First day of school!

Thursday, August 13, 2020

  August 14

First day of school!

Hello families! Make sure to read the information sent home in the e-mail for first day of school for tomorrow. It includes the Zoom link needed. Tomorrow is a get to know you day that will include both whole group and small group time. See you then!

Getting ready for the new school year!

Thursday, July 30, 2020
Back to school is going to look different this year, but we are in this together!
School resumes August 14. 

Flipgrid goodbye messages

Saturday, June 6, 2020
I will be leaving a Flipgrid message for students on Monday for them to say farewell to their classmates for the first grade year. Please see my Tovashal teacher page for the link. :)

Tovashal Goodbye Parade

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Updated Lesson Plan Format Explained

Sunday, April 26, 2020
New Daily Lesson Plan Format
Skills Explained
Last week I introduced the new format for the daily lesson plans, (since most parents asked for the structure of a daily schedule in the poll I took on Class Dojo). Remember that this is a suggested schedule, so you can still have the flexibility to move things around and push things back as you wish. I don't check Wonders assignments until Saturdays so that I can give all students the chance to get everything submitted. (Even though there may be a "due date" set, assignments don't expire until Friday night.) Keep in mind though, that each day that goes by without doing assignments in Wonders will push to the following day by default.
The second page will be a run down of the skills of the week for both Wonders and Go Math. It also  includes screenshots of how to log in and get math resources. I highly recommend that you watch the video tutorial that I made that explains this.
Last, I included a page with direct links to the art and science may do's for the week, as well as the weekly Flipgrid.
Links to May Do Science and Art
In iRead, when I check in daily, I see which students need more practice with certain skills (if any). If your student needs additional practice, I will be assigning these skills on one of the lighter work load days (typically toward the end of the week). If you feel like there is a skill that they are struggling with, please let me know and I can do a mini lesson for them. The guideline for 1st grade distance learning is 1 to 1.5 hours per day. If any daily assignment goes beyond this, feel free to have them stop for the day. Remember that the bottom portion of the lesson plans are May Dos, meaning optional. Students should do all of their Must Do's first. Students are doing a fabulous job and I am so proud of them! I hope you are all well. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. :)