CTA Goodman Friday News
May 1, 2020
Message from the Principal
Google Classroom Information
We understand the challenges that have come with the closure of schools, and we greatly appreciate your patience and support as we have worked to implement a host of training and procedures to effectively deliver instruction and enrichment opportunities to our students.
Our CTA Goodman staff has completed training using Google Classroom. Google Classroom will provide an additional avenue for Goodman teachers to connect and support our students during this time of school closure.
While we recognize that this may not be optimal for all student learning to be effectively differentiated over the course of the next 4-5 weeks, it does provide us a secure platform, that meets the federal guidelines for elementary student interaction online, and offers an avenue for our teachers and students to remain connected for the remainder of the school year.
Again, we want to thank our parent community immensely for the support and encouragement they display daily as we continue to navigate the challenges that have come with schools being closed to the public.
Directions for Google Classroom Access:
Thank you for your patience as we’ve gotten our distance learning plan in place. We will be using Google Classroom as our main method of delivering online instruction at CTA Goodman.
The lessons that have been developed for the remainder of the year will remain the same and Google Classroom will act as your parent/student “hub” to access many resources rather than going to different platforms and websites. Each grade level may utilize Google Classrooms at different depths and Seesaw/Flip Grid/Class Tag/Loom/Bloomz will still be an additional user-friendly option for Kinder-6th graders.
Weekly check in’s and scanned packets will continue to be sent to you through your email.
If you have selected to pick up a Packet, pick-up times will continue to be Monday’s from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. - 12: 30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Please look for communication from your teacher around May 4th to let you know that Google Classroom is ready for access. We are eager to continue the implementation of Google Classroom when school reopens as a more robust, progressive platform for families to utilize and for our students to develop 21st-century communication skills.
Information on Signing in to Google Classroom
If your child has never logged in to their CUSD Google account before, they can access Google Classroom by visiting classroom.google.com and entering s + ID# + @gse.cusd80.com for the username and s + ID# + ! for the password of. For example, if your child’s ID number is 123456 …
- their USERNAME would be s123456@gse.cusd80.com
- their PASSWORD would be s123456!
If your child has logged on to their account before, their password will be whatever they changed it to. If your child cannot remember their password, please contact their teacher, many of whom will have the ability to reset the password themselves (if they don’t, they can pass it on to another staff member who can).
Once your child has successfully logged in, they should see a Google Classroom for their grade level teacher. Your child should NOT need to enter a join code or do anything “extra” to access their Google Classroom. If they do not see a Google Classroom, please contact their teacher for further assistance.
For more information, we encourage you and/or your child to view the following resources:
Thank You,
Mrs. Graham
Please feel free to email your teacher or me if you have any questions.