Welcome to Wood View 1 st Grade!
• Teaching for 21 years (1 st -3 rd Grades) • Reading Interventionist (8 years) • Taught in Chicago, Cicero, & Arizona on a Navajo Indian Reservation
• Married 17 years in July (Rick) • One daughter (Isabella) • One dog (Harley) • Cancer Survivor! • Favorite subject is READING!
Specials Your child will experience Art, P.E., Music, and Library. First Semester: Music Second Semester: Art Monday: PE Tuesday: Music Wednesday: Library Thursday: Music Friday: PE
Wood View Intervention and Enrichment Coordinators As Intervention and Enrichment Coordinators (IEC) our role is to support teachers in using data to individualize instruction to best meet the needs of our students. We may work with students within the classroom, behind the scenes with the teachers in planning, or by pulling small groups of students. Katie Donivan Hi. I am so excited to start at Therese Prado Wood View this year. It is my Hello! I have been 12th year teaching. I’ve been all working in education for over but for the past 8 years I’ve 29 years. I have taught been a Reading Specialist and interventionist for reading and grades 1, 2, and some math. This year I get to 3. This will be my support teachers and students second year at Wood in reading. View. My focus is using building data to provide math interventions and enrichment.
Wood View Reading Recovery Coordinator As the Reading Recovery Coordinator, my role is to support teachers and students in all things early literacy. When we return to ‘traditional’ schooling, I will be working with individual first grade students in the Reading Recovery program. I will also be working with small groups of Kindergarten, first and second graders. During remote learning, I will mainly be working with small groups of students during their asynchronous time. Amy Paris Hello! I have been working in education for almost 20 years. I have been a Reading Specialist, an elementary administrator, and a high school teacher. This will be my second year at Wood View and my 14th year in Valley View. My goal is to build a love for reading and increase students’ reading strategies.
Wood View’s Virtual Peace Room with Mrs. Derer (LEC) Join Mrs. Derer’s Virtual Peace Room for… JOIN HERE! • Yoga practices • Zones check-in • Tell Mrs. Derer what you need • Dance videos • Mindfulness • Breathing activities • Books to read • Calming strategies
REMOTE LEARNING If you have not yet logged into your Infinite Campus account, please take a moment to log in. Here you can upload any registration documents, see important updates from the building and district, view your child’s progress report, see attendance reports, and pay any necessary fees.
REMOTE LEARNING On the first day of school you can expect to use Seesaw. A daily schedule will be posted daily by 8:55. On the schedule, you can see the zoom links necessary to engage in synchronous (live) learning with the teacher. You will also see assigned work for your child to engage in during asynchronous (independent) learning time. Each day your child will be engaged in learning activities from 9:05 to 2:30 with a scheduled lunch from 11:45 to 12:30.
REMOTE LEARNING During independent asynchronous work time, your child may be working in the Freckle and the Smarty Ants educational programs to help support their literacy and math skills.
REMOTE LEARNING Use the following to log into your Seesaw account and other programs each day. When your child logs in, they will see the options for each program to click.
Attendance Daily School Attendance is so important for successful learning! If your child is going to be absent, please CALL the school office.
The first few weeks! • Support technology • Build a community of learners • Share options/opportunities for Social & Emotional support
Morning Meeting Students greet each other, share with one “My favorite another, participate part of first in an activity, and grade is read a morning morning meeting” message to start -Noah J. their day from the teacher.
• Workshop Model -Whole Group Instruction -Small Group Instruction -Independent Practice • Responsive Classroom -Engaging/Interactive
Lessons are introduced and modeled by the teacher live during Zoom link. Students participate in lessons by sharing answers, asking questions, reading, etc. Small breakout sessions with the teacher or support staff.
After whole group instruction students have opportunities to not only work in groups, but independently too! • Independent Reading • Freckle/Smarty Ants • Journaling • Seesaw activities • Math practice activities
REMOTE LEARNING
• Read with your child -Ask questions about the book • Practice reading/spelling sight words • Practice math facts for fluency
REMOTE LEARNING If you have any issues with technical support, please contact our technology support team at 815-372-6988 or email StudentHelp@vvsd.org. If you have any other questions you can call our school office at 630-739-0185 or email at mccaslinjl@vvsd.org or israelsonrm@vvsd.org
Communication and partnerships with families As always, we are here to help and support in any way we can. Feel free to reach out with any questions or supports you may need to make this year successful for your child. Each Sunday you will get an update phone call and email from the Wood View Administrative team. We appreciate your partnership! • Weekly newsletters • Email lunaal@vvsd.org • Phone 630-739-0185 • Seesaw Messenger
Communication and partnerships with families Social Media If you do not yet follow us on social media, please follow us on Facebook @ Wood View Elementary, Instagram @wearewoodview, or twitter @ wood_view. Here you can find information including our essential supply list for remote learning. You will also see many important updates regarding everything specific to Wood View.
Family Voice As we continually assess needs, we ask that you take our student needs survey. An email with links to both the English and Spanish versions was sent to your email. Throughout the year you might also see these different surveys as well, but we ask that you please fill out the STUDENT NEEDS survey as soon as possible so that we can try to meet those needs.
Thank you for sharing your child with me this year. I look forward to working with you to help your child grow and succeed in First Grade!
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