Veteran's Day Week 2020

Happy 13th week of FRL. So much to update you on, so let's get to it.

Math:  There will be no math on Monday so that we may begin our Social Studies unit, as well as introduce the students to My Lexia. More information on both of those below. The rest of the week we will work on subtracting a number from itself, subtracting with a result of 1, and relating subtracting 5 and doubles in subtraction problems. 

ELA:  Our NatGeo spelling sound for next week is final blends -nd,- -kn,  -nt, -mp, and -ft. As always with our short weeks, please still do all 4 days of spelling work.

Social Studies: We will be doing our Veteran's Day unit this week. We will make an awesome lap book and red "America's White Table" to help the children understand what Veteran's Day is and why we will have this day off. 

Snowdays:  Speaking of days off, it does not appear we will be getting any days off due to the snow this year. As long as we are remote, students have access to their iPads and learning will continue as usual. There could however be a delay called so please tune into the radio or Facebook to stay updated on that possibility happening-even as soon as tomorrow. If we are to have a late start I will send an email with an updated schedule for the day in the morning, then I will see you on Zoom at 10:40. 

Show and Tell:  This weeks show and tell theme is something with stripes. With the addition of a couple of new students I am once again updating the show and tell schedule. Below is your childs show and tell day:

• Monday - Aria, Christian, Cohen, Cypress, Dakota

• Tuesday - Damiana, Guner, Isaac, Jake, Jocelyn

• Wednesday - Juniper, Marcus, Nino, O'Ryan, Paloma

• Thursday - Rayland, Reese, Riley, Sofia

• Friday - Vaerick, Victoria, Violet, and Make - Ups

RTI, Reading Groups/1:1 Schedule:  We have had to reform RTI groups due to losing one of our instructors. This was an opportunity to look at more current data to help guide the reformation of groups, in both RTI and for my small reading groups. With that I have attached the new RTI groups and the new Reading Groups form. You will notice I also change some of the 1:1 sight word practice times to fit the schedule better and to fix some overlaps that were in the schedule. Please make sure your child is attending all 3 of these to help them with their reading development this year. If there is a snow delay RTI is cancelled everything will be cancelled to better accommodate a fuller learning day.

 

My Lexia Core 5:  Lexia is an approved reading intervention that is tailored to your child's needs, that we plan on incorporating the data and corresponding lessons into RTI. This is now a requirement that your student be on Lexia for 30 minutes a week. Please make sure your students have My Lexia Core 5 on their iPads. It may be there already, you may have to go get it from the self service app. After you have it on their iPad their log in will be the first initial of their first name and their last name (ex: ashaw) and their password will be abc1.  I will show them how to access this on Monday, and they will have time to be on the App after this. I have added it to the schedule when we do Dreambox so that they may choose between the two, or both :) as long as they are meeting the minimum of 30 minutes a week on Lexia. Your student may do it at any time during the time that works best for them, this time is just a suggestion as I feel it fits in the schedule well. As with anything, please just do Lexia whenever works best for you family. When is not pressing, just need that 30 minutes. Thank you.

I hope you all find some time tomorrow to get outside and play in the snow. If you have any questions about any of the information in this weeks blog please feel free to reach out. Stay warm and stay safe. -Ms. Shaw.