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San Diego Cooperative Charter School, Multiage, ages 6 - 8

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General Information

 

Home Folder

            All newsletters, and important class and school information will be distributed through the home folders. Please check the folder daily.  Let us know if your family will need more than one home folder.

 

Birthdays 

We are happy to honor birthdays of children throughout the year.  We would like to have monthly celebrations—at the end of the day on the second Tuesday of each month. Parents whose children’s birthdays are in a given month can coordinate with each other to plan snacks/drinks for the class. We will pair the summer month birthdays with months in the school year that are light on birthdays.

 

Lunch and Snack

Please provide a nutritious lunch and snack for your child each day. Healthy brain fuel is essential. Please try not to send anything that necessitates heating or cooling, as our microwave time and refrigerator space is limited.

 

Supplies

We share all of our supplies in class. We will maintain a class wish list throughout the year.  Thank you for all of your donations! On the parent bulletin board in the parent corner door, we will post a wish list. Wish list items will be written on post-it notes. If you would like to donate something from the wish list, please take a post-it from the list with you.

 

Our Classrooms

We have named our two classrooms the “Laboratory” and the “Library.” The Laboratory is the first classroom where students will participate in math and literacy centers, as well as other work throughout the week. The Laboratory is also home to our parent station, parent information board, as well as the cooking/science center. The Library is where we will have our morning and closing meetings, and where we will gather for Writer’s Workshop.

 

Groupings

We will begin and end our day in a large group of 40 students for our morning and closing meetings. Math and literacy centers, as well as specials, will be done with a group of 20. Writer’s Workshop is a quiet time in our day and we have decided to teach it together in a large group of 40 in order to maximize our efforts in conferencing with students. Parents or teachers may pull some small groups or individuals for conferencing into the Laboratory during our writing time.

There are three sets of different groupings (labeled 1-2 in this schedule) for reading groups, math groups, and specials. All students are in a reading group 2 x per week and a math group 2 x per week to work on individual skills. These groups change frequently (at least every three weeks) based on student individual needs.