• Bachelors in Elementary Education with a specialty in Literacy – CWU

• Masters of Education: Reading Specialist – UAS

• Fifth year teaching at Point Higgins

• Birthdays – We have a short celebration during our snack time (10:30 – 10:45) Snacks are welcome, we will sing and dance and then return to our learning.

• Absences – I appreciate a call or message on Dojo, but you MUST call the office and let them know for it to be excused.

Checking Grades – PowerSchool Portal

Classroom Behavior – Class Dojo

Coming in to the school – You MUST check in at the office!

Contacting Me –Classroom Phone: 907-228-0627

Class Dojo MessagingCome in from 8:00 – 8:45 or make an appointment after

school

8:30 – 8:458:45 – 9:159:15 – 9:309:30 – 10:3010:30 – 10:4510:45 – 11:3011:30 – 12:0012:00 – 12:30

BreakfastCheck In/ Morning Work

Morning MeetingMath Lesson

Snack/Brain Break

ReadingLunchRecess

12:30 – 1:001:00 – 1:251:30 – 2:152:15 – 3:003:00 – 3:15

3:15

ReadingWriting

WorkshopSpecials

Science/Social Studies

Clean UpDismissal

Time: 10:45 – 11:30, 12:30 – 1:25

• Whole Group – Strategy lessons of comprehension, fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary

Small Group – Interventions, Extensions, Targeted instruction

Individual - Conferencing

Time: 1:00 – 1:30

Materials: StoryTown and Step-Up to Writing

- Whole Group Guided Lesson- Independent Practice- Weekly individual conferencing

with each student

Time: 1:00 – 1:30

• Opinion• Informative/explanatory • Narrative• Shared Research Project• Publish using digital tools

Time: 9:30 – 10:30

• Guided Math Groups

• I base the materials I use on a

placement test.

• Teaching both first and second

grade standards, but extending or

reviewing when needed.

Time: 2:15 – 3:00 (ish)

• Air & Weather• Space/The Earth• Matter – Solids, liquids,

gasses• Force, Motion & Balance• Rocks & Minerals• Life Cycles – Plants, Animals

& Insects• Beach Week – Tide Pools &

Mollusks

Time: 2:15 – 3:00 (ish)

• School/society rules

• Pledge of Allegiance

• State Flags• Alaska State

History• Presidents• Voting• Holidays• Community

Helpers

• Geography – Maps, Continents, Oceans, Poles

• MLK, Elizabeth Peratrovitch

• Cultures, Family Traditions

1. Reading BINGO Card

2. Math Game

**NO SPELLING or DAILY MATH WORKSHEETS

Monday – PE

Tuesday – PE

Wednesday – Library

Thursday – Music

Friday – Music/PE

• Spelling will not be the traditional spelling you experienced in school!

• Focus on patterns and meaning, NOT memorization.

• There will be NO spelling homework.

• There will be NO weekly spelling test.

• Word work – We are working to understand how words are formed and why they are spelled the way they are. We do this by looking at patterns, word origins, prefixes and suffixes and their meaning.

• Work with the teacher in a small group, and independently or with peers.

• Not studied for just one week but over several weeks.• Periodic assessments to evaluate

progress each trimester.

• Community helpers Any volunteers??

• Pioneer Home

• Beach Week Tide pools, mollusks

**Family members are ALWAYSWelcome!! ** I will send permission slips one week in advance.

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