Here is a note from our lovely room parents:
Hi everyone, We are your room parents for this year! This year we will have a whole school directory posted on the Parent Educator Resource site, along with classroom specific rosters distributed via e-mail. We are using google forms to create these rosters. This will help us plan field trips & events. Would you please follow the links to help us fill out the directories? Core 2 (Robin) MT Cohort Core 2 (Robin) TF Cohort Let us know if you have any questions or would like to help volunteer! Best, Melanie (Gianna & Abram T/F) Lachmi (Carina T/F) [email protected] Shawn Olson (M/TH) [email protected] Happy First Week of School!
Both Monday and Tuesday were wonderful! We had great days full of getting to know each other, the classroom, and the class routines. I chose to have the days run pretty similar to our usual schedule so that students can get used to what our days here in Core 2 are going to look like. Students shared what they did over summer with their classmates and did a get to know you activity where they learned a little bit about their classmates. We read “Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School” and talked about making connections with literature. We did a number talk where I put the number 9 on the board, and we thought of as many ways as possible to get to 9 (for ex. 4+5, 20-11, 3x3). During this number talk we started building our ways of being in math; listening and sharing ideas, taking think time, talking through our ideas. We also had some interesting conversations about number lines and skip counting. In the afternoon we started Writer’s Workshop. I used the first day to do a narrative pre assessment where I asked them to write a story that was true, and did not give them any instruction besides that. I will use this as a base line to help me guide our writing lessons, and also to judge what sort of growth is taking place over the narrative writing unit. They will be using specific booklets for Writer’s Workshop (they are 3 pages of paper stapled together with various amounts of space for writing and drawing). If you would like to use the same booklets at home, please just pop in before or after school and I can give them to you J They had their first day of Art, with Mr. Mason (Monday) or Cordula (Tuesday). We practiced Mindfulness and had Open Choice. We also had a few times during the day where we sang “Down by the Bay” a great song for practicing rhyming. On Thursday and Friday I am going to begin doing some reading/ writing assessments in order to get more info about where they are at as readers and writers. We will also begin doing word problems and hopefully (fingers crossed) get logged into ST math. In writing, we are going to start immersing ourselves in both what a narrative is and how to track our progress through the writing process (think, plan, sketch/label, write, revise, edit). I am hoping to use this unit to help kids be able to understand where they are at in the writing process and build in strategies for each step of the writing process. I will be getting you information on our project in the next week or two, and we will have some time to talk about it at PEC 1. A few things… The davincik8.org is a great resource! You can find all sorts of good stuff including an up to date calendar, curriculum info, and the handbook. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, you should! Are you wanting to connect with other families? Be on the lookout for a family directory link in the next week or two! And lastly, thank you so much for all of your generous donations of supplies for our classroom! You guys are awesome! Have a great week getting back into homeschooling, and don’t forget to be kind to yourselves, the first week can be hard. Dear Core 2 Families,
Well, we are almost there…the first day of school! I cannot wait to see all of your kiddos next Monday or Tuesday! I will be giving you a fair amount of info this year through email/ blog, in order to free up our Work Journal Meeting/ PEC time for workshops. Because of this I am going to ask that you read the next few emails from me carefully and reach out with any questions so that I can make sure you have the info you need to feel successful going into this new school year. Important Beginning of the Year Info:
Morning Meeting (9:15-9:30) Reading (9:30-10:30) Body Break (10:30-10:45) Math (10:45-11:35) Lunch (11:35-12:20) Writer’s Workshop* (12:20-1:00) Art/ Project Time (1:00-1:55) Body Break (1:55-2:10) Mindfulness (2:10-2:20) Project Time (2:20-3:00) Clean up/ Closing Meeting (3:00-3:15) *Please note that students will not be switching classes for Writer’s Workshop, they will be staying in our class to have Writer’s Workshop with me.
Thank you for making it through that long list of information! I will be sending out more emails with the Work Journal/ Math Info/ Project Plan and anticipated science and social studies content for the year. Sorry to bombard you, and please reach out with any questions that you have, I know this is a lot to take in via email. This is going to be an awesome year! Robin Hello Lovely Core 2 Families!
I hope this email finds you still deep in the middle of summertime and enjoying the long beautiful days! I had a great summer, full of hanging with family, playing with my puppy Scout, and snorkeling, but I am super happy to be back at DVIA planning and scheming for the new school year! I cannot wait to see all of you in 2 weeks, I miss getting to spend my days with such a great group of students and parents. Here are a few important things to get us started: Core 2 Get Together I wanted to reach out and let you know about a fun Core 2 get together that Patrick and I are planning for next week. We are excited to take some time to have fun together and connect before the start of the school year! Thursday August 11th, 10:30am-12:00pm Wilderness Park (1102 Camino Real, Redondo Beach, CA 90277) We are just going to meet at 10:30am, hang out together, and play in the park. Please feel free to bring snacks or a picnic for your family, and siblings are welcome. Admission is free. We look forward to seeing you! Please let me know if you have any questions. First Day of School Meeting Any families that are new to DVIA, or new to my class (incoming 1st graders), are invited to meet with me after class on the first day of school so that I can go over a few things and answer any questions that you might have. We will meet in my space from 3:20- 4:15. If there are any returning families that feel like you need a Work Journal refresher, or have questions about classroom policies, please feel free to join us but you do not have to. I will be sending a few very important emails over the next few days, please read them carefully! Thanks and please reach out with any questions! Robin |
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