Hi everybody,
I hope this message finds you all in good spirits and in good health. I have made some updates to the Home Study pages for each of my classes. Please stay tuned for updates that will happen each Monday (Tuesday at the latest). While the Covid-19 outbreak continues to cause some uncertainties in our society, please rest assured that I do have the best interests of your children and my students in mind. While I do wish teaching and learning could continue in person, we will have to make the best of the situation where we are and with what we have. There is no way my posts here could even come close to replicating my discourse and interactions within the classroom.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Stay safe and wash your hands,
Mrs. Pittman
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
School Suspension: An Important Update (April 7, 2020)
Dear students,
It is the evening of Tuesday, April 7. I was waiting for further direction and information from my administrators before posting additional work to my web page. The information my colleagues and I were waiting for came via a virtual staff meeting yesterday morning.
I hope this message finds you all well and in good spirits. While this school suspension has offered some differences to how we typically conduct our days, the school year is far from over. It must be stressed that learning will continue in a variety of different ways.
You are more than well equipped for this transition to adapting to distance learning. You are the generation of students who have embraced technology and have been surrounded by it during your school years. While I will continue to miss our daily interactions and chats in the school setting, I am pleased with how this alternative to traditional schooling has been presented and will continue to unfold.
WEB PAGE UPDATES and LEARNING TASKS
My web page will be updated every Monday to include learning tasks to be performed during the week. PLEASE NOTE: these learning opportunities have been created to supplement and not replace the curriculum outcomes. They are voluntary and your mark in my course will not be impacted if you choose not to complete them. You are encouraged, however, to actively engage in some form of reading and writing to keep your skills sharp. You are also encouraged to register and continue learning via CDLI.
*Students who are currently failing a course, considered "at risk" (an average of 60 or below), or those who want to improve their overall mark will have a chance to do so through completing incomplete term three work and by completing the supplementary activities. As we don't know what the future holds regarding how the pandemic unfolds, we will take it day by day, week by week.
TERM THREE MARKS
I only had a few updates to make regarding marks for term three regarding most of my courses. Speech marks that I could have sworn I had keyed in for everybody have now been uploaded for all. Sorry for any confusion there! You will note that in some courses, the cautionary "m" for missing has been updated with a zero for the incomplete work. The zero will not be permanent for your term three assessments (beginning of February to March 13) providing you get the completed overdue work in to me NO LATER than FRIDAY, May 1, 2020.
Report cards will be published on April 22nd and represent the results for term three. As we are in a school suspension and not a closure as other provinces, the marks will not be final until June's report card. Some students will be content with their overall marks as they are. Others will need to take advantage of ensuring that all incomplete term three work gets done and submitted by the posted Friday, May 1 deadline.
EMAIL/GOOGLE DOCS/GOOGLE CLASSROOM/BLOG UPDATES
I check my email multiple times a day. You are welcome to share overdue work there or share it from your Google Docs account. I will also be creating a Google Classroom for each of my classes. (This is already in place for my writing group.) Please be sure to respond to the invitations when I send them. We will move to Google Classrooms following the Easter Break. Also, when we “return” from Break on Monday, April 20, I will have hours set up on Google Meet for students who would like to chat about any questions you might have related to your English courses. It should be noted that I will continue to update my blog every Monday.
With the uncertainties that exist as this pandemic continues to change how we do things, your well-being and health continues to be of utmost importance to me. Don't hesitate to reach out to me.
Take care,
Mrs. Pittman
It is the evening of Tuesday, April 7. I was waiting for further direction and information from my administrators before posting additional work to my web page. The information my colleagues and I were waiting for came via a virtual staff meeting yesterday morning.
I hope this message finds you all well and in good spirits. While this school suspension has offered some differences to how we typically conduct our days, the school year is far from over. It must be stressed that learning will continue in a variety of different ways.
You are more than well equipped for this transition to adapting to distance learning. You are the generation of students who have embraced technology and have been surrounded by it during your school years. While I will continue to miss our daily interactions and chats in the school setting, I am pleased with how this alternative to traditional schooling has been presented and will continue to unfold.
WEB PAGE UPDATES and LEARNING TASKS
My web page will be updated every Monday to include learning tasks to be performed during the week. PLEASE NOTE: these learning opportunities have been created to supplement and not replace the curriculum outcomes. They are voluntary and your mark in my course will not be impacted if you choose not to complete them. You are encouraged, however, to actively engage in some form of reading and writing to keep your skills sharp. You are also encouraged to register and continue learning via CDLI.
*Students who are currently failing a course, considered "at risk" (an average of 60 or below), or those who want to improve their overall mark will have a chance to do so through completing incomplete term three work and by completing the supplementary activities. As we don't know what the future holds regarding how the pandemic unfolds, we will take it day by day, week by week.
TERM THREE MARKS
I only had a few updates to make regarding marks for term three regarding most of my courses. Speech marks that I could have sworn I had keyed in for everybody have now been uploaded for all. Sorry for any confusion there! You will note that in some courses, the cautionary "m" for missing has been updated with a zero for the incomplete work. The zero will not be permanent for your term three assessments (beginning of February to March 13) providing you get the completed overdue work in to me NO LATER than FRIDAY, May 1, 2020.
Report cards will be published on April 22nd and represent the results for term three. As we are in a school suspension and not a closure as other provinces, the marks will not be final until June's report card. Some students will be content with their overall marks as they are. Others will need to take advantage of ensuring that all incomplete term three work gets done and submitted by the posted Friday, May 1 deadline.
EMAIL/GOOGLE DOCS/GOOGLE CLASSROOM/BLOG UPDATES
I check my email multiple times a day. You are welcome to share overdue work there or share it from your Google Docs account. I will also be creating a Google Classroom for each of my classes. (This is already in place for my writing group.) Please be sure to respond to the invitations when I send them. We will move to Google Classrooms following the Easter Break. Also, when we “return” from Break on Monday, April 20, I will have hours set up on Google Meet for students who would like to chat about any questions you might have related to your English courses. It should be noted that I will continue to update my blog every Monday.
With the uncertainties that exist as this pandemic continues to change how we do things, your well-being and health continues to be of utmost importance to me. Don't hesitate to reach out to me.
Take care,
Mrs. Pittman
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