Happy New Year!!!
:)
I
hope everyone had a wonderful and safe winter break. It was great seeing the kids on the first day
back! We have all had to readjust to
being in school all day long, but so far it’s going GREAT. I knew it would take
a bit of time to really get back in the swing of things…but I didn’t waste
anytime.
This
month, we will also do a small intro unit for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We will begin this week. It will go on for about two weeks.
Of
course, reading and math were reintroduced immediately. We will start a small penguin unit as part of
math later this month, focusing on different kinds of penguins. Using the penguin theme, our topic will be
measuring and sorting.
Have
a wonderful month:)
Homework
Over the winter break, I thought about my class
of students A LOT. I also had all of
your families in my mind over these last couple of weeks. During this time, I really started thinking
about ways to make homework more meaningful.
After 10 years of sending homework in the same
way (worksheets that are sent home, completed, and retuned to school), I think
it’s time for a change!
We will all benefit from weekly homework that has
a foundation set in communication. My
goal is to make homework much more informative as to how your child is doing in
class, and ways I can support you at home to be more informed about your child’s
academic success.
As the students adjust to being back in school
after the break (and SNOWJ) I am sending home a packet to practice
reading fluency. This will be our
homework for the next 2 weeks, for you to pace out however you’d like. There is nothing you need to return to school. Our benchmark goals in first grade are for
your students to be able to read 23 words per minute in mid/late January and 47
words per minute in mid/late May.
A new and improved homework folder will come
home, starting January 19.
SUN
School - Winter
Winter term SUN registration forms come
home today (1/6). If interested, please
be sure to fill it out ASAP as classes are first come, first serve.
DIBELS
In January, Faubion students will have DIBELS
testing. This is an assessment that
covers many aspects of reading. In first grade, the students show their skills
in fluency, phoneme segmentation and nonsense word fluency. We will do a bit of review for the next two
weeks. PLEASE feel free to get in touch
with me if you have any questions. I
will share results with families later this month.
Thank You!
Thank you all so much for giving me
such wonderful gifts for Christmas.
Everything was so wonderful and thoughtful. The kindness and caring you all have is a
blessing for any teacher, and I am so grateful that I have all of you in my
life here at Faubion.
Coming
soon….
The weeks to come at a glance
·
SUN
School applications due
·
Jan. 12
·
No
School – January 18 – MLK Jr. Day
·
No
School – January 25 – Teacher
Planning Day
·
DIBELS
– Mid/Late January
