Hello Everyone,
Thank you for a successful launch to our school year on the zoom and the distance learning platform. The kids are continuing to get the hang of things, and I will continue to guide and instruct them on how to use these digital tools. We will continue to practice and reinforce high student posture. ZOOM NORMS are here for your reference.
I wanted to provide some information for parents so that you can find things that you may need. Reminder, adults may not join the google classroom. It is just for students who are enrolled at Mountain School.
**Students should use google classroom, here is a Sample schedule
**Students should use google classroom, here is a Sample schedule
**Parents should use the 4th grade website to find schedules with checklists, reading, writing and math resources, reading logs and links to sites that you and your child may need to navigate to. The home page and drop down menus at the top will navigate you to the items you seek. I will attempt to put schedules and resources on the site in a timely fashion. I cannot always works days and weeks in advance. Although I am going as fast as my feet will travel, it takes time to put together the schedules, etc.
**Note: students cannot print from a chrome book, that said, there may be times when you need to print something for your child. The website is, likely, the best place to attempt to locate a document you may need. If you are really stumped, please email me and I will try to help you in a timely fashion.
**Note: students cannot print from a chrome book, that said, there may be times when you need to print something for your child. The website is, likely, the best place to attempt to locate a document you may need. If you are really stumped, please email me and I will try to help you in a timely fashion.
-Here are the links to the sites we are currently using as well as additional announcements and information.
-Zoom Meeting ID: 948 5071 9668 Passcode: mountain4
-Check out Our Awesome Summer in 4th Grade
-You will find the Music, PE and Art zoom links on your child's daily schedule and the teachers will be contacting you with that information as well. Their links are recurring, but I will always put them on your child's schedule so that they can click on the links right from the schedule they will be working on each day.
-Accelerated Reader: Your child was given instructions on how to successfully log into Accelerated Reader today in class. This was something Heather Treen used last year, so students should be familiar with it. All quizzes should be completed within 24 hours of finishing a book (reading it cover to cover).
login convention for all students:
Example User Name: janieb
Password: mountain
-Accelerated Reader Book Finder: Your child should be reading "good fit" books--on their reading level and interest level. You can check to see that the books your child is choosing to read are in AR. If you put the title in and see the book pop up with information on reading level, points, and quiz #, you know that this is a good pick. If you cannot find the book in the AR book finder, this is a book that has no quiz associated with it and no points. This is not a good pick.
There is no login. This is a search engine to find good-fit books for your child. Try using the more sophisticated search options: "Advanced Search" and "Collections" to find many more books in your child's area of interest, reading level and wheel house. You can refine the searches and find better choices. Then, consider finding them at the Mountain School Library or Public Library.
**We will have some digital library alternatives for books shortly. We are working on procuring these. Thank you for your patience.
The Blue Binder: This is a system to help your child manage and organize math lessons, math practice and math tools--pages or print outs to help with math lessons. Please help your child keep their lessons and papers organized. They may need a 3 hole punch to get those sheets into a binder.
**Please let me know, on the Beginning of the Year Parent Interview I sent last week, whether you plan to pick up weekly lessons from the 4th grade table on Fridays at 3:00 or print them out yourself. If you would like to print them out yourself, you will find weekly math lessons in the PDF Lesson Folder on the 4th grade website on the home page drop down menu.
Math: we will review whole numbers and place value up to the millions. We will continue to review math facts and begin to go forward in the coming weeks with estimation, approximation and rounding. We, as a general rule, have a test every Friday to assess the week's concepts. This will be on Singapore digital. This week, we will have a short quiz on Friday.
History Social Sciences: Will start in the coming weeks as our staff aligns our distance learning platform.
Science: Foss curriculum on solid earth--land forms and soils will be forthcoming as our staff aligns this content for a distance program.
Current Read Aloud and Lucy Calkin's Novel: The Tiger Rising
Growth Mindset video: I support best practices and a growth mindset in the classroom. To view an excellent video on this concept. Your child will view this in the classroom this week.
**4th Grade Back to School Night: Thursday August 27th at 5:00
Heather Young is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95437132556?pwd=WGV1aTd4WnNzRDFESDYyRzc0YThXZz09
Meeting ID: 954 3713 2556
Passcode: Xap19X
Warmly,
Heather
-Check out Our Awesome Summer in 4th Grade
-You will find the Music, PE and Art zoom links on your child's daily schedule and the teachers will be contacting you with that information as well. Their links are recurring, but I will always put them on your child's schedule so that they can click on the links right from the schedule they will be working on each day.
-Accelerated Reader: Your child was given instructions on how to successfully log into Accelerated Reader today in class. This was something Heather Treen used last year, so students should be familiar with it. All quizzes should be completed within 24 hours of finishing a book (reading it cover to cover).
login convention for all students:
Example User Name: janieb
Password: mountain
-Accelerated Reader Book Finder: Your child should be reading "good fit" books--on their reading level and interest level. You can check to see that the books your child is choosing to read are in AR. If you put the title in and see the book pop up with information on reading level, points, and quiz #, you know that this is a good pick. If you cannot find the book in the AR book finder, this is a book that has no quiz associated with it and no points. This is not a good pick.
There is no login. This is a search engine to find good-fit books for your child. Try using the more sophisticated search options: "Advanced Search" and "Collections" to find many more books in your child's area of interest, reading level and wheel house. You can refine the searches and find better choices. Then, consider finding them at the Mountain School Library or Public Library.
**We will have some digital library alternatives for books shortly. We are working on procuring these. Thank you for your patience.
The Blue Binder: This is a system to help your child manage and organize math lessons, math practice and math tools--pages or print outs to help with math lessons. Please help your child keep their lessons and papers organized. They may need a 3 hole punch to get those sheets into a binder.
**Please let me know, on the Beginning of the Year Parent Interview I sent last week, whether you plan to pick up weekly lessons from the 4th grade table on Fridays at 3:00 or print them out yourself. If you would like to print them out yourself, you will find weekly math lessons in the PDF Lesson Folder on the 4th grade website on the home page drop down menu.
Math: we will review whole numbers and place value up to the millions. We will continue to review math facts and begin to go forward in the coming weeks with estimation, approximation and rounding. We, as a general rule, have a test every Friday to assess the week's concepts. This will be on Singapore digital. This week, we will have a short quiz on Friday.
History Social Sciences: Will start in the coming weeks as our staff aligns our distance learning platform.
Science: Foss curriculum on solid earth--land forms and soils will be forthcoming as our staff aligns this content for a distance program.
Current Read Aloud and Lucy Calkin's Novel: The Tiger Rising
Growth Mindset video: I support best practices and a growth mindset in the classroom. To view an excellent video on this concept. Your child will view this in the classroom this week.
**4th Grade Back to School Night: Thursday August 27th at 5:00
Heather Young is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95437132556?pwd=WGV1aTd4WnNzRDFESDYyRzc0YThXZz09
Meeting ID: 954 3713 2556
Passcode: Xap19X
Warmly,
Heather
