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2020 Parents’ Guide to Google Classroom
Use the following link to access your Google Drive and Google Classroom
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Friday September 25th
Students are encouraged to have a water bottle at school everyday as the water fountains are closed. Bottle filling stations remain open.
Masks are coming home today for cleaning over the weekend. Please return them to school on Monday.
Please sign up for the REMIND APP. It makes communication between home and the classroom that much easier. You can download it for free from an App store on your phone and enter the class code d22af3a to join. You can also text @d22af3a to 7784021949. Remind messages pop up on my phone right away and I can get back to you quickly.
Thursday September 24th
Tomorrow is the Terry Fox Run. Bring a Toonie for Terry. Check out this Terry Fox Story that we watched today.
Tuesday September 22nd
Please sign up for the REMIND APP. It makes communication between home and the classroom that much easier. You can download it for free from an App store on your phone and enter the class code d22af3a to join. You can also text @d22af3a to 7784021949. Remind messages pop up on my phone right away and I can get back to you quickly.
Today in class we focused on addition strategies in Math. We learned about different types of nouns in Language. We learned about Stress in Health. We watched the following video during Lunch and Learn.
Friday September 18th
Parent Letter 2020 – 2021 – This letter went home with students today.
Homework Alert!!
- Students are to show you how they log into the Google Classroom. Login and Password information came home today.
- Students are to add a picture from their first day of Kindegarten or a school photo from their earlier in the academic careers to their slideshow called #firstdaychallenge. See the example of my daughter – #firstdaychallenge
The Collins Crew are an elite group of grade 4 and 5 students at Franklin Public School in Kitchener, Ontario. They work hard, they have fun and they are successful.
Students in this classroom have a Growth Mindset and always strive to do their best.
We are going to have a very successful year!
Students in the Collins Crew have a Growth Mindset. Check out the following video to learn more about Growth Mindsets.
TED Talk Growth Mindset
The Power of Yet – This video, and the ones that follow, go along with our work on Growth Mindsets:
The Nations of the World is a song we are learning to show perseverance and a Growth Mindset.
This is a video of the Canadian National Anthem in French. The lyrics are included to help you learn. It is an expectation that students in this classroom can sing the National Anthem in English and in French.
WEBSITES and RESOURCES – I am getting sent many of these sites by companies that I have accounts with. Many are now free to help families.
- Mystery Science – This is a science website that has science activities that are geared toward grades 1 – 5. Made by a teacher!
- Youcubed – Jo Boaler is a professor of math at Stanford University. Choose the appropriate grade level for your child and follow the instructions in the videos.
- Library Commons – Our WRDSB library website. I recommend checking out OVERDRIVE, Capstone, NFB and Learn 360.
- Tynker – This is a coding website. It normally costs money, but they have made it free. You need to create an account.
- University of Waterloo Math Resources – This is the same site where I get the Problem of the Week.
- Scishow Kids – On Youtube!
- Schishow – This is the version directed at adults. Lots of good stuff here.
- STEM Camp – Thank you to Mrs. Pilon for this link.
- At Home Science Activities –
- Prodigy and The Daily Set good too.
Sign up for the Remind App. On your phone open your web browser and go to the following link: rmd.at/thecolli
Follow the instructions to sign up to Remind. You will be prompted to download the mobile app.
Remind is a great communication tool for parents and teachers!
