NEW NEWS***********************************************************
PROJECT SUPPORT There are two projects coming up next week, Language Arts, Project: Four Line Poem, and Science, Project: Reptiles. For Language Arts, everything they need will be on the Project page in OW, additional research will not be necessary. They will need to print out and turn in the Graphic Organizer (or at least be able to replicate the elements in another format like Google Docs then share it with me). For Science, they will need to do some research to find reptiles that live on land, water, and both land and water. They can use the below websites to find this information, or even books if you have access to them. Please let me know if you have any questions.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com
https://www.kiddle.co/
MOBYMAX MobyMax is here! Please go to the below website to access your student's account:
Website: www.mobymax.com
Username: (district username)
Password: welcome
SUPPORT FROM COUNSELING REFERRAL TEAM We have a fantastic Counseling Referral Team to support you and your student's year at HOA. All requests for support should go through the Google Doc link below. Sara Stollberg is our Wellness Counselor and will primarily provide behavioral and emotional support for families, Ken Ollis is our K-12 Academic Counselor, Annette Snyder is our 9-12 Academic Counselor, and Angela Lorenzo, Homeschool Consultant, will be helping families by supporting the at-home environment with a homeschooling lens. Once a request is submitted, either by a parent or teacher, the team will decide who will come alongside and support you.
NEXT WEEK ************************************************************
Monday, October 26
9:00-9:30 Weekly Optional Class Meeting in Google Classroom
OLD NEWS***********************************************************
NEW SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS For now, we are offering Epic Reading and Typing Club, with MobyMax coming soon! As a family, you can decide upon a schedule that works best for you, or if you have other resources, please don't feel like you have to use these. Please have your student access these resources from the login document I've shared with them on their google drive today.
- EPIC Reading 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.
- Typing Club Learning to touch type (use of homerow) is so important to student's ability to finish typing assignments more easily/quickly, especially as they get older and have longer assignments. Some students will say they are faster at "hunt and peck" method. Which is true, at first! So, I need your help reminding them to not look at their hands. We are looking for growth over time.
- MobyMax Here! See above for login directions.
DISTRICT MUSIC AND PE Open the link below to find your student's PE and Music classes, housed in Google Classroom!
WEEKLY MEETING IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM Our weekly optional class meetings will be on Mondays from 9:00-9:30am. For security reasons, we are not able to email out the meeting link but ask that students access the class meeting directly from the link on the banner in our Google Classroom, which will be available 5 minutes before the meeting starts. I want to reiterate that this is an optional meeting, and therefore, is not required. You will need your student’s HSD credentials to connect with our classroom, directions are below:
- Go to Classroom.google.com
- Join class (+ in the top right corner)
- Enter code:
- Click: "Join"
CHECKING GRADES IN ODYSSEYWARE
In your student's OW account:
- Click on COURSES (the tab next to ASSIGNMENTS)
- Open any course
- Open the current unit
- Open specific lessons to see lesson material and questions.
https://www.odysseyware.com/sites/default/files/Edgenuity-Odysseyware-Curriculum-Overview-Science-400.pdf
THURSDAY ODYSSEYWARE EMAIL I will be sending the Thursday Odysseyware Email to parents if their students are behind by at least three lessons in at least one subject. It will be a generic message. If you receive this email, please take a moment to log into OW with your student and work together to come up with a plan to get caught up. If you need support with this, please let me know.
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.
I hope you all have had a great week!