Dear Parents-

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Here is a copy of the schedule that I will be following for class meetings and small group instruction. These meetings and small group lessons will be held over Google Meet. The link to the Google Meet is in Google classroom under the ‘Mr. Colton’ tab. I will be using this time of instruction to better prepare your student for next school year. We will spend our hour of small group instruction to go over new content and to bring some normality to your student’s distance learning. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns and if your student will not be attending the small group instruction.

Monday: 

Class Meeting: 10:00-10:30 A.M.

Live Help: 10:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Tuesday: 

Small group instruction.

4th Grade: 9:30-10:25 A.M.

5th Grade: 10:30-11:25 A.M.

6th Grade: 11:30 A.M. – 12:25 P.M. 

Live Help: 2:00-4:00 P.M.

Wednesday: 

Small group instruction.

4th Grade: 9:30-10:25 A.M.

5th Grade: 10:30-11:25 A.M.

6th Grade: 11:30 A.M. – 12:25 P.M. 

Live Help: 2:00-4:00 P.M.

Thursday:

Small group instruction.

4th Grade: 9:30-10:25 A.M.

5th Grade: 10:30-11:25 A.M.

6th Grade: 11:30 A.M. – 12:25 P.M. 

Live Help: 2:00-4:00 P.M.

Friday: 

Class Meeting: 10:00-10:30 A.M.

Live Help: 10:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Classroom meetings will be held over Google Meet every Monday and Friday from 10:00 to 10:30. This will give me the opportunity to share things with your students, let them share things with me, and connect with their peers. I would love if your student could join us. It has been so great to see them all! You can find the link to join within Google Classroom under the ‘Mr. Colton’ tab.

Here are the update office hours for the school during this soft closure time period!

It is now time for Utah schools to show our Utah School Spirit. Please join SLCSD schools and MMA in celebrating Utah School Spirit Week.

Post a selfie using #utahschoolspirit and tag your school or district on Twitter/Instagram. We want to hear from students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members. Have fun!

Monday, March 23 – Crazy Sock Day The crazier the better!

Tuesday, March 24 – What Ya Readin’? Take a picture with the book you are reading.

Wednesday, March 25 – Pajama Day Post your coziest shot!

Thursday, March 26 – Terrific Teacher Day Post a message to a teacher that you miss.

Friday, March 27 – School Spirit Day School colors or spirit wear

Thank you for your support.

Greetings all:

As we head into our second day, I wanted to clarify a few things that I am getting a lot of questions on.  Hopefully this answers some questions we all are having.

First, Google Classroom. 

This is where all assignments are being posted.  When you log in, make sure you are logging in with your students SCHOOL account (format is first.last@mmalions.org password is FirstSSID#) Then enter the class code.

• for sixth:  zzjeejh
• for fifth:   q6y4hy4
• for fourth: 3yl44k4

once you are logged in, head up to the “classwork” tab.  This will clear out some of the noise that you see when you are looking at the “stream” tab and help organize things for you.  In the classwork tab, you will see a variety of folders.  You only need to pay attention to three of these folders

1. the “daily” tab.  This is where all daily lessons are posted.  We as a team are putting together one new lesson a day for each grade level.  The lesson itself, all supplementary videos, and the follow up are here.  This has also been given to you in hard copy in your packet.
2.  The “weekly” tab. This is where all lessons are posted that students are to be working on all week. This includes things like essays that are to be typed up on Utah Compose.  The information in this tab has also been given to you in your packet
3. The “Mr.Colton” tab. This is where all class specific items are posted.  This is where you can find login information for all online applications we are using as well as the IXL assignments and all of that good stuff.  This was not provided in your packet as it only deals with online information.

Of course, please know that while Google Classroom is an indispensable tool for us at this time because it allows us to supplement and enhance our lessons, all important resources and print outs have been given to you in your packet.  This means your student can continue to work regardless of access to a computer.

Yearbook deadlines are coming up fast! If you would like to order one, please follow the instructions below!

yearbook

Yearbook 2019-2020
$20 plus $3 for your name on cover
Order deadline 3/27/20
Go order at ybpay.lifetouch.com
Order code: 13283720

The permission slips will be coming home next week with more details. These are both amazing field trips and the kids look forward to them from the time they are 4th graders and see their peers going.

We are going on a 5th grade field trip to JA Biz Town on Tuesday, March 10th. We need parents drivers and chaperones for this field trip. Please email me if you are interested as we only have a few slots open. It is in SLC. Each student will be applying for a job to be in charge of for that day. Our class is in charge a Chick-Fil-A this year. Our 6th Grade students will be conducting job interviews for the 5th graders to see what position they will be in charge of. This is a super fun and exciting field trip for the 5th grade students!

We will also be going on a 6th grade field trip to the Clark Planetarium on Wednesday, March 11. We will be taking the Front Runner down to the Planetarium, so your student will not need a ride to this field trip!