Weekly Update

 Good Evening,

Wow! What a short week! I think we are all ready to relax and spend some time with family! I wanted to share next week's updates and information to you all today since I know some of you will be traveling for the holiday. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving, and stay safe!

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

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. 

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.

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!

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. We ask that you please let your child do the “must do” assignments as independently as possible. This will allow us to see if you child understands our lessons, or if we need to go back and re-teach.

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. 

**Library books should be returned on Tuesday, December 1st and Wednesday, December 2nd

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. 

Supplies: 

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. Any way 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.

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

Best, 

Miss Hillary Drumheller