OVS Weekly Update
April 6, 2018 Edition, Volume 69
Mark Your Calendars!
April 17-19th: OVS Synergy Social
Math Club Mondays: Join LIVE from home for a LC training offered for 3rd-8th grade parents on various Math games to play with your student.
Other Important dates
Tuesday, April 10: 9th grade field trip to Lauritzen Gardens
Friday April 20th: Storm Chasers Game @ 7:05
Tailgate in the parking lot at 5:45pm
Once you purchase your tickets, you will be able to pick them up at the front desk. Purchase by clicking HERE.
Friday April 20th: K-1st grade Field Trip to Lauritzen Gardens @10 a.m.
Permission Slip will be sent home next week!
Instructional Dates:
Friday, April 13th: No online lessons-Teacher work day
Friday, April 20th: No online lessons- OVS staff attending NETA conference
Friday, May 4th: No online lessons- Staff Professional development day
Principal's Corner
Internet Filter Issue
We deeply apologize about the inconvenience that the transition to our new Internet filtering system has caused students and learning coaches. We are still working on processes to ensure that the filter functions properly. OVS is a unique learning environment in which our filter has to work outside of our district’s building network. This further complicates the process. As I like to say, we very rarely get an "easy button."
Some students have yet to experience the filter issues as it has not yet been distributed to all users’ accounts. Whether your student is experiencing issues with the Internet, please read through some troubleshooting steps in by clicking HERE to access a quick tutorial.
Other things to watch for/try:
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- If you run into an issue using one of the browsers try using a different one.
- Some of the applications may not work until you open a browser and authenticate first (like Minecraft.)
- If you cannot troubleshoot your student’s device, using the steps in the tutorial, options are to use another device in your home and having your student log in to K12 from there.
If your experience is different than what’s in the documentation, please send an email to ovs-techhelp@ops.org with your Student name, Teacher name, which session/day they attend, and the issues you ran into. Our IT admin will make sure to address those issues on the student’s instructional day at the center.
Upcoming Information Sessions
Pass Along to Anyone Interested in Learning about OVS
We will also being needing volunteer at multiple events we will be hosting in May and June. Please consider volunteering for the Curriculum Night and OVS 360 Experience. More details to come.
Synergy Corner
Learning HQ Deal: Missed out on getting a game? Take your OVS badge into Learning HQ and they will give you 20% off. Learning HQ is located at 2932 S 84th St.
OVS T-shirts Available: We still have grey and blue t-shirts available for sale. There are limited sizes and quantities. The blue shirts are $10 and the grey shirts are $17. Here is what is available:
- Blue Shirt: Youth Medium (2) and Youth Large (1)
- Grey Shirt: Youth Small (3), Medium (3) and Large (5), Adult Small (2) and Adult Medium (2)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday April 20th: Storm Chasers Game
Game Starts at 7:05pm
Tailgate in the parking lot at 5:45pm
Tickets are $10 and proceeds benefit OVS
Tickets can be purchased at the link below or with Brooke at the front desk
Once you purchase your tickets, you will be able to pick them up at the front desk.
FREE Community Events
Creighton Soccer Games
The following games have FREE Admission:
- Saturday April 7th at 2pm vs Denver
- Saturday April 14th at 7pm vs Hastings
- Saturday April 21st at 1pm vs Northern Illinois
Movie hosted by Dyslexia Association
Classroom Happenings
Art with Ms Barry
Coming up in K-5 Art
- The next Drop in Art Time with Ms. Barry is April 17th-19th.
- Register TODAY to attend
Ms. Roger's Classroom
Next week we will have a Skype call with Pam Purce from the Three Oaks Farm in Maryland. Check out their website! I plan to record the call so that all classes can hear the call and learn.
Keep working hard in your K12 curriculum! It has been so great to see all of your progress this year!
Mr. Dowling's Classroom
Week in Review:
It was nice to get back to normal in class this week. Unfortunately, I was unable to be at school on Thursday. Ms. Andrea did a great job as the substitute. We worked with perimeter in Math and were able to log into Brain Pop for the first time. I am looking forward to using Brain Pop as a classroom resource. Students can also access this at home. The link is in Quick Links inside their OneNote. They can also search for Brain Pop Jr. in their favorite web browser. They will click on Log in, in the upper right hand corner and use the same credentials as they use to log into their computer.
