Dr. Johnson's Reading Blog

 We got our first full week completed using an our all-day schedule. This week we learned the following: We completed our read aloud of Skinnybones . We are going to move to our first major reading aloud called Blood on the River . This is the story of the formation of Jamestown - the first successful English colony in America. If you don't have a copy of the book I still have a a few paper copies. If not I will be broadcasting the book on Google Meet using the Kindle Cloud reader. It's not necessary to have the book but being about to read along with helps with reading skills because students can see the text as I read just like a book on tape. It will be imporant that ALL log into our read aloud for this. We are still learning how to turn in work using Google Classroom. Many students complete their work but forget to click on the big green "Turn In" button when finished.   In math students learned / reviewed the value of base-10 block then transferred that informati...

We completed our first week of virtual testing. YEA! I am having a great time getting to know everyone, even though we have only met virtually. I am having a lot of fun with this group. We worked on and accomplished much this week. Besides getting used to various routines and or schedule, we also worked on the following: Learned how to meet as a class through Google Meet Everyone is linked to Google Classroom and Khan Academy Learned how to download and use Chrome extensions Learned how to turn in assignments through Google Classroom Learned how to meet in break out rooms Learned how to create bookmarks and organize the bookmarks bar Learned how to find and use the same document multiple times While next week many are MAP testing, students will start getting used to navigating Khan Academy. I will use Khan Academy to give student additional math work (Khan Academy is also great for learning other topics). The following week will begin to look more like our normal learning schedule. Our...

Next week is MAP testing. Students who are testing virtually will do so on Tuesday (ELA) and Wednesday (Math). Those students that are not testing will follow a morning schedule of independent reading, completing their online reading journal, completing a Google Slides presentation, and explorations or outside time. MAP testing will start at 9:00 and should be completed by 12:00. The test should take about an hour to test, but everyone is different so testing time will vary. For Thursday (ELA) and Friday (Math), several students have signed up to come to school to complete their MAP testing. On those days the schedule flip-flops. We will meet as a class using Google Meet at 1:00 and will end the day at 3:00. The 3:00 time will be our normal time for ending the day. Here is the MAP testing schedule for each day next week.  ⌛ Tuesday, September 8 ⌛ Wednesday, September 9 ⌛ Thursday, September 10 ⌛ Friday, September 11 I have a lot of information for the parents of students who are t...