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Winter Conferences
We enjoyed meeting with the families who attended conferences this week! During conferences, we discuss winter assessment scores and your child's progress in the classroom with regards to grace and courtesy and academics. If you have not done so already, please click the link below to review the available slots and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4faaaa23a0f58-winter7
You can find the link to the Zoom meeting link under location on the schedule. The passcode for the Zoom is 123456. Feel free to share this public signup with all adults who will be joining the conference, so that they have access to the Zoom link, as well.
We look forward to meeting with you!
For more information, please click on the link Book It
Learning Logs
Please go over the Learning Log with your child and discuss the work they completed and sign it. Please have your child return the Learning Log Monday. Filling out a Learning Log is a learning process in itself, so some of them may not have written all of the work they have completed on the log. This will take time, especially for the younger students.
The purpose behind this is to facilitate conversation about work choices and work completion. The hope is that the students can explain to you what each work is and what they worked on. Also, if you notice that they chose mostly math that week and hardly practiced any reading, that is where a discussion can be had about appropriate choices. Most students have the goal of completing one Language, Reading, and Math work each day, and some Cultural (remember that Cultural is considered "big" work and is completed over time). If your child is coming home with an empty learning log yet they are telling you that they are working, perhaps encourage and remind them to write down the work they are completing as they complete it. These are conversations that we have with the students continually, but of course, in true Montessori fashion, we need the "triangle" to be complete between student, teacher/school, and parent/home in order to be successful.
Homework
Students are asked to read nightly for 20 minutes and fill in their reading log. When the log is filled in, bring it in and a new one will go home.
We are also asking that Cardinals practice math facts nightly for a few minutes using XtraMath for first and second year students and TimesTables.com for third years. If your child would rather use flash cards or some other type of practice, that is fine.
Your child will need to use their device to practice reading and math skills twice a week on iReady at home.
They will also need to get on Amira at home and practice reading at least twice a week. Amira practice can be recorded on reading logs.
Your child needs to log in to their device using the username (firstname.lastname@students.sccpss.com) and password taped on the computer. Then they will log in to ClassLink and this will give them access to both Amira and iReady. They will just need to click the icon of the app being used.
If they are using a device that was not issued by the school, login to ClassLink through the district website by clicking on "Families and Students", then ClassLink on the right hand side.
Thursday Explorations
Students have Explorations (PE, Music, Tech, Steam, Spanish, Art) classes on Thursdays. Your child needs to wear sneakers and bring a snack, water bottle, school device and headphones.
Masks and Water Bottles
Please make sure your child has extra masks in their book bag DAILY. Children need to wear new masks daily and parents should check and replace any masks that have been used throughout the day. Water bottles are a necessity! It is hot outside and there are no water fountains from which our students can drink. There are water bottle refilling stations so students can refill their bottles during the day.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE NURSE IS IMMEDIATELY MADE AWARE OF ANY POSITIVE COVID TESTS or CLOSE CONTACT WITHIN A FAMILY.
Please send an email to Ms. Marianne, Ms. Jazmin and Nurse Chris - christine.oboyle@sccpss.com
PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL SICK OR IF EXHIBITING THESE SYMPTOMS:
Fever of 100.4 orally or 99.4 using a thermal device
New cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fatigue
Muscle aches or body aches
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Vomiting, diarrhea, or nausea
Congestion or runny nose
Headaches
*Dates to Remember
February 14- Valentine Projects Due
February 15 Deadline to submit Culture Fest video
February 17 Boosterthon DanceFit
February 21- Presidents Day- No School for Students!
February 24 PTA Culture Fest (Virtual)
February 25 Donation dress Down (MESS)
March 4- Choice Program Lottery
March 17-18- St. Patrick's Day-No School!
March 28-April 1- Spring Break
