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Every child. Every day. Whatever it takes!
March 27, 2020
The Moreau Heights family is committed to providing a positive and safe learning environment to support responsible and productive citizens.
Our Vision
Moreau Heights is a school where students are eager to learn and where staff are excited to teach. Students are successful at Moreau Heights in growing and meeting personal and academic goals. Teachers are innovative and a collaborative team. We are a family of learners and a community of great achievers!
You all are AMAZING! Thank you for all your work to make the most of this time!
Please let us know. . .
1. Have your grades finished.
2. Have your packet ready for review, if submitting remotely.
Basics for the week ahead
Certified staff
Classroom teachers (grade level and life skills)
Put together learning packet for your students
Keep it simple
Focus on reading, writing and math
Extensions/suggestions related to science and social studies
Packets must be submitted for approval before you leave the building at the end of your work session.
Reach out to all students in your class for check-in and to ask district questions on Monday. (district questions will be on a google form/doc to complete)
Check over printed grade cards to verify all are accurate.
Resource, SLPs, OT/PT and Rdg
Put together learning packet for your students
Tied to IEP/learning goals
Make plans to call each child over the week to connect. (record contact in Infinite Campus)
Case managers will print off progress reports and put in Sue’s mailbox to put in student packets.
Art, Music, PE, Library
Put together learning packet for your students
Think about how you can make some engaging lessons
Could you record yourself doing something that we then send out electronically?
Verify that your grades came across correctly
Guidance, Behavior Interventionists
Put together learning packet for your students
What can you put together that will connect with social skills lessons or strategies addressed in lessons?
Make plans to reach out to all families you serve with social skills over the week to connect. (record contact in Infinite Campus)
Work Session Schedule for March 27 and 28 (Monday and Tuesday)
We have staggered groups potentially working at school to avoid a large group.
Thank you for sticking to your scheduled times.
Monday (Kelly will be in all day for support)
8-10 - grades 1, 2, and 5; resource
11-1 - grades k, 3, and 4; life skills
Tuesday
8-10 - AMP, Guidance, BXI, Library, Rdg
Non-Certified
You are being asked to come in to work a 2 hour shift to help with copies and stuffing envelopes.
Para Support
Monday 11-1 - Cheri and Jana
Monday 1-3 - Jennifer, Tom, and Kathy
Tuesday 8-10 - Jesse, Mary, and Asha
Tuesday 10-12 - Joe, Jerry, and Jean
Tuesday 12-2 - Rachel, Coco, and Kelsey
Student Check-in Phone Calls
Connect with student
How are you?
What have you been doing?
Did you get the materials we mailed to you?
Do you have any questions about those materials?
Do you want us to continue to mail information home or would you prefer to have the materials on your device / electronically?
Do you have internet at home?
Is the chromebook working at home?
Are you familiar with how to request tech help? (you can email them this link for support https://www.jcschools.us/domain/43)
What school work have you been working on?
Have you had any problems?
Let’s talk about your iReady.
Has you been on iready? If no, why not.
Pull up child’s iready use and give them support/feedback.
If they are having lessons less than 70% accuracy, talk with them about what are challenges they are having.
If the student hasn’t been on iReady, ask them why not. If they have internet, have them work with you to set a goal for minutes this week.
Do you have enough food at home?
Are you going to one of the schools to pick up food?
Do you need delivery of school breakfast/ lunch?
Connect with student more.
What are they enjoying about being at home?
What are they missing about being at school?
Let them know you will be in touch again next week.
grade cards will be mailed home in next week’s (April 5th) instructional packet and conferences will take place virtually (Zoom or by phone) during that week
How do we do this online learning stuff?
2. Remember that our main goal it to keep students and families engaged. We want them to do some practice or learning as well, but connection is key!
3. Things will change and we will have to be flexible. We can do this!
4. If all else fails, take a cookie or workout break and try again!
How to set up Google Voice
Check out the doc below for how to set-up Google Voice to avoid using your personal cell number for parent contact. FYI - You may have to use a personal gmail account for this, as opposed to your district gmail account.
How to use Zoom for classroom connection
http://frame.bloglovin.com/?post=7388407587&blog=12379003&frame_type=none
Maintaining a CLEAN building
When we are in the building working, please . .
