You know the saying, "April Showers brings May flowers." We are now on our 3rd week of distance learning and we have all discovered that this month will be spent at our homes, with the updated return time being after April 30. Hopefully the old saying will come true and we can all be reunited with a little bit of normalcy in May. We shall see. In the meantime, here is this week's plan, along with a minor attendance and grading update.
ZOOM VIDEO LESSONS - Students should attend at least one. Both are highly recommended. Below is the schedule.
I am also adding a little fun: Zoom theme days! Monday and Tuesday: Pet or Stuffed Animal Day. Wednesday and Thursday: Crazy Hat Day.
THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENTS
All students with internet access and instruments will complete the following lesson:
- Practice anything for at least 30 minutes. I will also still accept Flipgrid videos.
- Complete at least 1 Edpuzzle assignment while following along on your instrument.
- Complete the end-of-week practice survey.
We are awaiting further guidance from the district and the state board of education about how grading will look. For now, band students will either earn a complete or a missing for their weekly assignments with no letter grade attached. Once I have more details, this will change to a "pass/fail" or letter grades and I will make changes accordingly.
ATTENDANCE
Finally, I'm going to clarify attendance and update you on the cutoff for attendance each week. Students earn attendance for the week by communicating at least once with their teachers in any given week. Acceptable forms of communication include email, Google Classroom, appearances on Zoom, or phone calls. My cutoff for attendance is 2 PM on Friday. Any late check-ins count for the next week of school. Thank you so much for your patience as we take this journey together. I appreciate you all!
-Mr. Jacques-
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