Mrs. Tucker Mrs. Thompson Mrs. Doe Mrs. Gutierrez
Mrs. Gutierrez Fun Facts: This is my 21st year of ● teaching at Natoma Station. Born and raised in Sacramento, I I have taught 3rd grade, 2nd ● received my BA in Child Development grade, and kindergarten. This and my Teaching Credential from will be my 12th year in Sacramento State University. kindergarten and I love it! I have been job-sharing for ● 15 years. This is my 5th year teaching with Mrs. Tucker. What I love: Before that, I job-shared with Mrs. Thompson. Family & Friends ● I consider myself very blessed ● Church ● to live and work in Folsom. I Teaching ● I have two daughters. Julia (15) is a sophomore am proud to be a part of this Reading ● at Folsom High and Elise (12) is a 7th grader at community! Traveling ● Sutter Middle. Disneyland ●
Mrs. Tucker What I love: Family ● Church ● Friends ● Working out ● Baking cakes ● Born & Raised in MN Traveling ● Movies ● Teaching (since 2008) ● Three daughters: Madison (9), Isabelle (6), & Leilani (3) Lived in Seattle Student taught and taught my first Graduated from the U of MN- year of teaching in Maui Duluth
Mrs. Thompson This is my 27th year teaching in FCUSD. I want to teach kindergarten until I retire! I live on 10 acres in Placerville. I love hanging out with my family, doing puzzles, reading, hiking, gardening, going on bike rides, and tending to my chickens, goats, dogs. My husband of 30 years is a printer & musician. My daughter , Tessa (24), is a high school teacher. My son, Emory (23), is a Cardiac I.C.U. Nurse. I think I have the best job in the world!!! Mrs. Thompson’s Family
Mrs. Doe Favorite Quote Favorite Things I f you don’t have family ● friends ● anything nice to say, traveling ● hiking ● don’t say anything at all! puzzles ● eating ● Teaching Family I love teaching and learning with I live with my husband of 31 years ● ● children Our 2 sons that currently live with us. One is attending a ● I have taught kindergarten, second, local fire academy to become a firefighter, the other is ● third, fifth, and sixth grades. working as an intern in Davis this summer and will return to Cal Poly soon for his senior year. My parents and in laws live nearby ● Education My sister lives in Folsom ● UC Davis- BA Economics ● My 2 brothers live in Washington State ● Sacramento State - Teaching Credential ●
Our TEACHING PHILOSOPHY ● We want our students to want to be “in class”, to have fun while learning, and to feel connected to us and their classmates. ● We believe that social/emotional growth is as important as academic growth. We want to nurture the whole child. ● We want to work with families to help instill our students with kindness, curiosity, skills, perseverance, and joy.
Expectations for your kindergarten child: ● Be kind to yourself and others. ● Please eat during breaks, not during meetings. ● Keep chromebook muted unless asked otherwise. ● Please have only one device in the meeting per child. ● Please be on time to meetings. ● Make sure you are in your special workplace. ● Have your materials ready. ● Have fun! ● Virtual Expectations Reminders Link
● Show Respect ● Make Good Decisions ● Solve problems
For Parents, Guardians, and Daycare Teachers: ● Please do not record audio or video of class meetings. ● If a classroom teacher shares a recording, please do not post or share.
● We practice positive reinforcement. ● Let’s all do our best to state directions in the positive rather than the negative. For example, rather than saying,“ Don’t color right now!” say, “Thank you for putting your crayon down and looking at your teacher.” ● If there is an issue with your child during the meeting, try to ignore it and deal with it later. Sometimes when we do this, the behavior goes away.
● Please help by guiding your children, but do not do their work for them. ● Thank you for helping your children learn to mute/unmute independently. ● Please encourage your children to clean up their workspaces rather than doing it for them.
● Once your child joins a meeting, they are recorded as attending. This information is sent to the district. ● Daily attendance is expected. If your child is not able to attend a meeting, please let the teacher know. ● Please do your best to join meetings on time.
