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Please DO NOT complete any lessons the week of Orientation EXCEPT for the 3 Orientation lessons listed above.

Once you begin courses (next week) your teachers will exempt you from anything that was assigned prior to your first class day... DO NOT PANIC when you see "Overdue lessons 500"... NOTHING is overdue

Just focus on the "To Do List" and everything will be fine!

Do you need some extra help with technology? Not quite sure how to solve a particular problem? Having an issue that you can't talk about during class time? Please sign up for one of my office hours! If you aren't sure how, please watch the video for instructions.

Office Hours:

Tuesdays 1:35-1:55

Fridays: 10:05-10:35

• Get updated information FIRST

• See the exciting things going on in our classes

• Connect with other WVVA families

• Get help from experienced LCs

COMING SOON

MindPlay is designed with a strong focus on assisting students with dyslexia. Its curriculum is grounded in the Orton-Gillingham approach and the Science of Reading, providing structured, multisensory instruction. The program includes a K-3 Dyslexia Screener to identify early signs of dyslexia, allowing for timely interventions

Furthermore, MindPlay Reading Coach offers individualized instruction with immediate feedback, adapting in real-time to ensure mastery. It also features a Personalized Library with high-interest decodable texts to reinforce phonics skills .​

📊 Effectiveness and Research-Based Outcomes

MindPlay Reading has demonstrated significant improvements in students' reading abilities. Notably, a study indicated that eighth-grade students who participated in the MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach (MVRC) during summer school increased their reading skills by 1.5 to 3 years in just 16 days .​MindPlay Education

Additionally, in one semester, 66% of students using MindPlay increased their reading proficiency by one grade level or more .​

🔄 Adaptive Learning Features

MindPlay employs adaptive technology to tailor instruction to each student's needs. The Universal Screener efficiently identifies a student's reading strengths and weaknesses, enabling educators to plan targeted instruction and interventions

The program's adaptive instruction ensures that students receive personalized learning paths, with on-screen speech-language pathologists delivering phonological awareness instruction. This approach supports all five pillars of reading and accommodates various learning styles

Log into the laptop with your student ID ASAP and if you have any issues with the device, contact the Help Desk ASAP by going to: http://www.help.k12.com/s

Occasionally the devices are missing software and we need to replace them or push something out remotely.

Think of this like "Facebook for WVVA Learning Coaches"! When you join you will see the exciting things our students are doing, and you will be the first to get information as it is released!

You can connect to other LCs and get advice/help from the people who have been and are currently where you are now!

Please try to do this by Friday!

https://community.k12.com

Thank you!

http://www.help.com/s

• Phone Support: Call (800) 221-7911

• Email Support: Reach out to support@mindplay.com

• Support Hours: Available Monday through Friday, from 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time

Your child must score at or above grade level on both the Star Reading and Math Assessments, and if accepted into the program, they will need to complete all assignments on-time, including Mindplay Reading and IXL, as well as check-in each week during their scheduled R.I.S.E. check in time.

This is a free typing app, with kid friendly games, that will help them with these skills!

Learning Coaches we have been doing this for a few years now and can tell you that when a student keeps their camera off in class, and is unresponsive (even if it is because they are shy) they tend to be less engaged and score lower on assessments.

While we understand feeling "shy", it is something we should be working towards overcoming, especially in a virtual setting. Camera use can make a virtual setting feel less isolating, it can help students feel like they are part of the class, and it makes it more difficult for them to disengage and do other things during their live sessionss. Please encourage your student to use their camera, and to respond in the chat, and by using their microphone.

Reminder: If you have more than one child, you have to submit a form for each child.

If you are experiencing a power or internet outage, you must include a copy of the message from your power/intenet company showing the outage.

If you are experiencing a tech issue, you must include the Help Ticket http://www.help.k12.com/s

This is a free virtual library from 7 am - 4 pm during the week.

Here's the link to get support:

https://support.mindplay.com/s/contactsupport

Mrs. Frederick

afrederick@westvaacademy.org

Ms. Carrie

clake@westvaacademy.org

Phone:

304-807-9370

Mrs. Frederick extension 1048

Ms. Carrie extension 1025

How to +, -, x, / with decimals

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGdm13LLWQ/Vv6peS8Dm_qKGUxTuTabFg/view?utm_content=DAGdm13LLWQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h60046696be

How to divide using partial quotients method (my favorite one!): https://www.canva.com/design/DAGZvQsSEFk/RLtOwgnqTNRYhKfGf3V_YQ/view?utm_content=DAGZvQsSEFk&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h33b8a998e0

How to divide using the box method:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGZMWYS9BQ/xEKGqPueJnDZR7MgR9ZSGg/view?utm_content=DAGZMWYS9BQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h0619ece3c9

Lake

https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=class&class=68a8aceaab4ef1414874ad0f

Frederick

MATH Group A-K

https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=class&class=68a8cb9951ac7b213a5d4e9f

