Duval Homeroom

We are excited to launch back into learning this week with Duval Homeroom! We know this transition will not be easy for everyone, however we hope that with time we will be able to get everyone on the same page and smoothly transition into resuming our scheduled learning. We as teachers are also not as familiar with the program as we'd like to be, however we will try our best to help you. Please email us both with questions you may have. Please note that our main source of communication will be through Duval Homeroom until we transition back to school. Below you will find the directions for accessing Duval Homeroom.

Students and teachers will be working in Duval Homeroom (Teams). We hope these directions help make it easier to help your child log on.

If you are on a phone or tablet you will need to download the Microsoft Teams app before doing the follow steps. 

How do I get to Duval Homeroom (TEAMS)?

1. Go to www.duvalschools.org

2. Click Popular Links (located in the upper left hand corner)

3. Click OneView

4. Click DCPS login

5. Type username and password 

6. Click on the waffle/array icon (located in the upper left hand corner)

7. Click TEAMS

Steps 8-10 are for tablet and phone users: 

8. Sign into Teams with your students email address (s#########@students.duvalschools.org) 

9. Click DCPS login

10. Enter the student password 

11. Click the Teams icon on the bottom 

***after doing steps 8-10 you should be able to access your child’s classes just by clicking on your Teams app and can skip steps 1-7 on future accesses. 

This is where you can see teacher communication and what has been assigned.

Work From Home Packet

If anyone is interested in a detailed 3-week packet, please email us letting us know. Another teacher purchased the packet and we love how it is laid out for Reading and Math!! The layout, along with an example of a reading comprehension page are pictured below.

Sight Word Money

I'm attaching all the sight word money file on here. We thought it would be a good idea to make them available for all of you to print. And if you can't print, it's okay. Still use them to practice with your child. 

Enjoy and share with anyone that would also benefit from them. :) I'm trying to save it as a PDF so that all the margins are okay, but right now I can only allow you to access it as a doc document.

School News 3/18/20

Many of you have sent us emails wondering about school. Please keep an eye on the news and the school districts website.https://dcps.duvalschools.org/

We have an online training Friday, hopefully we find out more news to pass on to you... but for now we want you to have your child go on i-Ready everyday and complete 2 lessons. It could be a lesson in Reading and Math or 2 lessons in one subject. Just make sure the following day is the other subject. And as always... the students are expected to complete 45 minutes in each subject every week. :)


Now if you would like more for your child: you can find books and other materials on http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/ Also, I'm working on setting up Raz Kids (I get the dum dum reading challenge books from their sister site). I will only add your child on if you send us an email. (Your child's username and password for this will be their first name and then the first letter of their last name. The teacher username is Finocchiaj.) So if you wish to have your child read leveled books off of there... email us! :) Finally for Math, visit Khan Academy. I'm not familiar with it, but my brother swears by it for his daughters. So try it out and let us know your opinions.



Anyway, be on the lookout for more items to be posted here. Good luck through these tough times...

Week of March 2

Can you believe it's March?!? It's crazy to think only a few months are left of Kindergarten. :) Our students have grown up and been learning SO MUCH!! We are going to be testing soon, so make sure to be practicing all the items that were listed on the detailed conduct sheet. We want lots of Mastery to happen!! Also, just a reminder that Spring Break is next week (March 9-13).
But more important... This Friday is PLAY DAY! Our time is 8:55-10:10. Parents- if you would like to come in and Volunteer please contact our PE Teacher Coach Reed. Also, Snowasis will be selling shaved ice. :) We believe the price is $3.00 and we plan on visiting them after our lunch time. 

SKILLS

We finished our A Word Families. Now we will be working on some E word families. Please discuss them with your child. The verbal practice helps with rhyming and reading unknown three letter words. A few that we will practicing are: -en, -ed, -ell, -est.

We have been practicing chanting what makes a blend. If you notice your child mumbling it, here are the exact words... "A blend is 2 letters that come together to make 1 sound!" The students even show their two pointer fingers and then quickly move to only having 1 finger pointing out in front of them. It's adorable!!Here is a blend slideshow I made to figure out if the word begins with a single letter or a blend. Enjoy practicing with it!

Finally our Sight Words. :) This week are: as, may, his & f.  

READING

In Reading this week we will be reading multiple Dr. Seuss books, starting with "Green Eggs and Ham." While reading the books we will discuss rhyming words, retelling the stories and we will use our journals to write our opinions of each book. We will also touch on the man behind the name Dr. Seuss~ Theodor Seuss Geisel. We'll find out how he got the name Dr. Seuss, where he's from and how old he would be if he was still alive today. (He would be 116 years old!)

MATH

We have learned so much about addition this past week! We learned that addition is combining sets of numbers like we've been doing with number combinations and we learned how to use the plus sign. We will be learning about the equal sign and how to use it replace the vocabulary we've been using all year (i.e. 2 and 3 makes 5 will now be 2+3=5). We will also be working on addition story problems to continue practicing our skills.