Welcome to February Parents and Students
The month will fly by due to 1. Time flying when we’re having fun and 2. The Chinese New Year Holiday we starts next week.

This morning we welcomed Samantha Li and Dennis Lee to our class. We are very happy to have our full class of 20 rearing to go on the 100th day of school…
In class right now we started our Unit 7 in Math which begins our second and final math journal for the year. The students will have a math study link to complete 4 nights a week as well as completing journal pages from class and revising new content.

L.A. – We are currently working on the unit Breathing Life into Essays by Lucy Calkins in Writer’s Workshop. Students have really started to generate more essay entries and are learning about pushing their thinking. Students understand the differences between narrative and non-narrative writing and are enjoying recording their thoughts and realizations about topics that are important to them. In Reader’s Workshop we are focussing our responses on non-fiction texts.

Unit Study – We are currently working through our social studies unit focussed on Migration. Students are learning about the push and pull factors why people migrate and the are also writing a narrative about their own migration story.
Although most of these dates also get posted to my calendar, here they are below for you as well.

February & March Dates:
Feb. 4 PTSA General Meeting & Treat Day
Feb. 5 Wear red for Charity Day
Feb. 8 CNY Dress Rehearsal
Feb. 9 CNY Performance for Parents
Feb. 11 Half Day
Feb. 12 CNY Holiday
Feb. 23 Board Meeting
Mar.11 ES PTSA Meeting, Counselor’s Cafe, Treat Day
Mar.12 SPC Committee
Mar.13 Quiz Night
Mar.15 Sarah Holbrook
Mar.15 Start of Trimester 3
Mar.17 Poetry Slam (TBD)
Mar.19 Trimester Report Cards Home
Mar.22 Spring Holiday

Parents a final note…I need your help! As part of my yearly performance evaluation I would like some feedback from YOU! The survey results will help me grow and learn as a teacher. Starting Feb 1 and ending Feb 28 the online parent feedback survey will be open to our parent community. Parents will be invited to log into the Powerschool parent portal to access the survey.

“You are invited to provide feedback concerning the professional performance of your child’s teacher. This is an integral part of SAS’s vision to engage and support faculty in a unique professional learning community that provides opportunities to grow, develop and learn together. These surveys have been specifically designed to elicit information based on your first-hand experience with the teacher, and are connected to SAS’s Standards of Professional Practice.

The information you offer will be confidential. The feedback will go to the teacher and will be shared with the supervisor.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey. Your thoughtful responses are appreciated, and are a constructive way of contributing to SAS’s learning community.”

Enjoy February