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.

Week of Feb 24

We are finishing off the month by discussing a few famous African Americans in History to celebrate Black History Month. Make sure to ask your child who we discussed on Friday and ask what they learned. :) We have resources on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Wednesday is an Early Release Day.

Also, if you have not signed and returned your child's Progress Report... please do so now. We want to make sure everyone is aware of their child's current grades. On Friday Kenza is bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class. 

SKILLS

We were able to take back a little bit of time from Reading Mastery. :) (We are soooo happy!) So we are able to focus on WORD FAMILIES! This week we are focused on "A" guided word families.

Please note: we are using them as the gateway to mastery for producing rhyming words. Along with adding/ substituting the beginning sound to make a new word. We know it'll be great!! 

Our Sight Words for the week are: now, big, are & their.

READING
We are continuing to pull information about of passages that support a topic. We are discussing various animals and reviewing animals that were taught prior to my return.
Please make sure to review that papers that go home. The answers need to have a simple picture and words. Many of the students are forgetting their words and the papers are completed together whole group.

WRITING
If time is found, we will be writing sentences for the animals we discuss in Reading.

MATH
We will be starting a new unit this week: Addition! This unit builds off what we were learning in our previous unit. Practice combinations of numbers 3-10 with your child so that addition comes more naturally to them! We will be discussing how addition is just combining two sets of objects. Some of the addition strategies we will be working on include "counting on", "adding with fingers", and "using a number path". We'll be using the following video in class as a fun way to start adding!
Students can also watch at home and practice more.


SCIENCE
This week we will be discussing the different sizes of objects and observing that things can be big or small as seen from Earth.

International Day

So we wish that we had more pictures from International Day, but we were so busy having fun that we only got a few. Below you will see our four students that walked in the Parade and represented the countries: Puerto Rico, Thailand, USA and England. Then the last photo is Ms. Bellot with her Mom and younger sister Alexia. They flew in from NYC and together they showcased Bolivia for the 5th grade students.

Make sure to ask your child what they learned today and check out the crafts they made. Along with their Passport! :) 

Valentine's Day

We forgot to post these photos last week. :) And we couldn't forget them... here are our students spreading LOVE!!

Enjoy!

Week of February 18

We have a fun and busy week planned for our class! Our resources this week are Art, P.E., and Music. On Friday we will have International Day at our school! Students can wear colors of a flag or cultural attire. If you want your child to participate in the International Day Parade, they must be in cultural attire and have a flag or sign with the name of the country they are representing. We will be going over what to expect on International Day throughout the week. Ms. Bellot and her mom and sister will be a presenters on International Day representing Bolivia! She will be out of the room prepping for various International Day activities throughout the week. In Reading and Writing, we will be reviewing animals that live in Africa and writing facts that we learned about them. In Math, we will be reviewing our skills including rote counting, writing numbers, making combinations for numbers up to 10. Detailed progress reports will be going home this week. Logan will be bringing in Fun Friday snacks.

Math Rockstars!

We wanted to congratulate the following students for getting a 100% on their Unit 10 Assessment for Composing Numbers and Numbers Bonds. Congrats go to Sophie, Jason, Mia, Annastacia, Nethanel, Ariana S., Laiyanna, Layla, Maurice, Amaryllis, Noel, Serena, Michael, and Olivia!!!!!!

Last Chance for Play Day T-Shirts!!!

Tuesday 2/18 is the last day to order CLE's Play Day T-Shirts! They are only $10.00 and can be paid in cash or checks (payable to Chimney Lakes Elementary). Online orders are also accepted at https://pswear.com/ChimneyLakes. The final day to turn in orders and payments to us is this coming Tuesday 2/18. 

Zoo Field Trip 2/13

Our students had SO MUCH fun at the Zoo! We want to thank all the chaperones that helped us make this trip a success! Enjoy the pictures that chaperones sent in :)

Valentine's Day

On Friday we plan on having a Valentine's Card/ Candy Exchange. We know many of the students want to bring in items for their classmates. :) We want the passing out to go seamless and we are requesting that the other students names NOT be written down. We want our 40 students to pass out the items to their 40 classmates easily as possible!

This may seem strange to some of you, but we promise it's the easiest way!! Just allow your child to write their own name down. :)

Also, if your child wishes they may make or purchase a container to hold their valentine goodies. Any students that do not have a container will be given a Publix bag to bring them home in.

If you have any questions or want to send in any extra items, please email both of us.