December 18, 2020

 Fox and Bear Community

December 18, 2020

We hope that everyone has a glorious holiday break with their families!  Please stay healthy and enjoy a much needed vacation.  The first week back after the break will be virtual for all children. We look forward to seeing many of you back inside Ellis on January 11th.  We will be staying on our current schedule in January.  Those children that are in the building will receive grade level lessons live with social distance.  We are certain that the new hybrid model will take time to adjust to.  We will keep you all abreast of changes that need to happen as needed.  

Thank you to all that have already signed up to provide items on the wish list.  There are still  items that we could use to support our return to school.  Here is the link to the sign up.

Wish List

Georgia PTA is excited to once again team up with Scholastic Books to offer our members an amazing benefit to support reading and literacy for our youngest readers.  Bookflix ® is an online reading resource that provides access to over 100 fiction, animated stories along with a paired non-fiction book.  Many titles are offered in both English and Spanish.  This resource is designed to help pre-K – 3rd graders become independent readers. Books are divided into the following categories: 

• Animals and Nature 

• Earth and sky 

• People and places 

• ABCs and 123s 

• Family and community 

• Music and Rhyme 

• Adventure 

• Celebrations 

• Imagination 

 

These books are narrated aloud (often my famous celebrities) with words highlighted to build word recognition and include interactive games to build vocabulary. 

 

With schools closed over the breaks and many libraries also inaccessible, Georgia PTA and Scholastic want to provide this member benefit so our youngest readers can keep building their literacy skills until they return to school.   

 

To access Bookflix: 

https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/freetrial 

User Id: bookflix62 

Password: lime 

Please enjoy this amazing benefit and thank you for being a PTA member!

Boosterthon Dance Fit:

PTA has been distributing FREE t-shirts to students and teachers for our upcoming Boosterthon Dance Fit fundraiser. This year will be a virtual event, but students will have a daily Zoom call with their favorite Booster-teammates, earn prizes for gathering pledges, and have a rocking good time as they dance, dance, dance (a partnership with Just Dance). Please register your child and share the link with friends and family. Registration is open now! We’ll have the official Kick-off on January 8, and Dance Fit will be held January 20. This is our largest fundraiser and helps fund teacher and student grants!

www.funrun.com

Weekly Overview for January 4-8   E-Learning Week

Monday: 

No School for Students

Tuesday:

*Journal: During the break _________________. Language Small Group Lessons                             Self select a work from each area: *1st year students-Sharing/Special Journals 8:45     *Cultural-Seasonal work *2nd year students-Sharing/Special Journals 9:15    *Read 20 minutes        *3rd year students-Sharing/Special Journals 9:45    *Math

Wednesday:

*Journal: This year, I hope_____________.   No live meeting today-Asynchronous learning Today is the best day for catching up on missing assignments and working on projects.

Thursday:

*Journal: I wish ______________________. Self select from each area:                                                     Large Group Lesson-Cultural                                *Math/Geometry Tree Of Life                                                          *Language  Cells-Beginning Life                                             *Read 20 minutes

Friday:

*Journal: Free Choice Journal Small Group Writing Lessons                                  Self select from each area: Introducing Narrative Writing                                  *Math/Geometry 1st year 8:45                                                         *Cultural-Seasonal work 2nd year 9:15                                                        *Read 20 minutes 34d Year 9:45

Additional Weekly Expectations:

Word Study

Epic Reading

Khan Mappers

Amira Reading

December 11, 2020

 December 11, 2020

Foxes and Bears

The children have been completing amazing work 

and their interactions during lessons have been

wonderful!  We are continually impressed by their eagerness for advanced work.  This week we will be continuing with lessons.   Please remember to send an excuse any day that your child is unable to attend lessons or work on the platform.  On Thursday we will be focusing on snowflakes and your children will need to have several pieces of square white paper available along with a pair of scissors.  Third year students will be starting work with measuring angles.  They will need to have a protractor for follow up work this week.  On Friday we will celebrate the end of the first semester with Pajama Day!  Your child is welcome to wear their pajamas throughout the entire day!  We will also have a special reading of The Polar Express at read aloud in the afternoon on Friday.

