Elearning Information
March/April
Attendance
- We are required to take attendance daily. In 1st grade, we will be tracking a few things daily that will count for Attendance.
- I will be contacting you each evening via text/email if assignments aren't complete. If you know ahead that you will be finishing it late please let me know. I hope you know I am not trying to nag you, I just want your child's attendance to be counted correctly.
- ALL assignments will be checked on Sunday at Midnight of the week they are assigned for completion. Students will be marked absent for a full day if most of the assignments on that specific day are not complete, a half-day will be recorded if all assignments are not complete. Attendance will be entered into the system on Mondays.
Xtra Math
- This needs to be done daily. The program will tell your child they are done for the day. If your child does not get that message then it is not completed.
- I have been getting the reports and it appears that some of the kids are not putting forth much effort when answering the problems. I see them answering easy problems like 6+2, and 4 +2 incorrectly.
- Please encourage your child to try his/her very best as I will be using this as a grade for the 4th quarter.
- This program also looks at how long it takes your child to complete each problem and times them out.
- Remind them that knowing the facts quickly is also very important. I will send a report so you can see how your child is doing.
- Assignments/Quizzes that will be located in the daily Canvas Module. These will consist mostly of Reading Assignments through ConnectEd in the "To Do" button that requires your child to SUBMIT. However, there may be other assignments but those will all be located in the Canvas daily module.
- There may also be some Math assignments or quizzes through the daily Canvas Modules as well.
- If there is an Assignment or Quiz in Canvas, it will most likely require your child to SUBMIT.
- ALWAYS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A SUBMIT BUTTON IN CANVAS.
- 45 minutes a week, EVERY week.
- This can be done a little each a day or all at once as long as 45 minutes is completed each week.
- This is DIFFERENT than XTRA Math.
IReady Reading
- 45 minutes a week, EVERY week.
- This can be done a little each day or all at once as long as 45 minutes is completed each week.
- THIS IS NEW STARTING AFTER SPRING BREAK
- Find it the same way you find iReady Math through Clever in Canvas, then choose Reading to toggle between Reading and Math,
Accelerated Reading
On Wednesdays, AR will be open for your child to take tests
- Your child gets to AR through clever.
- Your child can take a test on any book from your home library, if they listen to a book online, or the story from his/her reader. If your child has read or listened to a story when he/she logs into AR you can type in the title of the book and see if it is testable. There are thousands of titles on AR so my best advice is to try anything your child has read or listened to.
- Some AR tests will read the questions to your child. It is indicated with a headphone and your child just toggles it on. I ask that if the test reads to your child let them do it on his/her own.
- If this is not an option you can read the questions and choices to your child but please let your child answer the questions on his.her own. If he/she chooses the wrong answer please don't correct them. This is really hard, I know, but I would like a true picture of his/her comprehension.
- Mrs. Bauer is allowing this to remain open on Wednesdays only as long as we feel it is being done with integrity.
EPIC
I have been hearing great things about EPIC. A program that allows your child to read and listen to thousands of books. Mrs. Johnson has made a screencast on how to navigate it.
You can then bookmark this site and your child can get on it anytime. You bookmark a site by clicking on the star in the address bar.
Zoom Video Conferencing
- This program lets me use video conferencing to check in with your child. I miss seeing the kids the most and this is really hard not having that daily interaction.
- I will text you for a good time to call you and your child to set this up on his/her Chromebook.
- I will then use our tracking program to invite your child to video conference if I see he/she is online.
- Your child will then go into his/her Gmail account and accept my invitation. We will then have to download the APP and add an extension to Chrome. We will practice making sure he/she is comfortable getting into his/her email account.
- I will use this to check standards such as reading level, phonics words, and high-frequency words.
- I did some practice with a couple of students and it was so nice to actually get to see and talk to them.
*** Your child can request a video conference with me. Just either text or email and I will try to accommodate your child's request.
***I will also send out a remind once a week and tell the kids I am on so then they can get on if they are available.
Scholastic Learn At Home
- This is another great program that is being offered to teachers and families by Scholastic free during this time.
- I will include assignments from this program in your child's Canvas modules.
- Please click here
- Scroll down until you see choose grade level and choose grades 1-2
- Your child can then listen to the stories by clicking on "Take Me There" Watch the video or do the activity.
- I will assign some of these but if your child wants to explore you can go ahead and bookmark the site. You do this by clicking on the star in the address bar. it won't hurt if your child repeats a story if I assign it.
Prodigy
Prodigy is very popular with the kids. Many have been asking about it:
- Your child now has a Prodigy account through Clever.
- Go to Clever and sign in through Google to get started
RAZ KIDS
This is a program that allows your child to read books at his/her level
- It would be great to have your child do one or two books a day.
- I will put a flight check on a Canvas assignment after Spring Break. Your child will need a quiet place to read because it will be recorded and sent electronically to me. You are more than welcome to sit with them to guide them through it but if he/she gets stuck please don't supply the word he/she is stuck on just simply tell them to go on.
If your child finishes his/her assigned school work
- watch Phonics videos on the phonics button on Canvas Dashboard.
- watch Math videos on the math button on the Canvas Dashboard.
- do more than 45 minutes in IReady Reading for the week (The More the better)
- do more than 45 minutes in IReady math for the week (The more the better)
- Prodigy
- Epic
- Clever (ABCYA, Raz Kids, Freckle)
- Scholastic at home
- Recess preferably outside
- Read, Read, Read
Contact Information
Email: klehmkuhler@gjcs.k12.in.us
Phone: 812-630-2113