Updates for Next Week–September 8-11
First, I would like to say thank you so much for your patience and supportive comments. It means a lot to me as we work through the beginning of the school year online challenges. I know many of you are working and need some idea of a schedule so I am posting a basic schedule for next week. This is tentative because there could be some changes for 5th grade Math depending on Mrs. Courtright’s schedule and as we get more into the curriculum. However to help with your planning, we will be on Zoom for live sessions (hopefully lol), in the morning and afternoon will be Schoology assignments/small group or one on one meetings. I hope this helps with your planning.
Students will be logging on in the morning at 8:55 so I can take attendance. It is important for them to be on time in the morning, so we can start our day. That being said, Zoom (as you know from last week) provided some challenges. There have not been great connections, but I am thinking positively for this upcoming week! If you have trouble, students can leave the meeting and work on some of the websites that they are familiar with for Math and Reading. These will be posted on Schoology as well. They can also read their books if they have access to some at home. If you are utilizing books, students should be reading books at their level, which would be various chapter books or other non-fiction informational text. Once I have done orientation with students on Schoology, they will become familiar with that and will be able to access assignments etc. from there. For now, I have to send the Zoom link through email. I will send that on Monday. Everytime students login to Zoom, they can use that same link.
Schedule:
8:55-10:15 Zoom for live lessons
10:15-10:35 Snack/bathroom/recess
10:35-11:45 Zoom for live lessons
11:45-12:25 LUNCH/RECESS
12:25-1:00 Check in/pm attendance/questions
1:00-1:54 Specials
Tuesday–Gym Wednesday–Enrichment Thursday–Art
Friday–Music
2:00-3:50 Reading assessments with appointments/small groups/Students work on Schoology assignments.
Once students are familiar with Schoology, we will be communicating through there and not the blog, but until that time I will use the blog and email for communication. Again, everytime they join Zoom, they will use the same link. I will also be communicating with your child through their own school email, so it is important they check it in the morning and in the afternoon to stay up to date with information. They should be using only their school account.
Hopefully I didn’t miss anything! I hope this is helpful not more overwhelming! More to come…..
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