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Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Janine Frizzo - Practical Penmanship Spring 2018
From print to cursive, experiments in handwriting.
Instructor: Janine Frizzo
Location: Birchbank Farms 1826 Platt St., Niles
Grades 4th and up
Monday 3-4pm Class begins the week of January 22 - the week of May 24 (spring break April 1-5)
Additional registration at location is required. Click here for instructions.
Students will develop their own legible style of writing, an acceptable and legal signature and experience several styles of formal cursive penmanship.
Projects are designed to increase fine motor skills, eye/hand coordination, spatial awareness, confidence, and create practical experience for future reference.
A monthly journal will be kept to show progress.
Syllabus
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Lynne Wieferich: lwieferich@shamrocks.us
Location: Birchbank Farms 1826 Platt St., Niles
Grades 4th and up
Monday 3-4pm Class begins the week of January 22 - the week of May 24 (spring break April 1-5)
Additional registration at location is required. Click here for instructions.
Students will develop their own legible style of writing, an acceptable and legal signature and experience several styles of formal cursive penmanship.
Projects are designed to increase fine motor skills, eye/hand coordination, spatial awareness, confidence, and create practical experience for future reference.
A monthly journal will be kept to show progress.
Syllabus
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Lynne Wieferich: lwieferich@shamrocks.us