Friday, November 20, 2020

Weekly Update

 Good Afternoon!

I hope you all had a fabulous week! I am glad to see some sunshine and a little warmth to end our chilly week :) When reflecting and thinking about what I am thankful for this year, I know instantly that I am beyond grateful for all of the support you have given your child and myself during this crazy distance and hybrid learning year! We make an incredible team and I cannot thank you enough for all of your efforts! I hope you enjoy the holiday!

Weekly Parent Plans

Click here to access next week’s parent plans. You will only need to follow the days your child has an at-home asynchronous day.

Navy Group - students who come to school on Tuesday/Thursday

Maroon Group - students who come to school on Wednesday/Friday

Asynchronous Work: 

Please remember that students MUST complete all asynchronous work on the days they are learning from home. Students should follow this order when completing their work - listen to the provided recorded lessons (new content to stay on pace for the year) for each subject, then complete Independent/Seesaw work for that subject work. Some Seesaw work is being submitted early in the morning, and is incorrect, which means students are not listening to the lessons first.

Library Books:

Students received library books this week by choosing favorite topics from a book menu. Our assistant Librarian then hand-selected books for them, and delivered them to our room. Students may keep their books for two weeks. They can return them on either Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on the day they come to school after the two weeks.

Dreambox: 

We will be adding Dreambox to our asynchronous math blocks every day. Dreambox is a wonderful program that targets specific math areas that your child needs to work on. It progresses them as they successfully complete levels. When students are at home, we ask them to complete 15-20 minutes of Dreambox each day. 

Seesaw: 

Please remember to check your child’s Seesaw account every Friday to make sure that they have their Must Do activities completed for each week. The days that you are in school, your child will complete their Seesaw activities in class, but activities still need to be completed on asynchronous at-home days. Any activities that are not completed will be given a 1 and marked as “missing.” This will impact your child’s grades. I also ask that you allow your child to complete these activities independently so we know areas of strength and areas of improvement. We want the work that they are completing on Seesaw to reflect their ability. I understand that you want to support your child, but please do so by reading the directions and then taking a step back to allow them to complete it independently. There are folders listed under every activity that say “must do” or “may do” to let you know which assignments will be taken as a grade. 

Thanksgiving Break: 

We will not have school on Wednesday, November 25th through Friday, November 27th next week, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.  Classes will resume on November 30th. 

Holiday Travel:

If your child will not be in school on Monday, November 23rd or Tuesday, November 24th, due to holiday travel, please let myself and the main office know. If your child is in our Tuesday and Thursday hybrid class and will not be in class in person, please let the main office know that they will not be in person that day. Thank you! 

ParentVue Survey for 2nd Semester Choices: 

As a reminder, submissions for your 2nd semester preferences for your child are due today, November 20th.  It is very important that you submit if you would prefer to have your child remain in the distance learning environment or change them to a hybrid learning environment.  If you do not submit a preference in Parentvue, then your child will automatically be placed in hybrid. As a reminder, the hybrid model means that your child will attend school 2 days a week, and participate in asynchronous learning days (like the Mondays we currently have) on the remaining 3 days.

Supplies: 

Since we are back in the classroom, we are already quickly going through supplies and/or forgetting things between the rotation of home and school (understandably). If you are able to send in any of the following supplies to have as class extras, it would be greatly appreciated! I will let these items sit for 72 hours, then keep supplies stored in the back of the room. I will hand them out as needed. 

  1. Box of 24 crayons

  2. Thin dry erase markers

  3. Sheet protectors for individual math games

  4. Box of tissues

Also, here is a list of the supplies that your child will need at school each day, what they can keep at home, and what they can keep at school. Anyway that you can help your child be prepared with the materials needed each day and to help them stay organized, would be greatly appreciated!

Supplies to bring back and forth to school

Supplies to keep at home

Supplies that stay at school

Pencil Box

  • Crayons

  • Pink eraser

  • Dry erase marker

  • Dry erase board eraser

  • Scissors

  • Pencils (at least 3)

  • Glue Sticks (2)

  • Chromebook quick card

**I know that many of you are having your child keep their pencil box at home, thank you!

Name Tag

Labeled bag with extra change of clothes

White Board

Pink Writing Journal

Catch Up Folder

Student agenda

Math Binder

Math Folder

Composition notebook

Number cards

Brain Break Box

Chromebook 

Letter cards

Go! Math Books

Thick Markers

Learning folder

 

Writing folder with writer’s checklist inside

Fine tip markers

 

Water Bottle

  

Headphones

  

Navy Blue Take Home folder

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

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