Last Week of April 2020

Hello families. I want to start this blog post by thanking each and everyone of you. Here we are, basically 5 weeks since we have been out of the school building. You all have been busy doing so much. Working - many as essential workers, many from home. Wherever you have worked from you have found ways to step in and take on the role as educator to continue your child's education in whatever form works best for your family in this crazy time. It has been challenging and I recognize that, and I want to say thank you to all of you for what you are doing. You have all been on my mind. I do not know what this time has looked like for all of you, I know it has looked different for each and every family. I think about you all constantly. Not just the students, but you parents as well. I cannot tell you how much I worry for those of you who are essential workers. I want you to know I am beyond grateful for what you do, and wanted to take some time to express that to you here. Thank you! You all are rock stars, and appreciated beyond measure.

 

Here is what I want to update you on as far as learning goes. I will be adding a weekly spelling list and the little stories that go with the spelling sounds to my At Home Learning link on my staff page. This should be done by midday Monday. This will be the spelling list and the matching stories that went home weekly in the homework packet. This is optional, not at all required. I thought it might be something that is familiar and in line with what we would be normally working on if we were in school. If you want to do the spelling you may print it, or simply write the words out on a separate piece of paper. You could also find some fun ideas on my staff page as well. Visit it on the link here. Ms. Shaw's Staff Page. Also, do not forget all district grade level learning can be found on the hub which you can access through this link. DistrictDigitalHub. 

You do not have to turn in any work to me at all. This is because I have made the decision not to collect and grade any material. I will simply be rolling over grades from 3rd quarter. In math any new learning would have been in new content areas we had yet to learn, and those will simply still be X's on the report cards. In science and social studies, those grades would have been affected by new standards being taught in class, and now we cannot do that, so those will be rolled over. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact me at ashaw@fusd1.org and I will be more than willing to discuss this further. I do want to put out there that if you have any desire to modify your child's learning a bit more, feel free to reach out to me and we can work together to see what we can do this last month or so of school.

Is there anything else I can do for you and our students at this time? Please reach out and let me know. I am still here for you. Please say hello to our kiddos! Read them a story for me, and give them a big squeeze! Stay healthy, stay positive, stay home! 💚-Ms. Shaw