Mrs. Houser's Blog

April 1, 2020

Review and Enrichment Through Google Classroom and Paper Packets

It was great connecting with my homeroom families yesterday!  Please do your best to stay healthy!  We will get through this and return to normal soon!

Tomorrow we start a new adventure as we begin virtual learning through Google Classroom.  We will be placing review and enrichment activities on Google Classroom every Friday for the following week.  It is recommended that you spend 30 to 45 minutes a week working on the posted activities.  These activities are not meant to cause any stress!  They are posted for you to keep your skills sharp and give you a connection to school at this time.    

Families in my homeroom or my 6 science classes may email me at lhouser@northschuylkill.net if you have any questions.  This is new to all of us!

To access Google Classroom, go to www.google.com.  In the upper right hand corner, there is a sign in icon.  Click on it and enter your gapps login and password which is your student id number followed by @gapps.northschuylkill.net.  (####@gapps.northschuylkill.net).  Use the password you use to access gapps at school.  If you do not remember your password, email me, and I can contact someone to reset it for you.

Once you are in to gapps, click on the little square of dots in the upper right hand corner and go to Google Classroom.  There you will see your classes which have been set up by your teachers.  They have invited you to join their classes.  Accept their invitations.  Explore your classes.  Click around to become familiar with the application.

During this time, teachers will also have office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 to 3:00.  They begin this Thursday.  

To access my office hours, remain logged in to Google and  go to https://meet.google.com/znt-zevx-hfc.  Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 978-616-7280 and enter this PIN: 616 788 357#  .  I believe you do not need Internet access to call in.  Students who receive packets may call the above number during office hours as well.

If you have decided to pick up paper handouts, distribution of paper handouts will occur bi-weekly on Fridays from 4 to 6 PM and the following Monday from 9 to 11 AM at North Schuylkill Elementary.  The first pick up of physical materials will be on Friday, April 3 and Monday, April 6.  Pull into the front of NSE and a staff member will bring materials to you.  You do not need to return the packets.