Mrs. Placido's Bio

Hello families!

This will be my fifth year teaching Kindergarten at Decatur! I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and have my BS in Early Childhood Education from Miami University, Ohio and MEd in Early Childhood Education with a concentration in English as a Second Language from Erikson Institute. Last year I was awarded an Educator of Excellence award through the Illinois State Board of Education for early career teachers. It was an honor to be nominated and receive the award.

My passion with serving others and education led me to serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines. During my time there I worked with K-6 students focusing in English and Reading and initiated various community projects. My time there also led me to meet my husband, Luis! Upon returning to Chicago, I worked at Latin School of Chicago in their Junior Kindergarten program before joining the Decatur community.

My favorite thing about teaching young students is being able to witness their incredible social-emotional, and academic growth in the classroom. I feel grateful to be able to cultivate a welcoming and inclusive community of young learners here at Decatur.

When I am not teaching, you can find me spending time with my husband exploring Chicago via our bicycles and spending time outside. I also enjoy reading and cooking various vegetarian meals.

Looking forward to a great year together!

Posts

Friday Update!

We were unable to visit the library today due to testing -- students are NOT taking a new library book home today. A few students wanted to keep their library book to read for another week. Books can be brought back next Friday!

We are almost at the end of our first reading unit - Moral of the Story: Fables and Tales. You can read this caregiver update about the stories that we will be reading to finish the unit and how you can continue to support the learning at home.

This week during SEL we read stories and talked about our emotions, there is a new tab on the webpage that will list stories we have read during the week. Feel free to reference it so you can review and read the stories together at home.

Have a nice weekend!

The class enjoyed meeting Mr. Murray -- our school counselor here at Decatur!

Welcome Back Picnic | Saturday 9/6

Read the flyer for more information! Looking forward to seeing families there!

Please help your child to remember to put their library book bag in their backpack tomorrow to bring to library!

Kindergarten enjoyed visiting Ms. Rosado in the library! Your child will be bringing their library book home in their backpacks, we will be returning them when we visit the library again next Friday!

Kindergarten Library Information

We will be starting library this week on Friday! Please read the letter for more information about our weekly library visits.

Week 1 Fun!

Some extra special mystery readers visited the classroom this week -- Ms. Placido's mom and brother! They loved listening to the stories Holey Moley, Nellie's Big Splash and Even Superheroes Have Bad Days.