I wanted to provide an update following the parent meetings today.

Behavior Management: I use class dojo in my class for behavior management and quick and easy parent communication. Students are awarded points for positive behaviors and points are taken away when needed. If you child loses a dojo point that would be equal to having their color changed via the school-wide system (two lost points would be blue and three would be red with a referral to Mr. Short). With class dojo you are able to see what the points we for (it is an app on your phone). For example, many students get dojo points for following directions quickly or being a leader. I prefer to reward a student for doing the right thing as a redirection to others who may need a reminder.

As parents you are able to see a summary of their day and can view their total points. I will reset the points on Friday each week. If a student is awarded 10 points in one week they will received a prize on Friday 🙂 Some prizes will be from the prize bucket, others may be a special treat inside the classroom (sitting in the teachers chair for the day, free seat, wobble chair, using the teachers special marker, etc).

Reading Logs: Kindergarten students will get a weekly reading log and first grade students will have a monthly reading log (1st grade they are coming tomorrow/Monday)! If you are reading the books from their book bag that evening, you can simply just write “book bag” instead of writing out each title.

Kindergarten Parents: The homework packet will have a slightly different “cover” than the other Kindergarten classes but the reading log is the same and the amount of homework is also the same 🙂

Teaching a split class: As you may have heard in the meetings, most of our instruction is small group instruction during workshop time. Bins are color-coded for the grade levels and the class has been wonderful about working together! My workshop groups are leveled according to the student’s reading level or math ability.

Reading Eggs and Math seeds: If you do not have the login information for these, please let me know. Math seeds is the same login as reading eggs. Kindergarten parents, I am working on reducing the amount of numbers next to your child’s name for logging in to help them be more independent… If this happens, I will send home the new information in their OWL folders 🙂

Please let me know if you have any questions following the meetings today.

Mrs. Chammout