April 9, 2020

Hi guys! The following info. is posted on Google Classrooms, but I also wanted to post it on here as well.

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well and figuring out how to work with Google Classroom on your activities. The new ELA 8 assignment for week 2 will post tomorrow (Friday, April 10th). You will have until the following Friday (April 17th at 3:00 pm) to complete it. Please keep in mind that work is still undgraded. However, I am checking work and giving feedback, when possible, and keeping track of participation. I will be keeping record of your participation for each week's activities, and beginning on April 17th all students will be evaluated each week as follows: either highly engaged, engaged, or not yet engaged. Starting on April 17th, we will be moving forward with learning activities for the 4th marking period. This means that assignments posted in Google Classes will now contain new content, skills, etc. This new content is important for all students to know and understand in order to move forward with their education and to be prepared for the next grade level.

Here is a breakdown of what those terms mean.

Highly Engaged:  means a student is actively participating by attending sessions, completing work/tasks, and is proactively communicating with the teacher and classmates.

Engaged: means a student is meeting minimum expectations and/or is partially engaged, attends some learning sessions, and completes some work/tasks.

Not Yet Engaged:  means a student is not engaged in the learning process, does not attend learning sessions, and does not complete tasks/work.

In the upcoming weeks, we will be utilizing some resources from our online textbook (Pearson Realize). If you do not remember how to log on to Pearson, please see below.

Go to: pearsonrealize.com

Username: nsID# (ex: ns1234)

Password: abc123

If you need help getting onto Pearson, please let me know.

Please do your best on the assignments, and if you have any questions please feel free to email me or join my office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 to 3:00. If you can't make those dates and hours but would like to video chat, just send me an email and I can schedule it for a different day/time if needed. 

Stay safe!