Monthly EL update
May 2020
Sarah Adams Book Fair
Virtual Book Fair
You can still order books from our online Book Fair! Orders can be placed through Tuesday, May 5. Here is the link for ordering and browsing!! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/sarahadamselemsch
Something to think about
Support services via Zoom
The meeting is once a week for 30 minutes, however it will be shorter. I am allowing extra time for logging in. The time is during scheduled lunch brake so students can eat a snack while we talk. Zoom meeting information is shared every Monday via SeeSaw. Please check your child's SeeSaw classroom for details.
During the meetings I will provide support for the mini lessons held by your child’s classroom teacher. Additionally, I select a choice from the choice boards. I try to share my plan in my Monday announcement on SeeSaw. If your child misses a meeting, we can reschedule or they can see what we did on SeeSaw. I post a short announcement after the meeting, listing what we did and attach any work, if applicable. The same rules regarding Zoom classroom meetings, Zoom Meetings Criteria for Success, will apply to these meetings as well.
Tuesdays
11:00 -11:30 -Kindergarten
11:30 - 12:00 -1st grade
Wednesdays
11:00- 11:30 - 2nd grade
11:30 - 12:00 -3rd grade
Thursdays11:00 - 11:30 - 4th grade
11:30-12:00 - Polish Zoom
It is always great to see everyone.
Checking in -May
In addition to my Zoom meetings, I like to join classrooms during their Morning Meetings. That way I know what they are learning and am able to better plan my meetings.
Due to timing, I can only join one classroom per day. If you would like to connect with me via Zoom please let me know. Just email me the time and day that works for you. I will send the Zoom meeting invitation to the email you replied with.
I also make a weekly post to my Board -Mrs. Janicki’s Board.
May- eLearning
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Our goal is to provide learning opportunities for your child that promotes his/her continued growth and achievement. Our Choice Boards contain standards based learning activities in multiple content areas that allow students to revisit and experience continuous learning.
I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy and safe. As your child is working through the Choice Boards, please feel free to email me with any questions you have.
- click here to view the Choice Board and procedures for an eLearning day. Choice Boards Options have been translated into Polish, Spanish, and Russian.
- Additional learning Resources to provide more learning ideas and options.
-Please report your child's attendance daily by clicking on this link or by going to the eLearning platform - selecting "Elementary Attendance" followed by selecting "Sarah Adams". The form needs to be completed everyday and is open until 10pm.
-SeeSaw - daily, please have your child submit to their classroom teacher one ELA and one Math activity on SeeSaw. Starting next week, your child might have a class with my name on it. I will use it to communicate.
- Family Guidebook - it is updated as new resources are added.
Thank you so much for all the support and flexibility during this time.
Activities - totally optional
This easy to use interactive website allows students to learn vocabulary in a fun game-like platform. Vocabulary is organized by categories and includes pictures and audio. This is a great tool for using in stations and it even includes a feature to correct answers so students can check their work independently.
This free tool is a video dictionary. The videos define words by showing examples of the word's meaning. This is a great resource for students to be able to understand the concepts of words and not just memorize the definitions.
This site has books in English but you can pick a narration language so the child can listen to it in English and another language. You change the language of narration by clicking on the narration icon and choosing from the narration menu. This link has English and Polish but you can edit the language.
Important Dates - please keep in mind that events might be canceled based on the latest news
--EL Parent/BPAC meetings @ 5:30 pm
- September 17, 2019- Program overview
- October 23, 2019 - Helping Your child in School / FAFSA support
- February 25th, 2020 - Parenting in 2020 - cancelled
- April 21, 2020 - EL Summer Learning registration - cancelled
- May 12th, 2020 - cancelled
May
April 22-May 5th - Virtual Book Fair - see information above
May 6 and 20 - Teacher PLC day - no Morning Meetings; students work on choices from the Choice Board.
Student Belongings Pickup at Sarah Adams:
-Wednesday, May 13 - 8-7:30pm
-Thursday, May 14 - 8 -6:30pm
May 25th -Memorial Day - No School
Covid 19
We will be monitoring the coronavirus situation carefully and following all guidelines set by our District and and State Health Department. Please check out this link for current Covid 19 updates. A very useful social story is posted in the resource link. Click here for printable resources from CDC.
contact information
EL/ Polish Bilingual Resource Teacher
Email: anna.janicki@lz95.org
Location: Sarah Adams Elementary School, Old Mill Grove Road, Lake Zurich, IL, USA
Phone: 847-540-2882
Twitter: @PaniAniaSA1