Weekly Email
Mrs. Baggaley's Class
Dear Families,
WOW, I am SO impressed with all of your hard work! Most of my students are on track, and MANY of you are even ahead! You're doing an AWESOME job.
This week I will be doing the make-up Acadience testing for those who couldn't make last week. Make sure that you have either opted out or tested if you are in grades K-5! Older students can meet with me online for a reading screener next week.
NEW STUDENTS!
We Have Something for You!
If you are new to Utah Online School this year, we would love to give you a UOS sweater! If your student enrolled this school year and would like one, please click the link below and fill out the form so we can get one ordered for you.
**Note: These will need to be picked up at in person activities, and we cannot ship any out of the country.
Emails
- If you are still having trouble with email, let me know ASAP. I have had to reset passwords for so many kids. It has to be done one at a time.
- If you have trouble viewing this type of email, I can text you the link to your phone. Just fill out the request for this year at this link.
- Finally, if you have a second guardian you want me to CC on all emails, please add their name and email address to the same link.
Bright Thinker Online Access
Bright Thinker online materials are live! Non-Bright Thinker course cards will be added this week.
Your student's login will be in this format: firstname.lastname. So, for example, Harry Potter would be harry.potter for his username. Password is always utahonline.
If your name is hyphenated or common, there might be an exception. Reach out if you have trouble.
Art Supplies
I have some fun art supplies for everyone. I handed out some at the pool party and I will bring more to Acadience testing. I hope to see everyone soon so I can give them all out!
Chromebook Request
Remember, every child can have a Chromebook to check out but you are responsible for it. You will need to fill out the contract at this link once for each child borrowing one. Purchasing has been changed this year. We will now have a 5 year purchase structure instead of 3.
Common Questions
I get a lot of questions that ask about the same things. Please check out this Web Slides site that I made for you. Most questions are answered here.
Non-Bright Thinker Courses
These courses are managed by our wonderful school mentors who began work on the first day of school. They are working hard to clear out old accounts and replace with new. I will add course cards in Bright Thinker as a placeholder this week, but your account in those programs might not be active yet if it is a new request.
Also, two special cases:
- iReady eliminates all accounts at the end of the school year and we have to re-create every course. This will take the mentor some time to complete.
- Signing Time is now virtual and we order once a year. I am required to upload all students wanting this course this year by the end of September. If you want this course this year, make sure that you requested it previously during placement or that you request it on the course changes link.
Tips for Success
📌Add an email address into Bright Thinker so that you can email me directly from a lesson, as well as be notified about grades, feedback, etc. *Remember, it MUST be your parent email address! See how in this video created by Mrs. Larsen HERE.
Important Dates
September:
2nd - Make-up Acadience Testing for grades K-5
11th- First Virtual Activity! Patriot Day Activity
18th- TBD
25th- Art Activity- more details soon.
Back to School Parent Meeting
Back to School is a FLIPPED MEETING. That means you look over everything in advance and thenask questions. We held our Q&A meeting last week but there were very few questions and so I am not sending the recording.
When you are done with everything, please fill out the form. You can access the flipped slides at the link and the form link in the buttons below
Planning Ahead
We will have a few repeated items beginning after Labor Day. Here are my tentative plans.
MONDAYS: Progress Monitoring at noon until 1:00 pm for Acadience tested students. Frequency determined by your test results.
TUESDAYS: Upper Grade Math Tutoring. Again, beginning after Labor Day, plan between 11:00 and 2:00 for grades 5-7. It will be an open time in a ZOOM classroom to look at the previous week's work and answer questions and then look forward to the upcoming week. More details on the breakdown soon. This is optional but might be helpful for your student if they need support.
MONDAY- THURSDAY: WIN time (What I Need Time) will begin after all Acadience testing is done and we've been able to do a follow-up screener. This is for students who need extra support as shown in Acadience Testing results.
FRIDAY: Class Virtual Activity! This is always a fun time. Our first activity will be on 9/11. We will switch back to Mrs. Larsen's room again this year.
Acadience Testing
This is for grades K-5 and is required by Utah Law unless you opt out. Older grades, we'll do a different reading screener just to see how everyone is doing and if anyone needs support after I am done with all Acadience. There is no long a required Acadience Math test.
Please pick a slot at the link below. Remember to maintain student privacy, only put the parent name on this form.
If you wish to opt out of testing this year, please let me know right away and I will get you the link. You will use the same link to opt out of Acadience or RISE.
Screenings
If you have an older student, we'll do a reading screener after Acadience is finished.
Speech screenings will happen in Early September. If you have concerns about your child's speech, please reach out by email right away.