UPDATE 4 * WEEKS APRIL 6-13 WEEK 3 DUE ON APRIL 13. FRIDAY APRIL 10 IS A SCHOOL HOLIDAY.
PLEASE CLICK EACH WEEK TAB TO SEE COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS PER WEEK.
WEEK 3 AND 4 ARE READING NONFICTION INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES. PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOUR STUDENT TURNS IN WRITTEN WORK TO SHOW THEIR THINKING AS ASSIGNED.
UPDATE 3 FOR WEEK MARCH 30-APRIL 3- PLEASE READ
PARENTS & STUDENTS;
Congratulations...we have survived our first week of distance learning...some learning from home...some learning in Google Classrooms...but hopefully all doing well at this time. We have had some success with Zoom video conferences to answer questions or model lessons. When a meeting is scheduled you will get an email with a link or code to join meeting.
PLEASE CLICK ON WEEK OF MARCH 30- APRIL 3 TO SEE THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK TWO OF DISTANCE LEARNING.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR STUDENT NEEDS HELP TO UPLOAD AND TURN IN OR EMAIL ASSIGNMENTS BACK. I AM MISSING LOTS OF WORK.
****PARENTS... I AM ALLOWING STUDENTS TO SEND ASSIGNMENTS IN THROUGH EMAILS OR SCREENSHOT ATTACHMENTS, OR TO USE GOOGLE DOCS AND UPLOAD IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM, SOME WORK MAY EVEN BE DONE ORALLY IN THE ZOOM MEETINGS. (OF COURSE, MY AT HOME LEARNERS WILL TURN IN PAPER COPY ON MONDAYS AT SCHOOL WHEN PICK UP NEW WORK.)
I appreciate the privilege to continue to reach out and teach your student through this unusual time and circumstances. All families, parents, students are in my prayers as we keep working positively towards the end of 7th grade. I miss everyone dearly!
*********UPDATE 2
FOR FRIDAY MARCH 27 ZOOM ONLINE MEETING
STUDENTS CHOOSING TO WORK ON PAPER CAN STILL USE PHONE TO JOIN ONLINE ZOOM MEETING.
Sherry Lonsford is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Check with Ms Lonsford on ASSIGNMENTS DUE MONDAY MARCH 30
Time: Mar 27, 2020 10:30 AM FRIDAY
JUST CLICK ON THE LINK AND THEN JOIN MEETING
IMPORTANT; THIS IS VIDEO GROUP MEETING ONLINE...YOU CAN CHOOSE TO JUST DO AUDIO ON YOUR SCREEN ONCE GET TO MEETING. WE MUST LISTEN AND TAKE TURNS SPEAKING...SO SOMETIMES YOU WILL BE ON MUTE. ALSO TRY TO SIT AT A KITCHEN TABLE OR DESK (NOT NEAR YOUR FAMILY'S PRIVATE AREAS.) AND WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHES (SORRY NO PJ'S.)
___________________________________________________________________________________IIN CASE YOU MISSED THE FIRST UPDATE BELOW HERE IT IS:
Dear Students, Parents and Guardians,
I hope this email finds you well. I know Spring break seems like a long time ago to me already; you may feel the same.
However, I hope you were able to relax some...maybe saw a good movie or two or squeezed in just a bit of reading.
We are certainly living in some very different times right now, but they are also somewhat exciting in that we can keep
learning even though we can not be together in our classroom. I am missing each of you so very much!
By now each student or family should have been contacted by your zero hour teacher to verify if you have a computer and internet access
during this school closure. If you have not been contacted, you can let me know the details. If you have no computer/tablet/ device or internet
access and will need a paper copy of assignments, then we need to know if there is somebody available to pick the work up for you?
While I do not fully know all the details yet, (our language arts online meeting is tomorrow) I wanted to get things up and running asap.
I have invited each student to join their perspective Class period for language arts. Remember to go to google and you can click on the
green chalkboard icon with student on it that is google classroom. A word of caution to avoid troubles... if you are logged in to a google account
that is not your school account you will not be able to get into the class. So in that case log out and then log in using your Dickinson isd school
google account.
I have included some enrichment activities in the google class already. Select what you can or want to do right now to get adjusted.
There is some reading and writing suggestions, you can work in no red ink. com , and even learn via a free Scholastic reading link.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns; I will do my best to try to find an answer.
Students and families, please know that I do not want to think about adding stress to your lives. Please let me know how I can pray for you...
I am proud of all of your hard work this year... you have grown so much! Parents/guardians can be so proud of you as well.
And now it is our time to rise to the challenge and do a Kranztastic job as we tackle this real world learning.
More information to come as our official lessons will begin in the very near future.
Sherry Lonsford
7th ELAR Teacher
Kranz Junior High/ Dickinson ISD
Text or leave message @ my google number 832-315-5653
or email slonsford@dickinsonisd.or
**This is what I wrote at the beginning of our year together!
"Welcome to 7th grade English Language Arts!
As a Kranz Junior High scholar, you will learn and practice skills to listen, speak, read and write daily that will help you communicate effectively in school, at home, and in our community. I am so excited to teach and watch you grow stronger everyday this year as you try new ideas and apply different strategies in reading and writing!"
***Well now it is time to show how strong you have become. You know I always say the goal is one day for students to be able to let go of the "apron strings" of the teacher and make choices, freely read, write and think as they communicate and learn. The time is now. However, I am not leaving you... We are in this together. Keep pressing onward!