Brooklyn Park Post
Week of April 6th
Week-at-a-Glance
Mission: Rigorous Instruction, Enriching Experiences, Positive Relationship, No Exceptions..
April is Math and Autism
Awareness Month
We are excited to celebrate Math and Autism Awareness Month at our Virtual
Brooklyn Park School! Please send your pictures to your classroom teacher, so
that we can share them on Dojo!
Spirit Days:
April 6th : It is Athlete Day! Wear a jersey with a number on it!
April 8th : Faculty Meeting @ 3:30pm
April 10th: Wear blue or your Autism Awareness Shirt. It is also Siblings Day.
Send us pictures of you with your siblings.
April 15th : We love ODD numbers! Dress ODD today!
April 17th: Wear blue or your Autism Awareness Shirt.
April 22nd : It is Administrative Professional Day and Earth Day! Ms.Dianna and
Ms. Norma are DREAMY! Wear your PJs and make a sign or picture for Ms. Norma
and Ms. Dianna. Take a picture of both outside. Send in those pictures so we can
create a slideshow and send it to them.
April 24th: Wear blue or your Autism Awareness Shirt.
April 29th : Wear patterns or shapes!
Math Updates:
Happy Math Month! Although we were hoping to celebrate at school, we are just going to bring the celebration to our eLearning Classrooms!
Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to meet with us this week. THe Math Resource Team, at the BOE, has been working 24/7 to roll everything out and provide you as many resources as possible.We are personally proud and thankful for all that they have done over the course of the last three weeks. All we can do is take what we have been given and make the BPES Math Magic happen. Please let us know how we can support you. You got this!
Updates from the Math Office will continue to be posted on our Math Updates Document. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dSyRAkiJYLS0shYUzsDDCQ8kYqM0C-eYrfbj5fczRsE/edit?usp=sharing We have also posted the link in our Collaborative Grade Level Google Classrooms.
Don't forget about the Spirit Days for Math and Autism Awareness Month. Here is the link for the spirit days: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gt_h8Xbvbqr4Dx657srSipkmVVPDru-Xl6c2nWVSpNs/edit?usp=sharing
Reading Updates:
The lessons that are on the AACPS television station will only be available through April 12. After that, teachers are to implement the lesson plans on the shared drive, either live through Google Meet, or through a recording.
Social & Emotional Updates:
Welcome to week 1 of online education. This week, please focus on making connections with your students. It is important to give them time to connect with you and each other. Schedule a couple of Meet's and review protocols. Make sure you let them talk to each other. If you have a lot of students attending, you will need to provide structure. Also, please record these and provide students the opportunity to respond privately to you. Everyone is not going to be able to access your meets every time you have them. Be patient with yourself and your kids. We can do this!
Empathy as a Classroom Management Tool
From the Principal's Desk
I want to thank for for your patience as we navigate these new waters. The way we educate changed over night without warning or time to prepare. Below is the outline for next week, be advised that it may change..
- Complete the grading activities, the quarter ends on April 8th. Teachers, please give students time to complete. I know some teachers are working with students in completing their Science Fair Projects
- Continue to make contact with students via Google Classroom, Meet and Voice.
- Teachers post learning opportunities and assignments in Google Classroom for students, readying for student learning to begin on 4/14/20.
- Teachers provide school administrators with their schedules for Learning Time and Office Hours. (include hyperlink to sample schedules) Please have your schedule by 4:00pm on Weds.
- Teachers post schedules for Learning Time and Office Hours in Google Classroom
- Central Office will work with families who lack devices/Internet connectivity to address their needs
- Teachers continue to explore resources in Teacher Planning, which now includes an overview of how the lessons are structured and designed
- Teachers may assign any combination of Practice Lesson A and Practice Lesson B to students to help students adjust to the new eLearning platform
- Students may participate in Practice Lesson A and Practice Lesson B
- There is no expectation that students complete Practice Lesson A and Practice Lesson B
- All material in Practice Lessons A and B were also included in the eLearning and TV Production for this week
- Online faculty meetings conducted through Google Meet Friday's @ 3:30
- Spring Break - April 9-13, 2020 ( Enjoy)
Positive Notes From The Staff
Ms. Kolodziej
The best thing that happened this week was seeing all the student responses to my first Google Classroom post. A few kids added pictures to a collaborative slideshow, which you can view here: