Dear families,

We had another great day at school today! They spent the morning with Ms. Paulich as I had my Admin time. I went out early to greet them and to say hello before the day began. Seeing them and connecting with them makes my heart so happy!! When I saw them in the hallway later, they looked flushed and happy after getting some good exercise! They also had their first lesson on growth vs fixed mindset. Both Ms. Paulich and I feel so strongly in developing a growth mindset and look forward to watching them work through challenging tasks and learn by making mistakes. See challenges as opportunities for creativity and growth!

In the afternoon with me, we read silently. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to some of your children read. I noticed they already have some great reading strategies! Then they wrote me a story. I am so looking forward to sitting down to read them! We ended our day in the computer lab learning about how to be good digital citizens. We also learned how to write an email to me. So for students who wish to bring their own devices, we will be returning to the Computer Lab this Friday! I asked all students to memorize their login information. This helps to keep their usernames and passwords safe and private if the only place someone can find it is in our brain and not on paper!

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Everyone has done amazing so far in terms of being on time! Thank you! We know that sometimes being tardy cannot be avoided. If our class has come into the school already, please send your child through the main doors. Please ask your child to check in with Ms. Nickell before going to class. Thanks!

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I registered for an account for Epic School. This will give your child access to thousands (over 14,000!) of high-interest books to read at school and at home. My students last year absolutely LOVED Epic! 

Students will sometimes use this during school, 7am-4pm local time, Monday to Friday. During school hours, students can log in to Epic School from school or home with their Class Code, and read between 7am-4pm. (A gentle reminder to send some earbuds with a microphone, please. Thank you!)

Epic Free: Students use after school, after 4pm local time, Monday to Friday and weekends
After 4pm local time, students can access a selection of books on Epic Free for up to 2 hours/week, after parents sign up with an email address. Parents, you will be sent an email inviting you to sign up. After that, students can simply log in to Epic using their class code to access both Epic School and Epic Free. Their reading experience will switch seamlessly between the two experiences, depending on the time of day!

Should you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Students will have access to physical books from our school library and classroom library as well. Thank you to Ms. Papapanagiotou for delivering so many books to our classroom!

Looking forward to seeing your lovely children tomorrow!

As always, we are both here to support you and your child so feel free to reach out should you have any questions!

Sincerely, Ms. Chan and Ms. Paulich