OVS Weekly Update

Upcoming Learning Coach Opportunities:

Nov. 28-30: How to create a Rockstar STEAM Fest display

Coffee chat with Wendy

An opportunity for LCs to provide feedback and discuss the OVS experience with Wendy

Tues., Nov. 28- 10:15-11am

Thurs., Nov 30- 3:15-4pm

Other Important dates:

Friday, November 3rd: NO SCHOOL for grades K-8-- No ONLINE lessons or Independent Study Lab

Monday, November 6th: No Independent Study Lab or Skills support for K-5 students

November 7th-9th: School Pictures during beginning of class time

Attendance-Did you know?

Every quarter, we send an attendance report to the state. With our limited face to face time, our attendance report is determined by considering face to face instructional hours in addition to online learning hours.

This means that it is imperative that:

• students are present to face to face instructional time at the learning center
  
• students are engaged on K12.com regularly
  
• learning coaches are logging online and offline learning time, weekly (6-9th grade only logs offline learning time)

The state requirement of learning hours in one year from Rule 10

K-8th grade: 1,032 hours/year

9+: 1,080 hours/year

So?

To put this in perspective, below is the breakdown of required hours/quarter for a FULL-TIME student, who is expected to work 6 hours/day (see table page 24 in OVS handbook or in image below). Part-time students should expect to be engaged for an hour/day for each course. Please note, these hours don't need to be completed daily, they can be completed anytime during the week, it is easier to explain in this manner.

Kindergarten-8th grade students

Q1 total days = 44 x 6 hours/day = 264 total hours/quarter

Q2 total days= 41 x 6 hours/day = 246 total hours

Q3 total days = 41 x 6 hours/day = 246 hours

Q4 total days = 48 x 6 hours/day = 288 hours

Total school days/year = 173 days

Total hours/year = 1,044

What does this mean for you?

ALL learning coaches need to log their student's offline instructional time on K12 for attendance purposes. Examples of offline hours are: writing a paper on Microsoft Word, completing handwriting in a workbook, painting a picture for art, doing PE stretches/activities, reading a novel for their novel unit, researching an animal online for a research project. Any work that is NOT on K12.com is considered offline.

K-5th grade learning coaches need to log online work on K12 as well.

How can we help you?

We are devising a plan to send reminders to parents to log hours and to let parents know if their student's engagement is not on track to meet the quarterly progress. We will be handing out half sheets to full-time students to show parents what student's logged for the first quarter, just so you have a frame of reference.

Tips to make this manageable:

• Create a calendar for learning time for students to write down their minutes, and log this weekly.
  
• Have a calendar for YOU to keep track of learning time (if you have younger students), and log this weekly.
  
• We have devices available for learning coaches to use during class time, you can log your weekly time while your student is learning.
  

Spirit Week Don't forget the second week of each month is OVS Spirit Week and students are encouraged to wear their OVS shirts with pride! Go Ocelots!

Boxtop Collection Please start sending your clipped BOXTOPS to school. The teacher that collects the greatest number of box tops in the month of November will receive a prize for each of their students.

Filmraiser Let's go watch the movie, Wonder! You can support OVS through the Filmraiser campaign and $1 of your ticket price will come back to OVS. Check out the website http://www.filmraiser.com/ and list Omaha Virtual School as your cause. The Filmraiser promotion only applies to the opening weekend for the film (November 17-19) so don't delay!

Be on the lookout for Ocelot paw prints We have asked our teachers to let us know of any classroom needs. They will keep posting these items on the Learning Coach Lounge door. Please consider adopting a paw print! You can then return the items directly to the classroom teacher. THANK YOU!

Synergy Board Vacancy The Synergy board is still seeking a treasurer. Please contact us at omahavirtualschoolpto@gmail.com if you are able to help serve our community.

OVS T-shirts Available: We still have grey and blue t-shirts available for sale. There are limited sizes and quantities. The blue shirts are $10 and the grey shirts are $17. Here is what is available:

• Blue Shirt: Youth Medium (2) and Youth Large (1)

• Grey Shirt: Youth Extra Small (2), Small (3), Medium (3) and Large (5), Adult Small (2) and Adult Medium (2)

Check out the list throughout the year of teacher requests for the classroom. Donations can be given directly to the classroom teacher. Thanks in advance for all of your support!

Ms. Roger's Classroom

Clip boards

Construction Paper

Baskets

Ms. Nommensen's Classroom
magazine racks
construction paper
erasers
spiral bound notebooks
baskets to hold leveled books
easier leveled books
comfy seating options

Middle School
6 packages Crayola Model Magic-Grey

Oreos- need this week

Paper Plates- need this week

During the first quarter, we explored Growth Mindset. In this next quarter, our focus will be empathy and kindness. In conjunction with our assembly message, we will have a giving project for our students to take part in to serve their community.

As part of our empathy message, our Synergy group is hosting a fundraiser in conjunction with "Wonder" the movie. For any tickets bought through filmraiser.com for the opening weekend of November 17-19th, proceeds will go back to the school. Tell your family and friends to check it out!

As we try to build our robotics program, we are constantly seeking ways to get funds and equipment. This allows us to build the course, obtain the tools, and have extra parts. We have been very lucky to have a couple OPS departments donate 4 robots and 1 course. However, we are lacking a course for both styles of robots and tools to precisely build the robots. We now have a new way to raise money and get something in return!

