by Mrs. Nerkizian | Apr 27, 2020 | Learn From Home/Distance Learning
What do you do if your dog chews a dictionary? Take the words out of his mouth! Where did the sheep go on vacation? The baaaahamas What did the judge say when the skunk came into his courtroom? “Odor in the court!” What kind of jungle cat is no fun to play games with?...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Apr 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hello, William O. Schaefer Students! The more that I get to visit with classes online, the more impressed I am. Teachers and students are doing an awesome job learning and growing, together. This week, you are going to spend some time learning, exploring links, and...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Apr 10, 2020 | Learn From Home/Distance Learning
We’ve been apart for a few weeks now and online together for a little bit. I was really excited to see many of you in Zoom sessions with your teacher and classmates. I will continue to pop in again this week! This week, I want you to learn a little bit about...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Do you know anyone who sometimes (or always) works from home? That means they are doing their job that they would be doing but in their home or other location and not in their normal office space. Well, the time has come for us to give it a try! Need help logging in...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Feb 25, 2020 | Maker Faire
Calling all makers, artists and creators: Sign up for SOCSD’s School Maker Faire! Did you create an experiment, participate in a competition or create a project in science, technology, engineering, art or math this year? This can be a STEM project you created at...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Over the next two weeks, we will be working in Library and Technology to try a variety of Charlotte’s Web inspired activities. Take a look at the board with the tasks below. Choose tasks that you think are interesting and appropriate for you! Loading... Taking...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Jan 2, 2020 | Coding
Prior to the break, students at William O. Schaefer were “lighting up” their brains by developing their computational thinking skills while exploring Lightbot and other coding games/apps. Ask your child to explain algorithms and debugging, or procedures...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Dec 19, 2019 | Coding, Cool Stuff, Holidays
Have you ever checked out Google’s Santa Tracker Code Lab? There are a wide variety of fun seasonal games and activities to explore!
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Dec 9, 2019 | Coding
The Hour of Code is here! The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. This is the tenth year that thousands and thousands of kids all around the world are participating. What a great way to get kids, teachers, and...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Dec 4, 2019 | Coding
What is coding? Why is it important to us and in our lives today? What is an algorithm? Why do we need to debug when we code? Click on the link to watch the video to learn more! The Hour of Code is almost here! Check out this video for a peek into this...
