&#8211;or for <strong>Read to Self<\/strong> times.\u00a0 I was excited to see that they had a large variety of popular series like &#8216;<em>Scaredy<\/em> <em>Squirrel<\/em>&#8216;\u00a0 and &#8216;<em>Diary<\/em> <em>of a Worm<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>&#8216;For You&#8217; <\/strong>section has new releases as well as\u00a0 any books you started to read, but did not finish.<\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>&#8216;Read to Me&#8217;<\/strong> section, where you can have books read aloud to you&#8211;including &#8216;<em>Fancy<\/em> Nancy&#8217; and &#8216;<em>Curious<\/em> <em>George<\/em>&#8216;<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8216;<strong>Videos&#8217; \u00a0<\/strong>tab you can watch videos of popular stories.\u00a0 (&#8220;<em>Giggle<\/em>, <em>Giggle<\/em> <em>Quack<\/em>&#8221; is narrated by country singer Randy Travis.)<\/li>\n<li>It also has a selection of <strong>Audio Books<\/strong> that you can listen to&#8211;like &#8216;<em>Chicka Chicka 1 2 3&#8242; <\/em>(and you can follow along with a physical book if you have a copy).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My hope is this resource will expand your access to more books&#8211;similar to our visits to the school and public libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy browsing through the books, and please email me if you are having trouble signing in.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2013\/11\/smiley-face-reading-a-book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2013\/11\/smiley-face-reading-a-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Happy Reading!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to another week of online learning.\u00a0 I know we are all wishing we could be back together at school, but unfortunately that is not possible yet.\u00a0 &#x1f622; I know you have all been doing your best work at home&#8211;I&#8217;m amazed by all the wonderful work you have been sending me&#8211;I could not be &hellip; 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