I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the start of a brand new year. Just a reminder that school begins tomorrow morning at 8:55 am.

Make sure that your child has read any material that they need to read for their Reading Groups, because reading groups resume tomorrow as well.

We will have Distribution Day on Tuesday, January 5th in the Lobby from 10am-2pm. You can pick up your child’s new materials that they will need for the next few weeks. (If you are unable to pick up materials due to your work schedule, please send me a message on Class Dojo and I can put it in the office for you to pick up at a later time.)

We will be NWEA testing and DRA testing soon for the winter, so hopefully, your child has been reading 30 minutes per night and also doing iReady for 20-30 minutes per day. Zearn practice can help them with math and I have been assigning that practice everyday and will continue to expect the class to be working on that daily.

Since we are starting back from a 2 week holiday, I will be reviewing expectations with your child tomorrow morning. I will be discussing the need to be on time for online classes, keeping the camera on, participating in discussions, checking the daily folder on Schoology for assigned work and the need to have a quiet table or desk to work from during our online sessions. I will also discuss the need to turn in work in a timely manner. It is also important that your child visit the courses for Writing Enrichment, Art, Music and Physical Education. Work needs to be done in a timely manner for these subject areas as well. I would appreciate your support by discussing these expectations with your child tonight.

As usual, if you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me via email at chasen@dearbornschools.org OR via Class Dojo. Thank you for your continued support.