FreshGrade Student accounts
Almost everyone has created their child’s student FreshGrade account. If you have not yet created your child’s account and would like assistance, please email me and I will try my best to assist you.
Here are some written instructions on how to login to your child’s Student FreshGrade account. Some parents found these instructions easier than the video, as the video was too fast and somewhat blurry…
When logging on to the FreshGrade Student app, go below the request for Access Code window on the student app
There should be some blue text that states
I Have An Account – click on this
Again go below the windows that request Username and password to the blue text that states
Go To District Account Log In – click on this
Type in SD73 in the District Name window and
SD73 Kamloops/Thompson Canada British Columbia
should pop up below the window – click on this
A School District No. 73 window will pop up
Your child’s username should be firstname.lastname
Your child’s password will start with sd then his/her pupil number which starts with a 2 and is 7 digits long.
Usernames and passwords were sent out to individuals through the Parent app on April 5th. Email me if you are unable to find your child’s login information.
Uploading work using audio, video or images are possible with this app. I am hoping this will be a routine that students can start and eventually become independent at posting. Posting on the FreshGrade Student account can also help prepare your child for social media and what is appropriate and inappropriate when sharing digital information, in a very safe environment. I am hoping students can choose 2 samples of work, in any subject, to post each week. If you fall behind, it will be easy to catch up. Depending on how long this lasts, I am hoping that all activities will have at least one sample of work uploaded.
READING
RAZ KIDS
Some students weren’t able to access higher level books. I adjusted the settings on my teacher account and students should be able to access books all the way up to level Z. Please let me know if you are having any problems using the Raz-kids accounts.
Our class’ username is Westsyde.
Please email me if your child has forgotten his/her password and I will send it to you as soon as possible.
POEM OF THE WEEK
Earth Day is on Wednesday, April 22nd.
Please see google doc link below
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14_yfpdcTuP-qIrolzhrWvKfcvroWEUlNjI6ds5va4tE/edit?usp=sharing
SIGHT WORD & FLUENCY BOOKS
Level 1 and level 2 books can be found on last week’s blog sent out on April 6 through email.
Students who can read words independently in each level can move on to the next level. I suggest students try to work on one page at a time. Book 5 is the last book in this series. If your child is able to complete all 5 level, s/he can read up to level Z on the Raz-kids account. There was a problem with some students not being able to access higher levels, but that has now been fixed and your child should be able to read any level up to Z. Epic is another program similar to Raz-Kids that can be accessed for more reading practice. Information on how to log into our class account can be found at the following post.
BOOKS READ ALOUD ONLINE
username: WestsydeWarriors
password: trial
STORY OF THE WEEK
I Can Save the Earth by Alison Inches and Viviana Garofoli.
Writing
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Students can write anything they want in their journals. Here is a sentence starter that may help them begin.
I can save the earth by ______________________. I think it’s important to save our earth because ________________________.
(Second sentence encouraged but optional for grade 1 students.)
AGENDAS
Grade 1 students can continue to pick a book they would like to read from their Raz-Kids accounts and write the title in their agendas on the correct date every day of the week. Parents may have to help their child find the correct date. Students were cutting the bottom corner of their agendas every Monday so students could easily access the current week. Students develop a sense of confidence when they accompish tasks they are good at and your children were all good at doing their journal entries when we were attending school.
MINI BOOKS
Continue to write in mini books if your child has taken an interest in making books with word bubbles. Here is another example of a simple book with word bubbles.
DIRECTED DRAWING
How to draw a puppy! Good luck and have fun!
Mathematics
SHAPE OF THE WEEK – Rectangles and square based prisms
We will continue to learn about 2D and 3D shapes this week and students can search around their house and yard for rectangles and square based prism objects. Students could take pictures of these objects and post them onto their FreshGrade accounts using the FreshGrade Student app.
COUNT COLLECTIONS
Continue to estimate the number of objects in your collections before counting them. Was your estimate close to the actual amount?
Please have your child post their work using the FreshGrade Student app under the counting collections activity. They can post a short video too.
Please post their patterned collections too.
WHICH ONE DOESN’T BELONG (WODB) – WEEK 4
Which One Doesn’t Belong? Why?
Students can continue to explain which one doesn’t belong in this week’s slide. They can also try explaining which two are the most alike. Critical thinking is one of the core competencies that is part of the BC curriculum. Students can post an audio explanation of their choices on the WODB activity in the FreshGrade Student app.
NUMBER TALKS
Students can answer the questions in the following images (that I downloaded from mathbeforebed.com) and discuss how they got to their answer. Students could write a number sentence or drawing of their answers if they would like as well. The last image will be the most challenging number talk. Students can post their written or oral explanations of their answers on the Number Talks activity on the FreshGrade Student app.
SKIP COUNTING BY 2S, 5S AND 10S
Keep listening to these songs so that your child can become a proficient at counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
LEARNING FROM AN ELDER
Although this pandemic has drastically changed our lives, it has also given some of us the gift of time. We have more time to spend with our family members which means we also have more time to learn from our family members. Students’ moms or dads or any other older person (sibling, grandparent) in your family that lives with you may know how to play an instrument, knit a scarf, bake or cook a delicious recipe, tie a fly, or any other interesting skill. Take this time for your child to learn from an elder and share what your child has learned on the Student FreshGrade app, even if that is all you do during the week. Having an “in the flesh” teacher help your child learn something from an elder will be way better than anything I can try to teach your children through a device.
ZOOM MEETINGS – THURSDAYS @ 10:00, 10:30 & 11:00
It was great to see everyone who could make our Zoom meetings again last week! This week we are going to have story time, and I am going to read a book to our class and students can make predictions, connections and share any questions they may have before, during and after reading the book. We will also get a chance to do a quick show and tell after story time. I am looking forward to seeing everyone again on Thursday!
I have changed our Zoom meeting schedule a bit so please check what time your child is scheduled to join us. I am going to change some of the boys around so that more students can see each other. Please let me know if your child would like to be put in another group and I will try and accommodate your requests.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qGSrTZ5HoCbKfTXvP67Zc0BRBTdjRujymI8xmUPjny8/edit?usp=sharing
Sample of Week 4 Plan can be found on the google doc below.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1urfSlPOBZUIMCKrjTwMr0T_xAXTUx8ExJIcVr2htPn8/edit?usp=sharing
Technology in the Kindergarten classroom 