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NWEA next week

Here is the link for sending your child into DuVall to finish up the test. Students should be beginning or finishing on the math portion. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054FAAA822A31-nwea

On another note, many students are not completing and/or submitting assignments. It is very difficult holding them accountable via zoom. I’m tired of begging them to do their work, turn on their cameras, pay attention, etc.

Please help me by checking to see how your child is doing so they know it DOES matter! Here are the steps to do that:

  1. You will need to have them open their Schoology account and click on the left where it says Grades.
  2. As soon as you click, you will see a list of grades for that course. It will show the category, average, name of the assignment, the grade, and if it’s missing (never was turned in). If there is a -, that means it is an assignment that I have not completed grading.
  3. Please do this for each course (5 (ELA), math, S.Studies, Science, etc).

Thanks so much for your support. Have a wonderful warm weekend!

NWEA for this week

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

I will be administering the NWEA this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so I will NOT be zooming with the students in the afternoon unless they are taking the NWEA remotely. Everyone will be in a zoom meeting starting at 2:00 if they are taking it remotely (This is everyone except students who are coming into the school).  Students who are coming in, will be coming in at 2:20 to begin by 2:30. Students can come in via the playground door (this is different) and must wear a mask. Tomorrow I have: Alex, Brandon, Drake, Daania and Yahya (there is room for one more). Wednesday and Thursday have multiple slots available.

But:

We will be zooming at 8:55 (Math) and 12:30 as usual.

The students STILL HAVE S.Studies with Mrs. Ranka at 10:30-11:45 so please make sure they log in for that.

All other assignments will be posted each day on Schoology and are due that same day. We will resume our regular schedule Friday morning at 8:55. 

If you haven’t signed your child up to take the NWEA at school yet and want to, here is the link and you can sign up for more than once (since it will take multiple days). https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054FAAA822A31-nwea

Please let me know if you have any questions. courtrl@dearbornschools.org

These are the directions for tomorrow if you want to practice ahead of time going to the site.

Good Afternoon and welcome to NWEA Testing

Please do the following so that you are ready to begin at 2:00!

  1. Visit Schoology
  2. Go to the 5th Grade Course
  3. Go to the NWEA link
  4. Go to NWEA Map
  5. Click the tiny square with the arrow coming out of it in the upper right corner (opposite NWEA)
  6. Log in 

Session Name which1152

Password 8855

If you get “Oops……” then, do the following:

Click the 3 little dots under the tabs bar
Click Settings
Scroll down to Privacy and Security
Click Site Settings
Scroll down to Pop Ups and redirects
Move the bubble over to Allow pop ups    add site  [*.]mapnwea.org

How to Submit a Photo using your phone for an Assignment in Schoology

Download the Schoology app.

Select “Dearborn Public Schools” for the district.

Next, select your school.  It will ask you for your email address ( child’s  8 digit student id / Student ID Number @dearbornschools.org) and the password is their birthdate.

  1. Once you’re on the Schoology page, then select the 3 lines at the top to show all of the folders. Select “courses”. Then your teachers’ homepage.
  2. Select the folder the assignment is in and then select the assignment.
  3. Click the “submission” tab.
  4. Next, click the blue (+) at the top right corner and select “submit photo/video”.  You can either select the photo you already took or click the small blue camera at the bottom of the page to take the photo.
  5. Select the photo or snap a picture then click the green checkmark and then click another green checkmark.
  6. The assignment is submitted!

Wednesday, Sept. 30-NWEA and Schoology

Many of the students are struggling to take a picture with their chromebook and send it to me via Schoology. I was informed that if you download the app (Schoology) on your (or their) phone it is MUCH easier. If possible, I’d appreciate if you could do that so everyone can be successful. Thanks in advance!

Next week, we will begin NWEA testing. We only need to complete the math and the reading test. Your child can take it at home while I proctor or they can come into my classroom (only 6 at a time, wearing masks, 3 in my room, 3 in the computer lab with Ms. Poisson) and take it. I am attaching a sign up genius if you would prefer to have your child come in. We will test on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week for an hour starting at 2:00-3:00 (testing at home) or 2:20-3:30 if coming into the classroom. Here is the link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054FAAA822A31-nwea

Thank you!

Thursday, Sept. 17

Hello again, so sorry to bother you.  I will not be putting out a signup genuis for NWEA testing.  5th grade doesn’t need to complete the test until late October.  Due to this, we are going to wait.  There are many glitches happening with the district’s K-3 trying to get it done so we will wait.  Also, it has come to my attention that when I change something on Schoology you get a notification, you probably want to turn that off.  Here are the directions to do that. Turn off notifications THROUGH your child’s schoology:

Directions

I would suggest changing them all to off.  

Hope that helps.  Also, this week has been better than last week for sure.  Thanks for your patience and understanding.  We will continue to work through any issues that come up.  Don’t forget tomorrow is 1/2 day for the kids. 

