River Oaks Parent or Guardian,
Welcome back to a new and exciting year at River Oaks Elementary School! My name is Ms. Charara and I’m a Reading Interventionist at River Oaks Elementary.
I am looking forward to another year of working together for the academic and social success of your student!
Please view the important information below on the methods we will use for communication, instruction, and a description of our resources.
| COMMUNICATION | To communicate with families, the district is now using the following platforms: Schoology will be used for announcements, assignments, and direct communication with parents and students. All virtual sessions will be held via Zoom. Teachers will be sharing links directly to Schoology before the sessions. In terms of questions, I will be communicating with parents through phone calls and email. You can reach me via email at chararn3@dearbornschools.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday 3:00-3:50 Please subscribe to my Blog for school and District wide updates https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/chararn3/ River Oaks Website:__http://roaks.dearbornschools.org/Please subscribe to this blog. You will receive emails directly from Mr. MartinRiver Oaks main office: 313-827-6750 |
| INSTRUCTION | Support Staff will provide two days of virtual sessions via zoom and two days of face-to-face instruction; the face-to-face sessions will be Learning Labs that consist of 1-5 student(s) and will be held at River Oaks. The fifth day of instruction will be used as makeup sessions for students that miss sessions throughout the week. The first week of instruction will consist of parent communication, resource pickup, and an optional orientation. Schoology will be the main platform for where teachers and staff will be communicating and uploading student work. Please visit http://dearbornschools.schoology.com Weekly lessons and resources will be provided by the students’ teacher. As an interventionist, I will be working with students one-on-one or in small groups to address further instruction and support with reading and Language Arts.Learning Labs: Students that I will be working with virtually will also have the opportunity to meet face-to-face in Learning Labs. These sessions will be held at River Oaks and are agreed upon by the parent and teacher. Students that attend Learning Labs will receive support with assignments, essential standards, or tasks that they need extra support with. |
| RESOURCES | Benchmark Universe Benchmark Universe is the new Language Arts Curriculum that will be used by Dearborn Public Schools. This platform includes content knowledge that is aligned across all grade levels. With an integration of science, social studies, and literacy topics—teachers are able to introduce lessons that are aligned with grade level content and focus on essential standards. Benchmark Universe is ELL friendly! With Integrated English Language Development support (iELD) teachers can tell where the lessons are most linguistically demanding and teach those sections with supports that tailor to the needs of ELs. The curriculum also includes Intervention support which is a great tool for students that are struggling, or are English Language Learners. To access student resources, homework (workbooks) visit https://dearbornpsd.benchmarkuniverse.com/ |
| BUILDING COMMUNITY AND CULTURE | TBD |
