Mr. Alphabet's Mighty Resource Room 12

Dear Parents,

 

Aloha, my name is Mr. Alphabet and I am your child's resource teacher for ELA and Math. Our goal is to collaborate to help your child plug in to the their education in a way that makes them exited to learn. I consider all my students "Geniuses of Hard Work!" and have high expectations of success for each and every one of them. To achieve success, I need to get to know both you and your child. So, please look forward to us working closely together this school year. The ever-changing Covid -19 pandemic presents several challenges to delivering a safe effective education, so our collaboration and keeping an open line of communication is paramount.

 

I hope and pray that all of you and your loved ones are safe and sound at home and not breaking the rules of social distancing. Each and every one of you has a part to play in keeping your family safe and being a positive addition to society. I very well expect for all of you to keep up with your quest for knowledge by using all of your on-line resources like;

 

 

The Governor has mandated that all public schools attend 100% face to face. However, due to recent increases in COVID-19 infections, we will be on standby for any mandated changes. Students with an IEP will be afforded the opportunity to attend face to face as long as permitted by law. Having said that, this in no way mandates that you must send your child to school especially if you feel that it represents an increased health risk to you or your family. We have worked diligently to provide a meaningful educational experience whether face to face or on-line.  

 

The current plan is for students to have full days at school and meet face to face while observing approved social distancing protocols. (Subject to change based on State safety guidelines) 

 

 

Initially, your child will spend the entire day with me and my two Educational Assistants at least until we receive further guidance from administration.  Internet devices will be provided for those in need and our day will start promptly at 8:00am.

 

 

Distance Learning - Currently, distance learning is only available for students with a Doctor's letter stating the medical necessity and a formal application that must be approved by the principal.

 

Official Meetings

Webex is the platform we will use to deliver our official IEP meetings virtually. I will send an email invitation to each of you to access our scheduled virtual meetings.

 

Our first week will consist of assessments to gauge each students current level of academic performance. This will consist of both on-line and a practical / functional assessment. We really need to know what each child's current abilities are to have a baseline for data to address and track IEP goals. 

 

I-Ready will be our universal assessment tool for measuring student academic proficiency level. It is very important that parents allow the student to take the assessment without any coaching, prompting or hints. Assisting your child will give an inflated score that may place their starting point above where the understanding is. The result will be frustration because the lessons will be more advanced than your child is ready for.  

 

 

Resource Skills Focus

 

Phonemic Awareness

Character Recognition

Short Term Memory

 

Depth of Skills

 

These skills include:

Print knowledge Print knowledge: a child’s understanding of books, printed letters, and words.

Skills include:

• Differentiating print from pictures
• Functions of print
• Book rules
• Print components
• Rules of print
• Naming letters

 

Linguistic awareness

Linguistic awareness: a child’s understanding of how words and language works.

Skills include:

• Active listening
• Vocabulary
• Rhyming words
• Segmenting sentences
• Segmenting words
• Phonemic awareness

 

Emergent writing

Emergent writing - A child’s first efforts to create and use print in a meaningful way.

 

Skills include:

• Scribbling
• Drawing
• Copying
• Printing letters
• Printing name
• Invented spelling