MATH Group L-Z

https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=class&class=68a8cbd6b7726b95441faa33

Lake

https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=class&class=68a8aceaab4ef1414874ad0f

Frederick

February 16th- President's Day No School

February 27th- Asynchronous Learning Day

March 5th-6th- No School

Sometimes we use it for fun/socialization. This video will show you how to join the game.

https://app.classwork.com/begin/02b8524e-e8a8-4dfb-bac7-84a0b8ba3528

James & the Giant Peach Chapters 2-3

https://app.classwork.com/begin/1ba7b983-1e0e-4c62-a5ee-2a3e2bb29807

James & the Giant Peach Chapters 4-5

https://app.classwork.com/begin/fa2de8b8-61ad-41db-b90d-d7049c2aeb51

Sarah, Plain & Tall Author Study Workbook pages

https://app.classwork.com/begin/17a106f6-d578-43d5-8cb8-c726a16e488b

Sarah Plain & Tall Chapter 1

https://app.classwork.com/begin/083cbe41-3f7b-4c9d-b5bc-48f036263766

Sarah Plain & Tall Chapters 1-3 Wrap Up

https://app.classwork.com/begin/3feddaa4-6bb8-40c4-83a8-471f73c4dc97

Tin Forest Assignment from 9/11 (Answer 1 question from 1-3, and answer number 4)

https://app.classwork.com/begin/09f4764b-26c9-4f92-8ebb-c299fbc08456

Tin Forest Padlet

https://padlet.com/WVVA/tin-forest-i-can-show-how-hope-and-new-life-can-grow-from-ha-obd1eqfz4d5lfm9x

*You will also need to complete 3 FRAX missions and 2 i-ready math lessons this week. In FRAX, you should be on Sector 2, with 24 missions completed this week!

And as always, don't forget to bring those math notebooks and multiplication charts to class!

https://padlet.com/WVVA/art-cart2025-2026-lz63fkgmz969wea4

Remember put first name and last initial only.

No faces in the picture, only your art

The Handbook: https://wvva.k12.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2025/10/wvva-handbook-sy25-26.pdf?gs=true

Please arrive by 1:10 pm and wait for the room to open.

Enter with your microphone muted and your camera on.

Cameras are required for all live sessions.

If the Learning Coach is available to attend, please do, but attend with your student. Do not log in under your LC information.

If the student does not log in with their student info, the system does not mark them present.

Jackie Robinson Itegrates Baseball

In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier by becoming the first African American to play professionally in the major leagues.

Robinson endured the racist reactions of many white baseball fans as well as rejection by teammates, but he persevered.

Learn how his talent and determination changed the nation's pastime and inspired others.

Targets:

I can explain the meaning of "Jim Crow".

I can summarize Jackie Robinson's role in breaking racial barriers in the United States

Open the eBook found within the lesson (A History of US Volume D 1929-Present) and Read Chapter 29, pages 126-130

Log into Boomwriter.com/go using the Class Code and Pin you were assigned in the email on Sunday, January 18th to complete the Journal Writing Assignment found within the lesson (Our Class Code is 368156A)

Remember to use complete sentences, check your spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Book: I am Jackie Robinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRuMfBNrd20

In Class Kahoot:

https://kahoot.it/challenge/08282461?challenge-id=633f0843-32bc-4ef1-b758-5a3868b451ea_1769777386263

Math Whiz

Today you will begin to read a book about Katherine Johnson, a woman who used her extraordinary mind to help take people where they had never gone before: outer space. Then you will analyze the structure of the story and how it affects readers.

Key Words

Chronological Order- In order of the time it occurred

Inference- A guess that readers make using clues that an auther gives them in a piece of writing.

Main Idea- The most important point the author makes; it may be stated or unstated.

Supporting Details- Details that gives more informaation about the main idea.

Targets:

I can use exact quotations when descrivign what an informational text explicitly says.

I can determine the main idea of an informational text.

I can explain how the main ideais supported by key details.

I can determine the meaning of unkonwn words using context clues.

I can read a grade level text fluently

I can correctly spell grade level words

NEW SPELLING WORDS: LIST 10

1. Congregate

2. erode

3. inform

4. obsess

5. congregation

6. erosion

7. information

8. obsession

9. persuasion

10. prevention

11. proposition

12. persuade

13. prevent

14. propose

15. all right

16. a lot

17. a while

Guiding Questions: As you read, think about these questions:

1. Which text structure describes the way that You Should Meet Katherine Johnson is organized?

A. Chronological Order

B. Order of Importance

C. Compare and Contrast

2. Which statement is a main idea of Chapters 1-3 of You Should Meet Katherine Johnson?

   A. In college, Katherine was encouraged to pursue a degree in math by a professor

   B. After college, Katherine taught French and piano.

   C. After graduatng from high school when she was just 15, Katherine went to West Virginia State College.

3. Which details support the idea that Katherine was encouraged to pursue a degree in Math by her professors at WV State College?

