*September 20 Update*
Week 4 is under our belts and it was a busy one! Our vocational skills training is in full swing with multiple jobs and responsibilities throughout the week. In ELA, we read about dolphins trained by the US Navy, and have begun to explore narrative structure in fiction. This will prepare us to help start writing our own stories in the near future. We have 4 new Words To Know, with each student spending the week becoming an "expert" in their assigned word. Students in LL2 science started to study weather and climate this week. Over the next several weeks we will be tracking our local weather patterns and learning about the observation phase of the scientific process. In LL2 social studies, students started to learn about the geography of our Earth. In math we are continuing to review skills and practice with identifying different ways to construct models for mathematics & represent a problem.
Everyone did a great job on their first weekly life skills homework! A new sheet was sent home today with some new tasks and conversation topics. Thank you for helping your student practice and generalize valuable skills form being a good conversationalist to helping out at home.
Don't forget to join our Class Dojo page for additional updates and a daily log of your student's class points.
~September 12 Update~
We are almost through our first FULL week of school! We are adding new responsibilities to our vocational skills training and classroom jobs. For ELA we have begun our Words To Know vocabulary list and are working on adding a few challenge words each week to our sight-word list. In math we are working on reviewing foundational skills and incorporating them into our classroom tasks. We also introduce the concept of Growth Mindset and how some things are hard, and we can do hard things. Be on the look out for future messages with tips on how you can help cultivate a growth mindset in your conversations at home. Weekly social and life skills homework will begin this week, so make sure to check your student's folder for instructions and 1 page of tasks or activities to work through together throughout the week.
If you missed Back to School night, make sure you check out the presentation in "Documents & Files" to see the important points we discussed. If you have any questions please let me know.
Last but not least, make sure you find our Class Dojo code in your student's take home folder so that you can join in on our classroom's daily form of communication. Students earn points which are logged daily in a variety of categories that support their learning goals. This is also a great way to that we can message each other and stay up to date on what is going on in our classroom. If you need the join code re-sent please let me know.
September 4 Update
Welcome to week 2 in LL2. This week we are working on becoming more independent in our classroom routines and daily jobs. We are also beginning to track our choices and goals as we complete our work. Ask your student about how they help with daily jobs. Students will also be selecting their independent reading books this week.
CLASSROOM TIPS
We have snack time each afternoon at 1:45pm. Please pack a small snack for your student if they tend to get hungry in the afternoon.
Daily reading is an important part of your student's routine at home and school, help them to keep track of their reading and remember to bring their independent reading book to school.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
***Class Pictures will be September 27 @8:55*** You should have received an order form/envelope in your student's folder this week. Please let me know if you need another.
School to Home Folders
All students have a folder with pockets labeled stay at home or return to school. Please make sure to check these with your students for homework, or important information. This week, be on the look out for a Class Dojo sign up.