Please remember to drive by the school this Saturday or Sunday (12-2 pm) to pick up your FREE student Boosterthon t-shirt, popsicles and Virtual Festival of Lights info.

If you are interested in gifting items for the classroom this holiday season you can find our classroom wishlist here.  There are several items included that will make our transition into the hybrid learning model both successful and safe.

Fox and Bear Wishlist

Weekly Overview for December 14-18

Monday: 

*Journal:  This weekend I…                                  Self select a work from each area: Mathematics Small Group Lessons                       *Language *1st year students-Static Subtraction 8:45             *Cultural-Seasonal work                    *2nd year students-Types of Angles  9:15               *Read 20 minutes             *3rd year students-Measuring Angles 9:45

Tuesday:

*Journal: My favorite holiday tradition is______________. Why? Language Small Group Lessons                           Self select a work from each area: *1st year students-Compound Words                         *Cultural-Seasonal work *2nd year students-Homographs, phones and nyms    *Read 20 minutes        *3rd year students-Homographs, phones and nyms    *Math

Wednesday:

*Journal: What would you do on a snow day?_____________.   No live meeting today-Asynchronous learning Today is the best day for catching up on missing assignments and working on projects.

Thursday:

*Journal: Make up your own winter or holiday fable or story.                                                                             Self select a work from each area:                                                     Large Group Lesson-Cultural                                *Math/Geometry Snowflake Study                                                  *Language                                                                            *Read 20 minutes

Friday:

*Journal: Free Choice Journal Small Group Writing Lessons                                  Self select from each area: Specialty Journal Making                                       *Math/Geometry 1st year 8:45                                                        *Cultural-Seasonal work 2nd year 9:15                                                        *Read 20 minutes 34d Year 9:45

Additional Weekly Expectations:

Word Study

Epic Reading

Khan Mappers

Amira Reading

Equations

December 4, 2020

 Happy December Families!  

The children have been getting back in the groove throughout this cold week!  We are excited to see the children ready to present their prehistory presentations.  If your child is ready to present please advise them to let us know so we can add them to the schedule.   We will be exploring Winter Holidays and the History of Language over the next couple of weeks as we continue to explore history.  

READING

There are a plethora of reading activities on It's Learning to support your child's reading development.  Please encourage your child to work on these activities weekly to keep their reading moving forward.  

Reading group-(weekly)This will be found under Reading as these are virtual reading drawers from the classroom.  If your child has completed the drawers, then he/she will have vocabulary activities available for weekly use to keep spelling skills growing.

Amira Reading- (2-3 times weekly) Let us know if your child has any difficulty logging in through the It's Learning platform.

Epic Reading-(1-2 times weekly) EPIC    classroom password:  lyg9941   Children are given a weekly assignment for reading and comprehension.  They may also choose other books to explore throughout the week.

Weekly Overview for December 7-11

Monday: 

*Journal:  This weekend I…                                  Self select a work from each area: Mathematics Small Group Lessons                       *Language *1st year students-Types of Triangles  8:45           *Prehistoric Research Project              *2nd year students-Area/Perimeter  9:15               *Read 20 minutes             *3rd year students-Area/Perimeter  9:45

Tuesday:

*Journal: When I grow up ______________. Language Small Group Lessons                           Self select a work from each area: *1st year students-No Lesson Today                   *Prehistoric Research Project *2nd year students-No Lesson Today                  *Read 20 minutes        *3rd year students-8:45--Post Opinion Writing      *Math

Wednesday:

*Journal: A gift that I would like to receive would be _____________.  Why? No live meeting today-Asynchronous learning Today is the best day for catching up on missing assignments and working on projects.

Thursday:

*Journal: A gift that I would like to give to someone would be ________.  Why?                                                                             Self select a work from each area:                                                     Large Group Lesson-Cultural                                   *Math/Geometry History of Language-Extensions                             *Language                                                                            *Read 20 minutes

Friday:

*Journal: Free Choice Journal Small Group Writing Lessons                                  Self select from each area: Opinion Writing:Writing project-brainstorming           *Math/Geometry 1st year 8:45                                                         *Prehistoric research project 2nd year 9:15                                                        *Read 20 minutes 34d Year 9:45

Additional Weekly Expectations:

Word Study

Epic Reading

Khan Mappers

Amira Reading

Equations