Thank you everyone for making my birthday so special! I've never been so loved on by students before! I am amazed by the generosity of my students and their parents.
Have a great day everyone! We are halfway through our first novel The Kid Who Ran for President! I am so proud of the hard work I am seeing in each student. We have practiced identifying character traits, retelling the sequence of events in a story, and using context clues to determine the meaning of a word in our text. Each student has created a blog that will be used in class. The goal of the blog is to create an open dialogue between student, teacher, and classmate in a technology friendly forum. These blogs are only to be used for school related discussions. They are password protected and I have complete access to everything they post. I moderate the blogs as well as check their posts weekly. Please ask your student to show them your blog, I am very proud of the work they put into them so far! I am using the Weebly student platform, which is the same platform I use for this website as well.
I will continue to post homework on my website, so you can check here if your student forgot to write it down. In addition to the HW they write in their planner, it is understood that reading is required each night. The suggested amount of time is 20-30 minutes, and they choose what they want to read. Upcoming Dates To Remember: Fall Fundraiser going home on 8.29.16. Labor Day: No School on 9.5.16 Curriculum Night is on 9.15.16 from 5:30-6:30. Interim Reports are issued on 9.16.16 Student Holiday (no school) on 9.19.16 We had a wonderful turnout yesterday for our 2016-2017 Open House! Mr. Zgonc, Mr. Acosta and myself appreciate you taking the time to meet with us. We know how busy you all are! Please plan to attend the September 15 Curriculum Night. We will be addressing FSA testing info, content specific curriculum, and answering general questions about what we teach and how we do it. I have attached a PDF version of our presentation. As always, if you have any questions, email any one of us!
As we finish out the first week of school, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for being so welcoming! Manatee is a great school to be at, and I am overwhelmed with the kindness and generosity I have received!
Hello and welcome back! Let me start by saying it is an absolute honor to be a new member of the Manatee Elementary staff! I am so excited about this year ahead, I can't wait to meet each of my students and their families. I am sure you all have lots of questions, and I hope to address all of them over the next few days. I will be using this blog to share what we are learning with you to provide a window into our classroom.
A Little About Me... I am happily married to my husband Brian, we have two kids (Dylan and Sebastian) and a rescue pup named Hazelnut. I went to the University of Central Florida where I studied elementary education. I began my career in Orlando where I taught for 5 years before returning to my hometown of Melbourne. I have taught at a few different schools in Brevard since returning and so far I can say Manatee is the BEST! I'll keep this short and sweet, please keep coming back to keep up with the time traveling TARDIS Teacher! Please visit the link below to provide your email address!
https://goo.gl/forms/xXMLj0bzDmpQDKxK2 Thanks!! We had a fantastic turn out for the Meet and Greet this morning! I have uploaded some useful information that pertains to my Reading and Language Arts class. Please take a moment to sign up for the Remind App. I will use this to blast out reminders and alerts. It is FREE and my intended use is for the PARENTS, however if you want your student to receive the reminders, you are welcome to sign them up as well.
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AuthorJessica Elliott is a 6th grade Reading and Language Arts teacher at Manatee Elementary in Viera, Fl. Archives
March 2017
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