Intermediate News
April 27th, 2020
Important Information
Please remember that all student workloads and assignments can be adjusted to meet individual student needs. Now is a great time to adjust workloads as the Intermediate teachers have begun planning for the rest of the year. If you let us know about what is happening (or not happening) at home, we can help with tips and tricks, accommodations, or modifications to your student’s workload. Please email us and talk with us directly about your experience at home if your student is struggling to complete their work or manage their workload.
Your student has been taught to be an Independent Learner! Since Primary, students have been practicing doing work independently. If you find that they are asking you for help on every single assignment, either their workload needs to be adjusted OR they are not using their skills as an independent learner. Contact your student’s teacher for help. We can always remind them of our expectations.
Remind your students to use their resources! Students should be watching videos put out by teachers and participating in Zoom lessons. This will help them complete their work more independently. Please encourage them to read all of their instructions (Following Directions is a lifeskill) before asking how to do something!! We use that tactic all the time in the classroom and it usually works!
Online Book Fair
We will be hosting a virtual book fair this year!
Even though our school is closed, we want the Book Fair to still be available for our students to get great books, especially during these uncertain times.
Online shopping is available April 27th-May 10th. Our school benefits from every online order. So please support the Book Fair and our school!
The homepage link is https://www.scholastic.com/bf/
If you have any questions, please contact Miss Berkich.
Happy Reading!
Young Authors
Young Authors this week are finishing your finishing touches! Finishing touches instructions were sent home last Tuesday with videos for students and parents. Completed Young Authors books can be turned in anytime between now and Friday May 29th.
All revisions are being edited by Miss D and then returned to students ready to print the final draft. To make things go faster, be sure to email Miss D Microsoft word files or share the draft with Miss D on google docs. If you haven’t sent in your drafts for editing, get them to Miss D as soon as possible so that they can be edited!
Research/Science Fair
You will present your science fair project via video or zoom to Mrs. Gonzalez. If using Zoom, please email Mrs. Gonzalez to request an appointment.
Turn in “binders” or paper reports to your skills group teacher. She will grade “binders” but Gonzalez will grade your presentation. See your Science Fair packet, which is attached to your previous Research assignment, for more details.
Science
Intermediate News
April 27th, 2020
Important Information
Please remember that all student workloads and assignments can be adjusted to meet individual student needs. Now is a great time to adjust workloads as the Intermediate teachers have begun planning for the rest of the year. If you let us know about what is happening (or not happening) at home, we can help with tips and tricks, accommodations, or modifications to your student’s workload. Please email us and talk with us directly about your experience at home if your student is struggling to complete their work or manage their workload.
Your student has been taught to be an Independent Learner! Since Primary, students have been practicing doing work independently. If you find that they are asking you for help on every single assignment, either their workload needs to be adjusted OR they are not using their skills as an independent learner. Contact your student’s teacher for help. We can always remind them of our expectations.
Remind your students to use their resources! Students should be watching videos put out by teachers and participating in Zoom lessons. This will help them complete their work more independently. Please encourage them to read all of their instructions (Following Directions is a lifeskill) before asking how to do something!! We use that tactic all the time in the classroom and it usually works!
Online Book Fair
We will be hosting a virtual book fair this year!
Even though our school is closed, we want the Book Fair to still be available for our students to get great books, especially during these uncertain times.
Online shopping is available April 27th-May 10th. Our school benefits from every online order. So please support the Book Fair and our school!
The homepage link is https://www.scholastic.com/bf/
If you have any questions, please contact Miss Berkich.
Happy Reading!
Young Authors
Young Authors this week are finishing your finishing touches! Finishing touches instructions were sent home last Tuesday with videos for students and parents. Completed Young Authors books can be turned in anytime between now and Friday May 29th.
All revisions are being edited by Miss D and then returned to students ready to print the final draft. To make things go faster, be sure to email Miss D Microsoft word files or share the draft with Miss D on google docs. If you haven’t sent in your drafts for editing, get them to Miss D as soon as possible so that they can be edited!
Research/Science Fair
You will present your science fair project via video or zoom to Mrs. Gonzalez. If using Zoom, please email Mrs. Gonzalez to request an appointment.
Turn in “binders” or paper reports to your skills group teacher. She will grade “binders” but Gonzalez will grade your presentation. See your Science Fair packet, which is attached to your previous Research assignment, for more details.
Science
Go to Generation Genius.com lesson “Collisions” by clicking on https://www.generationgenius.
Social Studies
There is an online version of our Social Studies Weekly Newspapers that your student can access at home. This version has many pros to it and will even read along with your student! Below are the directions of how to login. All students usernames and passwords are the same at Moby Max. We are attaching all students’ login information for reference.
Studies Weekly:
Login using given Username and Password (most are the same as Moby Max and typing.com)
Click on the icon for the newspaper.
Click on week 25 “Contributions and Outcomes”
Complete the reading, and crossword puzzle.
Social Studies
There is an online version of our Social Studies Weekly Newspapers that your student can access at home. This version has many pros to it and will even read along with your student! Below are the directions of how to login. All students usernames and passwords are the same at Moby Max. We are attaching all students’ login information for reference.
Studies Weekly:
Login using given Username and Password (most are the same as Moby Max and typing.com)
Click on the icon for the newspaper.
Click on week 25 “Contributions and Outcomes”
Complete the reading, and crossword puzzle.