1. Remember to try to maintain distance (6 ft) so we are safe with our own germs.
2. Have hand sanitizer "handy" so you can use it when touching different surfaces.
3. We will have clorox wipes at the copiers to use when you are finished with printing/copies.
- If you enter a room that has tape over the door with a date, just turn the tape vertically along the door frame as a sign that the room has been used and will need to be disinfected again.
Clean room
If you enter a room . . .
Google Drive Shared Folder by Dawn
1. If you are sending the same packet for the whole grade level, just drop it in the folder I created under each grade level folder.
2. If you are sending something just for YOUR class, drop it in the dated folder under your name.
3. If you are making copies of things to send home, scan it into an email to yourself, or me, and you, or I, can drop it in the folder.
If you have ANY questions, just let me know!
Have a concern to share?
- talk to the person directly about your concern
- talk to Sue or Dawn about your concern
- talk to a Leadership Team member to have them bring your concern to Leadership Team for discussion
- complete the Suggestion/Concern form below to be reviewed and discussed at Leadership Team meeting
Academic Goals and Data
- In January, 41% of our students were reading at or above grade level according to iReady.
50% of our students on level based on April iReady assessment data, increasing from 44% of our students on level in math in April 2019 .
- In January, 28% of our students were at or above grade level in math according to iReady.
Follow our school, district, Dawn, and Sue on Twitter.
@Dr_D_Day (Me)
@suehaugenteach (Sue)
@JCMH_tweets (Moreau Heights)
@JCSchools_ (District)
You can also follow our school hashtag at #MHmissionpossible
You can follow our district hashtag at #JCStrongerTogether
Summer School?
Summer School is June 1-25. The school day will be 7:30-3:30. The time for staff will be 7:05-3:50.
Learning Links - Ideas for Families
Resources:
Here is a wakelet that has tons of options for supporting learning at home
https://wakelet.com/wake/4197ffe0-f808-416a-9246-4f3377b4fe11
Here is a website that holds some great learning from some favorite authors and illustrators.
The Scholastic Learn At Home site includes resources by grade buckets and provides cross-curricular learning journeys for students to complete at home. The goal of the site is to provide up to three hours of meaningful learning that students can complete each day, independently.
Curriculum Associates (iReady) has printable packets for both math and reading at every grade level
Free Printables for Upper Elementary
At home learning and movement activities-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e_wiOgOgfkIXpVLo-ST0hi2J-L2mf3BN/view
Reading/Writing
Epic - assign a collection for each of your guided reading groups or a collection based on a science/social studies topic
Vooks - https://www.vooks.com/
Vocab Spelling City: use code for free access--VSCFree90
Facts 4 Me: username--read, password--read
Raz-Kids is a digital resource that provides a library of differentiated books students can use to practice reading wherever they are (Internet connection required).
Headsprout is an online K–5 reading program that adapts to the needs of the individual student. It is self-paced, which makes it ideal for at-home practice.
Finish the Comics! A bunch of blank templates for comic making. Some already started comics that the writer has to finish...
Math
Online Addition Practice Games Flyer: websites with addition games
Online Multiplication Practice Games Flyer: websites with multiplication games
Envision Math offers a game center with online games for K-6.
https://media.pk12ls.com/curriculum/math/gamecenter/en_US/enV2-grade-k.html
Splash Learn-K-5 Math online program for free
Science/Social Studies
Wonderopolis: Every day this site shares a new wonder, submitted by kids, and the answer, in an article with a video.
Mystery Doug: Video science lessons and activities
PebbleGo: Online articles with activities on animals, biographies, science, and social studies
MysteryScience: Up to 6 all digital mini-lessons for each grade level
Virtual Field Trips: Virtually tour special places such as the San Diego Zoo or the Great Wall of China.
Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
Explore.org-live webcams
Apps
Boom Learning - get a free ultimate (upgraded) account here: https://wow.boomlearning.com/…
ReadTheory - this one is always free! There are adaptive reading comprehension exercises for students: https://readtheory.org/
BrainPop Jr - request free access due to a school closing here: https://go.brainpop.com/accessrequest…
Vooks - parents can get one month free so kids can watch streaming storybooks: https://www.vooks.com/parent-resources…