Google Classroom Tech Option

To those who want their kids following Google Classroom,

Here are the sign-in directions. Your kids have used google for learning at school, so they are familiar with the platform. 

We are launching this today, so our focus is getting you connected and started as well as working out glitches. Please email us if you encounter difficulty. 

Google Classroom Sign In Instructions (Computer):

1.  Go to classroom.google.com and click Go to Classroom

2.  Enter your username and click Next

**Students need to sign in with the domain name: sd62learns.org

Ex. sp1234@sd62learns.org

3.  Enter your password and click Continue

4.  If there is a welcome message, read it and click Accept

5.  Click “I’m a Student”

6.  Click “Join” under Bridal Powers’ Class

After this, when students sign in to Google Classroom, they will just have to click on the Bridal Powers' Class link.

Google Classroom Sign In Instructions (iPhone & iPad):

1.  Download the Google Classroom app

2.  Tap Get Started

3.  Tap Add Account

4.  Enter your username and tap Next

**Students need to sign in with the domain name: sd62learns.org

Ex. sp1234@sd62learns.org

5.  Enter your password and click Next

6.  If there is a welcome message, read it and tap Accept

7.  Tap “I’m a Student”

8.  Tap “Join” under Bridal Powers’ Class

Your VIRTUAL teachers,

Ms Powers and Ms Bridal

Low Tech/No Tech No Problem

Div 3 Families and Students,

Here are the Low Tech/No Tech learning suggestions for the rest of this week.

Reading (30 minutes/day)
-eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, Pokémon cards, magazines – whatever keeps you reading!
- Run out of books? You can still get audiobooks and eBooks through the Vancouver Island Regional Library.
- Don’t have a library card? You can now register for one online here: https://virl.bc.ca/get-help/get-a-card/

Writing (15 minutes/day)
- Keep a journal of your daily activities.
- Staying connected is important. Write a letter/email to a friend or family member.

Math (15 minutes/day)
- Use a deck of cards (or some dice) to practice basic facts.

Suggested Games:

Multiplication (or Addition) War:
- Split the deck
- Each player draws a card
- The first player to say the correct product (or sum) of the two cards wins
Alternative: Have each player draw two cards from their own pile and find the sum or product. The player with the greatest answer wins the cards.

Triple Digit Dare
- Deal each player 3 cards
- Each player uses their cards to make a number with the greatest value
- Each player reads their number and the player with the number of greatest value wins
Alternative: Players try and make a number with the least value OR deal each player more cards to work with larger numbers

Div 3: Next Steps in Learning

Dear Div 3 Families and Students,

Thank you for all your feedback around your home learning set ups. As expected, they are all very different. 

With this is mind, how your kids are going to learn over the next few weeks will also be different; not better or worse, just different. 

The goal is a continuation of learning.

Here is our list of options for you to choose from:

1. A weekly email/ blog post listing no tech activities focused on: reading, writing, math games and activities as well as a STEM (Science Technology and Math) challenge. Ms Powers and Ms Bridal are consultants within this option.

OR

2. Enrollment in a Google Classroom with similar activities and with Ms Powers and Ms Bridal overseeing assignments and conversations which may be in real or delayed time.

OR

3. Self Design in consultation. This is where families plan out their own activities and use Ms Powers and Ms Bridal as educational consultants. For example, some of you have your kids learning through grade leveled workbooks, especially for Math; in this case, we would suggest focusing on multiples and fractions for the upcoming week. But we would also recommend building in creative time, play, and outdoor activity to support emotional well-being (yours and your kids!).

OR

4. Mix and match a combination of these options depending on your evolving situation.

We will be officially rolling these options out tomorrow, Thursday, April 2nd. 

You do not need to "register" which option you have chosen. Our assumption is that you are choosing the option that works for you.

We know that kids compare. We know that your kids might tell you that a classmate or sibling is doing something different and that they want to do it too. We know this might leave you conflicted, but we have your back. The message to relay to them is: every family is in a different situation right now, so learning is going to be different. 

What is most import is that you are picking the option that works best for you and your family. And, technology is not always the best, most appropriate, or available option for families. Across all options, we will be encouraging your kids to immerse in the rich learning environment of the outdoors, a place of calm through this storm.

We are at your disposal all be it at a distance.

Your teachers,

Ms Powers and Ms Bridal