● Individual assignments are reviewed, but not graded. ● We will assess students in the areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking, math, science, and social studies. ● Report cards will be distributed at conferences. ● Virtual Family/Teacher conferences will take place at the end of the semester. More information to follow.
Digital Assignments Google Classroom Clever Teams Sign in daily to find: Links to School District Where asynchronous Class Meetings are ● ● ● ● Materials needed Curriculum activities are assigned and linked in Google ● Announcements submitted. Classroom through ● Important Information Microsoft Teams. ● Resources ● Seesaw Access ●
● Please check the “Stream” tab daily for possible updates. ● The “Classwork” tab contains the following information: ○ Meeting times and links to Teams, Clever, and Seesaw and more ○ Classwork Supplies needed daily ○ List of Daily Assignments ○ Important Information and Resources ○ Past Assignments ○ Music ○ PE
Turning in assignments From phone (easiest) ○ Download the Google Classroom app ■ Click on the assignment name ■ Scroll up on “Your work” ■ Click on “Add attachment” ■ Click on the option for how you’d like to upload the document ■ Once you click on “upload” your file will pop up ■ Click on “Turn in” ■ If you need to upload another document, click on “add attachment” again ■ From computer ○ Save your file on your computer or in Google drive ■ Click on the assignment name ■ On the right you’ll see “Your Work” ■ Click on “Add or create” and choose how you’d like to upload your document ■ Click on “upload” and your document will pop up ■ Click on “Turn in” ■
● Students will be assigned one or two assignments in Seesaw each day. ● Log in to Seesaw through Clever or from Google Classroom links. ● Activities align with kindergarten standards. ● Students should and will learn to navigate Seesaw independently. ● Thank you for assisting them until they are able to use the tools by themselves.
● enVision Math will be used as the foundation for our math program ● Common Core State Standards will be taught using a variety of materials which will include: ○ paper and pencil ○ digital resources ○ hands-on manipulatives
● We will start our SIPPS reading program soon. ● SIPPS (Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words) is a research-based foundational skills program proven to help readers build skills and confidence for fluent, independent reading. ● The students will be assigned stories two times a week. Please be sure your child practices the stories and the appropriate sight words until they are fluent. ● We will send home a list of sight words (Sight Word Mastery List) that corresponds with the SIPPS stories. Please help them master each list.
Please click on the colored links below. ● We will incorporate Handwriting Without Tears and Smart Start Handwriting when teaching letter formation. ● Students will have many wring opportunities (in journals and “My Shared Writing” booklets) and will learn to write simple sentences. ● We want students to believe they are writers and to love writing, regardless of their developmental writing stage.
SIPPS Sight Words ● SIPPS sight words should be posted at your child’s workspace for them to look at and spell correctly each time they are used. Kindergarteners have 81 sight words linked here. This list is in alphabetical order. (Do not use the mastery list for children to reference as they need to find them in abc order.) ● Words not on this list should be spelled phonetically, or stretched out the way they sound using the method linked below. Click here for spelling a word like it sounds.
● Your child will receive a birthday crown and a bookmark in the materials distribution packet. ● We will acknowledge birthdays online at class meetings. ● We will celebrate half birthdays for those who have summer birth dates.
Encouraging reading is one of the most important things we can do to help your child succeed. About every 6 weeks we will send home Scholastic Book Club flyers in your child’s distribution file. Together you and your child can choose from great quality, economical resources, and then order online. Every purchase you make earns free books for our classroom library. Bonus: This month, you can pick a FREE Book (up to $5) when you place an online order of $25 or more! The first book order (always optional) is due Friday, Sept. 25th. Simply follow the steps below to set up an account for your child. Visit scholastic.com/readingclub and enter the one-time Class Activation Code: _________ ● Shop from carefully selected books, value packs, and eBooks. ● Submit your order online. ● Your order will be delivered to the school and we will deliver it to you with your distribution ● materials.
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