Baskin Parent News: August 2022
At Baskin...We Believe, Achieve, and Succeed!
1st and 2nd Week: Done!
We have new staff members on campus. Pictures coming soon!
Student Teachers:
Ms. Gamez, hosted by Ms. Davis- 1st Grade
Ms. Uvalle, hosted by Ms. V. Sanchez- 2nd Grade
Mr. Nunez, hosted by Ms. Cortez- 5th Grade
Ms. Agyemang, hosted by Ms. Sixtos- Sp Ed Inclusion/Resource
Mr. Nava, hosted by Coach Lopez- PE
Instructional Assistants:
Ms. Alderete, BSC IA
Teachers:
Ms. Gorena, Kinder
Ms. Amaya, 1st Grade
Ms. Gonzalez, 5th Grade
Ms. Davila, Art
Mr. Buchanan, BSC
Support Staff:
Ms. Hoenigman, Communities in Schools
We are happy to have them on the Baskin Team.
Please continue to attend our Parent Orientations. These take the place of Open House and you get to learn about grade level expectations from your child's teachers. Thank you for your continued support.
Remember at Baskin...we believe, achieve, and succeed! :-)
TEA Accountability Rating
Baskin is a B rated school
We also earned a distinction in English Language Arts and Reading!!!!!
Congratulations to the entire Baskin staff, it starts at the foundation! Every single person made this possible....our students, staff, and parents. It takes a village, that village includes all of our former Baskin teachers. Special kudos to Ms. Vargas and Mr. Beltran who were a HUGE help to our students and teachers.
MAP Testing
Here is a Family Guide to MAP Growth.
NWEA has also created a Parent Toolkit with videos and additional resources.
We will share your child's individual assessment data during parent conferences.
What We Are Learning!
Pre Kinder
Reading: We are learning how to listen to stories, about parts of a book, and syllabication.
Math: We are learning about rote counting, shapes, colors, and addition operations.
Kinder
Reading: We are learning to hear and count sounds, positional words, and left and right hand discrimination, this will help with future reading and writing. We are also learning about nursery rhymes.
Math: We are learning to count, subetize, and represent numbers 0-10.
1st Grade
Reading: We are learning about story elements, which includes characters, setting, problem/solution and in phonics, we are learning about short vowel sounds.
Math: We are learning about decomposing numbers to 10 and counting to 120.
2nd Grade
Reading: We are reviewing the sounds that long and short vowels make. We have been learning about the characteristics of a fairy tale and listening for comprehension.
Writing: We are learning about single, common, and proper nouns. We are also beginning to write personal narratives.
Math: We are working on composing and decomposing 2D and 3D shapes. We will also being to compose and decompose numbers up to 1,200.
3rd Grade
Reading: We are reviewing words with long and short vowels. We started our first unit in Amplify. Our class will be reading the classic tale, The Wind and The Willows. Students are also using Canvas to answer questions about the text and taking weekly quizzes.
Math: Students are working on their Geometry Unit. We are exploring math stations, setting up notebooks, and working in small learning groups.
4th Grade
Math: We are learning how to represent the value of a digit in a whole number, compare and order numbers to the billions, and round whole numbers to a given place value. We are also working on how to use a problem-solving model to plan, solve, and check our work.
5th Grade
Math: We are learning about the place value of decimals. We will be working with expanded notation, comparing and ordering decimals, and rounding decimals.
Science: We are learning about science lab rules and procedures.
Arrival
- Drop off begins at 7:30 am.
- Please use the drive thru or parking lot to drop off your children.
- All children go to the gym in the morning.
- Teachers pick up students at 7:50 for breakfast in the classroom.
Tardy Students
- The tardy bell rings at 8:05
- Students must go to the office to get their attendance card
- A staff member will escort PK- 2nd grade students to their classroom in the primary building.
Beagle Bonding Time
- Social Emotional Learning, SEL, is important for our student's overall well-being
- We provide daily SEL activities for our students
- Rhithm, Sanford Harmony, Morning Message are resources that are used
Schoolwide Intervention Time
- Our students greatly benefitted from small group instruction last year during the second semester.
- Starting in September, we will begin schoolwide intervention time, which gives teachers an opportunity to provide targeted instruction based on student need in a small group setting
- All staff members help support during intervention time.
Student Lunch Times
Kinder- 10:45-11:15
1st Grade- 11:00-11:30
2nd Grade- 11:15-11:45
3rd Grade- 12:00-12:30
4th Grade- 12:15-12:45
5th Grade- 12:30-1:00
Teacher Conference Times
Kinder- 12:30- 1:15
1st Grade - 11:45- 12:30
2nd Grade- 8:45- 9:30
3rd Grade- 9:30- 10:15
4th Grade- 2:00- 2:45
5th Grade- 1:15- 2:00
Dismissal
- Dismissal begins at 3:20 pm.
- All students are dismissed from the gym.
- Please use the drive thru or parking lot to pick up your children
- We allow 5 families in to the gym at a time, for your child's safety.
Student Devices
Our Amazing Baskin Family...More Pics to Come!
Contact Us
Make sure to connect to your child's teacher on Class Dojo
Follow us on Instagram @saisdbaskin
If you have any questions or concerns, contact Ms. Martinez, Principal @ 210.823.2888 or ymartinez7@saisd.net