LC

Friday, September 11

Well, we all survived week one, HOORAY! 🙂 It definitely was one of the longest weeks ever for me. Thanks to everyone for your patience and ability to problem solve with all of the tech going on. We have a changed schedule from what I originally sent in the orientation so here it is (And, may change again……) Each day will be the same except for the kids’ specials’ classes-Monday-Media, Tuesday-Gym, Wednesday-Tech, Thursday-Art, Friday-Music. Each of those days, your child should click on that course in Schoology to get to that teacher’s lesson. Mr. Tapp said pls. don’t forget to sign the participation waiver that is required!

8:55-10:10 Math

10:10-10:30 snack/recess

10:30-11:45 S.Studies with Mrs. Ranka (via her course link)

11:50-12:30 Lunch/recess

12:30-1 Grammar/Writing

1-1:54 Special Class

2-2:50 Reading/Lang. Arts with me

2:50-3 recess

3-3:50-Learning Labs (by invite) or meetings one on one via zoom with me

Any questions? Feel free to email me. Have a great weekend!

Wednesday Homework

Thanks to everyone for your patience and perseverance related to to the several technology issues we’ve had. We are all having to take deep breaths and use coping skills to get through this. Please have discussions with your child about how to troubleshoot and have patience on the computer-they want INSTANT solutions and that’s just not possible. I just keep saying, each day it will get better/easier……..Let’s hope that’s true!

Several students did not return after lunch to meet and to get their homework written down, here it is:

1. Join zearn, khan, quizlet, epic and readworks ( Have students go to www.readworks.org/student 2. Students should sign in with their Google account.. Students enter class code Q3CFS3) if you haven’t already

2. Math sprint, complete pg. 5

3. Epic-complete the reading assignment (Jesse Steam Mysteries: The Conundrum of the Crooked Crayon)

4. On Schoology 5 Wednesday Writing Folder-All About Me

This should be done by Thursday’s meeting. Here is the link that should work if your child is not able to use it via Schoology. https://dearbornschools-org.zoom.us/j/84486637112?pwd=U1M4Q0kyeDEyY0M5d3V2VHo2MUxxZz09

🙂

Thursday Afternoon

A GIANT thanks to all of the students and families who have completed the assignments this week! Today we had some glitches related to sending an email via Schoology. It appears there is still a lot of work to be done by the tech department and I’m hoping Tuesday we can have more PEAKS than PITS. I have probably never had such a stressful beginning of the year and hoping next week we all can be patient and understanding of each other. 🙂

SO, on Tuesday, please have your child log into Schoology (8:55) just like they did earlier today. They should easily see the zoom link and be able to click on it to join. They definitely will need to log in via their gmail account as directed. IF it does not connect and we have issues, I will send your child the link via their email, so have them go there as a second step. It may take us more than 5 minutes and I will do everything I can as fast as possible. Just make sure your child doesn’t give up and turn off the computer. I will send emails to all of the kids if zoom doesn’t work with a next step to follow.

Here is a link to the picture that has the info. for the zoom meeting on Tuesday if the automatic link on Schoology doesn’t work: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tjri_txBCsKbZ9OgIc808UhSVrIXSHog/view?usp=sharing

Thanks in advance and have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, September 3

Guess who? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1odMgxHQaAhdyGqlBbUdRFGcDl3Rf86Ba/view?usp=sharing

Today I’d like you to log into your Schoology account (You may need an adult to help you with these directions) and send me an email so that Tuesday you are ready to use Schoology and can meet me at 8:55 on the zoom meeting. Here are the directions:

1. Open a new window on your computer so you can come back here to read as you work.

2. Go to http://dearbornschools.org

3. Find and click on Student Portal

4. Find and click on the S (for Schoology)

5. Sign into your gmail account. Accept or allow.

6. You should be in your account now. Click on COURSES at the TOP. Several choices will come on your page. ONLY click on the multicolored 5 in the left hand corner.

7. Your name should be on the right hand side of the screen and 2 spots to the left is an envelope. Double click on it, hit new message and type in my name: Lori Courtright, click on it and then proceed to send me an email that you were successful.

8. After sending the email, you should also have seen the zoom link on your course page. That is what you will click on Tuesday morning for our meeting at 8:55.

If you are struggling and these directions do not work for you, send me an email by 11 today so that I may call you and we can do it together.

Complete this math on a piece of paper and be prepared to share your answers on Tuesday when we are together. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SpWZbUtciW7yxsLTre10XhsZjTRpqojqVcD5_SOll3s/edit?usp=sharing

Finally, you have a name tag in your ziploc bag. Please write your name LARGELY in dark colors and have it on the middle of the top of your shirt for Tuesday’s zoom meeting!

Have a terrific LONG weekend and see you Tuesday, I can’t wait! 🙂