Welcome Back 22-23!
Hello Parents,
Welcome back to another school year! I am excited to welcome back my students from last year and the incoming 7th graders. Making the transition from elementary to junior high is an exciting time filled with lots of emotions. We will have a great time making new friends and enjoying the independence and responsibility of being in the junior high building.
I am a graduate of Azusa Pacific University, and this will be my 8th year as a credentialed teacher, and 15th year in education. My responsibility as case manager is to monitor your child's progress and goals as related to their IEP and maintain contact with you regarding that progress. I want to make sure that we are working together in order to provide your student with the services and supports that he/she needs to be successful. Consistency that extends from home to distance learning and return reinforces appropriate and expected behavior. Details such as changes at home or with family are also helpful to share so behavioral changes can be expected and monitored as needed. Please feel free to contact me whenever you have any questions, concerns or anything else you would like to share.
I will be using Google Classroom to communicate with students and assign work. Once student iPads are distributed, I will make sure every student is able to access my ELA, Social Studies, Math, and Science classrooms. You will also have access to these classrooms and I invite you to join them to be able to monitor your child's work.
For the success of all of the students, attendance and engagement will be closely monitored, and grades will be assigned accordingly. We will be using the Read 180 program in English Language Arts, iReady Math, the Savvas textbook in Social Studies and Google Classroom.
Please know that we are sensitive to each family's different needs and situations, however communication is vital to the success of your student. Your child's attendance is equally important, as they will be responsible for making up any missed assignments. Please know that we are here to support you and your child. Ideally, we will be a team to support each other. I am looking forward to an exciting year full of learning and growing!
Sincerely,
Tricia Foley
7th/8th Special Education Teacher, Case Manager
[email protected]
Website: http://www.santeesd.net/Domain/1426
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Getting Creative!
Posted by Patricia Jones on 8/20/2018 8:00:00 PM
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Brain Movies
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The Benefits of Reading 20 mins daily
Educator's Guide to Disabilities
Autism Spectrum Connection
Simon Sinek: Addiction to Technology is Ruining Our lives
https://youtu.be/sL8AsaEJDdo
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