Hi everyone,
I apologize for another longer post. I will try to keep them shorter throughout the week. Parents and students- please read carefully! I will post this on Google Classroom for students too.
First and foremost, a GIANT shout-out to the students who finished EVERY SINGLE ASSIGNMENT and Zearn last week. They are Jake, Jacob, Maya, Julia, Celine, Ali S., Mohammed Z., Mohamed D., Abraham, Ali Y., Xavier, Mahdi, Jonah, Mia, Jana, and Hussein! Give yourselves a HUGE round of applause and pat on the back!
Boys and girls, as we start a new week, please keep track of each task on your daily calendar. It will be so much easier to complete the tasks each day and stay caught up!!
Next, we (4th grade teachers) felt the frustration with Module 5 as fractions became increasingly more difficult. We wanted to make things easier for everyone. So, we decided to move everyone to Module 6, Lesson 1 on Zearn. We are asking you to do the same in your Succeed books. I will do my best to walk you through the lessons each week. The goal is to get you exposed to some decimals now, and this should be easier than taking on the more advanced fraction content without physically being in school. I will continue to do my best to walk you through the lessons throughout the week and during our meetings. We also decided to use Friday as a catch up day for math- see calendar for details.
Speaking of meetings, Google Meets are no longer supported by the district. To read Dr. Maleyko’s statement on this, please visit his blog. This means that on Tuesday, you will not be able to join our Google Meet as we have been. I am going to attempt to learn the platform the district is asking us to use. It is called Big Blue Button, and is accessed through iLearn. I will let you know later Monday evening or Tuesday morning if we will still be able to meet on Tuesday through this new platform. Once I have them, I will pass on the directions to you. This is frustrating for us all, so thank you in advance for your patience.
I would still like you to have your business projects completed and ready to share by Tuesday. The video with my instructions is still available on Google Classroom. If technology doesn’t work and we can’t meet Tuesday, we will share them as soon as possible.
Last note for today- I use the written response portion of your ReadWorks and Flocabulary as a writing grade. Please make sure to remember to use complete sentences and restate the question. I want to see you putting the information in your own words (not copying and pasting) and using text evidence. Notice that you have today (Monday) and Wednesday scheduled for your ReadWorks assignment, so take your time!
Please reach out with ANY questions!!
