UPDATE ON NEWSELA SIGN IN ISSUES: For the few of you that have said you’ve struggled signing in, Newsela is working on the issue.
It’s so wild to think about how we’ve been at this social distancing thing for three weeks already. Time flies when you’re…having…
Nope, that doesn’t entirely work. I mean, hopefully you’re still having fun during all of this though!
I’ve posted another article on Newsela and Google Classroom. Highlight and solve roadblocks, and then answer the multiple choice questions under the “Activities” tab.
This article is about stress eating, which I think is really important to keep in mind during this time. Not only stress eating, but boredom eating too. It’s important to keep yourselves healthy during all of this!
REMINDER: Mrs. A and I will do a video chat today so we can touch base with you all. We’d love to see you and hear how you’re doing!
Since next week is “spring break” (staycation anyone?), this is the last blog post until we come back. Find ways to take care of yourself and have fun this next week!
UPDATE: Mrs. A and I will be having a lunch chat over Google Meet tomorrow, Friday April 3rd, at noon! Join us if you want to check in. If you have questions that’s fine and we will definitely answer them, but we also just want to see how you’re doing!
Happy Thursday!
Just a heads up: Governor Whitmer is conducting a press conference at 10:30 am if you want to tune in. Hopefully, after that, we will START to have a better idea of what the rest of the school year is going to look like.
However, as I’ve said before, until we get that solid directive, it’s business as usual.
I’ve posted an assignment asking for you all to respond to yesterday’s article. Tell me your thoughts on it while using introductory dependent clauses and parallel structure in your writing.
For those of you that are still saying that you can’t sign into Newsela — you have to create an account. When you do, there will be an option to create an account using your Google account. Click that option. I don’t know how else to instruct you on this, guys.
I’m going to continue working through some of your writing today and giving feedback, so be on the look out for that. If I return your work to you, you should go look at my comments!
For those of you that are sticking with this enrichment thing regardless of what may or may not count as a grade, I appreciate you. For those of you that can’t for one reason or another, I hope you’re doing okay.
You have a major essay due on Friday! It needs to be 5 pages long and include references to 4 different sources…the topic is how best to digitally prank 120 students on April Fool’s Day in a fun and harmless way…
Clearly, I have no idea how to do that.
Anyway, today I posted an assignment on Google Classroom and Newsela. It’s an article about kids overloading the online gaming servers…a warning of things to come! Make sure you find some other means of entertainment other than Fortnite and Call of Duty. Like…maybe…reading…books…? 🙂
Or trying to see how many Cheerios you can stack on your little sibling’s nose while they’re sleeping? I saw a post about that the other day or something.
Anyway, make sure you read that article, highlight and solve for roadblocks (read my FAQ if you don’t know how to do this) and then answer the quiz questions under the “Activities” tab.
I’ve been reading your writing and adding comments, and I’m loving seeing what you all have to say. I miss you guys a ton.
If you have any funny quarantine stories or anything, bright, happy stuff to share, feel free to email them to me. Maybe I’ll post them so others can see too, if you’d like.
Yes, I’ve read the article unofficially heralding the news that we won’t be returning to school. No, I don’t know anything beyond that. The keyword here is unofficial. Until Governor Whitmer signs it into effect and announces it, let’s continue with business as usual, shall we?
Today is Tuesday, so that means another creative or reflective journal prompt to respond to on Google Classroom. Feel free to pick any of the prompts that you’d like as long as it is a different one from the prompt you responded to last time.
Hopefully I’ll have more news for you around Thursday regarding what our path looks like moving forward.
I hope you are all participating in digital spirit week! If not, you should follow DHS on Instagram. Yesterday was “Take a Picture With Your Pet” day, and I tried to get my parents to video call me with my dog, but it didn’t work out. I miss him so much. Anyway, today is the day to take a picture of/with something that you’ve created during this time. So, if you’ve created anything other than a pile of empty Doritos bags and Mountain Dew cans — though I suppose that could be considered an abstract art piece if you’re really pushing it — you should definitely post it!
Tomorrow is the day you’re supposed to take a picture of what you’re reading…I’ve read 4 books so far in this time…I’d love to see what you’ve been reading 🙂
Here are the other spirit days:
The poster that was emailed out about the virtual spirit week.
Today is Monday, so that means it’s time to review some sentence structure! You’ll find the review posted on Google Classroom. I’ve been getting questions about the “score” that pops up when you complete it — that doesn’t matter. Google Forms isn’t sophisticated enough to automatically grade the sentences you write!
I’ve also been getting some people claiming that they can’t log in with their school Google account on Newsela — I believe you have to go to “create account” and then click the button that says “sign in with Google” if you haven’t tried that already. You can’t just automatically type in your info and expect it to work.
I will update the FAQ with this information.
There is still no news as to what is going to happen after spring break — which is next week — as far as how schooling will work. Governor Whitmer made a comment in her press conference today that she will likely provide an update to that situation sometime this week. As soon as I know something, I will let you know.
Hang in there, guys. I’m going to go through your writing and provide some feedback over the next few days, so be on the look out for that.
Love you all. Stay safe, stay healthy, and make sure to reach out if you have questions or just want to check in!
