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Happy Week Two!

I hope you had a safe and fun Labor Day weekend. We had a great first week as a class. My goal is to reach out to each of you this week with some highlights from the first few weeks :) and to make sure that you are receiving the emails about this blog. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions that arose from the first week: wittmannt@kaukaunasd.org

Here are a few reminders: 

• Return permission page for Seesaw (coming home Tuesday night)

Upcoming Events:

9/25: No School

9/30: Picture Day (can order online on our website)

SeeSaw:

I am sending home a link/QR Code for you to sign up for your child’s SeeSaw Account.  The district has purchased the FULL version of SeeSaw this year.  This allows parents to sign into their child’s account and follow them throughout each grade...you won’t need to worry when they get a new teacher next year. Not sure what SeeSaw? It is a website and app that we will use throughout the year to share our learning.

In addition I am sending home a permission slip, allowing your child to post and participate through our class SeeSaw.  Please sign and return as early as possible.  Only the students/families in our class will see what we post/share.  

iReady Assessment:

 I am excited to share that our District is implementing a program called i-Ready this school year.  

What is i-Ready? i-Ready is an online program that will help us determine your child’s strengths and areas for growth, personalize their learning, and monitor their progress throughout the school year.  i-Ready allows us to meet your child where they are and provides us with data to inform instruction.

The i-Ready diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your child’s needs.  Each item a student receives is based on their answer to the previous question. The purpose of this is not to give your child a score or grade but to determine how to best support their learning. 

What can you do to help?

To help prepare your child for the i-Ready Diagnostic, encourage them to:

• Try their best on each question and try not to rush.
• Try not to worry about questions they do not know--remind them that it is expected they will only get about half of the questions correct.
• Be respectful of other students who take longer to finish.
• BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES!!!

I look forward to sharing i-Ready information with you throughout the year

A few photos from the first week of school: