 Tomorrow we are excited to reconnect with students again through live lessons with classroom teachers through FCPS 24-7 Blackboard. Last Tuesday was amazing – most Lemon Road classes had 90% or more participation and we want to keep that up as we start a new week. Blackboard and FCPS personnel have worked throughout the weekend to make the necessary upgrades to the FCPS 24-7 system to bring students back to a safer, more stable online environment. If we have challenges logging into Blackboard, expect an email from your child’s teacher by 11 AM with links to recorded lessons for the day or alternate plans for instruction.
As shared late last week, the new method for logging into students’ live sessions with their teacher is:
- Use Chrome to log into FCPS 24/7 Learning with student username and password
- Select "My Courses"
- Select "Lemon Road Students"
- Look for blue tab “Collaborate Ultra” on the left of the page
- Search your child’s teacher’s name to filter for tomorrow’s lessons
Remind your child to use the same log in that she or he uses when signing onto our school computers, MyOn, or Dreambox. Watch this video for a short tutorial – thank you Mr. Heffron!
Trying to keep all your Lemon Road Distance Learning information organized? Check out this page on our school website or spend some time exploring the resources from the Parent Resource Center available here on the Family Resources FCPS website. The teachers and I are looking forward to re-connecting with your children tomorrow. Have a great night ~ Mrs. Castillo
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Are your children asking about PE, music, art? What about enrichment with Mrs. Hitchcock, band, strings, counseling, technology, or library? Get ready! All our specialists have posted videos, lessons, choice boards, and activities on our Lemon Road Students blackboard page. Some will even test out live lessons later this week! Interested? Check out their tabs on the school blackboard page. |
Have questions about how to log into the various distance learning sites? Looking for support in other languages? The FCPS ESOL Department created this link with has directions, in Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish and Urdu on how to access FCPS 24/7 Blackboard, Blackboard Collaborate, and FCPS Gmail. |
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Math and Language Arts lessons are being broadcast on Apple 21. You can watch them online by going to Fairfax County Public Schools Distance Learning on YouTube and subscribe. Playlists are arranged by grade level (for math) and content for language arts. Families can also watch them on the FCPS Apple 21 cable television channel. This link will give you a guide to scheduled programming.
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Are your children craving additional math learning while at home? Origo, our math basal resource for grades K – 5 offers the ability to incorporate additional math activities for students to do at home. Click on the Origo At Home Math page to get started. While the lesson sequence provided through Origo may not follow our instructional sequence, families can use the activities to supplement the learning while students are home.
Many students and parents have asked whether Lemon Road will have a yearbook this year – the answer is YES! If you want to order a yearbook for your child, the cost is $19. Please note that all orders must be completed online (no cash/checks) and the deadline to order is NOW. Visit the website and enter Yearbook Code 12302520 to get started.
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This week, we will discuss the character strength of Appreciation of Excellence and Beauty. Appreciating beauty and excellence means that you notice and value the world’s beauty and people’s skills. This is the ability to identify and enjoy that which is admirable in the world. Appreciation of beauty can generate awe; appreciation of a skill can generate admiration; and appreciation of moral goodness can generate moral elevation. All of these feelings (awe, admiration, and moral elevation) help us forget ourselves and find increased joy and meaning in the world.
This week, our character strength example is actor John Krasinski. His new production, "Some Good News" or SGN, is a timely example of moral excellence. Each week, he gathers good news from across the internet, and takes the time to honor a person or group who are going above and beyond during this trying time. During episode 3, John surprises healthcare heroes on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA with a trip to Fenway Park where local officials and the entire Red Sox roster showered the healthcare workers in (virtual) applause. These healthcare heroes also received the honor of throwing out the first pitch of "baseball season." SGN is a wonderful example of how appreciating the excellence and beauty in our everyday lives brings joy and happiness to us all, and embodies all aspects of the #OtherPeopleMatter Mindset.
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