"I Appreciate" of the Week

To Access Hour of Code Tutorials Once You Have An Account

Once you've made an account, you need to go to the following Web site to long in:

http://learn.code.org

Hour of Code

Prepare for the Hour of Code by doing the tutorials and creating an account! Here's how:

Go to http://code.org/join
Keep going down until you see: Students-start here
Click that link.

Enter your first name, school username, and your choice of a password. You DO NOT have to enter an email address. Please put gender so they can see how many girls and boys participate!

Enter class code SVKOVR


I will be able to see how you progress through the tutorial. Do your best and read the directions. Have fun!

When 10 or more students complete the course, our class has a chance of receiving  a $750 DonorsChoose.org gift code. If 40% or more of our participating students are female, we'll have a chance of receiving an additional $250, for a total gift of $1,000 in DonorsChoose.org funding!

Ms. K.


What is the Hour of Code? See http://csedweek.org

World Book Night: Spread the Love of Reading

Hello,
I wanted to let families know of a great opportunity. World Book Night takes place in April. It is an opportunity for people in our community to distribute 20 free books to light/non-readers. Book givers have to be 16, but students could definitely help their families distribute books. Examples of places where books could be distributed include: homeless shelters, nursing homes, WTA transit station, WWU, WCC, BTC, downtown, the mall, food bank, low income neighborhoods/schools, etc. I've given books out throughout the community over the last two years. It's a great opportunity. Here's information about how to get involved:

http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/how-do-i-get-involved/be-book-giver-us


Class related:
Please watch for an email from me about an opportunity to join your student for our Friday Everybody Reads in December. A note will go home as well.

New "I Appreciate" of the Week!

Updated!

Hello!

Our homework section is updated for the week.

Celebrations of the Week (We celebrate these in class, but I'm going to start sharing them here as well)!

Updated for the Week

The blog is updated for the week. The homework section is now updated. 

This week we are moving into our Short Story unit. Students are working in small groups on the elements of Ancient Civilizations so that they can create their own. 

More information will be posted shortly about the Short Story assessment and Ancient Civilization assignment. 

Students submitted their Narrative Assessments last week and/or on Monday. You will see it listed in Skyward as COM (complete) if it is turned in. I will let you know when grades are posted for this assessment. I've read/edited a lot of the copies as drafts, so I expect there will be some great progress. 

Vocabulary assessment 3 is also in Skyward. I noticed that a lot of students that did not complete the homework received 2's and 1's. I will let any student re-test on this assessment next week. They need to study and have the homework complete before they re-test. 

I'm sorry for the delay in updates. My grandpa passed away and I was out four and a half days over the last two weeks so that I could spend time with him in the hospital and then with family. We were really close. Thanks for your support and understanding.