Communication and a Video From St.Rita Staff

Hi Parents, 

  Just letting you know you should have all received a number of emails from me this past week. If for any reason you have not, please email me at robin.mcsheffrey@ocsb.ca and I will gladly resend to your new or preferred email address. 

  I will be emailing the slideshow and all other lesson materials for the students for next week, to your child's OCSB Gmail account by Monday morning. Going forward, that is where I will be sending all student work. You should have received your child's username and password in an email this past week, in case they aren't sure. If not, I'll be happy to resend it. 

 Ms.Reavie put together this beautiful video for the families of St.Rita, check it out: From St.Rita Staff

  I hope you and your families are all doing well.

Take Care,

  Robin M.

OCSB Resources Page

Hi Parents,
  Here is the link to the OCSB's resources page that was launched today and is meant to supplement the Ministry of Education's webpage: https://www.ocsb.ca/ocsb-at-home/learning-resources/
If you're ever unsure of how to access one of the programs here or on The Portal, please email me and I'll get back to you ASAP. The OCSB Portal is being updated, with new additions appearing over the next while, so check back there often as well.
  Thanks, 
     Robin M.

Ministry of Education Resources

Hi Parents, here is the link to the Ministry of Education's Resources Page. Families are encouraged to use this site right now to access resources, and the resources I have provided in my previous post last week are just extra to supplement these. Thanks and take care!
https://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-at-home

RESOURCES For Use at Home

Hi Parents,

  I hope this helps. Please feel free to use any of the resources below. It is all optional for the time being as we are still on Break and new information is still unfolding. The best place to look for resources would be the OCSB Student Portal, which students are familiar with, but I've included many others below as well.

  Each of us have different circumstances and our priority is obviously with You and Your child's well-being, first and foremost. We realize some of you may be able to access these resources, while others may not, or may be limited, which is why I am saying that this is optional. This is a unique situation we're in and so, many are working on finding solutions to make sure that there is some form of learning available to everyone. I will keep you posted via email or the Remind text messaging system as we receive new updates. Thank you for your patience!

LOGGING INTO JK-6 Portal Student Portal seems to be changed so you no longer have to enter a username and password (I assume to make things easier for parents and students), just click the "JK -6 STUDENT PORTAL" tab at the top of the OCSB.ca landing page.

You will need to enter your child's username and password information if accessing student email accounts, Google Docs, etc. Many of the other programs other than the Google accounts have their own unique logins and passwords. Some can be found in agendas, but if the one you wish to access is not there, please email me and I'd be more than happy to provide you with this information Thx!


***EDIT*** Here is a copy of the links chart I emailed out:

LINK	USERNAME?	PASSWORD?
Ministry of Education's Learn At Home
OCSB Resources Page
Our Class Blog Page
Fully Alive Workbook
TVO MPower	Sent via email	Sent via email
Iknowit (class code: mrmc)	Sent via email	Sent via email
Zorbits (in OCSB Portal)	Sent via email	Sent via email
RazKids (in OCSB Portal)   Teacher username: rmcsheffrey0	Front of agenda, but most students know theirs.	Front of agenda, but most students know theirs.
Brainpop	mrmstrita	strita2020
BookFlix (OCSB Student Portal)	ottawcarl	otta1135

****Be aware that some usernames and passwords, such as the Fully Alive Workbook are case sensitive.

For LANGUAGE, in class students use and are familiar with:

1-Raz Kids (teacher username: rmcsheffrey0), student password should be in the front of your child’s agenda if they do not remember. If the agenda is misplaced, just send me an email and I can forward you the login info. 
OR, if you have access to books during this time, even better.

2-Bookflix (username: ottawcarl, password: otta1135)

3-Starfall

4-Bookcreator: New program, but students really enjoyed it when we had a workshop using this program. They can create books, comics, etc.  Lots of fun and authentic learning can be done using this program, such as creating a book about their day, making a book about a subject they know their friend is interested in that they can show them once we're hopefully back. 

5-SORA: Book Reading Program available on the Student Portal. Most are higher level reading books, but thought I'd add this anyway. Username and password should not be needed. Once your child is logged into the Student Portal it should work.

6-Access to EMAIL, GOOGLE DRIVE, etc, please email me and I will send you login information.

A great activity could be having your child send emails to family members or a friend, telling them how they're doing and just to say hi, ask them some questions, etc. Who doesn't love receiving a nice email, right?!

MATH

2      1.  Iknowit.com  (please email me and I will happily send you your child's username and password)

3      2.  Arcademics.com
3   3. Zorbits (Available on Student Portal-Logins were sent home, but that was a long time ago, so please just send me a quick email if it's no longer in the agenda and I will be happy to send it to you.. We don't use this program in class so students will need some help navigating it in the beginning. It does have some helpful Math games though and most students find it enjoyable:)

4   4.TVO MPower -  Please email me and I will be happy to send you your son or daughter's username and password.

SCIENCE/ALL SUBJECTS
There's usually a fee, but  Brainpop/Brainpop Jr is currently free for student use:

username: mrmstrita
password: strita2020

EXTRA LINKS TO MANY SUBJECTS

https://www.kidsinthecapital.ca/blog/2020/3/16/online-educational-and-leisure-resources-and-activities-for-kids?fbclid=IwAR06teA2F-6zHyXXfDlWXDYhAHFJbkeT_LVC2dbhdkmlX-xH7XIxk7eryjg
 

First Names for Valentine Cards

For those wishing to hand out Valentine cards on Thursday here is the list of first names in our class:
1-Anis
2-Jayden
3-Esther
4-Peniel
5-Nedia
6-Jack
7-Victoria
8-Nino
9-Leo
10-Chimamanda
11-Yohannes
12-Emmett
13-Hazel
14-Mohammed
15-Luca
16-Eyasu
17-Ado
18-Anthony

January Photos

Here are some photos from the past month. A number of the photos were taken during our time with Starr Gymnastics. The students had a blast at all the stations and really enjoyed our chief gymnast, Jester. It think he's part gymnast, part comedian:)  Some of the others were from our Dance-a-thon, our time spent with our Gr.5 reading buddies, building board games and also enjoying some outdoor winter play after we earned 1500 Dojo points, earning the class Friday fun. Part of the block was outdoor fun play and the other was watching a nature movie together and eating a special popcorn snack (not too unhealthy I promise:)

A Few Photos

Hi Parents, here are some photos from some recent and somewhat recent events and activities in class and at the school. 

Twin Day

Learning how to curl with the 'Rocks and Rings' Program

Sorting our shapes with Venn diagrams (grade 1's were encouraged to choose colour, size or other non-geometric properties and Gr.2's to use geometric properties)

Making Christmas tags for The Mission. One side has a Christmas message and the other, a Christmas joke. We then tied them with a ribbon to a candy cane to be given to The Mission. This activity was done with the other Grade 2 classes as well, but our Grade Ones were keen to join in. 

Making cookies with our Grade 5 buddies. 

Baking buddies.

Spirit Week

Last day of school before Christmas Break. We gathered in the gym to sing Christmas songs together in the morning. 

We had a visitor!  Rumour has it, he has been spotted popping his head into the Gr.6 classroom a few times this year:)