March 23, 2020

Monday March 23, 2020

Good morning!  Welcome back to school...online.  This is something new for most of us and occurring under very unusual circumstances for all of us.  Going forward, we are going to make the best of the situation we can.  I understand that all of us are in unique situations and we are going through a range of emotions.  I am too!  But what I do know is that routine and staying busy are ways that will help us all get through this together.

I terms of the AP Exam, they are still going to conduct it.  It isn't really settled how it will happen but the AP says they will administer some form of the exam.  This will be done online and only cover about 75% of the material.  Luckily we were through about 75% of the material.  The only unit that we did not teach in class was the unit on Personality.  As I understand it now, the exam will only cover the material we covered plus the unit on personality.

As for grades and testing that is something that will become clearer as time goes on.  As of right now I will not be entering any more summative grades into the grade book.  I have the last two exams which I will be entering as formative unless you believe it will improve your grade and I will enter it separately as a summative.  No one's grade will go down.  

As for assignments, these will be completed in the google classroom.  You should all have access to it.  If for some reason you need the code to join again please email me and I will send you the code.  Most assignments will be of the review nature.  The only new work you will be receiving will be over the Personality Unit.  I will be very clear about how we do that so don't worry about it right now.  I will be setting up a review schedule.

Your first assignment: In google classroom you will write a letter to your hypothetical future son or daughter. Give them a name. Knowing what you know about development, starting with infancy and running up to the teenage years, what would you want your kid to know?  Please incorporate Piaget, Kohlberg, Erikson from the textbook and your own personal knowledge of the teenage years to give you kid a leg up on what they should expect.  Obviously, this is hypothetical but please give your best advice and guidance to your future child.  This should be at least  a page or longer.  Think about things you wished you might have known about to make the teenage years better.   This is due March 25th.

I miss you guys and the normalcy of the classroom.  I am going to try and set up some times to do a online Zoom meeting.  This will have to be coordinated with other  subject classes so we don't overlap.  Please reach out if you need anything.  Email is the best.

Toohey