The West Hempstead Union Free School District recognizes the unique value of each student. It is dedicated to the success of each student based on the highest standards of excellence in education. Each student will be challenged to achieve mastery in all subject areas in an educational atmosphere that strives to build positive self- esteem, mutual respect for others, and life-long quest for learning.

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• You must complete the Daily Health Screening every morning. Please submit your response by 8:00 am so that we have time to check everyone in prior to arrival. The app is PowerApps
• Please be sure to send a full change of clothes and extra mask in a ziplock bag labeled with your child's name on it if you have not done so already

• If your child will be absent, please call Nurse Angela before 8:30 AM at 516-390-3155

• If there will be a change in your child's afternoon transportation, please write a note or email to the teacher. For last-minute changes, please call Mrs. Butler before 2:00 PM. 516-390-3150
• Please select your child's daily lunch order on the menus by circling or highlighting the choices and return them to school ASAP. The link for the menus is below.
• Please see your child's Google Classroom for the day's schedule
• Back-To-School-Night will be held virtually. You must use Google Classroom to access the Google Meet link to join the presentation. BTSN for Chestnut Street will be this Thursday, September 10th at 6:30 pm
• Workbook and materials pick-up for Distance Learning students will be held the week of Friday, September 14th. Further details will be shared during BTSN.

As you talk to your child about their day, consider asking him or her to explain more about what they learned, why it is important for them to know, and how they know they have mastered it. These questions are part of our Visible Learning work.

We will begin our sight word study in October. The link below will take you to a slideshow with all our words for the year so that you can practice at home.

Please be sure to read at home with your child every night in whatever language you are comfortable with.

We will launch with the We Are Readers Unit! Students will explore concepts of print and storytelling through a variety of texts both with print and wordless. Interactive Read Alouds will set the foundation for good reading habits and reinforce concepts of print.

Teachers will explain RazKids and Epic during Back-to-School-Night. The sites will be ready for you to use later this month.

Use RazKids or Epic to find a digital library of age-appropriate books for your child to read at home! The links to both are below.

Writer's Workshop will launch with our Oral Storytelling Unit. Students will learn how to tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end! It's not time to put pen to paper yet, but the art of story telling will be developed through this unit as the foundation for writing.

We are exploring Counting and Sorting along with establishing the classroom routines for Math Workshop!

Students will answer the essential questions below. Be sure to ask your child these questions!

• What are numbers?
• What is counting and how can it be used?

Students will work on the following skills:

• Counting and representing quantities
• Sorting and classifying
• Collecting, representing, describing, and interpreting data

We are also launching ST Math to support deep conceptual understanding via personalized learning. You must use ClassLink to access ST Math. ST Math will be ready to use later this month. The link is below.