Welcome to High Five at Whittier! We are excited you are joining our school family! The Whittier High 5 Program is a half-day program for Minneapolis children who turn four by September 1st and who will start kindergarten the following fall.
At our school, we have two half-day sessions. The morning session is 9:30-12:25. We meet in the cafeteria and start the day together with breakfast. The afternoon session is 1:10-4:00. We meet in the classroom and start the afternoon with lunch together in the classroom.
In High Five, we create a positive school experience that promotes independence and a love for school and learning. Throughout the day, your student will engage in a variety of rich learning opportunities that include both academic and social skills. Here are a few skills we work on in High Five:
Literacy and Pre-reading Skills
Math
Social Emotional Learning
Daily Learning: To find your classrooms, connect directly with Seesaw through Clever or Google Classroom.
Check out the Distance Learning site for the Daily Learning links, technology support, student supports and other important information.
Connect with your teachers.
Login to Student Portal or Parent Portal.
*Learn about the MPS 5 Phases to Safe Learning.
This Schedule is Subject to Change
Morning Class
9:00-11:30am - Live Google Meet
Community Circle - 15 minutes
Meet and greet
Explore theme of the week
Introduce Read Aloud
Sign In - 5 minutes
Social Emotional Lesson - 10 min
Guided Play - 30 minutes
This is more unstructured learning play time with peers.
Small Groups - 30 minutes
Students will be in smaller groups (4-5 students) engaging with teachers on math, literacy, and social emotional activities. These groups will have a set time and be for 15 minutes for each group.
Movement and Closing - 30 min
11:30 - 12:30 - Independent Learning (students)
Listen to recorded read aloud
Specialist activity - 30 min (every other day)
Complete daily SeeSaw activities - 30 min
(11:35-12:30) - Student & Family Engagement
12:30-1:00 - Lunch Break
Afternoon Class
1:00 - 3:00 - Live Google Meet
3:00-4:00 - Independent Learning
*Every other day children rotate to a Specialist – The rotation of Specialists includes Art, Music, Gym, Media Center, and Maker Space. Non-Specialist days students are given Free Choice Time. This is a time that children choose Learning Centers such as sensory table, art, play dough, doll house, book nook, block building, math center, kitchen, table toys.