We will have a Q&A session via Zoom on Wednesday, September 22 from 5:00-5:30 pm. Please look for the link in an email to come.

Classroom Community & Behavioral Expectations 

• Morning Meeting
• Positivity Project
• Yoga 4 Classrooms
• Closing Circle

 

Our Schedule

Morning Meeting	9:20 – 9:45
Math	9:45 – 11:00
Writing	11:00-11:45
Recess	11:45 – 12:15
Lunch	12:15 – 12:45
Specials	12:50-1:20
Specials	1:20-1:50
Snack and Word Work	2:00-2:10
Reading	2:10- 3:00
Social Studies/Science	3:05-3:50
Pack and Closing Circle	3:50 – 4:00

 

Morning meeting everyday!

• Social/Emotional Learning
  • Greeting 
  • Share
  • Activity/Game
  • Morning Message

 

Our Units of Study: Spanish
 

Level IV AAP

• Differentiated instruction to go deeper into 3rd grade concepts
   
• Concept based learning
  • Concept of change and relationships
  • Concept of systems
  • Concept of interdependence

 

Access to Rigor

• Want all students to feel supported, encouraged, and challenged
• Level IV pullout  by our new AART Jen Szczesniak
• A learning environment that:

• Fosters continuous intellectual growth
• Stimulates the imagination
• Promotes inquiry
• Encourages risk-taking
• Nurtures their unique social-emotional needs

 

Specials:

• PE
• Music
• Art
• LTC
• Guidance/Library
• New this year: Special Lab - ST Math, Imagine Language/Literacy, other online activities

 

Digital Resources for Learning 

• Imagine Language and Literacy
• Imagine Reading
• ST Math
• These resources (as well as many other tools) can be accessed on the TES Student Links page

 

Technology Expectations 

• Bring laptops home and back to school each day
• Charge laptops each night
• FCPS approved sites only
• Students need headphones during the school day

 

Portrait of a Graduate

• A goal of FCPS is to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate learning in authentic ways and support students in the development of skills that employers are seeking for the workforce and are a necessity to be successful in the virtual learning environment and day-to-day life.
• Who do we want our students to be?
  • Communicators
  • Collaborators
  • Ethical & Global Citizens
  • Creative and Critical Thinkers
  • Goal-Directed and Resilient Individuals

 

How I Collect Evidence of Learning

• Demonstrations
• Discussions
• Explaining, justifying decisions, making connections
• Students teaching other students
• Reflection of learning (oral or written)
• Pre-assessment to post-assessment growth
• Student questions
• Performances/publications/products

 

Health and Safety Updates at Terraset

• Masks- Universal masking for all students and employees regardless of vaccination status while inside. Masks are optional outside. We have been extremely proud of our students’ mask wearing throughout the day.
• Vaccinations  - By late October, all FCPS employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to routine negative COVID-19 tests.
• Lunch- We have a new tent on the roof! We will have a rotating schedule of classes that will use the tent starting in the next few days. This will reduce the number of students at cafeteria tables. We also have 50 desks spread around the perimeter of the cafeteria. This allows students a fully distanced space while being close enough to classmates to enjoy lunchtime. 
• Check out the FCPS Return to School Health and Safety for more information including contact tracing and quarantining.

 

Family Communication

• Email is the best method to reach your teachers 
• Newsletters will be the same format as last year. 
• Weekly Email on Wednesday  
• Parent Liaison Contact Info: 
  • Diana Golac 
  • @email
  • (703)-390-5614

 

We see you, We welcome you, You belong here