Dear Families,
I am so excited to be your child's teacher this year! My name is Mr. Taraza and I am a perspective graduate student at The City College of New York. I have dedicated my entire professional career to serving children and families in my community for over 5 years! It is my mission as well as my passion to educate, engage, and empower children of all backgrounds and varying abilities in order to successfully prepare for a smooth transition into Pre-Kindergarten and to instill a life long love for learning.
Throughout the school year, children will be learning various concepts such as quantitative reasoning, measurement, problem solving, verbal reasoning, identifying letters/letter sound relationships, and identifying shapes and colors. We will also be planning/conducting various science experiments throughout the year which may require contributions from parents if needed.
Our learning centers are designed to allow children to explore and construct their own knowledge with teacher guidance, through active exploration, fostering independence and social emotional skills through collaboration with peers and their play. Children will also practice skills learned from circle time discussions/read alouds and demonstrate their knowledge and express their creative aesthetic through their imaginary play and physical representations in each learning center.
I can’t wait to meet you all!
Contact Info: MrTaraza@olqmnyc.org
OLQM (School) Telephone: 212-567-3190
I am providing the supply list for the 2021-2022 school year.
At least two (2) changes of clothes (including shirt, pants, underwear, socks, and shoes).
Two (2) extra face masks.
Three (3) packages of baby wipes.
Three (3) packages of flushable wipes.
Three (3) boxes of tissues.
Two (2) bottles of hand sanitizer.
Two (2) boxes of the large, 2.5 gallon size Hefty Zip lockbags – with the zipper.
Three (3) rolls of paper towels.
Two (2) bottles of disinfecting spray.
Two (2) containers of antibacterial wipes.
Two (2) bottles of hand soap.
Picture of your family
3 Inch Binder
Sheet Protectors
1 Composition Notebook or 1 Subject Spiral Notebook.
As
your child’s teacher, I encourage you to ask questions and share your ideas or
anything you think would help me to teach your child better. We aim to serve
you as well as your child because we are all in this together as a team. “Researchers found that children whose parents were
identified by teachers as more positively involved had higher levels of
prosocial behaviors and more academic success. This demonstrates that teachers
and parents who work together to empower students could help
improve student performance” -(ISMINC., 2018).
