Materials Pick-Up, FRIDAY JANUARY 22nd

Hi there Team 5th Grade Families!

I want to thank all of you for your ongoing support! I really appreciate everything you are doing to help our students continue to have a successful school year!

We have a few materials the students will need for our Reading program. These materials are important to the program.

Instructions for picking up materials:

DATE: FRIDAY, January 22nd

LOCATION: Snow School Lobby (please wear a mask)

TIME: 11 am – 2 pm

WHAT: Mr. Ali Mashhour will distribute two Close Reading Booklets to you, and check your name off the list.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Respectfully,

Mr. D

NWEA Begins this Week!

Hi there, Team 5th Grade Families!

I hope you all had a wonderful and restful Holiday Season, and a Happy New Year! I look forward to continuing our journey together this school year! Thank you for all your continued support, I appreciate it more than you know!

Students will be starting the NWEA test this Tuesday morning, January 5th, 2021. We will begin testing at around 9:30 am.

IMPORTANT: Please have your student complete this device readiness check by clicking the link with the device they will be using for the NWEA test. (I also messaged this link to students in Schoology). https://teach.mapnwea.org/impl/maptraining/DeviceReadiness/story_html5.html

Students will be testing from home, so please do not help them with the test. However, you can help them with troubleshooting any technical problems that may arise. As always, this data will provide us with information that will help us drive instruction in a more targeted manner, which is why it is imperative we get accurate and authentic results.

Students Should:

-Get a good night’s rest.

-Eat a healthy breakfast.

-Take the test seriously.

-Have a location that is free of distractions during testing.

If you have any questions, as always, please feel free to reach out to me.

GO TEAM 5TH GRADE!!

Respectfully,

Mr. D

Virtual Conferences Today!11-17-20

Good Afternoon Team 5th Grade families!

Thank you to everyone who signed up for conferences!

As a reminder, here is the schedule for our VIRTUAL Parent-Teacher conferences for today’s session (Tuesday, November 17th).

4:00pm – 4:15pm Adiba
4:20pm – 4:35pm  Ali
4:40pm – 4:55pm  Miriam
5:00pm – 5:15pm  NA
5:20pm – 5:35pm  NA
5:40pm – 5:55pm NA
6:00pm – 6:15pm NA
6:20pm – 6:35pm McKenna
6:40pm – 6:55pm  Yousif
7:00pm – 7:15pm  Thao

Conferences Tuesday 11-17-20

Since the conferences are VIRTUAL, simply log on with you and your student using their Schoology account (As always, I am inviting the students to join the conference as well). Next, all you have to do is click the “Join Live Zoom Session” like your student does every morning from our materials page. At that time you will “enter” a waiting room. Once the conference prior to yours concludes, I will then admit you into the conference.

Out of respect to all of our families, please do your best to be on time for the conference.

I am SO excited to be able to talk with you, and share some great information about your student with you! I also look forward to learning MORE about your student from you as well!

With so much respect,

Mr. D

Spirit Week, Next Week!

Snow Families,

There is a lot for our school community to celebrate and be thankful for in the month of November.  We are thankful for the partnership between our staff, students, families, and community to help every child succeed.  We will show our November Spirit during the week of November 16th:

Monday, November 16th:  Pajama Day:  Wear your pajamas to zoom class.

Tuesday, November 17th: Hero Day: Give students a moment to share out who they consider to be a hero and why!

Wednesday, November 18th: Crazy Hat Day:  Wear your crazy hat to class!

Thursday, November 19th:  Snow wolf Art contest!  Please let students know about this on Monday but share their wolves drawing on Thursday. Give them a moment to show off their drawings and artistic skills during zoom sessions.

Friday, November 20th:  I am thankful for ….:  Share during discussion or bring to Zoom class something you are thankful for.

REMINDER: Materials Pick-Up Wednesday, November 11th

Good evening Team 5th Grade families!

Just a quick reminder about our materials pick-up for the students, tomorrow (Wednesday, 11-11-20) from 9:00 am to 11:45 am. There will be no live Zoom session in the morning, but there WILL BE A ZOOM SESSION AT 12:25 pm. VIrtual learning labs will also take place in the afternoon as well. The morning will contain asynchronous work for students to complete.

What: Parents/Guardians can pick up needed materials such as a new close-reading book, new math Learn book, NWEA reports, and report cards.

Where: Upper El. playground off of Houston Street (door 12).

When: Wednesday, 11-11-20 from 9:00 am to 11:45 am

We kindly ask that you PLEASE wear a mask, and that you remain socially distanced 6 ft apart. This is very important.

Thank you so much for all your support this year!

Respectfully,

Mr. D

Conferences TODAY! 11-10-20

Good Afternoon Team 5th Grade families!

Thank you to everyone who has already signed up for conferences! I really appreciate it! For those of you that have not, there’s still time! Here is a link to do so: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050f4ea8ae29a2f58-2020

As a reminder, here is the schedule for our VIRTUAL Parent-Teacher conferences for today’s session (Tuesday, November 10th).

4:20pm – 4:35pm  Hashim
4:40pm – 4:55pm  Amira
5:00pm – 5:15pm  Khaled
5:20pm – 5:35pm  Hamza
5:40pm – 5:55pm Hayat
6:00pm – 6:15pm  Mohammad A.
6:40pm – 6:55pm  James
7:00pm – 7:15pm  Xavier
Conferences Thursday 11-10-20

Since the conferences are VIRTUAL, simply log on with you and your student using their Schoology account (As always, I am inviting the students to join the conference as well). Next, all you have to do is click the “Join Live Zoom Session” like your student does every morning from our materials page. At that time you will “enter” a waiting room. Once the conference prior to yours concludes, I will then admit you into the conference.

Out of respect to all of our families, please do your best to be on time for the conference.

I am SO excited to be able to talk with you, and share some great information about your student with you! I also look forward to learning MORE about your student from you as well!

With so much respect,

Mr. D

Materials Distribution and Pick-Up this Week

Good afternoon Team 5th Grade families!

We are doing another round of materials pick-up for the students this Wednesday, 11-11-20 from 9:00 am to 11:45 am. There will be no live Zoom session that day, but there will be student work to complete.

What: Parents/Guardians can pick up needed materials such as a new close-reading book, new math Learn book, NWEA reports, and report cards.

Where: Upper El. playground off of Houston Street (door 12).

When: Wednesday, 11-11-20 from 9:00 am to 11:45 am

We kindly ask that you wear a mask, and that you remain socially distanced 6ft apart.

Thank you so much for all your support this year!

Respectfully,

Mr. D