What's Happening?
Kindergarten:  Students will be receiving their login names this week.  We will be working over the next couple weeks to learn about the steps to login to the school computers on their own.
Grade 1: Students are working with their Google Accounts in class.  We have joined the First Grade Google Classroom and students are learning how to find and open assignments in the classroom.  Their first assignment, a Google Doc, has been posted.  Students will simultaneously be learning how to work within Google Docs and the functions of the program.
Grade 2: This week, the second grade will be learning how to both access assignments in the Google Classroom, and begin learning the basics of Google Slides.  Students have begun working on their first formal project in Google Slides, creating an autobiography using the slide program.
Grade 3: Students are working on finishing their animal project graphic organizers and have begun typing their slides for their Animal Project Google Slides presentation. 
Grade 4:  Students are working on a Pixel Art activity that incorporates their knowledge of 2x2 digit multiplication.
Grade 5: Students just begun a project to research information about an assigned Latin American nation.  This week, students chose their countries from a hat and we discussed the expectations for the way information will be collected.  Next week, students will begin the research process, using the graphic organizer in the Google Classroom.
Grade 6: Students have begun working on a Pixel Art project in Google Sheets.  This will be integrated with math practice.  
Grade 7: We have begun working on the components of our Writing Portfolio, which will be done in a 100% digital format this year.  This week, students will be working on their List of Goals page for the project.  Details are in the Seventh Grade Specials page of the Google Classroom.
Grade 8:  Students are receiving information for their Math Lesson Project presentations.  This week we will go through the expectations for both the Regents and 8th Grade math groups.  Special attention will be paid to the lesson plan and individual roles for each team member, as well as how our remote learning friends will be included within the presentations.  Due dates and topics will be assigned next week.