Next week will be our first Remote or Virtual Spirit Week! We miss all of you and want to see that everyone is at home staying healthy and learning. Please check your teacher’s blog and help make our Remote Spirit Week a virtual success!
Monday, March 30: Helping in the Kitchen Day: Share a picture of your child helping in the kitchen. You can help make breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack! Don’t forget to write a recipe!
Tuesday, March 31: Read a Book with a Pet/ Stuffed Animal Day: Share a photo of your child reading with a family pet or favorite stuffed animal!
Wednesday, April 1: Wacky Hair Day: Share a picture of your child with his or her wackiest hairstyle!
Thursday, April 2: Write a Letter/Postcard to a Senior Citizen Day: Send a positive message to a senior citizen to help brighten his or her day!
Please make a card and or write a letter to a senior citizen at The Henry Ford Village. The Program Manager and they would love to receive cards from boys and girls. Great chance to practice letter writing—they can be written to:
Dear Friend,
The mailing address is:
Connie Coleman
15051 Ford Road
Dearborn, Michigan
48126
Friday, April 3: Enjoy the Fresh Air Day: Share a picture of your child enjoying the fresh air or do something to show our planet you care! Ex. Make a birdfeeder, plant a baby tree, or plant a seed.
During the time that students are at home, there are many great learning activities will be able to continue to help them grow academically. Please use the resources listed below with your child for his or her grade level and special area subjects.
Read at home with your child at least 20 minutes every day with books they enjoy. EPIC Books and Moby Max contain web based books for students to read online. To access, students will use their credentials and log into CLEVER from the website http s://dearbornschools.org/resources/students.Online books are available from the Dearborn Library for (Elementary Students) and (Pre-school) children using your library card information.
Before reading:
You may read to your child a text before he or she reads it.
Have your child make predictions about what might happen next.
Have your child use picture clues from the cover to predict what the book is about.
During reading:
Read out loud to your child.
Listen to your child read.
Echo read (you read a line and then have your child repeat the line).
Read together at the same time (choral reading).
Reread or retell favorite stories.
Talk to your son or daughter about what they are reading.
Talk about how the pictures in the book connect to the words on the page.
After reading, you may:
Ask “What do you remember from the text?”
Ask questions about the reading (who, what, when, where, why).
Have your child talk about his or her favorite parts of the story and why.
Ask “What have you learned from the text?”
Ask “Who was in the book and what did this character do in the story?”
Connect the story to your child’s life or to other books you and your child have read together.
Readworks– Provides K-12 teachers with a large, high-quality library of curated nonfiction
and literary articles, along with reading comprehension and vocabulary supports, formative assessments, teacher guidance, and more. Mrs.Grahl’s password is DSQKNC Ms. Sims’s password is ZMCZAM.
BrainpopJr.- Contains Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels. Log in with Google.
Scholastic News, a nonfiction magazine just for first-graders. Your child will have his or her own magazines to take home. You can also go online to the Scholastic News website. You and your child will be able to: • read and listen to digital articles • watch nonfiction videos • play fun games The issues, videos, and worksheets are also available in Spanish.
https://sn1.scholastic.com/ You’ll need to click the “Log In” button and then click “I Am a Student.” for Mrs.Grahl’s class our password is grahl1234, For Ms Sims’ Class: PHEMHMA,
Mystery Science – Mystery Science features multimedia science units for K-5. Each lesson consists of a series of short videos and prompts guide student discussion. This is followed by an experiment that can be done at home. We will be focusing on plants and animals in class.
BrainpopJr.- Contains Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels. Log in with Google.
Mystery Science – Mystery Science features multimedia science units for 3rd grade. Each lesson consists of a series of short videos and prompts guide student discussion. This is followed by an experiment that can be done at home.
Mystery Science – Mystery Science features multimedia science units for 3rd grade. Each lesson consists of a series of short videos and prompts guide student discussion. This is followed by an experiment that can be done at home.
BrainpopJr.- Contains Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels. Log in with Google.
Social Studies
MI Open Book with a focus on Michigan Studies – Michigan Studies
BrainpopJr.- Contains Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels. Log in with Google.
Fourth Grade: DuVall
Instead of video games, please have the students play card, dice, and board games. The ones we recommend include: Scrabble, Bananagrams, Farkle, Uno, Dominoes, Yahtzee, Phase 10, Skip Bo, Monopoly and Sorry.
Google Docs – share a writing weekly with your teacher through Google Docs. Choose the type of writing you would like to practice – informational, narrative, or persuasive. You can access your Google Docs throughClever.
Science
Mystery Science – Mystery Science features multimedia science units. Each lesson consists of a series of short videos and prompts guide student discussion. This is followed by an experiment that can be done at home.
Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels. Log in with Google.
Mystery Science – Mystery Science features multimedia science units. Each lesson consists of a series of short videos and prompts guide student discussion. This is followed by an experiment that can be done at home.
Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels. Log in with Google.
Here are a few more music links to keep your music learning active. http://Music Prodigies
Instead of using the suggested instruments in the play along, find some “instruments” in your home, or better yet, use body percussion to play along with this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-YtK_EvmiY
Another Play along – Instead of using the suggested instruments in the play along, find some “instruments” in your home, or better yet, use body percussion to play along with this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXFrgB083A
Instead of using the suggested instruments in the play along, find some “instruments” in your home, or better yet, use body percussion to play along with this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h46O8InPqSw
Here is a chance to review the music staff. Good Luck!
I will posting art activities that you can do at home over the shut down. I will attempt to provide activities that can be done with a minimum of supplies but can still allow students to keep their creative minds working with visual arts exercises while at home.
Below is a PDF of a variety of drawing activities students can do at home. For some, specific grade levels are suggested, but most are adaptable. I hope you find some of these inspiring!
While the schools are closed and our students are at home it is still important for them to get daily exercise and movement. All of our students are aware of daily exercises that we do in the gym like scissor kicks,ski jumpers, jumping jacks,mountain climbers, and shoulder touches. These are all activities that can be done in your home and as part of a daily routine. Other activities that can be done at home include basic yoga, movement activities on GoNoodle, exercise videos designed for kids on you tube(see links below), going for walk (with parental guidance), and jumping rope(if you have a rope).
As we have done in the past, when other flu related illness was a concern, it is important to remind everyone that the CDC recommends following these simple but very effective methods to limit the spread of respiratory diseases:
Always thoroughly wash hands for at least 20 seconds.
When soap and water is not available, use hand sanitizer to wash hands.
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or cloth when sneezing and/or coughing.
Stay home when you are sick. (This is a good habit to follow for any illness but even more important given the unknowns surrounding COVID-19)
CDC does not recommend that people who are well wear a facemask to protect themselves from respiratory diseases, including COVID-19.
Facemasks should be used by people who show symptoms of COVID-19 to help prevent the spread of the disease to others.
I will have assignments and activities posted through google classroom for each of the grade levels. My blog will include all access codes as needed. If there are any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.
See Ms. Poisson’s blog for technology activities students can engage in at home:
https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/poisson
Virtual Field Trips:
Click here for a list of virtual field trips that offer additional educational opportunities for students. Additional virtual field trips may be found by clicking on the Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips link or the Waterford.org link for early learners.
