Parent Information
RCMS AVLS Class 2018-2019
Dear Families,
Welcome to another school year! My name is Kali Wood, and I will be your child’s teacher this year. This will be my second year teaching the AVLS class at Crownover, and I have 12 years experience teaching Special Education students in Denton ISD. In our AVLS class, we also have two other wonderful assistant teachers, Mrs. Adair and Mr. Feeley, who have been at Crownover for many years. We are excited to get to know you and your child throughout this school year. Learning is a top priority at Ronny Crownover Middle School (RCMS), so I would like to begin the year by clarifying my behavioral expectations and routines. All RCMS students follow the CHAMPS guidelines in common areas of the school, and within the classroom. CHAMPS is a positive approach to behavior management that focuses on treating all people (students, teachers, and parents) with dignity and respect.
My class expectations are:
1. Work hard and dream BIG!
2. Treat self, others and school with respect and kindness.
3. We celebrate each other's successes
4. Take care of our classroom and school.
I will teach these expectations on the first day of school and review them throughout the year. To encourage students to follow the classroom procedures, staff will continuously model good behavior traits, as well as work with parents on home and school interventions that will help your child be successful in all areas of their life.
Each day, students may enter the building at 7:45 am, enter the classroom and begin the morning routine. Come in at voice level 1 or 2, put away their backpacks (visit their locker if they have one), and then choose one item to work on until 8:15 a.m. bell rings. Students who arrive to school after 8:30 a.m. are considered tardy. It is important that your child be at school every day. If your child is absent, the office needs to have a note with the date and reason for the absence. Students who are absent for more than three days in a row must bring a doctor’s note for the absence to be excused. Unfortunately, when students miss school they miss a lot of great learning. However, to help your child make up missed work, our classroom staff makes sure the student is caught up by working one-on-one with the student. Each day, students will be dismissed at 3:35 p.m. to go home.
Our classroom is using Unique Learning System ® (ULS) as the academic curriculum as directed by the Denton ISD Special Education Department. The curriculum program has been designed specifically for children with special learning needs. While the foundation of Unique is the academic content standards (reading, writing, math, science and social studies), the lessons are modified to make sure that all children have a way to participate while learning on their own cognitive level to achieve individual success. There is a strong emphasis on life skills that are embedded in each lesson, and we will supplement some lessons with group learning activities and projects.
Each month there is a new topic built around a science or social studies theme. Lessons include stories, chapter books, comprehension activities, writing activities, math lessons for time, money, counting and problem solving, as well as recipes, craft projects and science experiments. Materials have been created with Symbol Stix™, which is a graphic library of symbols to help children who learn best with picture supports. The primary goal of ULS is to give each child a way to participate, learn and succeed in the classroom. The syllabus outlines our monthly curriculum and assessment schedule.
Thank you for sharing your child with me,
Mrs. Wood
AVLS Teacher
940-369-4815
Below is a copy of how our classroom activities and IEP goals are grade in the AVLS classroom. If you have any questions about this form, please do not hesitate to contact me and let me know.