We are now offering OVS Robotics shirts! These shirts were designed by a parent (Carl Muller) and represent the fun atmosphere of our robotics program. Using the link, you can purchase shirts for yourselves. The prices are a little higher than a normal shirt order as this is a fundraiser and we are also printing two sides on the shirt.

Orders will close on November 14th and the shirts should arrive by December 1st. Short and long sleeve options are available. Money earned from these shirts will be used to purchase course materials, robotics parts, and tools. Having the proper tools and materials is vital in a successful program.

Our first face to face sessions of 2nd quarter are next week! Please bring your portfolios with your completed work up to this point. Make sure all artwork is labeled with student name and Unit/Lesson (Example: Shannon Barry, U1L1). Portfolios will be returned the following week.

K/1 will be completing Unit 2 Lesson 6 face to face.

• You do not need to bring any art supplies.
  
• To be on track per the pacing guide for 2nd Quarter Unit 2, Lesson 4 and Unit 2, Lesson 5 should be completed up to this point.
  

2/3 will be completing Unit 2, Lesson 5 face to face.

• You do not need to bring any art supplies.
  
• To be on track per the pacing guide for 2nd Quarter Unit 2, Lesson 3 and Unit 2, Lesson 4 should be completed up to this point.

4/5 will be completing Unit 3, Lesson 3 face to face.

• You do not need to bring any art supplies.
  
• To be on track per the pacing guide for 2nd Quarter Unit 2, Lesson 8 and Unit 2, Lesson 9 should be completed up to this point.

Week in Review:

This week the students were introduced to Study Island. Study Island is another tool that we can use to practice skills. We read The Gruffalo and practiced retelling the story by creating an algorithm. Students were also able to use Osmo Words to practice reading and spelling CVC words. Check out the OSMO learning games here.

Looking Ahead:

School Pictures

We will have Art with Ms. Barry.

Next week we will continue to focus on mastering addition facts and collecting data. We will also work on retelling and story sequence.

See you on Monday for Class Connect!

Ms. Rogers Skill Support Schedule Sign up

Week in Review:

Looking Ahead:

Resources: For more information on Breakout EDU, click on this link.

Mr. Dowling Skill Support Schedule Sign up

It was so wonderful to see you all at conferences! The kids are making so much progress and are just a delight! We are working on nonfiction in 4th grade and enjoying learning about using the different elements to dig deeper in our books. Our 5th graders are working on making predictions and inferences using Rip Van Winkle. They are really getting good at knowing the difference between inferences and predictions! In math, we are continuing exploring angles and decimals in the different grade levels. They are becoming math master’s in these areas! I’m super impressed with their hard work!

Next week we will continue with science! Please remember to bring in your folders with 1-2 pieces of graded work for the grade book. Please have the student’s name, the type of work (math, ELA, science, social studies), and the grade that they earned. You can write a percentage or how many they got right out of how many possible. Thank you so much for sending the work in so your children can get credit for their hard work!

Mrs. Nommensen Skill Support Sign up

Week in Review:
The class worked through various math concepts from their K12 curriculum and completed exit tickets related to the content.

Looking Ahead:
In class we will work on varied math concepts from their curriculum involving fractions and algebra.

• Fundamentals: Identify local tax rates and apply those rates to a real world meal purchase. (Lesson 4.07 - Tax and Tip)
  
• PreAlgebra: Solve real-world applications of equations with mixed numbers. (Lesson 4.06: Mixed Operation Applications)
  
• Algebra: Compare rates through the use of two variable equations. (Lesson 3.01: Equations in Two Variables)
  
• Algebra 1: Calculate the consecutive integers that solve a real-world problem. (Lesson 6.02: Proportions)
  
• Algebra 2: Calculate the common difference and identify the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. (Lesson 3.02: Arithmetic Sequences)
  
• Geometry: Name the theorem used to determine angle relationships and prove the relationship. (Lesson 5.06: Converses of Parallel Lines Properties)
  

Resources:

• IXL has practice problems and instruction on tax, tip, markup, and more in real world situations.
  
• IXL has explanations and practice problems on mixed operations with real world problems.
  
• IXL has practice problems on solving equations involving two variables.
  
• IXL has practice for proportional problems.
  
• IXL has explanations and practice for common difference and nth terms.
  
• Kapalama has a simplistic example laying out an image of the Converse of the Parallel Lines Conjecture.
  

Weekly Online Math Lessons:
Each week I am teaching the current math lesson, per the pacing guide, for each subject online via ClassConnect. These sessions are mandatory and students will learn the concept through interaction with the teacher. Upon completion, students will take their check-up and be complete with that lesson.

• Fundamentals: (Monday @ 9:30) Tax and tip (4.06).
  
• PreAlgebra: (Friday @ 9:30) Inequalities (4.09)
  
• Algebra: (Monday @ 10:15) Graphs (3.02).
  
• Algebra 1: (Friday @ 10:15) Percent (6.05).
  
• Algebra 2: (Monday @ 11:00) Open lesson assistance (module 2).
  
• Geometry: (Friday @ 11:00) Triangle sum theorem (5.08).
  

Week in Review: This last week we studied Ancient China, current Asian cultures, and the US National Parks in social studies. In science, students studied plate tectonics, body systems, and Newton's three laws. For VDI we brainstormed problems and solutions for possible future inventions using the 3D printer.

Looking Ahead: Students will be working on ELA and Math next week.

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