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Sora is ready for you and your students!  This option is available to create an experience similar to going to the library. And there are some great titles in there!  I just might have to carve out some time for enjoyment reading myself! The expectation from Helen We encourage each student to have one book checked out at all times for independent reading (just like when our site libraries are physically open). Please add a student expectation to your asynchronous plans that includes regular use of the SORAS Reading App/website for Students. It works well as a support for both Daily Five and Accelerated Reader Programs. Video support from Overdrive This link with show you a few videos to show you how Sora works      -    Sora How-To Videos (2-6 min each) A 30 min webinar recording to watch any time      -    Getting Started With Sora   Read about some features that you can use to support instruction (like annotations, vo...

Hi all! This is the email from Melanie (sent Friday 9.11 @11:15, if you are a gmail search user) I am removing specific password info because this is a public space, but check your collaborative google classroom if you can't find the email. Liz --------------  Hi Everyone,  Just wanted to give you a short guide on using Renaissance Place and giving STAR reading tests.  This year there have been changes in the layout of Renaissance Place. It looks different but it seems to be more intuitive and faster. Take a little time to look around and find what you are used to seeing.  Reports are still under each product's icon. All classes have been assigned AR and STAR reading, and I add STAR reading Spanish by request (put in a ticket if you need this.)  To get into Renaissance Place First make sure to use the link from your school webpages , or students can use the shortcut in clever . Other links googled from the web will not work .  Teachers  username: ...

Access to Khan Academy is such an exciting opportunity for our students!  We will surely have more to talk about once students start using it.  One of my favorite things about Khan is the clear video coaching for instruction before questions, but also for "oops, you missed that one, watch this to see if you can figure it out next time" Need a refresher from Roy's training last month? Here are his slides ( Google Slides ) or look at the bottom and flip through. For example, slide 25 shows how to assign a course mastery goal for your students. For 3rd-8th graders This is a required asynchronous math task daily and our students math aptitude with reflect their efforts! If you need a reminder about how to sign into your account whether you already have an account or not, this doc shows the steps.  (It is the same one you will find on the padlet shared in training. I linked the padlet at the bottom of this post.) For 2nd graders It is not required for 2nd grade, but it is an ...

Hello to my favorite TK-2nd  grade teachers in the whole world!  Some of you are seasoned pros, and some of you are new to the grade level.  Welcome to all of you! In this post, I want to remind you how your students will access Seesaw on their iPads.  I want to tell you-- - even our 4 year olds can do this. You might have to go slowly, but please. Empower them. Coach them. Help them and their families learn how to do this.  It is the whole "teach them to fish" thing, you know what I mean? Your class will automatically be built through Clever. For some it has been, for some, automation is being. a stinker. There are a few potential reasons, and none of them are personal.  We want your class to be ready for you. Thank you for your patience and for letting your families know we appreciate their patience, too. Steps for students 1. You will have your students go to Clever on their iPad 2. The will sign in with Clever (their 300#) OR with their Google account ...

One benefit of our TK-2 Seesaw and 3rd-8th Google Classroom focus is that it is considerate to our families, giving them one clear place to see expectations.  All work should start in your designated platform.   Daily/Weekly schedule There are many ideas out there, here is one. And, Google Slides makes it SUPER easy to update each day or week.  Here is a template for a schedule (inspired by Tait Rains, check out the Engaging Organization Collab-a-rama TST on Mission Control) I am not sure how this idea would look in Seesaw...yet... but if you use a Google Doc or Google Slides for your agenda then add it to your Google Classroom, you will be able to update the file and the update will show for students. So, I would have one Slide deck that is published and another slide deck that is a draft with my working ideas.  Then, I just copy the day/week into the published Slide deck when I'm ready for students to see it. Is that confusing?  Maybe... I know that som...