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Title I @ Teasley

September 2024 News

Title I @TeasleySeptember 2024 News

How parents can help

ASKING FOR HELP

Asking for help and speaking up are not always easy skills for students. While parents can advocate for their student - and should when there is a need - they can also teach their students to advocate for themselves.

Continue to have conversations with your student about what they are learning in school and about school life in general. If your student needs help in a subject, encourage them to talk to the teacher directly. You can even role play this scenario to practice. Remind your student that you have their best interest at heart and they can always come to you if they need help communicating with a teacher or friend or simply navigating relationships.


KINDNESS

While being kind can be an innate quality, it can also be learned and practiced. Help your student understand how their words and actions can promote kindness. In this technological era, continue to have conversations with your child about cyberbullying. Here is a video resource to watch with your student and help start a conversation on this topic.

Media Center Volunteers

School volunteers are one of the greatest assets schools can have. They enhance the working experience for the staff and learning experience for the students. We, at Teasley, have been fortunate to have some of the best volunteers over the years!


We currently have an immediate need for volunteers in our Media Center (library) on Wednesdays from 9AM-2:30PM. Volunteers are needed to assist students with check in/out of books. Please use this link below to fill out a volunteer sign up if you can spare an hour or more on Wednesdays to help your school.


CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

Canvas for Parents

Did you miss our Canvas in-person session on 9/10? You can use the link below to review how to navigate Canvas, view grades, assignments, and behavior report and how to set notifications. If you would like to setup a one-on-one session with Yudy Soro - our school parent facilitator - please email her at yudy.soro@cherokeek12.net


Working in Canvas

How to monitor your student's progress (en Español)

Annual Title I Meeting

Teasley is a Title I school. It is important for parents to know what this means, how our school qualifies and how it benefits our students. If you missed our Annual Title I meeting on 9/5, please use the links below to watch the video and submit any questions pertaining Title I.

Annual Title I Meeting (En Español)
Submit questions regarding Title I here (En Español)

How does this picture teach our students about every day Math?

To find out, check out the Notice & Wonder link below. This presentation was shared during our Curriculum Night on 9/5.

Curriculum Night

Use these links below to find important information shared during Curriculum Night on 9/5/24.


MATH IS EVERYWHERE

Notice & Wonder (en Español)
Notice & Wonder Guide for parents (en Español)
New Math standards for middle school (en Español)


WHAT'S NEW IN ELA (LENGUAJE)

Check out Newsela (en Español)

Newsela Guide for Parents (en Español)


CANVAS & UNITE BEHAVIOR SYSTEM

Setting up notifications for grades and behavior

Viewing student's behavior report on Canvas (en Español)

September Learning

What our 6th graders are learning this month:

ELA: students will be writing an original narrative to close out Unit 1. After that, students will begin argumentative writing with Unit 2.

Math: students will continue to work with statistics but will start to analyze and display data that includes fractions and decimals. Check out these resources to support your student's math skills at home:

-Versa Tiles 6th (click here to see how it works)

-Range Median Mode activity

Science: students are working on our Moon unit. During this unit we will learn about the position of the Earth, moon and sun during each moon phases. We will also learn about solar and lunar eclipses.

Social Studies: students are learning about environmental problems in Europe like air pollution, acid rain, and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion.

What our 7th graders are learining:

ELA: students are writing a 5-paragraph informational essay. They will also begin their unit on Narrative Writing.

Math: Students are mastering simplifying expressions by utilizing the distributive property and combining like terms.

Science: students will be starting their unit on Cellular Processes. This includes everything from the organelles within the cells and their functions, to how they work together for life functions. We will complete a cellular analogy or model project towards the end of the unit and even have an Oreo lab that demonstrates the process of Mitosis.

Social Studies: students are studying environment issues and major religions in SW Asia. They will be starting the unit on the history of SW Asia including the establishment of the modern State of Israel and the U.S. presence in SW Asia including the Persian Gulf conflict and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

What our 8th graders are learning:

ELA: students will be starting their unit on Argumentative Writing.

Math: students are learning how to solve linear equations, inequalities and literal equations. They are also learning how to identify a function from different representations and how to graph and analyze qualitative data.

Science: students are learning about the structure of matter. They will learn to develop models of atoms and analyze patterns in the Periodic Table.

Social Studies: students are learning about the colonial period of Georgia. They are working on a Netflix project where they are creating a docuseries covering the topics they are learning about this unit.

Need Resources? We got them!

Need resources for at-home practice?

If you need resources for your student, please contact Yudy Soro at yudy.soro@cherokeek12.net or at 770-721-5424. Resources will be checked out and sent home with the student.

You can also click here to request resources online. Resources are FREE to check out.

Important Title I Documents

Please use the links below to access our 24-25 CCSD and Teasley Parent Engagement Plans as well as our School-Parent Compact. These documents can be found in our school's front office, our web site and the Family Resource Room at Teasley.


CCSD Parent and Family Engagement Plan (En Español)

Teasley Parent and Family Engagement Plan (En Español)

School-Parent Compact 24-25 (En Español)

School Lunch Application for 24-25

The Free/Reduced lunch application needs to be completed every year. The application is one per family as you can add all your students and children not yet attending school. You may complete the application online OR request a paper copy sent to you with your student. Email yudy.soro@cherokeek12.net if you need a paper application or visit the school's front office.
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