Vikings,

Happy Saturday! I hope you all are staying safe, healthy, and enjoying this beautiful weather! I have received many emails this week asking to clarify what students need to complete. I apologize that expectations have changed practically every week since the school closure. It feels like every week there are several new developments that require changing our distance learning expectations. I know that every change complicates things for students and families, so I will do everything I can to keep things consistent from week to week. Also, to help everyone prepare ahead of time, I will be be sharing a summary of learning for the upcoming week every weekend in our Google Classroom, as a blog post, and in a mass email. I hope this will help clarify expectations.

One new thing this week is that we will return to video chatting as a class on Tuesday at 1pm. However, it will now be on Big Blue Button through iLearn instead of on Google Hangouts. This will increase security measures for students and staff members. I have attached directions for how to access iLearn and our class’s Big Blue Buttons. Please email me if you have trouble.

Here are our expectations for online learning this week:

Monday: Watch the video on Google Classroom and complete two Khan Academy assignments.
Tuesday: Complete two more Khan Academy assignments and join our class Big Blue Button video chat on iLearn at 1pm.
Wednesday: Complete the Google Form “Quiz” posted on Google Classroom
Thursday: Complete 1 I-Ready lesson
Friday: Complete 1 I-Ready lesson

This means that by the end of the week you should have completed 4 Khan Academy assignments, 2 I-Ready lessons, and 1 Google Form “quiz.” Please email me if you have any questions.

Mr. Zimmer