As of Saturday, Sept 26 at approx. 2:30PM ALL BrainPOP Assignments' scores completed by the announced BrainPOP late work deadline have been entered.

Submissions for these four BrainPOPs have closed. Thank you to all who completed them on time, and those who completed for late credit.

IMPORTANT:
----> It has become extremely time consuming to check individual late BrainPOP scores. Therefore, going forward, if you complete a BrainPOP AFTER the due date, I will grade it at the end of the chapter. The tag of "Missing" will remain until the end of the chapter when I grade all late BP submissions together at one time. There is no need to message me when you complete a late BP assignment. Please just wait until after the final late BP submission deadline for your score to be entered.

I will announce a BrainPOP Late Submission Deadline before the end of the chapter. ALL late BP scores will be entered at one time after this final deadline. After this, no late BrainPOPs submissions for those particular assignments will be accepted for credit.

VERY IMPORTANT!
IF YOU DON'T WANT A TAG OF "MISSING" TO BE PLACED FOR A BRAINPOP ASSIGNMENT, be sure to complete BrainPOPs by their due date to avoid a tag of "Missing" to be placed in the gradebook. I will grade on time BrainPOP assignments and then enter the tag of "Missing" in for those who have not completed by the due date. That tag of "Missing" will remain until after the final late BP deadline for that chapter. This may be a couple weeks.

Please complete BrainPOP assignments on time to avoid any anxiety or concern over your grade/missing assignments.

Thank you and have a great weekend! See you next week.

Mrs. Richard

Chapter 3: Spirit of Revolution - TEST will be NEXT Friday, Sept. 25

Ch. 3 Test will include all sections:

3.1 - Rivalry in N. America (Fr. and Ind. War)
3.2 - No Taxation Without Representation
3.3 - Uniting the Colonies
3.4 - A Call to Arms
3.5 - Declaring Independence

So far we have covered: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Next week's folder will be available by Monday and will cover 3.4 & 3.5

ALL work for next week's folder will be due: BEFORE class on Friday, Sept 25.

Next week's work turned after class starts on Friday will be considered late.

Be sure to complete all work in the folder BEFORE class on Friday, Sept 25. 

See you Monday! 

This Monday is a 2, 4, 6 day!  

Hello 8th Mrs. Richard's 8th Gr. U.S History Classes!

 

 

After Tuesday, September 22, you can no longer submit the following BrainPOPS for credit.

 

 

If you have NOT YET completed any of these, they can still be completed through September 22 at 11:59PM for late credit.

 

 

BrainPOP is a GREAT learning tool. The downside for teachers is that we have to go check the BP website for the scores for each assignment for each class. Right now, I have 20 different BrainPOP assignments for my history classes to check through. Therefore, for each chapter, the end of the chapter's study will be the end of your window to complete late BrainPOP assignments.

 

Complete any late BrainPOPs now, if you have not already done so!

Thank you for your understanding,

Mrs. Richard

 

To join Zoom class from now on, you must be logged in in this way!

1. Open up the Zoom app (program that is downloaded onto your computer that opens when you're using Zoom, you can find this in applications or programs)
     *Do NOT try to log in within the browser version - This will not make a difference.  
2. When Zoom app (program downloaded on your computer) is open, it should prompt you to sign in. 
3. You should see "Sign in with SSO" on the right. 
4. Select SSO, it should prompt you for the company name, which is LAUSD.
   This will allow you to join as an authenticated user in your Schoology Zoom meetings.

*See attachments in separate post for directions specifically for your type of computer (either Chromebook, Mac, or PC)

Late BrainPOPs for History / Advisory

If you complete a BrainPOP after I have marked it missing, you MUST send me a message on Schoology to notify me it has been completed.

The program unfortunately does not notify me when a student completes the three parts to a BrainPOP. I have go look up scores in the separate program class by class. 

I will not be checking for late completed BrainPOPs after I have already entered scores, unless a student notifies me they have completed theirs.

You MUST send me a message on Schoology. If you have a tag of MISSING for a BrainPOP, complete it, but do not message me that it's complete, I will not know you have completed it until you send me a message. 

Thank you for your understanding. :)

Mrs. Richard

Hello!
I wanted to give everyone an update on grading and Schoology. I also wanted to ease your minds about your grades. :)

If the score in your Gradebook is...

Blank = No grade entered by teacher *yet.* Does not count against your grade at all.

Score of 0 = Score of zero was earned.

Score of 0 AND tagged "Missing" = Student has not *yet* turned in/completed this assignment. However, student may have turned it in late, and it is still marked missing, and teacher will update as soon as on time grading is complete. If it's been a couple weeks after submitting a late assignment, then you're free to email me to check in. :)

Blank and received an "overdue" notification = student may have turned in the assignment (parent sent email/subscribed/etc.) and teacher has not entered a score yet.

If you have definitely completed an assignment, and you receive an overdue notification, please ignore those notifications. They are sent automatically. I unfortunately have no control over those notifications. Please don't rely on these as telling you I didn't receive something you submitted. I would just ignore them if you KNOW you submitted/completed something. If you didn't yet complete that assignment and receive that notification, then please use it as a reminder to complete it.

It will take at least a week if not more for me to update ALL of the Start of the Year assignments in the gradebook. I appreciate everyone's patience. I have to go to a separate site for each of these and check them off and enter the scores manually in the gradebook.

Good news! If you've completed everything, you're good! No worries.

IF you ever see a 0 with MISSING tagged, and you turned it in on time and believe it's a mistake, please feel free to contact me :) I'm happy to help and look into it.

If I mark it missing, and you turn it in late, please be extra patient. I will grade all on time assignments first, and then grade late submissions of previous/old assignments.

I hope this eases your minds about your scores for these first few assignments. I am working on building curriculum and establishing all of the start of the year communication and assignments first. I will be working through entering points for the first few assignments over the next week or so. I really appreciate your patience as we teachers are working overtime in making distance learning successful.

I'm here if you have questions. I am looking forward to a fantastic semester, and getting to know each of you.

Thank you for all of your support,
Mrs. Richard