My name is Rachel Fairbanks, and I am so excited to be teaching your children this year! This is my twelfth year teaching at Christ the King, and I feel so fortunate to be a part of such a loving community of teachers, parents, and students. I have a B.A. in English Literature from Trinity College in Connecticut and a Masters in Education from the University of Massachusetts. I am licensed to teach both Elementary School and Middle and High School Language Arts. Before joining the CKS family, I taught First and Second Grade at St. Cecilia Catholic School on Bainbridge Island. I am a graduate of Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona, and I am passionate about Catholic education. 

• Information about the Zones of Regulation
• The Responsive Classroom Approach: Information for Parents
• IXL

• Work on a puzzle (jigsaw, sudoku, word search, jumble, crossword puzzle, etc.)
• Practice Typing: Typing Club
• Do a scavenger hunt in your backyard
• Make a card for a grandparent/aunt/uncle/cousin/friend and send it
• Do a movement or mindfulness activity on Go Noodle
• Make homemade slime! 
• Do a “Lunch Doodle with Author Mo Willems”
• Take a virtual field trip to the San Diego Zoo
• Observe the pandas on the "Panda Cam" at the Atlanta Zoo! 
• Watch the Amazing Air show at the Pacific Science Center and experiment with the hidden power of high and low air pressure
• Learn coding by signing up for a free course through Code.org  (Thank you, Alexa!) 
• Watch the Illusions Live Science Show at the Pacific Science Center and learn how the brain & eyes work together to create optical illusions 
• Listen & sing along to some songs about multiples on Number Rock to help you memorize your multiplication facts (Thank you, Eileen!) 
• Watch St. Helen's: Out of the Ash to learn about the story of the day this Washington volcano erupted as well as the resiliency of nature as life grew from its ash. 
• Do a Draw Every Day with JJK lesson with Jarrett J Krosoczka, author of the Jedi Academy Series (thank you, Kieran!) 
• Take a virtual field trip to the Seattle Aquarium and watch the animals through one of their livestreaming webcams (Thank you, Jessica!)
• Learn how to paint like the wind!