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Distance Learning Update and Calendar for April 13-April 24

By Anonymous -
April 10th, 2020 Good Evening 8th Graders and Parents, Everybody’s health and well being is of the utmost concern and should be our number one priority.  We hope you are maintaining a schedule that provides time for exercise, fun, and time with friends, as well as maintaining the proper attention to your learning goals. A big high five to those of you who have managed to take this transition in stride and complete all (or many) of your assignments on time. We know that this has been a major adjustment period for many of you.  One of the parents compared this transition to school at home as putting the end of a fire hose in your mouth and opening it full blast! We realize it can be overwhelming at times, and are trying to balance this with the need to keep everybody well-informed during these unusual times.  Remember, your teachers are here to help.  Please ask any questions you may have as they arise. As of Monday, we will be moving forward with "Distance Learning
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Google Meets for Video Conferencing: Guidelines for Families

By Anonymous -
We will be using Google Hangouts/Meets for online video meetings. Here is a document with Guidelines for Families . We have heard from many parents regarding permission to video conference with your child. If you have not already, p lease contact us if you would not like your child to participate for any reason. Ms. Westbrook and Ms. Berry have set up book group meetings to check in with students. Invitations for meetings have been sent to students' emails. A student can also request meetings outside of scheduled meetings. Thank you for your continued support.
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Tuesday, March 24 Book Groups

By Anonymous -
Book Groups : We hope you were able to access the videos from yesterday. Today, please page through these 30 photos of NYC - they will help you visualize the places you are reading about. Today, you should be working on the fifth reading and Job #5.  Tree Grows group: Listen to the 6 minute segment Inside The Black Hand from NPR. (The Black Hand is referenced in today’s reading). Other groups - listen if you are interested!
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Monday LA

By Anonymous -
I hope everyone had a good weekend! Welcome back to "school" ... Book Groups : Please watch Coming to America - NY’s immigrants (5 mins) and tenement housing . These videos will give you some visuals for the settings you are reading about in your book groups. You should be working on the fourth r eading and job #4 today. Please continue to check the shared docs in Google Classroom and share a discussion question that your peers can respond to. 
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Algebra help

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I've scheduled a test run of Zoom for the algebra students on Monday at 1:00 p.m.  Any and all questions are welcome, or just stop by and say "hi".  It'll also serve as a test of Zoom for holding help sessions. Thanks, .......Mr. P.
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Friday, March 20

By Anonymous -
Thank you to those of you who have reached out to us with questions! Email is a great way to get a hold of us, and we appreciate all of the students who have reached out to us directly with questions. A special thanks to the 6 students in the Tree Grows in Brooklyn reading group. We did a test run of a virtual meeting today using Zoom. It was a bit glitchy: the audio and video were inconsistent, which made it hard to have an extended conversation. We will be trying Google Meets next week.  Parents - Please have your student sign up for this blog directly, if they haven’t done so already. The blog spot is: pawlc.blogspot.com Thank you & stay healthy! Ms. W & Mr. P
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Thursday, March 19

By Anonymous -
Happy Spring! I hope you got out for a walk today. Lexia Reminders: Here is the link to access Lexia . Your username and password should be the same as your google login. Please email your teacher if you can’t log in. Please try to do 15-20 minutes a day. The goal should be 15-20 units per week.  Technology Survey : Do you need a Chromebook from school? There was a technology survey sent to parents on Monday, but if you didn’t fill it out, we don’t know that you need a Chromebook.  Book Check-In:   Today you should be working on your second reading and Job #2. Please remember to check your email daily and ask questions as they come up!
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