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Dear Educators,

Happy New Year! Let us celebrate hope and new beginnings. There is so much we can achieve when we work together. In this newsletter, we are focusing on the hope and promise of new beginnings, and the amazing things we can do when we work as a team. Our KLRN Education Team reviewed the post survey responses from the educator training sessions, and the most requested topics to be addressed in training sessions include social emotional learning, mental health and well-being, diversity and cultural awareness, and strategies for staying healthy and reducing the effects of stress. We also received requests for training sessions geared toward all K-12 ages, with a special emphasis on teaching and learning with students with special needs. With that in mind, we are including these very important topics in our sessions. Please see the bottom portion of the newsletter for upcoming sessions. As a reminder, all of our virtual educator training sessions are free and offer CPE continuing education credits. We thank you for all that you have done and continue to do as educators, and we are here for you.  

With Appreciation,
KLRN Education Team
ELEMENTARY MATH
ELEMENTARY READING
ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES
ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH
MIDDLE SCHOOL ELAR

MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE
HIGH SCHOOL MATH
HIGH SCHOOL READING AND WRITING
HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES
HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE
PBS LEARNING MEDIA
PBS Learning Media is free and can be used by anyone, but it was designed with teachers in mind. You can use it with Schoology, the Remind app, Google classroom, and more! You can even create folders for your own reference and to share with your students, colleagues, and families. Register for a FREE PBS LearningMedia account. With this account, you can explore the trove of digital resources.
MONTHLY BLOG POSTS

Kick off 2021 with this curated list of resources from KLRN and PBS LearningMedia to help your students explore nature, science, and social studies!

Help the children in your life with their social emotional development utilizing these resources for parents, caregivers and teachers.
BRIGHT BY TEXT
KLRN offers a FREE localized opt-in text message service, Bright by Text. The project engages families from throughout KLRN’s 33-county viewing area!
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
HEALTHY KIDS

The Water Song: Learn why water is important to our health.
WATT WATCHERS HIGHLIGHT
Natural resources are not evenly distributed across the United States or even across the State of Texas. Looking at the horizon you can see if you are near the sea or surrounded by timber, but other resources crucial to our daily lives are less obvious. Each of the activities on this page references a different resource and provides resources your class can use to identify different sources of freshwater, fossil fuels, and renewable resources.
UPCOMING TRAININGS
ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE | PBS LEARNINGMEDIA
Jan. 7 | 6p - 7p
Learn how to utilize PBS LearningMedia resources related to animals and veterinary science in your classroom curriculum. Thank you to Firstmark Credit Union for sponsoring this event.
PBS AMERICAN PORTRAIT COMMUNITY FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION WITH BONNIE GARCIA
JAN. 14 | 7:30p - 8:30p
Join us for a screening of PBS American Portrait and to learn more about this unique platform! After, hear from our very special guest speaker, Bonnie Garcia, Entrepreneur and Author of Dale Ganas: How to Make Your Mark in Life, who will share her story followed by an interactive Q&A session. Thank you to Firstmark for sponsoring this event.
HEALTHY KIDS PROJECT FOR EARLY EDUCATORS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Jan. 16 | 9a - 12p
Join the KLRN Public Television Education Team as we learn more about social emotional learning. This session is geared toward early childhood, elementary educators and parents or caregivers. Support for this training is provided by: Firstmark Credit Union and Go Public.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: PBS LEARNINGMEDIA RESOURCES
Jan. 20 | 6p-7p
Learn about Black History Month and resources from PBS Learning Media to use in your in-person or online classroom. Thank you to Firstmark Credit Union for sponsoring this training.
THE HEALTHY KIDS PROJECT FOR K-2ND GRADE EDUCATORS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Jan. 21 | 6p-8p
As part of the Healthy Kids Project, join us for a free session focused on the importance of physical activity in children, and what that looks like for Kindergarten through 2nd Grade students. Thank you to The San Antonio Medical Foundation and Firstmark for sponsoring this training.
CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD: PBS LEARNINGMEDIA RESOURCES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
Jan. 27| 6p-7p
Discover how to use PBS LearningMedia resources to find early childhood education resources for teaching and learning about cultures around the world.