9-5-14

No homework on the weekends unless your child reads.  I take a status of the class for reading every Monday so I can check weekly progress on how they are doing.

As you know, the students get brand new computers this year that will follow them through 8th grade.  This year we are switching to Chromebooks.  Hopefully they will be in by next week.  However, we also have ipads.  Today the students worked on them to learn how to get on to apple tv, create folders, and work with others while using the ipads.  Each group shared 3 apps they liked working with.  One group shared a photo app.

This afternoon we went up on the hill to do some activities.  The students played on their "old" playground.  The video shows they are not ready to give up this awesome playground.

Next week our days will follow the middle school schedule with math, science, language arts, and social studies.  We have spent the last week and a half getting to know class expectations and building community. On Monday I will send an email asking you to check out our class blog and site with your child.  The site will have class documents and class expectations.  You will then use a link to a google form (survey) to answer some questions about the blog and site.

Have a great weekend!