September 18

 Hello Parents,    

We hope that everyone in the fox and bear community is feeling happy and healthy. 

We all have some tough decisions coming our way and it is our hope that we can all feel informed and comfortable with the choices that we choose to make! Be on the lookout for information on Return to Learn plans and explanations.  

We have MAP testing coming up for our third grade students for the next two weeks.   The first and second grade students will not be MAP testing until they are back in the school building.   This coming Tuesday, September 22, the third grade students will be participating in the Language Arts portion of the MAP test immediately following morning meeting.   The test will be given in small zoom meetings with the guidance of Ms. Kirsten, Ms. Jess, and Ms. Carolina.  We will have specific details emailed to third grade parents by this coming Monday.  There will be no small group lessons on Tuesday, September  22.  Before Tuesday, please make sure that your child has completed a practice portion of the MAP test to make certain that their computer is set up to be compatible with the MAP platform.

Your child should begin practicing reading with the AMIRA reading app.  This can be accessed easily by following the directions below:

1.  log into the It's Learning platform as usual

2. click on groups

3. choose the Savannah Chatham County Group

4. click on Amira and start reading (children are recommended to work with Amira 2-3 times weekly)

Your child can also access EPIC reading in this same group using the code:  lyg9941

Weekly Overview for September 21-25

Monday: 

*Journal:  This weekend I…                                      Self select a work from each area: Small Group Lessons-Language                              *Language *1st year-100 board  8:45                                         *Cultural *2nd year-Rounding Numbers  9:15                         *Read 20 minutes                 *3rd year-Rounding Numbers 9:45

Tuesday:

*Journal:   What would you do if                              Self select a work from each area: you could change the world?                                  *Math/Geometry No Small Group Lessons Today                             *Cultural  Third grade students will be                                   *Read 20 minutes   MAP testing

Wednesday:

Please be certain that you log on to It's Learning every Wednesday so that you will be marked

present for the day. We will leave you a video to view on Wednesday morning.

*Journal: If I were a scientist, I would study _____ why? Asynchronous Learning-Children will use this day to catch up on work or to complete ongoing or special projects. Personal Timelines (Complete and get ready to present) Informational Writing Project (Organizing informational writing) color-coding

Thursday:

*Journal: Make up a story using the following words:                                            scared, angry, Sunday, bugs                                    Self select a work from each area:                                      Large Group Lesson-Cultural                                     *Math/Geometry One of the most amazing lessons                              *Language ever experienced.                                                      *Read 20 minutes

Friday:

*Journal:  Free Writing                                               Self select a work from each area: Small Group Lessons-Writing                                   *Math/Geometry *Traits Writing Lesson-Word Choice/Fluency           *Language Children will learn about choosing great                   *Cultural Words and developing fluency in writing.                 *Read 20 minutes