Weekly Newsletter Week of April 20

Hello Families!

We have new choice boards with our new theme, Rocks and Minerals, ready for your viewing pleasure in Seesaw and below when you click the link!  We will send them out as an announcement in Seesaw. These choice boards will be used by your children over the next two weeks!  The expectation remains the same in that we would like for students to complete one language and one math activity each day.

http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/Ellis/LE/Shared%20Documents/Lower%20Elementary%20ELA%20and%20Math%20Choice%20Boards%20April%2020-May%201.pdf

The daily journaling prompts remain optional, but we highly encourage your children to respond at least a few times a week as these writing exercises are helping them to build strong writing skills.  Our main focus is to instill in them the skills for building a strong paragraph and also to learn how to reflect thought on "paper".

Our explorations teachers have been creating some really fun and engaging choice boards as well!  They have special instructions for submitting the work on their own Seesaw class.  Please follow their instructions at the top of the choice board.  We will be posting the Explorations choice boards in Seesaw, but will not create "activities" for them as those should be submitted on their Seesaw class.  If there are any questions regarding the Explorations choice boards, please email Ms. Angie at Angela.Laplante@sccpss.com.

http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/Ellis/LE/Shared%20Documents/Lower%20Elementary%20Explorations%20Choice%20Board%20April%2020-May%201%20.pdf

Also, please remember that we have a reaccuring community meeting via Zoom every Monday at 11 am.  It is the same link and password every week.  That will be sent to your email every Monday morning via Transparent classroom so that you can have it handy.  Please reiterate with your children that we would like for them to make sure their face is in full view throughout the meeting, we ask that they are sitting (not laying down or walking around).  We also want them to refrain from using the chat option, as we have found that it is a distraction for some.  We are going to try something new this time to allow for some more share time amongst the students.  We will have what is called breakout rooms in Zoom, at the later part of the meeting.   There will be a teacher in each room.  Please be patient with us as we this will be our first time having breakout rooms and we are sure there will be kinks to work out.

Dates to Remember:
May 15, 2020----------Last Day of School (stay tuned for details on a celebration)