Happy Friday! Phew! We made it! It's been a busy week, and a great one!
We've spent much of our time teambuilding and getting to know one another. Building trust and having them know this is a safe environment is essential for a great year of learning ahead. A few activities to ask them about:
3, 2, 1...check in! A way to take a pulse on the morning
Town Meeting
Blocks and switching
WOW time
3, 2, 1...Blast off!
If they are having a little trouble explaining it all to you, be patient. It's all new (or things have changed up a bit). It's a skill to be able to communicate these details, and also sometimes hard to remember. Some of the prompts you can use: When you did _____ activity, what did you do? What is you favorite part of _____activity?
As these become more part of the daily routine, they will open up more and remember more. As they do, talk about the purposes of them as well, and how they feel. We will explain these to you at Back to School Night, but we wanted the kids to have the opportunity to teach you first. :)
As a way for them to reflect and solidify their learning (and help them with talking points), we have what is called the 3,2,1 Blast Off Notebooks. They will come home every Friday, and it is a part of weekend homework. The homework entails sitting down together, their sharing it with you and talking, and then your initials on the top of the Friday page. Look through the pages before to see what the rest of the week was like. Please do this tonight with them, and we have told them this is something to do together -- they shouldn't just hand it to you to read. :)
Speaking of Back to School Night, it's September 11th. We will meet first with Dr. Schneider at 6:50-7:10, and then we three teachers will join you there for our presentation from 7:15-8:00 pm.
Scholastic forms were sent home today. If you are interested in ordering, please click the blue box on the right that says Scholastic Reading Club. E-mail Mrs. Blake if you have any questions.
Finally, we did a lot of preparing Notebooks and materials so that we can jump in with both feet first thing Tuesday.
Thanks for being consistent with signing agendas nightly and getting these kiddos to school on time!
Enjoy your extra day off!
Best,
Jewellyn, Jennifer, and Kim
We've spent much of our time teambuilding and getting to know one another. Building trust and having them know this is a safe environment is essential for a great year of learning ahead. A few activities to ask them about:
3, 2, 1...check in! A way to take a pulse on the morning
Town Meeting
Blocks and switching
WOW time
3, 2, 1...Blast off!
If they are having a little trouble explaining it all to you, be patient. It's all new (or things have changed up a bit). It's a skill to be able to communicate these details, and also sometimes hard to remember. Some of the prompts you can use: When you did _____ activity, what did you do? What is you favorite part of _____activity?
As these become more part of the daily routine, they will open up more and remember more. As they do, talk about the purposes of them as well, and how they feel. We will explain these to you at Back to School Night, but we wanted the kids to have the opportunity to teach you first. :)
As a way for them to reflect and solidify their learning (and help them with talking points), we have what is called the 3,2,1 Blast Off Notebooks. They will come home every Friday, and it is a part of weekend homework. The homework entails sitting down together, their sharing it with you and talking, and then your initials on the top of the Friday page. Look through the pages before to see what the rest of the week was like. Please do this tonight with them, and we have told them this is something to do together -- they shouldn't just hand it to you to read. :)
Speaking of Back to School Night, it's September 11th. We will meet first with Dr. Schneider at 6:50-7:10, and then we three teachers will join you there for our presentation from 7:15-8:00 pm.
Scholastic forms were sent home today. If you are interested in ordering, please click the blue box on the right that says Scholastic Reading Club. E-mail Mrs. Blake if you have any questions.
Finally, we did a lot of preparing Notebooks and materials so that we can jump in with both feet first thing Tuesday.
Thanks for being consistent with signing agendas nightly and getting these kiddos to school on time!
Enjoy your extra day off!
Best,
Jewellyn, Jennifer, and Kim
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