Weekly Update for May 4th-8th, 2020

Dear Parents and Families,

 Happy May 4th, and may the force be with you all as you enter another week of being rock star homeschooling parents. I do have a few announcements for the upcoming week. I will still be doing Google Meets with the kiddos on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A portion of this time will be spent on me doing a mini lesson with the kiddos for math or science.  These lessons will be short but for the first time since distance learning began, our grade level and district  will be introducing new content and material.  I do have instructional videos embedded into the content as well and these will help, along with my mini lessons.  On the days that I do not meet with the students, I am more than happy to meet with individual students to help support any struggles they may have with new content.  Just let me know and I will set up a Google Meet to meet one on one with your student.  For the math this week, there will be no Math 4 Today assignments, only the assistments ones.  With introducing new content, I removed those assignments so that the students and parents would not be overwhelmed.  I also removed word work for this week, only having the students focus on writing and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  I do truly want to make this as stress free as possible.  I hope you all are healthy and well, and thank you so much for all your patience and grace as we enter these uncharted waters together. You all are truly the best and I consider myself to be quite blessed to have you all in my life.  Have a great week!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for April 27th-May 1st, 2020

Dear Parents and Families,
 Happy Monday!  Congratulations, you officially have 1 week of e-learning from home under your belt.  While I know you all have been homeschooling rock stars since March 19th, adding the technology component is challenging because technology can be glitchy and frustrating.  So I am grateful for your patience with me!  I will be meeting with the students weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:00 a.m. I will be sending them a reminder about 15 minutes prior  so they can  go into Google Classroom and click the link for Google Meet.  I enjoy seeing the students so very much, I miss them tremendously.  Looking ahead at the work week, I have decided to alternate word work with writing. Meaning, they will only have one or the other every other day.  I just want to make this process as stress free as possible.

This week I will be going back through assignments to see if anyone is missing anything. If I do find some assignments not turned in, I will definitely let parents know.  Please know I am only an email or phone call away. I am here to help in anyway. Have a great week and I will be in touch soon!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for March 16th-20th, 2020

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Thursday!  I am writing a day early because Friday, March 13th is a school holiday.  School will resume on Monday, March 16th.  Looking ahead to next week, Spring Pictures will be on Friday, March 20th.  If your child would like to bring clothes to change into after pictures, feel free to send them in.  Also, we have a field trip coming up soon on Friday, March 27th. If you are interested in chaperoning, please let me know and I will put your name in the hat to choose 2 lucky adults to tag along with us for a wonderful experience. Before I close out the post, I want to include a link to purchase Gator Games t-shirts.  Gator Games, our school wide field day will be held on Friday, April 8th,  t-shirts are for sale, just click on the link for instructions for purchase. http://thecommunigator.blogspot.com/

Have a great, long weekend and I look forward to another great week  of learning at LCEU!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for March 9th-13th, 2020

Dear Parents and Families,
We had a great week in room C115 in spite of all the rain. Although, the class and I are both ready for outdoor recess to resume!  Looking ahead to next week, the social studies test will be on Monday to end our unit on Government.  The students have several resources in their binders and interactive notebooks as well as the ones I sent out to parents as well.  Friday, March the 13th is a school holiday thus making next week a 4 day week.  I promise to make it still a productive one in spite of it being short. Have a great weekend and I look forward to another great week here at LCEU. 


Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for March 2nd-6th, 2020

Dear Parents and Families,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I thoroughly enjoyed the conference I attended this week and I have so many new things to bring back to the classroom to help support my students with their learning. I am definitely looking forward to getting back in the classroom on Monday! 

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for February 24th-28th, 2020

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Friday!  Can you say Brrrrrrr!  Between the constant rain and frigid temperatures, indoor recess 4 straight days has made the week a bit WILD to say the least. Looking ahead to next week, I wanted to let everyone know that I will be out of the classroom from Wednesday afternoon until Friday.  I will be attending a conference in Savannah with one of our assistant principals, Mrs. Chandler-Smith.  A veteran substitute will be filling in for me while I am away, so I am certain the class will be in good hands.  I will be giving the students a quiz on water features and land forms before I leave to wrap up our unit in science.  I hope you all have a great weekend and I look forward to another great week here at LCEU!

Sincerely
Mrs. Dina Knight

Weekly Update for February 17th-21st, 2020

Dear Parents and Families,

Happy Valentine's Day!  Our classroom was filled with excitement, laughter and a whole lot of love!  The students and I had a wonderful time with our valentine exchange and craft.  I apologize in advance for sending them home with so much candy but the positive is that they have an extra day off next week to indulge their sweet tooth!  Monday, February 17th is a school holiday in observance of President's Day, making next week a short week.  Coming home today are Communication folders. In them you will find the week's grades along with a picture package.  If you are not interested in purchasing the picture, just send them back in the folder on Tuesday.  I hope you all enjoy the long weekend and thank you so much for sharing your student with me.  Each one of them brings so much love and joy to my life, I am truly blessed.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dina Knight