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Please take a picture of your child’s writing and send me a sample. I would like to see what they are doing with their writing and provide feedback to you through email, as well as to post more resources to help improve skills through the blog.

My email is dimitrm@dearbornschools.org

I received one sample of writing from a friend in our class and I am blown away with how much this child has grown! I would love to see all of the students work so that I can provide feedback and help each of the children continue to grow more and more!

Alena’s mom has set up a zoom meet up for all the children to be able to say hello to each other! You will need to download the app first and then you will be all ready for the video chat later today. It only takes a few minutes to download. If you are available and able to help your child get connected on zoom at 3:00pm today, all you need to do is click on the link below after you have downloaded the app:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/579652948

Thank you Fay for setting this up!

Here is the link for the second week of DSHINES lesson plans from Wayne State. If you are looking for some more resources for your child at home, this resource has everything planned our for you in lesson plan format with links included to videos!

https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESESLessonsEnglish/1HhRF0b48YJrXTuxfiWOjALw6lBp-Ahtg

Remember:

This week your child should be working on math lessons: Module 5 Lessons 1-6

Continue reading each night and working on sight words.

Don’t forget to practice writing! Your child should be sounding out words by themselves and writing down the sounds they hear. If the words have been on a previous spelling test, they should be spelled correctly in their writing.

Please reference the post below for a reminder on what your child should be practicing to keep up their learning over the next few weeks:

Spelling test and lists will be pushed back and will resume in April when we return. In the meantime, please continue working on sight words. We have attached the sight word lists for Kindergarten that need to be mastered before the end of the year. 

• An easy way to practice these words is by writing out flash cards. We recommend you try the 6:4 method (6 words they know and 4 words they do not know) when reviewing. Practice the set of 10 words until they have mastered words and then bring in new words 4 new words and removed 4 they have mastered. 
• Alphabet Chart
• Sight Word Lists ** They need to know these by the end of Kindergarten! (Young 5, focus on the pre-primer list to prepare them for Kinder!) 

Reading

• Please use Raz-Kids and reading eggs to work with your child on maintaining and improving their reading skills. I will be monitoring the online programing from home, please email if you have any questions. Students should listen to the book, read the book, and take the quiz for each book before moving on to the next story or book. My recommendation would be at least 3 books a day (following the listen, read, and quiz pattern) and 20-30 minutes on reading eggs. 
  • Raz Kids
  • Reading Eggs
  • You will need the teacher username for raz-kids, these are posted on individual teacher’s blog but we have also listed them here: 
    • dvensko
    • Chammout
    • mdimitriou
    • afillmore1
• If you are not using online resources (raz-kids), we have attached comprehension pages for you to do with hard copy of books – 1 per day (15 total). 
  • young 5 reading comprehension
  • Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Papers
• Please continue to do the fun activities on the March is Reading Month Log. Don’t forget to log your minutes! 

Writing

• Attached is a template to use each day- 15 total. Students should pick a topic of their choice and write at least 3 complete sentences (Kindergarten) to match the picture they draw. 
  • Young 5 Writing Template – 1 complete sentence 
  • Kindergarten Writing Template – 3 complete sentences 

Math

• Here are the math lessons that should be completed in your child’s Eureka Math Succeed Book. 
  • Week of March 16th: Module 4 Lessons 31-36
  • Week of March 23rd: Module 4 Lessons 37-40
  • Week of March 30th: Module 5 Lessons 1-6
• This is a link to a youtube playlist that has the lessons online for your child to watch. On the right side of the video is the playlist where you can select the appropriate lesson. Module 4 Lessons 31-40

Module 5 Lessons 1-6

• Here is the link to math seeds. Students typically spend 20 minutes on math seeds each day in class. Math Seeds 

Here is a link to resources for helping teach your child at home: 

Teaching your child at home

All resources are linked in this folder so you have access to 1 spot 

Young 5/Kinder Online Learning 

Here is the district online resource page if you would like anything additional to what we have provided you. 

District Remote Learning Resources for all grades

Social Story for Kids about CoronaVirus 

Kid friendly story about what is happening

What should I turn in to the teachers: 

• Please keep math workbook and pages at home, no need to tear these out. 
• Please return the reading log, daily writing page, and reading response if you are not using raz kids where we can track their progress and reading. 

free internet link

In social studies we are learning about maps!

Have your child draw a map of their bedroom, the kitchen, or their favorite room in the house. They could also try to draw a map of their neighborhood or how to get to Haigh!

There will be no report cards coming home this quarter, however, all grades will be posted online for you to view through parent connect. These grades will be posted next week.

If you would like to practice some opinion writing at home with your child, this resource provides easy prompts where children can choose one item or the other. Please make sure that they use our “why” word, which is the word “because.”

For example, if the writing prompt was, “Do you like water or orange juice better?” Your child might write a sentence similar to something like this, “I like water better because it is healthier for you than orange juice.”

Please click on the link below for this opinion writing resource:

Good Evening,

Our school social worker Zahra Zaarour has provided the following link to a quick survey to better support all of us at home. Please take a couple minutes to quickly fill out this form for her and she will be in touch if you are looking for additional resources or support to get through this time.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1y1dHbdm8SReNjJsrVndhF_P6hXSrafGfta9lb7BoK7c/viewform?edit_requested=true

Stay healthy!

Raz-Kids is a great resource for your child to practice reading and comprehension together. Remember, you can also print off books from this site for your child to read to you each night, which are at their individual reading levels! Try to have them complete a lesson each day!

I have been looking at the books which your child has been reading on their account and analyzing the quizzes they take within this site. It breaks down which questions they had trouble with and let’s me see where they may need some extra help.

If I am noticing a skill which your child is consistently missing on every quiz, I will send a quick email with some feedback on the skill they are missing and how you can help them improve in this area at home.

Thank you again for everything you are doing!

Parents, Guardians & Caregivers

GoNoodle is awesome fun for the whole family! We love it when everyone does our dances, sings our songs, and plays GoNoodle together. It’s a daily ritual in most elementary schools across the U.S. (and many around the world) and we think it’s a super fun thing you can do with your little ones every day too!  Plus, we have another app called “GoNoodle Games” that is an awesome way to get your kids moving in front of the screen. Sign up for our emails and in the days and weeks ahead, we will send you weekly fresh, fun ideas for you and your kids well-beyond GoNoodle. Sign up to get these on the Good Energy page.