Please let me know if your child is having problems signing into Brain Pop at home, as I see issues on my end when resetting students passwords. Also, some students can't sign in even after Brainpop themselves emailed me that they corrected it. I'll be calling New York tomorrow morning while they have P.E. to get to the bottom of it. If your child has legitimately had Brainpop issues, please let me know about your issues. They will need to make it up however they should not stress about the Friday deadline. The new security procedures....
Thank you for your patience and support for the increased security changes made this year. One of the security vulnerabilities that were addressed was the resolution to unwatched and unprotected students in the C and D Wing every morning between 8:10-8:25. We appreciate all the families that have changed some long developed habits/traditions as we have created a safer community for the children.
We are very pleased to report that student safety has improved. With the spirit of change and increased security, the teachers increased our teacher morning coverage by 50% (2 to 3) during the school arrival window of 8:10 to 8:25. Most importantly prior the 8:25 bell teachers and administrators no longer discover students lingering in the C & D area outside our doors without supervision. As with any new practice, the implementation process has been a little bumpy, and there have been necessary tweaks & improvements. It is funny this week's language arts theme is "Trial and Error" where we are discussing being open to change course or opinions as we take in new information. Similarly, we are always looking to provide solutions to better our learning community. Therefore if you have ideas to better protect the students during the 8:10-8:25 period, please let myself or administrators know.
Brain Week + Beta Testing a new DUSD language arts program = less math time this week.
Therefore, the kids were not fibbing when they said I cxl'ed tonight's Zearn.org lesson. We didn't go over lesson #3 today in class, so I felt it was unfair to go forward without working with them.
So what exactly is the homework as of Wednesday evening Mr. Hubbard?
I'm glad you asked.
ONE: 30+ minutes of reading every evening. Thursday night -- the journal response or the video responses to self-reflection questions and their reading for the week.
TWO: Thursday night -- watch Zearn.org lesson 4
Due Friday: The 4 IXLs
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Due Friday if technology possible: The 3 Brainpops
Speaking of Brain-Week:
Today the kids learned with Mr. Newell regarding Mindfulness. He shared with me the slide show the students used and learned from and it pretty amazing. I appreciate how Mr. Newell takes the time to update his presentation with new and relevant information that the kids will love. The kids were blessed to have his class today.
Here is the link if you would like to check it out and you can even "quiz" your kids.
Tomorrow and Friday will be more than a little hot; we can expect to have indoor recesses, and we also have P.E., Please remind your child to bring a water bottle and to stay hydrated.
Thank you for bringing such lovely kids to school each day!!
Mr. Hubbard
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