March is Reading Month
Weekly Introduction Video: We begin each week with an overview of the weekly theme as well as a reminder of the activities students can choose to complete throughout the week. You can access these videos by clicking on the first book cover each week (located next to a blue hand clicking icon) on the first day of each week.
Maker Challenges: Each week, students will have the opportunity to participate in themed Maker Challenges, each of which will have its own explanation slide and in some cases, extra planning slides and templates. You can access these slides by clicking on the red, underlined Maker Challenges listed each Tuesday on the calendar or by just viewing the slideshow and navigating to the slides you want to view.
Weekly Discussion Prompts: Along with each maker challenge, we want to encourage students across grade levels at Virtual Campus to share their thinking with one another. Students are invited to think about weekly discussion questions and post their responses on our community Flipgrid each week. You can find the Flipgrid links by clicking on the red, underlined Week #: DIscussion Question area on the right side of the calendar. There are different links for each week so be sure to click on the correct weekly links to respond.
Themed Book Talks/Read Alouds: Staff members from Virtual Campus share read aloud and/or book talk videos connected to our weekly making theme each week. You can find these by clicking on the book covers located on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the calendar.
Dress-up Days: No elementary school event would be complete without thematic dress-up days. We will have three, and they will all take place on Fridays.
- March 4: Make Your Own Fashion and Wear it Day - Students create their own clothing or accessories and wear them to their morning meeting Zoom on Friday.
- March 11: Dress-up As Your Dream Job Day- Students research jobs they might like to do throughout the week and then dress-up as someone who chooses that career during their morning meeting Zoom on Friday.
- March 18: Get Cozy for Reading Day- Students get dressed in comfy reading gear whether that means sweatpants, sweatshirts, or pajamas. It’s a half-day, so why not read away?
The Great Read Aloud Swap! On March 25, students will have the opportunity to sign-up and listen to Virtual teachers read some of their favorite books across grade levels. More information will be shared closer to the event date.
We are looking forward to a fun March is Reading Month and continuing to cultivate innovation and creativity in our school community. To access the Making Together Calendar, please click on the shared link below and make your own personal copy: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zt1iwsnmIQDetw93ihYin2GQDYgsWMqVbPZrGs9ZNS0/copy
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Zoom Update
This week, our video conferencing program, Zoom, received an updated on student-issued Chromebooks. This update involves students taking a few necessary steps in order to ensure that they are able to access their live classes. The information below will walk you through step-by-step in order to complete the installation of the new application
Step 1: Have students restart their Chromebooks
Step 2: Have students follow the guidance document to login to Zoom and consolidate their accounts to the new application UPDATED_ Sign In to Zoom on Chromebook.pdf
Step 3: Students should log into Zoom with their Google credential issued by Rochester Community Schools
A video tutorial has also been created to walk you through this process:
CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO TUTORIAL
Please do not hesitate to contact the Virtual Campus Main Office at (248)726-5900 with any questions.
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