Kimberly, Vanessa and Sobeida's 1st/2nd Grade ICT Class

Welcome to Kimberly, Vanessa and Tammy's

2018-19 1st/2nd Grade ICT Class!

Summer 2018 Dear Students and Families,

We hope you are all having a wonderful summer. We will be your children’s 1st/2nd grade co-teachers for the 2018-2019 school year at The Earth School. As a team, we will work to support your children through whole group, small group, and individualized instruction.

From Kimberly:

This will be my 5th year at The Earth School. I have been teaching Early Childhood Education in the East Village community for 16 years. I also work with horses, supporting therapeutic horsemanship for children and adults with disabilities. I have two college age children, both of whom are graduates of The Earth School. I have been enjoying summer by traveling along the North West Coast and will be enjoying time with friends and family camping, hiking and gardening. I am excited to hear about all of your summer adventures!

From Vanessa:

This will be my 14th year at the Earth School. I grew up outside of Washington, DC in a multicultural Chilean and Irish family. Now I have two children of my own. A seven-year-old and a three-year-old. We have been spending the summer traveling and visiting many parks and cities in California as well as friends and family in Florida and Mexico. I’ve also enjoyed growing vegetables and herbs in my tiny city garden. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you and hearing about your summer activities.

This school year our core curriculum will focus on the waterways of New York City. The students will be learning about the water surrounding our city by investigating topics such as the water cycle, landforms, animals of the waterways, how people depend upon water, and what we can do to help conserve our resources. We will support this study through many trips around the city.

Think about bringing in a summer artifact to share during the first couple of weeks of school. The artifact can be a rock or seashell you found, a picture you drew, a poem you wrote, a book you read, or anything that reminds you of your summer. We will be creating a special exhibit all about ourselves and these summer artifacts will be included. Make sure you choose something you don't mind leaving at school for a few weeks.

We have attached a questionnaire. Please fill this out even if you were in this class last year. There is also a supply list for our classroom.

We are looking forward to meeting new students and their families as well as welcoming back and continuing to work with the 2nd graders. The first day of school is September 5th. Enjoy the rest of your summer!

All the best, Kimberly and Vanessa

kimberly@theearthschool.org

vanessa@theearthschool.org

.Kimberly and Vanessa’s 1st/2nd 2018-2019 Supply List

• • basic folders with pockets (one each of red, blue, yellow, orange and green)

  • 1 home practice folder (any style, labeled with your child’s name)

  • Paper towels

  • Facial tissues

  • Markers

  • All purpose cleaner (preferably something earth-friendly and plant based)

Wish List of extra items

• • Brita filters (for daily drinking water)

  • glue sticks

  • tape (Scotch and masking)

  • plain white copy paper

  • Ziplock baggies (gallon size)

  • items collected from nature (pine cones, shells, acorns, etc.)

  • misc. items for glueing and crafting (buttons, yarn, craft sticks, corks, bottle caps, etc)

Cluster Supply Lists

Supply List for Earth Studies with Emmy

• • Skinny markers

  • A roll of paper towels

.2018-2019

Dear Families,

Please answer the following questionnaire so that we can best support your child this year. Please take into consideration the many sides of your child, including academic, social, and physical aspects. Also, please talk to your child and work together in answering the questions.

In an effort to be more green and save paper and ink, we would like to communicate with families as much as possible via email. If preferred, we can send home paper copies of family letters and reminders.

Can email be used to send home family letters and reminders? Circle yes or no

Your child’s name: ____________________

Nickname, if applicable:_________________

Age: __________________ Birthday: ______________________

Guardian 1 Name: ______________________________________________________

Phone number: ______________________________________________________

Email: ______________________________________________________________

Guardian 2 Name: ______________________________________________________

Phone number: _______________________________________________________

Email: _______________________________________________________________

What family members live at home with your child? If your child has siblings who live

with him/her, please indicate if they are older or younger.

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.What are some of you child’s strengths? What does s/he enjoy doing?

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What are some of your child’s interests/activities outside of school?

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Is there an aspect of school that is challenging for your child? Any information on why

this area may be challenging would be helpful.

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What are some of your goals, academic and social, for your child this year?

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.How would you like to be a part of our classroom this year?

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Do you have any interests/hobbies/expertise that you would like to share with the

class this year? ______________________________________________________________________

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Does your child have any medical issues/allergies we should know about?

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Is there anything else you or your child would like to let us know?

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