WEDNESDAY – tomorrow, both Mrs. Graham’s Group A and Group B will join a required, combined Google Meet from 9:00 – 11:30 am. In order for both groups to be combined, we will NOT use the links in Google Classroom. Instead, right before 9:00 students should open a new tab and click on the “waffle” (the nine dots) in the top right corner of the screen. Next, they go down to “Meet” and click on that. Then they will click where it says “+ Join or start a meeting”. The meeting code we will use will be “4g”. So students should type the number 4 and a lowercase g (with no space between) and click “Continue”. Make sure your microphone is muted, then they will click “Join now”. (We practiced in school but these are the steps to help students remember.) Partway through the Google Meet, Mrs. Ochs and Mrs. Graham will switch Meets to teach the other class their subjects. Students will then have virtual work to complete Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday Office Hours for parents and/or students are by appointment. Please email Mrs. Ochs or Mrs. Graham to set up your appointment. Appointments can be for a phone call or a Google Meet. Please include two possible time preferences in your email. Our available times are in the afternoons following instruction and lunch from 12:30 up to 3:45 p.m.. Time slots will vary based on scheduled teacher meetings.
Math (group A) chapter 1 test is in your child’s envelope:)
We are having some students not completing all virtual work on their days at home. In order to view ALL assignments on Google Classroom, make sure to click view more at the end of the assignment list or check the To Do list located on the left-hand side under TOPICS. FYI: if students are not completing virtual assignments in the allotted time, they will be marked as absent and unexcused and will be in at lunch/recess to complete those assignments.
We started our classroom management program this week. Please look over our Classroom Community on ClassDojo paper, and sign up using the code. *If you are a two-household family and would want/need your child’s code (you are able to share the code with one another), email me and I will send you the code. All students will start out the week with 15 Dojo points:
- 5 homework points—all classes (after-school work and virtual work)
- 5 responsibility points—i.e., having writing utensils, notebook, a charged laptop
- 5 behavior points—i.e., attentiveness, on-task, following rules/directions
If students have trouble in any of the above areas, parents will receive a message through the Dojo app, and a corresponding point will be taken away from the student’s weekly total. We find that the point system helps keep both students and parents aware of all the positives, as well as any areas that need improvement. In addition, if a student is recognized for doing something special, like a kindness or going above and beyond, they will be given a bonus ticket. Once a week, five (5) bonus tickets per group will be drawn, and those students will be awarded an extra Dojo point. At the end of each month, students can use their Dojo points to purchase various items/privileges.
- Group A was given a yellow Google Meet: Student Expectations paper in their blue folder. Please go over with your kid so that he/she is ready for this coming Wednesday.:)
- Students in group A were shown Spelling City (located under Fun Links on our blogs). We will be giving a bi-monthly test on 15 words. The test will be given in school. We will post the test dates on the blog.
- In order to go over the weekly Social Studies and Science assignments with the students, we will post both on Wednesdays after the Google Meet. Students will not have any additional math or reading assignments that day.
- October 5 (A group) or 8 (B group)–picture day
- October 9–early dismissal (1:30 pm)
- October 12–No school (Columbus Day)
- October 23–virtual assembly–Rainforests
- November 3–End of M.P. 1
- November 4–virtual assembly “Agents of Safety”
- November 6–No School (teacher in-service)