Reading Objectives

• EERF.K.1. Demonstrate emerging understanding of the organization of print.
• EERF.K.1. a With guidance and support during shared reading demonstrate understanding that books are read one page at a time from beginning to end.

Practice makes perfect! Here are some tips for book handling and early literacy skills.  While reading with your child today work on some of the skills below:

• Holding the book right side up
• Turning pages one at a time
• Pointing to pictures 
• Discriminating between words and pictures
• Running finger along words being read by an adult
• Being gentle with books 
• Identifying letters and pictures 

Students and Parents will be using Schoology as the place to start. Students can log in being Monday morning. (Parent accounts will be coming soon). Students should log in using their Google Accounts. Students who have borrowed a Chromebook from the district should have two tabs load upon sign-in: the district student portal web page and their Schoology page.

Within Schoology, students should find the links and instructions that they need. Links to Zoom meetings will be added by teachers.

To sign into a Chromebook, students use their district credentials: – User Name = Student Number- Password =.New students will have their passwords set to their birthday (MMDDYYYY) as per MiStar.

A warm welcome to families returning and also to the families with new kids joining our class. As we navigate together into this new school year, I understand that it comes with questions and concerns on how everything will look due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Rest assured, I will be in constant contact with all of you. If at any time you have concerns, you are always welcome to reach out to me through email, phone calls or texts.

Email : adamsk@dearbornschools.org

Cell Phone 734 678 7034

Classes for all Dearborn Public School students will be a half day for the week of Monday, August 31 to Thursday, September 3. (Friday, Sept. 4, is a day off for the district.) The four half days will give staff additional time to learn new online teaching tools, including the Schoology and Zoom software that all teachers and students will be using during online instruction.

What will that look like for us?

• You will find an instructional video or lesson on the blog for each day of the week. This will start on Monday to be used by families to engage in learning together
• I will be contacting families as we connect and learn the new Schoology platform
• Learning labs will begin the week of September 21. I will be contacting each family to go over the details
• We will be developing new contingency plans for the upcoming school year
• Chrome Books are available for families to checkout. I will be checking to see if you would like access to one for your home