Weekly Update

 Happy Tuesday!

Yay! We made it to winter break! Bravo! You all deserve a round of applause! No school for almost two weeks....it's time to relax and enjoy your time with family. 

Thank you all again for your support as we transitioned back into our DL setting. It actually has been pretty seamless and I am beyond proud of how well your child has been handling this tough transition!

Just a few updates before the break...

Weekly Parent Plans: Click here to access parent plans for the week of January 4th-January 8th. There is a list of materials at the end of each day so you can prepare those items the night before. The lessons that were missed on our snow days were pushed to this week, so you will see some of those same activities. We will also complete our addition assessment on Thursday, January 7th. A friendly reminder to please allow your child to complete the assessment independently. We will also begin our mid-year PALS and DRA assessments this week. If your child needs to complete one of these assessments, a sign-up will be sent to you. 

December Supply Bags:

We will continue to use some of the materials/activities from the December Supply Bag after winter break, so please place these materials in a safe place that can be easily found when we return. Thank you!

Reading Groups: 

I will continue this week with our Monday reading groups, but to accommodate testing, I will not be meeting in a small group setting Tuesday-Friday. I will continue reading groups on those days as soon as mid-year assessments are completed. A Sign-Up Genius was shared if your child needs to complete our mid-year PALS assessment. 

Midyear Literacy Assessments: 

As we did in the fall, we will administer two literacy assessments to see the progress students have made throughout the first and second quarters. Different from the fall testing, not all students will be assessed. Based on fall data, and progress seen in guided reading groups, not all students will need to take these assessments. Informal assessments have been completed in small reading groups for those students above grade level. All students however, will take the PALS spelling test. I will communicate with families if your child does not need to sign up for assessment times. The two assessments your child may complete are the PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening) and the DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment). We are working with our first grade support team to develop a schedule, and I will send out a sign up genius shortly to sign up for a time.

**PALS Spelling Test: we will take our PALS spelling test on Friday, January 8th. Please print the Mid-Year PALS Spelling Sheet for your child to use for our spelling assessment, or pre-number a lined piece of paper from 1-20. We ask that you do not support your child in spelling the words and that they use their fine tip marker to write. After taking the spelling assessment, we kindly ask that you take a picture of the spelling sheet and email to me at your earliest convenience. 

Seesaw “Must Do” Activities:

Please be sure to check your child’s “must do” activities in Seesaw at the end of each week.  As we have done in the past, the activities will be available to be worked on over the weekend, to give families a chance to catch up on the week’s work.  However, they will be archived on Sunday at 4PM each week.

Red Choice Board Items:

Items that are red on the Choice Board are Must-Do items for your child. Please remind your child to complete those red activities sometime throughout the week during their Choice Board time in the afternoon. Thank you!

Puma Paw:  

Please click here to access the Puma Paw for important school and grade-level information.

As always, please reach out with any questions, comments, concerns, or feedback.