Gainey’s Safari Guides Class News August Newsletter August 11, 2020
Hi Families!
I am so excited to welcome you all to our Virtual Academy Class! Here's a little bit about myself.... This is my 4th year at PUE but my 17th year teaching. I am married. My husband's name is Nathan. We have 2 kids. Brady is 11 and will be a 6th grade at Pine Hallow. My daughter Carly is 8 and is also a 3rd grader here at PUE. I moved here to the Raleigh area 3 years ago. My family and I relocated from Sarasota, Florida. My husband had a great job opportunity and we decided to just go for it. We are so glad we did. We love it here! I graduated from Univ of South Florida with my degree in Early Childhood Education. I have my masters from Kaplan University in reading. Last year we added our dog Cooper to our family. We rescued him. He is the BEST dog ever! Have Your Child Join Our Google Classroom ***Please go ahead and have your child log on to Google Classroom. This will give us time to troubleshoot any login difficulties before the first day of school.
Here is a video that explains how to add our classroom to Google Classroom- https://youtu.be/4PEJmXH-3nE Our Class Code is:gow64qs You will need this code to join.
Google Classroom Website Please use my Google Site for important updates and assignments. This is a major communication hub between school and home. I use my site to relay dates, schedules, assignments (it has a calendar tied directly to classroom), announcements, and other important information. It is important to check my site regularly, because it is always being updated (especially during this world of virtual teaching and learning). You can access my website through the Pleasant Union Web Page, or you can access it by clicking on the link below. My Google Site- https://classroom.google.com/c/Nzg1MTE3OTA2Njla
Third Grade Website We have a Third Grade Website with general information about third grade as well as practice links that you may find helpful! The Third Grade site will be linked to my website's homepage. Third Grade Site- https://sites.google.com/wcpss.net/thirdgraderemotelearning/home?authuser=1
Third Grade Open House Our Third Grade Open House will be on Thursday, August 13th from 6:15-7:15. We will do a large third grade Google Meet all together, and then break off into smaller sessions. During my session I will introduce myself, go over my website, go over my behavior management system, and go over our Google Classroom. The Code for Our Open House is- vwnezxirrd Please log into your child's account for this meet. It will help make sure that you aren't blocked by the county's privacy filters. At the end of the session you will exit out of the whole group meet and join our small group session using the code gainey3.
Here is a video that explains how to get into your child's account, join the large meet, and join the small breakout session. Please let me know if you have any questions. https://youtu.be/LdtHhsy8GvM
Class Dojo I will be using Class Dojo this year. This will help me communicate amazing behaviors that I am seeing in class. Students will have individual and group virtual rewards that they will be working towards. These can be found under the classwork tab on Google Classroom. I will be putting students into Class Dojo this week, so you should be getting a new Class Dojo invite soon!