Important

Welcome back! Newsletters will be distributed the first day of the school week and include a lot of important information. Check with your student to ensure you are getting prompt delivery. Or check the class blog!

Student Planners have not been delivered yet but will be arriving soon! Please sign the homework sheets your students are bringing home. 

I can’t wait to see you at Back To School Night on Thursday the 25th! Dinner at 5 pm and my class presentation at 7pm.

Upcoming Dates

• Thursday, August 25th is a minimum day. School releases at 12:45. Back To School Night in the evening at 7pm.
• Monday, September 5th, there is no school for labor Day. 
• Wednesday, September 14th is a minimum day. School releases at 12:45
• Wednesday, September 28th is a minimum day. 

New

Everything is new!

In ELA, we are beginning a unit on slavery and will read excerpts from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

Social Studies this year is focused on United States history. We will begin by looking at the Native populations here and the subsequent contact with European colonizers.

This year we are doing life science and will begin by looking at the criteria for life and how it is organized.

Updates and Info

Students have already been successful learners, problem solvers, and self-managers! We are also practicing how to be reflective and aware of our own selves and learning styles. Ask  your student what type of intelligence he or she is strongest in.

It is a tremendous help to the class to have parent and caregiver involvement and support. I’m currently scheduling field trips and will be in need of transportation help from families since we do not have access to the bus. If you are able to help out in the classroom or with tasks outside of the classroom, please sign up on the accompanying list and have your student return it to me. 

This year, I’m recognizing that I need a parent/caregiver scheduler - someone who can meet and email with me and then act as a liaison between the needs of the classroom and families.

Thank you in advance for your support!