September 30th/October 1st

Please make sure your student is checking their student email daily. MORE THAN ONCE A DAY!!

Wed/Thurs Synchronous Time

We discussed the article “Raising Elephants” from CommonLit in Breakout rooms and as a class. We then began our Writing Pre-Assessment. This is graded and will allow me to see where we are at as writers so I know how to tailor my writing lessons for the year. Final draft is due in the document posted on Schoology by Monday, October 5th @ 3:10pm.

Wed/Thurs Asynchronous Work

  1. ReadTheory (5 quizzes)– log onto ReadTheory and finish the pretest so you can start your homework quizzes – 5 quizzes due Friday @ 3:10pm (you will see this as 15 total quizzes passed since Sept. 10th)
  2. CommonLit Annotations – 10 or more annotations (blue/yellow/green) in the article “Raising Elephants. (due by Friday @ 3:10pm)
  3. “Raising Elephants” Writing Prompt – Your final copy of this is due by Monday, October 5th @ 3:10pm

Learning Labs

Learning labs have started but are virtual only right now. If you are invited to learning lab, you are required to attend. My learning labs on Mon/Tues are for those who have not finished NWEA. Check your student email for my reminder!! Learning Lab Zoom Sessions are above my Schoology Zoom Room.

This week’s schedule break down

  • Monday – A day (students have Jones)
  • Tuesday – B day (students have Jones)
  • Wednesday – A day (students have Peterson)
  • Thursday – B day (students have Peterson)
  • Friday – A day (students have Jones)

Your Zoom sessions are set up in your teachers’ Schoology courses. Should you have any Tech issues during Synchronous time (AM), you need to contact the Dearborn Technology Department 313-827-8400. Shutting down your computer (closing the Chromebook or computer is NOT shutting it down) or making sure you are completely logged out of all other Google accounts on the device you are using fixes most issues.