This Week's Message to Parents (sent via email)
Greetings!
Welcome to Financial Literacy Class. My name is Maria Sohn and I will be your child's Financial Literacy Teacher this year.
Financial Literacy has recently been added to the 6th grade curriculum as required by the State of New Jersey. Financial Literacy topics include understanding money (income and expenses), wants vs. needs, the basics of budgeting, career exploration, and saving money.
Financial Literacy Classes meet once for 40 minutes each 6-day cycle. All lessons, assignments, and assessments will be available in Google Classroom. Students will complete these lessons and activities in class, however, there may be times when a student might need additional time to complete the acitivities successfully. In these cases students may complete the work outside of the classroom. In addition, if a student is absent for class, for any reason, the student must make up the lesson and assignment before the next class meeting.
I also post each week's lesson on my website. You can review the lesson if you like and discuss it with your student. This is for informational purposes and for your convenience. Financial Literacy is an important topic for students and I want to be sure that you know what your child is learning in the class. Below is a link to the site. As you explore the site you will also find practical tech information and support for all of the Google applications we use in school as well as other programs that may be interesting to you and your student.
The best way to contact me is through email. When you contact me please include your child's full name, grade, and homeroom teacher's name. This will help me answer your questions faster. I will try to answer questions as quickly as possible, but would ask that you understand that I have a large number of students and will be answering many questions. (I teach Technology to all students in grades 1 & 2 and Financial Literacy to all students in grade 6 in addition to G & T Grade 6.) I will always answer within 24 hours of your message.
My email address is: msohn@swsdk6.com
You can check my Daily Schedule via my webpage on the SWSD District Website:
www.swedesboro-woolwich.com/Domain/263#calendar10705/20200911/month
I am looking forward to a great school year working with you and your child.
Have a great day,
Maria Sohn