In your student's OW account:
- Click on COURSES (the tab next to ASSIGNMENTS)
- Open any course
- Open the current unit
- Open spcific lessons to see lesson material and questions.
https://www.odysseyware.com/training-resources/student-user-interface
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ODYSSEYWARE PROJECTS Your student will need your help with Projects. We recommend taking a look at the Projects in advance to determine if additional supplies are needed, how much time your student may need to complete the Project, and what your role will be as you support your student. The date listed is the due date, not the start date. Please help us by not allowing your student to work ahead with Language Arts Projects, since many of them require participation in the lessons directly preceding them to be successful. Some Projects, however, can be started before the due date, for example a Science Project that involves the two-week observation of seeds and roots. Please start those types of Projects ahead of time. Written essays should be well researched and should take more than one sitting to complete. The expectation is that students will have completed an editing process that checks for spelling, grammar, and conventions, with your help, or the help of Google Docs or a Word program. It is possible that OW may also have lessons due on the same day as a project. It’s okay. Our recommendation, if that comes up, is to complete the lessons first. If the project is turned in after the due date, that's fine. Your student’s project will not receive a reduced score if it’s turned in after the due date. In addition, we will do our best to be flexible with Science Project supplies and adjust as needed. If you are unable to acquire supplies, please email your teacher and we can adjust the supply list as long as the objective of the lesson is still met.
ODYSSEYWARE GRADING SCALE Converting number/letter grades to E's, M's, NM's, and NY's is challenging, but we have this year's grading scale for you so you can see what your student's percentage grades on OW compare to when it comes to report cards. Out of 100, 90-100 is an E, 80-89 is an M, 70-79 is an NM, and under 70 is an NY. Please let our Dean of Students, Shannon Freudenthal, know if you have any questions at [email protected].
EPIC Epic is the leading digital reading platform—built on a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books from 250+ of the world’s best publishers—that safely fuels curiosity and reading confidence for kids 12 and under. Be on the lookout for an email from EPIC, inviting you to join our class account. You can access Epic from your home computer or laptop, or from a smart device with their app!
ATTENDANCE Per the Oregon Department of Education, HOA is required to take daily attendance during school days. Things that count for attendance include a student actively working in Odysseyware, a student sending a teacher a message in OW, and an email or any type of communication from a parent to the teacher. As long as one of these things is done each school day, your student will be in attendance. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.
ORIENTATION SLIDESHOW Please take some time to go through the Orientation Slideshow at your convenience. It will give you a great overview of the key components of our program. Please email me with any questions.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K-nDGulLv_HL4W2u63qnhI0lU71iCCWBcrS9q_WQlBE/edit?usp=sharing
Team 3-6 HOA 2020-2021 Facebook Group If you are on Facebook and would like to join our Team 3-6 private group, search for Team 3-6 HOA 2020-2021. Since it is private, it may be more difficult to find. After searching under the group name, you may also need to click on GROUPS. The purpose of this group is to provide another avenue to build community and promote communication. Please let me know if you are unable to find the group and an email invitation will be sent to you.
ODYSSEYWARE Odysseyware is our daily, required online curriculum for grades 3-6 providing your student with Language Arts, Math, History, and Science. There will not be any SYNCHRONOUS learning in Odysseyware, it can all be done on your own time during the day. We are planning on bringing in some optional online homeroom times, but that won't be until at least October. Our reasoning is to allow time for families and students to really understand Odysseyware before adding in the optional elements.
SUPPORT FROM A COUNSELOR Below is the link for the counselor department referral form (copy and paste into a browser window). Please use this form to notify the counseling department of any concerns that you have and would like a counselor to follow up with. Currently, we have one counselor at HOA and her name is Sara Stollberg. Her email is [email protected]. Please feel free to reach out to her via email, or the referral form with any questions.
https://forms.gle/2ruMj5Ais1yL7Z259
DISTRICT LOGIN If you are having trouble logging into your district-owned computer, please let me know and I can reset the password for you.
NEXT WEEK There aren't any special school dates that you need to know about next week, so just keep plugging away in Odysseyware.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week!