Hello Wonderful Kdg Families,
I hope everyone had a nice and restful weekend and you are all doing well. We have made it through week one and I thank you all for your support and patience along the way, as this is very new for all of us. In an effort to make things more organized, and hopefully simpler for you all, I have been working and preparing a new method for our class to take on this next week of our “distance learning” together.
I have now created our own Google Classroom for Kindergarten where I will be posting up our DAILY assignments for each of our subjects (Math, Reading, Spelling/Phonics, Religion, Science/Social Studies).
Each of your children have been given a Google account that will be used to log into our Classroom each day. I will be sending you all an individual message with your child’s login information right after this message.
They may sign-in and complete assignments on our Google Classroom either on a laptop or mobile device, although you may need to download the app on mobile devices (which is free) along with Google Docs & Google Slides as we will be using these as well.
If you are new to Google Classroom, please watch this short tutorial that will walk you through the steps to log-in your child and gain access to all the assignments each day.
Google Classroom will be our main instruction platform that will guide you on what your child should do each day. Some of the activities you will find in the folder of work that was sent home, and some will be new and “digital” activities to complete.
Please follow the instructions on Google Classroom each day and be sure to click “TURN IN” on EACH subject assignment so I can see students’ progress. By turning in their assignment, this will acknowledge their attendance for the day. If assignments are not turned in, they will be marked absent for that day. Please note you have until the evening each day to complete all assignments. Any paper assignments that are due, please submit a picture on ClassDojo each day to their Portfolio or sent through messages.
I know this may be a little confusing at first, but I do believe this will be in the long run the most efficient way for us to complete our distance learning together. I know many of you are working from home and trying to balance school and work, so my goal is to also help alleviate some stress on you by me guiding you daily on what your child should work on.
As always, I am here for you should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me any time. I am looking forward to another wonderful week together “virtually”! :)
Stay healthy, God Bless!
Love & Prayers,
Mrs. Tironi
