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Week 2 – Here we come!

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Hello Second Grade Families!
I hope that you have all had a wonderful weekend!  It was a busy soccer weekend, for my family.  I have been busy trying to get a schedule together, and trying to post all of our assignments in Seesaw, for the week.  Please bear with me, as I attempt to have this all organized.  Trying to post and schedule for two separate cohorts has been challenging.  So, my apologies in advance if I have forgotten, or mis-posted something.
This week, our class will be split into two separate cohorts M-Th.
  • Cohort A will meet with me via zoom M, W
  • Cohort B will meet with me via zoom T, Th
  • We will meet as a whole class on F
  • Zooms for this week will be 9-10 and 10:30-11:30 (we will meet for up to an hour.). These times may increase next week.  We also may be adding in small group times next week!  I’m already feeling like we’ll need more time!
  • We will use our same Zoom ID and Password, for all zooms.  It is really helpful if the children have their name listed in Zoom.  This helps to provide more security for all of our children.
All assignments are posted in Seesaw for this week! (Hopefully!)
  • Assignments are sequential, with Monday’s assignments on top, followed by each day of the week.
  • Please have your second grader complete ALL assignments for each day,  on that designated day.  (i.e. ALL Monday assignments should be completed on Monday)
  • All assignments should be completed by Friday.  I need to use the weekend to archive the previous week’s assignments, and upload the new assignments for the next week.  
  • Please try not to complete too many assignments ahead of time, as expectations/pre-teaching will take place during Zoom sessions.  
I have attached an outlne of the week for each Cohort.  This is a snapshot of the week.  All assignments are posted in Seesaw.  Some “assignments” will not be loaded until the day before, but there is a space for each one.  All Zoom meetings are posted in Seesaw, as well. Hopefully this will allow your second grader to become more independent with their school work.  This week is a review week for Wonders, and Everyday Math.  We will also be working on our Beginning of Year Assessment in math this week, during our Zoom.  Next week, we will be shifting into our first academic week for both of these programs.  Hopefully easing-in has helped your second graders start to ease back into “school” routines!  I have photocopied Unit 1 from our math journals, as we are still awaiting their arrival at the school.  Unit 1 should take us into October, when hopefully we will be able to do a second pick-up of materials!  Thank you all again, for coming to pick-up materials at the school!  It was so wonderful to see all of you, and many of the kiddos!  We will go over these materials as we use them.  Many of the materials that I included for your second grader are not consumable, meaning, we are hoping that they will be returned to the school, at the conclusion of the year/remote learning.  So, please keep materials like thier Wonders text books in a safe place!  If you should need any additional materials that I didn’t include in their bags, please reach out to me!
 
As always, thank you for joining me on this adventure, and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.  

Happy Second Day of School!

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Hello Second Grade Families,

I am so excited to share this platform with you!  This platform will help facilitate learning, and provide a platform that will be easy for you and your second grader to navigate.  I have posted assignments for tomorrow, on Seesaw.  I would love for you to get logged in, and attempt to complete the assignments for Friday.  I will email you with Friday’s assignments.  I will re-open our class Zoom tomorrow after our class Zooms tomorrow, in case you have any questions, or you need some help troubleshooting.  If for some reason I don’t hear you, or I have stepped away from my computer, you can send me a message on Bloomz, or an email, to let me know you or your second grader would like to pop on!  Please don’t struggle!  I am here to help!

