Course+Introduction


 * //ABC-123: Blended Learning for Second Grade Language Arts //**
 * //© Julie Pickar, 2010 //**

This class is a blended online/face-to-face second grade language arts course that will be taught 70% online via the internet, and 30% in a classroom at the school facility. It will be made up of approximately forty-five mid-high level second grade students who have successfully completed first grade with 80% accuracy.
 * //Course Overview//**

In order to be a candidate for this class, students should have some prior working knowledge of how to navigate through the World Wide Web, and be able to use a computer key board to some degree. Because this course is mostly taught online, students must have access to a computer, a webcam, and the internet for the majority of the day every day. (If one or more of these components are not available to you, please notify one of our admitting advisors and we will assist you in obtaining them.)

Students should expect to devote a full seven hour day, five days a week, to their course work just as they would in a traditional school. Online synchronous lessons will be scheduled throughout the week. Students are required prepare for and attend all group meetings, whether they are online or located at the school facility.

Parents or guardians of students should expect to act as a student coach in order to assist and interpret course instructions for the student. It is necessary for coaches to have a working knowledge of basic keyboarding and basic computer applications in order to assist their child

Parents and students alike must realize that attendance is tracked through a Learning Management System, and truancy will not be tolerated. If rules are followed, and effort is made by the student, full credit will be earned and the student will be moved on to the third grade language arts class for the following year.

This course teaches second grade students the fundamentals of language arts, and is a very important part of the overall curriculum. By the end of the second grade year students will demonstrate a good understanding of the correct use of punctuation, capital letters, word families, and parts of speech. They will also have a basic understanding on how to decode words, and will begin to read fluently. Even further, students will reflect on and generate ideas from what they have read and have seen in multi-media presentations to compose and edit their own creatively written stories.

Second grade language arts is required by the State of Florida Board of Education in order for a student to move on to third grade language arts; and this course will prepare them to move on to the following grade level successfully.

Goal 1: Students will develop and apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write. Goal 2: Students will develop and apply strategies and skill to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed. Goal 3: Students will make connections through the use of technology. Goal 4: Students will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts. Goal 5: Students will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively both orally and in written text.
 * //Learning Goals: //**

Classes will be held Monday-Friday from the hours of 8:30am – 3:30pm Eastern Standard Time. Because this course is blended, parents should understand that children will need to be in class Tuesday and Thursday from the hours of 12:30pm – 3:30pm.
 * //Please Note: //**

This course is taught by Ms. Julie Pickar, a State Certified Early Childhood Specialist. Ms. Pickar is also certified in Online Learning and Teaching through the University of Florida’s College of Education.
 * //Instructor Contact Information://**

Direct: 1-800-888-2233//**
 * //Julie E Pickar//**
 * //__jep@gmail.com__
 * //http://juliepickar-coursedesign.wikispaces.com///****//

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