Want to connect with Mrs. Levy?
Send me an email or a post through the grade level Google Classroom and we can set up a Meet.
If you are having connectivity issues, please email Mrs. Levy at clevy2@wcpss.net
Send me an email or a post through the grade level Google Classroom and we can set up a Meet.
If you are having connectivity issues, please email Mrs. Levy at clevy2@wcpss.net
Technology at home and at school.....
As we continue to work our way through our new normal daily routine, I am hoping that our students are sharing with you what they are learning in school. Please continue to remind your students to be safe online. Many students are becoming more "tech savvy" which also means they are putting themselves at a higher risk for predators. Not only are our parents, students and teachers working from home and spending a lot more time online, but so are the 'internet bad guys'. We will begin our in depth Digital CItizenship and Internet Safety lessons in February. Expect your older students to come home with questions and concerns. Hopefully our discussions will prompt an open dialogue with caregivers and students. A great resource for caregivers to look up information is Common Sense Media. Additional parent resources can be found under my Internet Safety tab.
Google Classroom activities:
Typing Club practice is back. All students accounts have been set up and restarted. Students will access Typing Club by clicking the link that is in grade level Google Classroom. They sign in using their school Google account. Even though students have been "typing" at home for the last year and a half, most of their typing skills are pretty poor. We do have a few students that have excelled at two-finger typing, but the majority of students have not. I've told our students, they will thank me in high school for making them learn how to type now. I will be working with students weekly on the basics of keyboarding, the goal being accuracy right now, not speed.
Did you know we started Coding in December? The students love learning how to make things move on the computer. We are working on the basics of Coding, and all students in grades 1~5 had the opportunity to participate in the Hour of Code in December. We will continue working with Coding throughout the year. For the students that were already familiar with Coding, they were given opportunities to branch out to debugging existing code and to try Java and Python.
As we continue to work our way through our new normal daily routine, I am hoping that our students are sharing with you what they are learning in school. Please continue to remind your students to be safe online. Many students are becoming more "tech savvy" which also means they are putting themselves at a higher risk for predators. Not only are our parents, students and teachers working from home and spending a lot more time online, but so are the 'internet bad guys'. We will begin our in depth Digital CItizenship and Internet Safety lessons in February. Expect your older students to come home with questions and concerns. Hopefully our discussions will prompt an open dialogue with caregivers and students. A great resource for caregivers to look up information is Common Sense Media. Additional parent resources can be found under my Internet Safety tab.
Google Classroom activities:
Typing Club practice is back. All students accounts have been set up and restarted. Students will access Typing Club by clicking the link that is in grade level Google Classroom. They sign in using their school Google account. Even though students have been "typing" at home for the last year and a half, most of their typing skills are pretty poor. We do have a few students that have excelled at two-finger typing, but the majority of students have not. I've told our students, they will thank me in high school for making them learn how to type now. I will be working with students weekly on the basics of keyboarding, the goal being accuracy right now, not speed.
Did you know we started Coding in December? The students love learning how to make things move on the computer. We are working on the basics of Coding, and all students in grades 1~5 had the opportunity to participate in the Hour of Code in December. We will continue working with Coding throughout the year. For the students that were already familiar with Coding, they were given opportunities to branch out to debugging existing code and to try Java and Python.
At Home resource reminders...
Please remember Online Safety and Privacy, now more than ever. You will be receiving lots of unsolicited learning resources. Don't click or sign up for everything you receive. Be sure to check out the resource first to make sure it is a good resource before you sign up. If in doubt, stick to the resources that are being provided by WCPSS and LES. Your LES team has been working very hard trying to get resources ready for you. Be sure to check the Student portion of our website for new links. We have a new section under Students that is for Free Digital Resources. These are resources for parents and students.
Be Sure to check out the Internet Safety tab above for parent resources
Digital Literacy is important - Students are expected to know fundamental computer and mouse skills as well as keyboarding skills to be successful in a digital world. Word processing skills, creating and understanding charts and graphs and presenting information using digital tools are all key elements to being successful. Mastery of touch-typing is not only necessary to be successful in school, but also to be competitive in future careers. Please encourage your students to work on their touch typing skills at home.
Digital Literacy is important - Students are expected to know fundamental computer and mouse skills as well as keyboarding skills to be successful in a digital world. Word processing skills, creating and understanding charts and graphs and presenting information using digital tools are all key elements to being successful. Mastery of touch-typing is not only necessary to be successful in school, but also to be competitive in future careers. Please encourage your students to work on their touch typing skills at home.
