Dear Room 12 Families,
Thank you all so much for your kind emails, the adorable Vimeo, and your very generous Teacher Appreciation gift! You really made the week special. I appreciate your thoughtfulness, and am so grateful I am able to work with your children this year. I hope you all a had a beautiful Mother's Day!
Updates:
Zoom meetings this week:
New Work on Khan Academy:
We are continuing Geometry. New skills and concepts (symmetry and plane figures) have been added. Students have also been assigned review work in area and perimeter, New work is under Assignments on Khan Academy. The due date for the work is Friday, May 15th. Students should do their best to make this deadline.
Students who have unfinished work in the Fraction Unit: You can still find this work by looking under Assignments - there are 2 tabs to toggle between - it has been moved under Past rather than Active. Please do your best to finish this work at your own pace.
Gallery of Student Work:
There is a new tab on SKIES named "Gallery of Student Work". Check out the fantastic work your classmates have been doing! Feel free to leave POSITIVE feedback. You may continue to post assignments here if you have not done so.
Thank you all so much for your kind emails, the adorable Vimeo, and your very generous Teacher Appreciation gift! You really made the week special. I appreciate your thoughtfulness, and am so grateful I am able to work with your children this year. I hope you all a had a beautiful Mother's Day!
Updates:
Zoom meetings this week:
- Monday & Wednesday meetings: Bring paper, thin marker or pen for note-taking
- Thursday: Art with Ms. Ng: Students will need paper, pen, and aluminum foil (several sheets approx. 12" long)
* Looking ahead: For the week of 5/18 Enrichment - students will need some cardboard (a piece approx, 12"x12", string, and ideally flexible straws, although regular straws can work as well.
We are continuing Geometry. New skills and concepts (symmetry and plane figures) have been added. Students have also been assigned review work in area and perimeter, New work is under Assignments on Khan Academy. The due date for the work is Friday, May 15th. Students should do their best to make this deadline.
Students who have unfinished work in the Fraction Unit: You can still find this work by looking under Assignments - there are 2 tabs to toggle between - it has been moved under Past rather than Active. Please do your best to finish this work at your own pace.
Gallery of Student Work:
There is a new tab on SKIES named "Gallery of Student Work". Check out the fantastic work your classmates have been doing! Feel free to leave POSITIVE feedback. You may continue to post assignments here if you have not done so.
Skieslearn
Here's how to get on the first time. (After you have initially logged on, you will only need to do steps 1 and 2 each day.)
- Using Chrome or Firefox, visit skieslearn.com.
- Press the red “Continue with Google” button and log on using your lausd mymail account and password (goroom12).
- Choose a SKIES username: use your first and last name and a number (only if necessary) for example: safiniconvey9
- Click “Register Account.”
- At the upper-left corner, click Enter Code: 24h3xd
- Use Google as browser
- Click on 9 gray circles in top right
- Click on Gmail
- enter mymail address; password: goroom12
Students, log on as usual using this link:
https://parentws.lausd.net/parentauthen/schoologyPicker.jsp?&domain=lms.lausd.net×tamp=1584919002
Jeopardy Game:
A few weeks ago we played a jeopardy game to start to review grade 4 geometry terms for the upcoming unit. You can play at home for continued practice using this link:
Geometry Jeopardy
Epic:
Parents should have received an email from me inviting you to create your child's Epic account. Your child won't need this for his/her classwork, but it is a good resource for free, online reading they can use for self-selected independent reading. Sign in with class code: ecb6050
Distance Learning Outline:
1. Students should check their email each day for any communications from me.They will always receive an email on Monday with Zoom time and instructions.
2. Students should log in to skieslearn.com each morning. Think of this as a "homeroom" that students should check into and find the day's work. I will also be on Skies (see #4 below). After you've logged into Skies, navigate:
My Class
Week of _____ (Choose current week. You will see 4 tabs:)
Click on each tab to see that day's work. (Students will have a math, ELA, Enrichment, and Social Studies or Science assignment each day.)
1. Students should check their email each day for any communications from me.They will always receive an email on Monday with Zoom time and instructions.
2. Students should log in to skieslearn.com each morning. Think of this as a "homeroom" that students should check into and find the day's work. I will also be on Skies (see #4 below). After you've logged into Skies, navigate:
My Class
Week of _____ (Choose current week. You will see 4 tabs:)
- ELA
- Enrichment
- Math
- Science or Social Studies (these will alternate each week).
3. Students complete and submit work each day and receive scoring and feedback from me. They can check back in the afternoon or the following morning for my feedback. Students may resubmit work the following day for re-scoring if necessary. Students will receive automatic feedback on Khan.
4. I will be on Skies every morning. There is a chat type and voice feature (bottom right) where I can assist students.
4. I will be on Skies every morning. There is a chat type and voice feature (bottom right) where I can assist students.
