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September810,2015
HelloFamilies,
Welcomebacktoschool!Iamsohappytobeworkingalongsideyouforyour
child'ssuccess.Thisyearyourstudentswillbeusingseveraltoolsintheclassroom.Our
learningmanagementsystemisgoingtobethroughSchoologyforwhichyouwillhave
aparentcode.StudentswillbeworkingintheGoogleDrivetocompletemany
assignments.Tocommunicatequickreminders,wewillbeusingRemind.Thisisa
quickappthatsendsfreetextmessagerighttoyourphone.Iamalwaysavailablevia
emailandwillrespondwithin24businesshours.
EveryweekIwilllisttheareasofstudyfortheweek,alongwiththeweekly
homeworkassignments.
Thisweeks
AreasofStudy
(AOS):
Math
Eachgradelevelwillbeworkingonwholenumbers.Studentswill
beworkingonplacevalue.
LangArts/Humanities
Studentswillbecompletingawritingnarrativesample.
StudentswillstudyDifferentforourEntrepreneurialHub.
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Studentswillbeidentifyingdifferenttypesofnounswithin
context.
DigitalMedia
Studentswillbefocussedonwhatitmeanstobeasounddigital
citizen.
Hub
Forthefirsttwoweeksofthehub,studentswillbestudyingthe
historyofEntrepreneurs.OurfocusforthisweekwillbeBen
Franklin.
HomeworkRequirements:
Studentsarerequiredtodo20minutesofreadingand20minutesofmathper
day.Studentsmustread20minutesofabookattheirleveloftheirchoiceandcomplete
areadinglogthroughthegoogledriveaswellastocompleteonepromptpernight.
Studentsmaydecidetodownloadahardcopyorsubmitdigitally.Thereturned
responseneedtobewellwrittenandmeetandorexceedthegradelevelexpectations.
Awritingrubricwillbeattachedforallassignmentsandlistedwithintheschoology.
Formath,studentswillhaveaworksheetoranassignmentviaschoologyto
completeeachday.Theassignmentsaremeanttoreinforcetheconceptthathasbeen
learnedthatday.Studentswillalsoneedtogotomultiplication.com(10minutes
minimum),wheretheyhaveindividualloginswhichallowsmetogaugetheirprogress.
Youwillalsohaveaparentloginforthiswebsiteaswell.
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Toolsoftheweek
EachweekIwilllistthetoolsoftheweekoranyimportanttechinformation.
Remind
Textingappthatallowsmetoquicklysendnotificationsorreminders.
Schoology
LearningmanagementsystemsimilartoEdmodoyetmoreuserfriendly.
Multiplication.com
Mathfactpractice
Gmail
EachstudentwillhavetheirownLTSAemailstocompleteinclassassignments
andforpresentationpurposes.
Thatsallshewroteforthisweek.Iamexcitedforthisjourney!
STEMyoulater,
Ms. Saleh
Ms.Saleh
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