Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
We are excited and a little nervous to embark on a new way
of teaching, as I’m sure your children are excited and a little nervous to “do
school” in a different way. We feel that our FPD fifth graders are
uniquely equipped for distance learning because our school already integrates
technology into everyday teaching and learning. While we don’t expect our
students to complete all of their schoolwork on their tablets, we are thankful
for an easy and somewhat normal way to communicate with our students daily
while our campus is closed.
Please read the following information carefully. If
you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us via email at any
time. We will answer emails during our established “office hours” that
are listed below and as we can outside of office hours.
- Learning from home will
be different! Melissa and I will be flexible as we learn with your
children how to “do school” in a different way.
- Your children will need
supervision while working on their tablets. This does not mean we
expect you to sit next to them as they complete their work, but we think
it’s important for you to have your eyes on their screens from time to
time.
- We expect our students
to be able to complete their daily school work in about 2 hours.
This will roughly equate to 30 minutes per class each day and will include
any live meetings.
- All teachers have been
asked to communicate office hours for school days. Melissa and I
will answer emails from 12:00-1:00 and from 6:00-7:00 daily.
- The school has set up a
new page on the website for distance learning information. Please visit www.fpdmacon.org/distancelearning/
for updates from FPD.
- Your students will be
expected to check their school email by 10:00 am daily. This is a
change from our original instructions to them! We will email daily
assignments and online meeting times to fifth graders (usually the night
before, so that early birds can start their work before 10:00 am if they’d
like).
We are praying for your families and look forward to our
online meetings with our students!
Jessica Murnan
