Good Morning! I hope your spring break went well and was relaxing! Welcome back to now our FOURTH week of digital learning (I can’t believe it has really been that long). Going forward there will be a few changes to how assignments will be posted and graded. Some of those changes are not even 100% clear to me yet so I will not be able to share those details until later this week or possibly next week.
Digital Weekly Calendar
One change I can share now deals with how assignments will be posted. Starting this week there will be a weekly calendar for each grade level. I have the link for the 8th grade calendar posted below. Essentially, this calendar is a way to plan out the week and so that there can be a place to check in that is visible to parents and to students. Here is the link for the calendar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LAyCKO30bx35x09WrUVuMN4AyvLt53d0fOxs4g4GueI/edit?usp=sharing
Google Classroom- still the place to find assignments
I will still be posting all work through Google Classroom at this time. Students have been using this literally for years now and are usually able to navigate and find their work quite easily. Please remember to hit TURN-IN on any completed assignment. This shows me that the students has completed the work and that it is ready to be checked.
This weeks assignments: Investigation #4 Abolitionists posted to Google Classroom.
This week we will start an investigation where students will address the issue of abolition at the time prior to the Civil War. The content is a continuation of what we had been looking at prior to spring break. The goal for the assignment to have completed by the end of the day WEDNESDAY is to understand some of the background that will make the investigation more meaningful. There is a slideshow that you should read through and questions on a separate Google doc that should be completed along the way. Please be sure to check back Thursday as well for the next assignment connected to the investigation. Do not fell like you have to complete the assignment all in one sitting. Feel free to take a break!
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know!
-Mr. Trerice (trericem@dearbornschools.org)