The Weekly Newsletter
Our Virtual Classroom Expectations
Our community talked about the expectations for our virtual classroom a bunch this week. We wrote down a list of the expectations that our students thought needed to be met. We want to share them with your family so that you can talk about the rules for our online environment with your child before school starts again Monday. Remember that the virtual classroom expectations should be followed in all online classrooms, including Explorations, small reading groups, GEP classes, and EIP lessons.
Virtual Learning Schedule
We have been slowly easing into our virtual learning schedule and this week a few more things will be added to the calendar. Please note that this schedule is expected to remain the same for the remainder of virtual learning, but will be modified to meet the needs of our community should it become necessary.
We have added EIP, GEP, and Kathy's "Korner" reading groups to our schedule. Because our work schedule is so flexible, your child can choose to complete work at their own speed. Your student should take the first part of every morning to schedule the work they anticipate doing that day. If your child has lessons with Ms. Carolina on Thursdays or GEP lessons daily, they should budget their time accordingly. This will help the instill a sense of responsibility and give the child ownership of their work.
In the calendar below you will see that the morning meeting will be shortened to 15 minutes. This is more typical of what you would see in our classroom daily. After the Morning Meeting, students will come to Open Meetings only if they need instructional support with the lessons they have been assigned for the week. 1st year students will come from 8:45-9:05, 2nd year students will come from 9:05-9:25, and 3rd year students will attend from 9:25-9:45. Instructional support will focus on different content area each day of the week. The schedule is below. Please have your child follow the schedule provided. Keeping a designated work/relaxation routine is beneficial for the whole family. Having a daily regimen will help your child feel secure and supported and give them a sense of normalcy in these strange times.
Open Meeting Schedule
M- Math
T- Language Arts
W- Cultural
Th- Writing
F- Any work you need help with!
Student Work
We received so much really wonderful student work this week! Thank you for being persistent in your efforts to upload and turn in work, because it has been such a pleasure opening the assignments and seeing the fabulous pieces that students have submitted. We feel like we got to know you all so much better through the work that your children produced this week. Thank you so much for sharing these awesome human beings with us! We love having each and everyone of them in our shared community!
ItsLearning-assignments
We understand that navigating the ItsLearning platform has not been easy for most. We too have had difficulty using the platform but can assure you that it does get easier the more you practice. This week, students will have assignments to work on under the "plans" tab in the ItsLearning portal.
1st Year Students
The Story of the Coming of the Universe-Due 8/31
Solar System-Due 9/11
Arithmetic- Count to 100!-Due 9/4
ELA-Journal Writing-Due Daily
2nd Year Students
The Story of the Coming of the Universe-Due 8/31
Moon- Due 9/4
Arithmetic- Static Addition- Due 9/4
ELA-Journal Writing- Due Daily
3rd Year Students
The Story of the Coming of the Universe-Due 8/31
Stars- Due 9/11
Arithmetic- Repeated Addition/Multiplication Due 9/4
ELA-Journal Writing-Due Daily
Turning In Assignments
Students should not worry about all of the assignments listed under "Tasks" on the ItsLearning platform! That area shows the assignments for ALL students in the class, not just your student. Unlike last week, students will find THEIR assignments under the "plans" tab on Itslearning. When turning in assignments, students should use the "plans" tab, find your assignment, click on "answer assignment" tab at the bottom of the assignment, then click on the "more options" tab in the toolbox and choose the square icon with mountains to add a picture of their work.
EIP Meetings
Parents who have students in EIP have received an email from Ms. Carolina. She will see students on Thursdays and the link to her small group math and reading lessons is located on the calendar on the Learning Community in ItsLearning.
Explorations
Explorations began last Monday and for the most part went very smoothly. All links to Explorations classes are located in the Calendar on the Learning Community ItsLearning page. Please use the link provided for your child depending on whether they are a BlueJay or a Cardinal.
Writing Lessons
There are no Explorations courses on Wednesday. Instead, students will attend a writing lesson by using the Zoom link provided in the calendar section of the Learning Community course page.
GEP
Ms. Beverly and Ms. Maria will begin GEP classes this week. Their links are added to our calendar on ItsLearning. You should have been contacted by one of the GEP teachers if your child is in GEP.
Spirit Night at Chipotle
Please join us sometime from 4-8pm on Tuesday, September 1 to support Charles Ellis Montessori PTA. Bring the flyer or show it to the cashier on your smartphone and 33% of sales will be donated to the PTA. Click the link below to view the flyer on Peach Jar. Go Bobcats!
Dates to Remember
9/1/20----Spirit Night at Chipotle 4-8pm
9/7/20---------Labor Day (No School!)
10/9/20--------Fall Break (No School!)
