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Welcome to the 2015-2016 school year!
How you can contact me:
• Desk phone: 228-0845• Email: [email protected]• Sharepoint site:
http://teachers.d11.org/teachers/eidensc• Call the front office (228-0800) if you need
to contact me immediately.• I will return your call/email during my
planning time at the end of the day or within 24 hours.
• (All of these are on the magnet I gave you)
8:00-8:10
Morning Meeting
8:10-8:25
Whole Group Writing Lesson
8:25-9:50 Literacy Block
9:50-10:15
Recess and Snack
10:15-10:35
Literacy Block continued.
10:40-11:35
Science and Social Studies
11:35-12:10
Lunch and recess
12:15-1:30 Math Block
1:40-2:30 Specials
SPECIALS
Specials Schedule
Tuesday: PE (combo: Spanish) Wednesday: Art (combo: PE) Thursday: Music (combo: Art) Friday: Spanish (combo: Music)
Mondays (alternating schedules) 8/ 24: No Specials: extended lessons in class 8/ 31: Double Specials (either Music/ PE or Art/ Spanish 9/ 14: No Specials: extended lessons in class
9/ 28: Double Specials (either Music/ PE or Art/ Spanish
More information at Open House on September 1st.
GOING DIGITAL?
• Freedom is becoming a digital school. What does that mean? We aren’t going completely paperless, but we are drastically cutting down on the paper we use.
• Most homework assignments will be sent by email, or can be found on my website.
• We are also incorporating digital technology into the curriculum as much as possible.
Speaking of my Website
http://teachers.d11.org/teachers/eidensc
Communication• All of you should have the magnet with my
communication details. (If you don’t please let me know).
• District 11 policy is that staff will return email or phone messages within 24 hours.
• If you need to get a hold of me before that, please call the front office (228-0800) and they will get in touch with me.
• I don’t answer my phone or emails when I am with students.
What is Personalized Learning??
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ieXLVCss4&spfreload=10
• I am the facilitator of the learning.
Nuts and Bolts:
• Homework/communication notebooks.• Kids will write down their homework, and then complete it in
that notebook. If you have a message for me, this is a great place to write it. I will be checking these in the mornings. The assignments will also be on my Sharepoint website.
• Please send a HEALTHY snack with you child every day. The kids only have 10 minutes to eat their snacks.
• I don’t mind if the kids bring water bottles. However they must be the type that the lid doesn’t have to come off in order to drink. If they leak, or become a distraction for learning, they will have to be kept by the sink instead of their seats.
• As you know, living in Colorado Springs is tricky when it comes to the weather. Conditions can change rapidly and it is very windy on the top playground. Send a jacket with your student every day as we get into fall.
More Nuts and Bolts• Class DoJo: I will be using Class Dojo as a
communication tool. This will give you an insight to your child’s school day. It can also serve as a springboard for conversations with your kids. I will send information this week.
• Volunteers: I am happy to have some help in the classroom during the week. We will also go on a few field trips (fingers crossed) that will require chaperones.
• Note: when you are in the classroom or on a field trip expect to work with all the students in the class.
• Email me with your available days and times.
Projects and Activities• Some of our upcoming Project-based
Learning opportunities:• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
Math)• Organisms and their interdependency on
their habitats• Christmas around the world• Biographies• Ellis Island (studying our ancestors)
Collections
• We collect:• Box Tops for Education• Pop tabs
• Field Day/Fun Run: Friday
• Take with you:• Common Core handout• Your child’s portrait• Highlights order (please sign and return even if you don’t want
the magazine)
•Thank you all for coming. This is going to be a great year!!