   A. Mrs. Lacey insisted Katherine sign up for her math class at WV State.

   B. Professor Clayton created new classes at WV State just for Katherine.

   C. Katherine found it exciting to be a student at WV State.

   D. At WV State, Katherine decided to major in math and French

Spelling Practice :

Complete the following Kahoot to practice your spelling words: This IS for a grade...but if you do it you get all 10 points for trying! USE YOUR REAL NAME PLEASE

https://kahoot.it/challenge/03892231?challenge-id=633f0843-32bc-4ef1-b758-5a3868b451ea_1768745797603

Today you will recall chapters 1-3, and read chapters 4-5

Key Words:

Summary- a short retelling that includes only the most important ideas or events of a text

Supporting Detail- A Detail that gives more information about a main idea.

Targets:

I can use exact quotations when making inferences related to an informational text.

I can summarize an informational text.

I can use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words

I can identify the evidence and reasons in a text that support a point

I can read grade level text fluently.

I can spell grade level words correctly.

Assignment: Log onto Boomwriter.com/go using the login information you were provided on Sunday, January 18th.

Complete : OLS 5.03 Writing with Spelling Words

In the OLS Module Skip:

Get Ready: Spelling List 10 Activity Book

Try It: Practice Words from Chapter 4-5

In Class Kahoot on Figurative Language:

https://kahoot.it/challenge/04877994?challenge-id=633f0843-32bc-4ef1-b758-5a3868b451ea_1769692747834

In Class Read aloud video: I Am Enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_YewQgHFts

In Class Exit Ticket: https://app.classwork.com/begin/f3b02d21-15e3-41d5-8e41-7a8bcd0573b9 ( This program tells me when your work is opened, how long you spent on it, and when you submitted it. Please do not open it until the end of class when instructed to do so.)

Science will be on Tuesday at 1:15 pm for A-K students and Thursday at 1:15 pm for L-Z students.

If you have another class at this time, you will attend the other class and watch the Science video/do assignments when you are out of class.

In ELA we are working on "You Should Meet Katherine Johnson". For this reason we are going to jump ahead to Unit 6 and work in the same time period for Social Studies.

It can be confusing to work in Pre Civil War in Social Studies and then discuss events from the 60s in ELA. When we finish we will go back and pick up previous units

Targets:

I can describe the arms race and space race.

I can explain how technological innovations boosted space exploration during the Space Race, including the role of Redstone Arsenal and/or Marshall Space Flight Center.

You will create a timeline from 145-1961 to mark Soviet and American Accomplishments, and write about why the space race was an important part of the Cold War tensions.

(Login to your account at Boomwriter.com/go using the class code 368156A and your personal PIN to complete the assignment labeled: Space Race 1945-1961)

In Class:

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO8rQ-hHNUM

Note Catcher (worth 10 points)

https://app.classwork.com/begin/cf2c37f2-d0da-48b4-a74d-5db889116f30

WIN = What I Need. These sessions are geared for your specific needs as determined by GSA Benchmark, iReady and Star Assessments, as well as in class observations and completed work

Shooting for the Stars

3-2-1. This unit blasts off with a word study workshop. In it, you will explore  figurative language. Next up are a pair of reading workshops. These texts tell of a few amazing women who shaped the space race. As you read, you will learn about examining texts. You will also practice combining information from many sources. That skill will play a key part in this unit’s writing workshop. In it, you will pick a topic, do research, and draft an informational essay.

Words and Phrases to Know:

1. Pitter patter- n. a fast, light sound (onomatopoeia)

2. slurp- v. to eat or drink noisily (onomatopoeia)

3. whoosh- n. the sound of something moving quickly. (onomatopoeia)

4. clear skies- n. no problems ahead (metaphor)

5. a breeze- n. easy (metaphor)

6. strong as an ox- adj. Very Strong (simile)

7. quick like lightning- adj. Very fast (simile)

QUIZ ALERT: There is a quiz in this module! It is on Figurative Language and worth 5 points. You must score at least 3.5 points to earn a C. If you score less than 3.5 points, please go over the material and attempt the quiz again.

Assignment: Worth 50 points (and you can then skip the "Write About It" portion of the OLS Lesson.

Log into Boomwriter.com/go using the login information you were sent in an email on Sunday, January 18th.

Complete: Narrative Writing with Figurative Writiing Assignment

*You will also need to complete 3 FRAX missions and 2 i-ready math lessons this week. In FRAX, you should be on Sector 2, with 24 missions completed this week!

And as always, don't forget to bring those math notebooks and multiplication charts to class!

*You will also need to complete 3 FRAX missions and 2 i-ready math lessons this week. In FRAX, you should be on Sector 2, with 24 missions completed this week!

And as always, don't forget to bring those math notebooks and multiplication charts to class!

Mrs. Frederick will be gone today for an appointment, but we will still have class!

Our dear Mrs. Grogan will be in class today with you. Please join in at your regular times. :)

Check your calendar for any meetings..