Looking Ahead:
If your child is reading Henry Huggins, they need to have Chapter 1 read by the time they get to class this week. My Thursday students did not get that message from the substitute. I will be emailing you the message as well. If you are a Tuesday or Wednesday student, you were given a job for Chapter one. Please bring it completed and ready for our Lit. Circle discussions.
For those of you assigned to Balto, you do not have a reading assignment due next week. Please bring the book to class, though. We will be using it for our Read-to-Self portion of reading rotations as well as an introduction during Lit Circles.
We will be continuing our discussions on perimeter and introducing area as well.
We will also have Math Club on Monday! Only 2 more weeks of Math Club. I hope to see you here!
Ms. Nommensen's Classroom
We started our new You Need to Make a Choice books this week! The first assignment needs to be ready to go by our next face to face session. The books are:
- · Tuesday Morning-Call it Courage
- · Tuesday Afternoon-Stone Fox
- · Wednesday-A Lion to Guard Us
- · Thursday Afternoon-A Lion to Guard Us
When the students come with their work, I am really looking to see that they put thought and care into their part. They are leading their team in a discussion about their book. I want to see that they are ready to not only go over what they wrote down, but discuss it with their classmates. After your child completes the work, try asking them to practice their part with you so you can ask some guiding questions and help mold them into leaders.
In math, we are continuing on with Hands On Equations and applying our knowledge of inverse numbers. The kids are doing an amazing job in this!
We will be finishing up our state testing this week during face to face time. Our 5th and 8th graders will be taking the Science test. During which time, the rest of the school will be going about their regular days, just a bit quieter!
Mr. Gamble's Classroom
Week in Review:
Students learned varied concepts from their K12 curriculum.
- Fundamentals: Read and interpret data represented on statistical graphs.
- PreAlgebra: Identify how two events are mutually exclusive and find their probability.
- Algebra: Identify a translation and model it through movement.
- Algebra 1: Calculate and factor monomials and polynomials.
- Geometry: Identify trigonometric ratios and special right triangles.
Looking Ahead:
In class we will work on varied math concepts from their curriculum involving real-world math.
- Fundamentals: Read and interpret data represented on a histogram. (Lesson 9.04 – Histograms)
- PreAlgebra: Calculate the probability of an event with long-term frequency. (Lesson 9.16 – Frequency for Compound Events)
- Algebra: Identify what steps of rotation a figure has gone through. (Lesson 9.07 – Rotations)
- Algebra 1: Calculate and factor monomials and polynomials. (Module 4: Polynomials)
- Geometry: Identify trigonometric ratios and special right triangles (Module 4: Trigonometry)
Resources:
- Fundamentals: Math is Fun has explanations, models, and practice on histograms.
- PreAlgebra: Basic Math has models, sample problems, explanations on compound events.
- Algebra: Math is Fun has practice problems, examples, and explanations of coordinate rotations.
- Algebra 1: Math Is Fun - Discusses operating and simplifying polynomials. Offers sample problems with solutions and vocabulary related to the topic.
- Geometry: Math Is Fun - Discusses trigonometry in depth with examples, models, and practice problems.
Weekly Online Math Lessons:
Each week I am teaching the current math lesson, per the pacing guide, for each subject online via ClassConnect. These sessions are mandatory and students will learn the concept through interaction with the teacher. Upon completion, students will take their check-up and be complete with that lesson. Recordings are available within the Content area after each session has completed.
- Fundamentals: (Monday @ 9:30) Histograms (9.03).
- PreAlgebra: (Friday @ 9:30) No lessons due to Teacher Work Day
- Algebra: (Monday @ 10:15) Congruent transformations (9.09).
- Algebra 1: (Friday @ 10:15) No lessons due to Teacher Work Day
- Geometry: (Friday @ 11:15) No lessons due to Teacher Work Day
Ms. Blackburn's Classroom
Ms. Robison's Classroom
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