Google Classrooms

When setting up your Google Classrooms (and K-8 should all have one) please use the following naming conventions:

• Class name

• Grade level

• Your name (optional, but helpful)

• Class Code (must be visible)

• Meet Link (must be visible)

Here are some examples: Naming Conventions document

Assessments for this year

There are several assessments planned for the year, and one big one that has been dropped.

• NJ State Assessments

  • • Start Strong (shortened assessment of ELA and Math standards from last year's grade level.) Scheduled for October 4-8, to be completed in subject area classes.

    • Dynamic Learning Maps (IEP students only) September 13 - December 17.

    • NJSLA (NJ Student Learning Assessment) Scheduled for April 25 - May 20.

    • ACCESS for ELLs (ESL students only) March 1 - 31

• LinkIt! Benchmark assessments, weeks of Sept 13, Jan 3, March 22

• We will NOT be doing F&Ps this year, as they take an inordinate amount of time and I want to focus on the new reading program and its assessments instead.

Tech Stuff to note

• We resubscribed to many of the programs we had last year, but dropped a few that were not heavily used. See the list of HPS-supported available programs here.

• Chromebooks will NOT be going home each day. Plan your lessons and homework accordingly.

• Contact Bill Miller or Angel for assistance if you need tech help, or if you need to gain access to a program.

Health and Safety Odds 'n Ends (See Health and Safety protocols presentation for full information.)

• Classroom set up - please maintain spacing as well as possible in the beginning. This means rows instead of groups. Rugs are okay for lower grades.

• Water bottles and Mask-Keeper lanyards are being provided by the school. Water fountains are only accessible by filling a water bottle, and the mask-keepers should be used to prevent students from misplacing their masks during lunch/recess.

• Students should wear masks when entering and going through the lunch lines, but when they reach their assigned seat, they can take it off.

• We won't be taking temperatures as people enter the building any more. Instead, teachers should do a quick check-in with students during attendance to see if anyone needs to visit the Health Office.

Instruction

• Dealing with Learning Loss - Too Much Focus on Learning Loss Will Be a Historic Mistake from Eutopia; Overcoming Learning Loss from Education Week; Let's Stop Saying Learning Loss from AMLE;

• Reentry concerns - Returning to full time, normalized instruction may not feel so normal to some students. This is a time to reconnect and reassure students that this is a safe place to be. Here are a few suggested community rebuilding lessons that may help: K-1, 2-3, 4-5, and middle school. These resources are provided by the Committee for Children.