Good Morning Families! I hope this finds you well. As mentioned on Friday, work packets will be mailed out today. The work contained in these packets supports our students IEP goals and are an extension of what we work on in the classroom on a daily basis. Students are expected to complete the activities in one of the following manners and should be turned in when we return to school:

Guidelines for completing the activities:

Activities should be completed with the least amount of support required. This can look different for each student:

1. Student completes the activity on their own
2. Student needs help reading the activity, but then completes the activity on their own
3. Student needs help reading and completing the activity – by guiding the student. You can use questioning techniques to help the student figure out the answers on their own. For example: On the food storage activity, if the student is not able to determine where to store a certain food, they can look for it in your home, or you may ask “when we buy this in the store, do we buy it from the freezer or off the shelf?”
4. Students who need a lot of support may complete the activity verbally with a family member. Please sign and date the top of the activity when completed.

In addition, our healthy lunch options should not be forgotten! With your packet, please turn in a log with what you (the student) ate and the number of points your lunch was worth each day. (This can just be a dated log on a piece of paper – nothing fancy) As a reminder:

1. All main entrees (with the exception of fast food, pizza, hot dogs) = 1 point.
2. Veggies, either raw, cooked or a tossed salad = 1 point each (limit 2 points)
3. Fruits = 1 point each (limit 2 points)
4. Yogurt = 1 point.
5. Water = 1 point.
6. Example: 1 turkey sandwich, carrots w/ ranch, grapes, and a bottle of water = 4 points
7. Example 2: Fast food sandwich, fries, pop = 0 points
8. Example 3: Left over spaghetti from last nights dinner, green beans, applesauce and juice = 3 points (no points for the juice)

Lets also not forget our fitness! A few recommendations:

1. Beach Body on Demand is offering two free weeks right now. Select from hundreds of videos. I would recommend beginner level walking, yoga or dance.
2. Wii Fit or “Lets Dance” video games, Ring Fit Adventure for Nintendo Switch
3. Walking exercise video’s such as Leslie Sansone “Stat walking at home” (I’ve heard GREAT things about these videos!)
4. Get outside and go for a walk, or a bike ride with your family (away from other people)
5. Put on your favorite music and dance
6. If you have a basketball net at home, go out and shoot some hoops for a while.

We will continue to post activities on our Facebook page as well. Here are some of the “extras” you can think about:

1. Ms. Cote just posted a list of “Non Screen” activities to do with your student.
2. For enrichment activities, the Cincinatti Zoo will be going live on Facebook every day at 3 p.m. They will feature one animal a day and provide an activity for the student to complete at home
3. Mystery Science has a starter list of science lessons that are easy to do at home and are free. There is no sign up or log in required. mysteryscience.com

IEP’s – As of this time, we do not have any IEP’s scheduled during the closure. If for some reason the closure is extended, and we need to hold and IEP, we will contact you to complete the IEP over the phone.

This is uncharted territory for all of us. The most important thing is that everyone stays safe and healthy. If you need to contact either one of us, our email addresses are as follows:

campd@dearbornschools.org

cotem@dearbornschools.org

We will be checking emails daily.

Stay well!