    • Lessons this week are designed to expose the children to different activities and tools in Seesaw.
    • We will go SLOW.  I will leave these assignments up through Friday, if you can’t get to all of them on Thursday.
    • Assignments will eventually be posted for the week.  Each assignment starts with the day of the week it is assigned for, followed by the subject. (i.e. Monday – Grammar)
      • Assignments with (optional) do NOT need to be completed – they are extra!
      • Week long assignments are listed with just their title (i.e. science, art, etc.)
      • Assignments are listed in order of the week, so as you submit the assignment, you will be ready for the next day’s work! (i.e. Monday at the top, followed by Tuesday, etc.)
    • Please give me ANY and ALL feedback!  I want to hear what is confusing, what feels fun, what went well, and what was, “please don’t ever assign that again!”
    • Please review the links listed below for help getting started.  These will outline the different components of Seesaw.  It is pretty intuitive.  I am fairly certain that you and your second grader will navigate Seesaw, fairly easily.
    • Getting Students Started in Seesaw– Great starting point for using Seesaw
    • Seesaw – Remote Learning Resources– Great information on Seesaw, and additional resources for remote learning.
    • All student information is private.  At this time, they will not be sharing ANY work, nor will their work be visible to peers.
    • If you download the app, choose the CLASS app
    • Follow these steps to login for the first time.  Seesaw Login for Parents
    • I have sent home, via email, your individual login codes
    • I have attached a quick video that I have made for you, from the “teacher” home page.  The student home page looks very similar.  I wanted to share with you, what you will see today!  I hope the kiddos have a LOT of fun with Seesaw today!
    • https://youtu.be/Bcni8o5lLms

 

Please click on the attachment to get started.  I have also attached a QR code that will link to our class.  You do NOT need a QR code reader to read this.

 

Have fun with this, and let me know what you think!

Please reach out with ANY and ALL questions!

I’ll see each cohort for a session of Zoom today!  We will be into a more regular schedule next week!

Reminder:

Cohort A is at 9 a.m.

Cohort B is at 10 a.m.

I will keep a zoom open after our second Zoom, in case you need any help, or have questions about Seesaw!

 

I hope you all have a great day!

First Day of School Assignments!

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Hello everyone,

Welcome to your first day of Remote Learning!  We are going to have so much fun together, this year!  This week, we are going to be starting slow, with some getting to know you activities. Then we will start to learn more about Seesaw.  Again, we will start slow, with how to login, and how to use all of the tools.  It is important for your Second grader to practice these skills independently!  It may feel frustrating, or like it would be easier to just do the task for them. However, this is how we build independence!  The goal is for the children to be able to navigate Seesaw, and the other programs, independently!  Until next week, I will provide an email of the daily assignments.  I will also post it on our website.  After we introduced and practiced all of the tools, ALL of our assignments will be posted in Seesaw.  Thank you for your patience, until the kids are fully up and running in Seesaw!  Hopefully all of the children will be assigned to Seesaw, and I will be able to send home login information for Thursday!

 

Wednesday, September 8, 2020:

  • 9 a.m. Cohort A – Group Zoom
  • 10 a.m. Cohort B – Group Zoom

Complete the following, after the morning Zoom:

  • Paper Bag Project

  • Read for 20 min. – pick a great book at home, and read for 20 mins! Bring your book to our next Zoom!
  • Organize, or set-up a learning space at home! It is great to have all of the materials you will need for remote learning in one spot! We are going to be sending home materials on Friday that we are asking you to return to school, at the end of remote learning.  Therefore, it is helpful to keep them all in one space.  Choose a spot at your house where you, and your parents think you can do your best learning!  Get ready to fill that space with some great materials from school!
  • Practice math facts: (choose one of the following options)
    • Deck of cards – flip over two cards, and add them together. Continue through the whole deck.
    • Roll a die twice, or two dice, and add the two numbers together. Continue for 8-10 mins.
    • Write down all of the numbers that you know that add up to 10.
    • Have someone at home quiz you with basic facts.
  • After we read the story, “This School Year Will be the Best”, draw a picture, and write a sentence for what would make this the best school year for you. Bring this picture to our next Zoom!

I hope you have fun with these first day activities!  I can’t wait to hear how they went!

Meet Mrs. Prive

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I would love to have the opportunity to meet with each of our 2nd grade families for a quick 10-15 minutes, just to say “hi”, and to get to know one another a little, before the school year begins.  I have listed some times in the next couple of days.  If these times don’t work for you, please let me know, and we can find another time!

I can’t wait to meet you all!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094EAEA92AA6FB6-meet