Today your child brought home a note explaining how to access Google Classroom from home. On it were his/her username and password. Please keep this sheet in a safe place. Please do not allow siblings to access the programs assigned to your second grader.
New this year is a portal available to Dearborn students which then allows them access to the programs provided to them by the district. This portal is called Clever. I have placed a link to this on my blog page under Class Links. Clever can also be accessed through the Dearborn Schools Student Resources page located by clicking on the Resources tab at the top of the district’s homepage.
Please send me a note if you have any difficulty accessing it. I know that a few families do not have access to a computer. Please do not worry. Your child will not be penalized for not doing the assignments online. I will make them a packet with the same assignments that they can turn in weekly.
Parents and families, please be aware that you will receive an email by this weekend asking you to join my Google Classroom as a Guardian.
When guardians join Classroom, they receive regular email summaries for each of their students. Guardians choose the frequency of the emails—daily or weekly—and can unsubscribe at any time.
Guardian email summaries include:
- Missing work—Work that’s late at the time the email was sent
- Upcoming work—Work that’s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or work that’s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails)
- Class activity—Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers
This will keep you informed of your student’s homework progress.
Enjoy and happy Googling!
Below are the directions that I sent home.
Accessing Google Classroom
- Go to my blog, Mrs. Fowler’s Classroom, at https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/fowlerj/. Please bookmark my blog so that your child can find this site quickly on a regular basis. My blog will be the gateway to many opportunities.
- On the side menu under Class Links, click on Clever. This will open up a secure portal for Dearborn students.
- Your student will be prompted to sign in with their Google Account/Gmail.
- This is your child’s student number@dearbornschools.org. For example if your student’s number is 2003223, then their account is 2003223@dearbornschools.org.
- Their password is their birthday in MM/DD/YYYY format. For example if your child’s birthday is July 31, 2016, then their password is 07312016.
- A portal will open with several programs that your student has access to through Dearborn Schools. Click on the Classroom This should bring up either my classroom or a selection of classrooms. Please click on Mrs. Fowler’s 2nd Grade.
My username is __________________________________@dearbornschools.org.
My Password is ___________________________________________