Dear Parents,
It was so nice to meet all of you last week. Our Curriculum Overview Meeting will be on Aug 26th at 4 pm on Zoom.
Supplies Needed For School This Week:
Seesaw. Students should have access to their Seesaw account. I will attach the link if your child still needs to connect.
Clever Badge. Please find their Clever Badge on a purple index card. We will need this card this week and going forward.
Eureka Math Workbooks. If you have Post-it notes at home, please place one post-it note on each workbook, I will show the students what to do with them.
Red Everyday Folder. I will explain to the students what they will need from their folders.
Epic Codes were emailed to one parent in your household. Please let me know if you don’t see one for your child. Our class Epic Reading code is yca9046. It is free from 6 am to 3 pm during the week with this class code.
Work Structure:
This week will look a little different from last week since the 1:1 meetings are done. I plan to teach the students how to work independently during their independent work time so I will be leaving the zoom meeting open after our class meeting for students to be able to check in with me throughout their independent work time. After our morning meetings this week, students will be asked to mute themselves and go off to do their work. They will be able to come back to the zoom room to ask questions about their work and then go back to finish their work.
After recess, I will bring them all back to zoom at 10:20 am to start their math session. Students will be able to come back to ask questions.
I will do the same after lunch, but the afternoon zoom session will be optional since many of our students are off to childcare in the afternoons and most students need a break from zoom. The work is still mandatory, but joining Zoom from 12 pm to 2 pm is optional.
Our closing meetings at 2:00 pm will offer a student check-in, social-emotional skills, community building, or a read-aloud.
Here is a child-friendly view of our schedule and Zoom (Class Time Etiquette) which you may post near their workspace.
District Calendar:
Here is a copy of the USD Calendar for the 2020-2021 school year.
Weekly Work: Here is the work we will be doing this week. This is for your reference so you can use it to help your child if they feel lost, but please know that I will be teaching them what to do. I will push out Activities in Seesaw, for students to work on, based on this schedule. Remember it will take us some time to develop a routine. I will begin to post all our weekly lessons on one page.
These emails will become shorter in time. :)
Thanks for your support at home and for your patience,
Important Dates:
Wednesday, August 26: 4:00 PM, Curriculum Overview for Parents via Zoom
Friday, September 4: Staff Work Day, no school for students
Monday, September 7: Labor Day, school holiday
