Google Classroom Expectations 3/17/2020 March 17, 2020

Google Classroom message I posted to students this morning:

Please read this message as I will give directions based on what I am expecting using Google Classroom. When you have read this whole thing please comment ONLY ONCE saying “I have read this message”.  

For math, I will be expecting students to SHOW WORK. Do not just send me answers if you’re using your workbook and uploading a picture to me. I want you to follow the directions on the math assignments, just like we do in class. (Same goes for word problems: you all know I expect a written sentence for the answer.) If the directions say to convert a decimal to a fraction then that is what you do. Otherwise I will think you’re using a calculator. Thank you.

You complete an assignment ONE of three ways:
1) Open the assignment and convert it to a Google Doc and type in your answers (hopefully showing some work if it is a math assignment). The Google Doc does not look exactly like the PDF of the original assignment, but do your best to try to organize it so I can read it and understand your work. Then you MUST turn in the assignment or else I won’t have anything to grade.
2) Complete the assignment on paper. If this is a math assignment, then you will be using your workbooks (Learn and Succeed). If this is something else, like Reading or Science, then use a notebook or piece of paper to answer what you need. BUT you MUST take a picture of the completed assignment and send it to me! Please send it to me either on Remind or in an email at vanalle@dearbornschools.org
3) Create your own Google Document or Slideshow on your Google Drive, but make sure you are signed in as a Dearborn student with your 8 digit google account (your 2000 number@dearbornschools.org), not with a different google account. Send it to me in Email OR upload it to Google Classroom from your Google Drive.

If you have questions about something, I would like to make sure you have utilized ALL RESOURCES first. For math……you have the Homework Helper, the VIDEO I send for each lesson, AND ZEARN!!!!!! Please do not just give up and ask immediately for help. Use these resources first. If you can’t figure out a problem, but haven’t even TRIED to figure it out on paper using these three resources, then you are not trying hard enough. You can do it! I see what you’re all capable of doing in class. 

When you finish an assignment under the classwork tab, make sure you select “turn it in” so I see you have turned it in. If you have sent me a picture of the assignment, I want you to mention that in the private message portion of the assignment (down in the lower right-hand side), but also select “turn it in” on Google Classroom so I can see who has turned it in. I will try my best to get things graded in a timely manner. IF I CANNOT READ YOUR WRITING I WILL NOT GRADE IT. Please take your time as if we were all in class together.

If you STILL aren’t sure what to do for your assignments then please reread this message. Read it with an adult who can help you understand the expectations better. If students aren’t completing assignments in time, please contact me privately and we can figure something out, BUT please keep in mind that you would normally be in school from 8am to 3pm, and you should be doing classwork for a couple hours a day.

Thank you!
Mrs. VanAllen