Ms. Rogers K-1
Omaha Virtual School
Our Classroom
May 11
It was so great to see so many of you join us for our Minecraft collaboration time on Wednesday. We are planning to try it again on Thursday, May 14th, stay tuned for time. In case you missed it and your learner doesn't have Minecraft on their computer, here is the link for the video that walks you through downloading it.
I appreciated your kind thoughts and messages for Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you for your support this school year! I have enjoyed working with all of you and your learners!
Our last day of school is Friday, May 15th, if you have any other artifacts that you would like to turn in, please be sure to send them this week.
April 24
Thank you so much for those of you who were able to join and assist your learner with Pear Deck this morning during Class Connect. I want to try this again, it is a great tool to help students stay engaged and participate!!
1st Grade Learners: Reading Fluency Tool
This week I sent out an email about the Reading Fluency Tool within K12. Please take some time to go over the information and let me know if you have any questions. If possible, please have your learner take the Reading Fluency Benchmark; Unit 25 Lesson 10, by Friday, May 1st.
You are still able to do this! Do you like to laugh? Do you like to hear jokes? Do you like to tell jokes? Check out our Joke Flipgrid! Listen to other classmates' jokes or tell one of your own!
Skype in the Classroom Event:
This is not a class event or required, I am just sharing in case you and your learner would be interested in joining.
360 Yellowstone Adventure with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West team on April 29, 2020 at 12:00 pm; click the link to join: 360 Yellowstone Adventure
My class participated in a similar event a couple years ago and my students loved it.
April 17
Please continue to turn in artifacts from the revised tracker sent out. I have had some send me artifacts through email or Seesaw, either work for me. Please do what is best for you, if it is easier to take one picture of a group of artifacts, that is fine.
FLIPGRID
Do you like to laugh? Do you like to hear jokes? Do you like to tell jokes? Check out our Joke Flipgrid! Listen to other classmates' jokes or tell one of your own!
I can't wait to listen to your jokes!
EPIC BOOKS:
There are 2 collections of books related to Earth Day and recycling. Take a look, listen or read a book, and let us know something you learned on Seesaw.
I look forward to seeing everyone Monday for Class Connect. Please check your K12 schedule to join. Times are the same as they have been all year long.
April 9
Thank you for turning in artifacts this week! It is awesome to see all of the learning going on at home. Be sure to check out our Seesaw Blog! I have posted all of your learning/question entries from the Wednesday Facebook Live with Farmer Pam at the alpaca farm. If you want to email or send Farmer Pam your questions let me know.
Reminders:
I sent out REVISED Artifact Trackers this week. Please take a look to see the artifacts I am wanting to see each week. Again you can upload those to Seesaw or email them to me. I am here if you have any questions.
I will see you on Monday for Class Connect!
April 3-AWARDS EDITION
3rd Quarter Perfect Attendance:
Reid Huebert
Darcy Lawrence
Dawson Lawrence
May Potter
Charley Ricardo
Isaac Sandquist
Charlee Shoemaker
Star Student Awards for 3rd Quarter:
**Dawson joined our class at the beginning of the 3rd Quarter. He jumped right in and was ready to learn each time we had class, F2F or online. Keep up the good work!!
**Isaac is always ready to learn! I can count on him to work with other classmates and be respectful.
**Darcy joined our class at the beginning of the 3rd Quarter. She has so much to share and bring to our class discussions. Darcy is always positive and respectful to her classmates and teachers. Way to Go!!
**J.J. is a great leader in our classroom. He has been and continues to work hard to make growth in all areas of his learning.
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Keep checking in with me for Class Connect if you can, they are on your K12 schedule listed as optional. I will continue to add a couple of new Seesaw Activities each week. If you are doing something at home that you would like to share you can upload it to your Seesaw Journal.
I will "see" you on Monday for Class Connect! Have a great weekend!
March 27
It was so great to see so many of you this week for our online meetings. My plan is to focus more on Math Talk and Word Work throughout the next few meetings. I would also like to try-out Microsoft Teams. You may have noticed Teams pop up after you have restarted your learner's computer. Here are the links to join the meeting:
I have added a couple more learning resources right below in our newsletter under Online Resources for Extended Learning.
March 20
Well, this is not what I was expecting for our 4th quarter of learning! It has been great to hear from so many of you either on Seesaw or by email. Please continue to work according to your pacing guide and put artifacts into your folders. I am not sure what will happen from here but we will work through it.
I know that you all have plenty of work to do, but I will also plan on adding a couple of learning activities to learner's Seesaw journals each week. This can help to break things up and just provide a different opportunity for learners. I would encourage you to check the activities out. Many of them are review, for fluency practice, and word work activities.
I sent a message regarding our class blog through Seesaw, see the message in Seesaw for the password. Students are able to post work or experiences that they have had at home to their journal and then to the blog. Items in the blog will be able to be seen by other classmates and the opportunity to like and comment on the entries. Sometimes it helps to have an audience other than me...
I will continue to be available through email. I am considering setting up a class "meeting" through Microsoft Teams possibly on Monday morning. I would send a link through email and then all you would have to do is click on the link to join.
I know many of you were able to join or watch the Facebook Live session with Farmer Pam from Three Oaks Alpaca Farm on Wednesday. I think she is planning to do weekly visits, I will let you know when I find out more dates/times for this. I also know that many authors are doing online read alouds of their books.
Below this post, I am planning on creating an online resources list for you to take a look at, for example I know next week the Nebraska State Museum is planning to offer online programs for K-6 grade students. My goal is to post additional opportunities for extending learning. I will also email these but thought it might be nice to have a spot where you could come to see them all at once.
Again, thank you for your patience and assistance during this uncertain time. I miss all of our learners so much! I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe.
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ONLINE RESOURCES-EXTENDING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Common Sense Media Lesson Resources for Home Learning
Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo from Home-videos and family activities posted each day
http://www.omahazoo.com/zoo-from-home
Mo Willems-Lunch Doodles
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/
The University of Nebraska State Museum is partnering with the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) to offer FREE, interactive programs for homebound students in grades K-6th.
https://www.cilc.org/Interactive-Content/Community-of-Learning.aspx
Brain breaks and opportunities for physical activity
GoNoodle at home; Move and Learn Activity Sheet
Durham Western Heritage Museum Digital Learning Opportunities
https://durhammuseum.org/education/digital-learning/at-home/
Scholastic Teaching Remotely for grades K-6
Choose your grade level and find 20 lessons for learning. Again these are not required just an extra resource for you.
Awesome access to paired books (fiction/nonfiction), this is usually a paid subscription so take advantage!
Scholastic Watch and Learn Library
Videos by topic, Think Sheets to go along with videos.
Resources-Websites and Tools we use in the classroom!
Wonderopolis-Explore the Wonders of the World
Symbaloo Links to websites we frequently use in classCommon Sense Media-find digital citizenship lessons as well as ratings and reviews for shows, movies, apps, and more!
Speechify Scan a book with your camera, have it read out loud, listen to books, PDF's, and articles
Common Sense Media-Apps for Diverse Learners
Tech for all Learners-Tools for Diverse Learners
Ms. Rogers
Email: megan.rogers@ops.org
Website: https://ovs.k12.com/
Location: 3215 Cuming Street, Omaha, NE, USA
Phone: 5312999367
Twitter: @mmrogers0109