Fifth Grade Newsletter
April 30, 2020
STEMscopes Portal Changing Web Address
Missing Assignment Notice Sent only on Sundays
Smith Elementary Talent Show
Site Address: flipgrid.com/alleman4633
Password: Smithtalent
Important Dates:
- April 29-May 1: Progress Reports Emailed to Parents (via Guardian)
- May 1: Virtual Celebrate Smith and April Principal Award Winners
- May 5: Notify campus if progress report has not been delivered yet (2-5 grades)
- May 12-19: Infosnap roll-out of snapcodes for returning students will be emailed to parents.
Important Message from 5th Grade Teachers
Lesson Plans and Assignments
As a reminder, all assignments are due on Sundays at midnight.
Next week's lesson plans will be available Monday at 8:30 a.m.
Lesson plans will be available in multiple locations. We will send them via email (a S'more), post them on our Google Classroom so students can see them, and post them on the Smith website.
We have had several questions about logins. Please note that the most common sites and login information are listed below.
Please reach out to us if you have any questions.
eLearning Reminder
Accessing various resources, tools, and websites
Some of the most common sites we anticipate using and their logins are listed below, as well as a link to a document with additional resources you can access at home.
Seesaw: seesaw.com
- A separate email will follow with your child's NEW individual login codes. This is the ONLY login that will be different for them during this time. Your student needs to make sure to use NEW login we provide instead of the one they are used to.
Google Classroom: classroom.google.com
- Username: firstname.lastname.###@k12.friscoisd.org
(### is your child's last 3 digits of their lunch number)Password: 8 digit birthdate
Epic!: getepic.com
- Families can join for free for 30 days.
STEMscopes: stemscopes.com
Username: Student ID # (lunch number)
Password: 8 digit birthdate (mmddyyyy)
Username: Student ID # (lunch number)
Password: 8 digit birthdate (mmddyyyy)
BrainPop: brainpop.com
- Go to brainpop.com and click sign in with 'G Suite for Education'
- enter your Google Student Account login information
(### is your child's last 3 digits of their lunch number)
Password: 8 digit birthdate
Additional Login Links <-- click here
How Teachers Will be Facilitating This Process
Emails:
We are excited about this new adventure but know it will not come without its challenges. We look forward to working through this learning experience together with you and your child.