Naaktgeboren's Class Blog

Greetings Families, I hope you have enjoyed your first week of remote education. This week we have another packet that is available at ArchwayArete.org  or you can plan to pick one up from the school on Monday. I, unfortunately, won't be available to help with the distribution this week as I am on Zoom from 10:00-2:30. I have a couple of things to discuss before I get to the lessons, so let me get started with that. Packet A vs. Packet B This week, we have uploaded two packets to the resource page on the school's site. Packet A is the complete packet. Packet B is much shorter and only has the pages necessary for students to complete their work on. If you opt to print our packet B, you will need to allow your child to access Packet A via a computer or other device for the readings and instructions. Remember, you can always pick up a complete packet at Arete tomorrow. Please make sure you keep the packet from last week and this week. Your child, likely with help from y...

Greetings Families, The fourth-grade team decided that it would be good to provide an answer key for this week’s packet. We aren’t sure that we will provide keys going forward, but given the newness of learning at home, we thought it would be helpful for families as a resource. We ask that you do not give this answer key to your child, but that you use it as a support in helping your child complete their work. If you wish to use it to check your child’s work, you may, but that is not expected. You can find the document here . Best, The Fourth-Grade Team

Greetings Families, By now, Ms. Johnson and I have called al of you. We've been able to talk to most of you, though there are some of you that we still need to make contact with. It was good to get to talk to your children. We miss them dearly, so hearing their voices was very rewarding. If we've not been able to make contact, please know that we miss your child dearly, that we are here to serve your child and you, and it is never a bother when you reach out to us. To end, I thought I would share a picture of what lunch looks like at the Naak house. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Families, Well, tomorrow starts the return of school though it will be happening at home. You should have seen that you have access to the packets on the school's website. If not, you can pick up a hard copy tomorrow. I will be there handing them out from 9-10 a.m., but we are still supposed to keep our distance. If your child is with you, please encourage them to yell at me from the window, but we have been encouraged to not shake hands, give high fives, and other personal contacts (hugs). [If you need a digital copy of the packet, but are having issues with the packet provided by the school, please let me know. I can email you a copy if I need to do so.] I'm going to be trying to stay close to my students through video messages. He is the first one for this blog. I actually recorded it Saturday while hiking at Saguaro Lake. (When I say we are back to school, I mean remotely and with packets. I hope that isn't too confusing.) Next, here are the lessons...

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Greetings Families, I hope you are doing well. We have one week until the break. I'm ready for it to begin. I'm hoping it will provide some time for my family to do some fun things. Here are the lessons for this week. Lessons Writing/Grammar: Students will be doing a few different grammar and writing activities this week. We aren't writing any major papers, but instead helping them develop their own voices in some more creative writing exercises. History: This week, students will be doing an American Revolution group project where they create posters to tell about the most important events that led up to and during the war. Literature: After falling behind in some past weeks, this Ms. Johnson, who is leading our literature lessons, will be trying to get the students through the powerful story of Nat Bowditch. Math: This week, students will be introduced to multiplying and dividing decimals. I'm going to add to videos below that will follow how I will teach ...