Dear Parents,
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Technology Department
Support River Oaks’ PTA and sell some delicious Krispy Kreme Donuts!
Order forms were sent home Wednesday. A box of a dozen of either chocolate frosted, raspberry filled, lemon filled, or creme filled are $9/box (one flavor per box). A box of a dozen glazed donuts is $8/box. Coffee is 
also available.
All forms and money are due MONDAY, October 10th. Please make sure your child’s first and last name are on the form and envelope. Also please write the teacher’s name at the top to help the PTA know where the orders go to. Remember cash or checks ONLY. Checks should be made payable to River Oaks PTA.
Thanks!
Tomorrow is Friday! And that means the Homework Menus and notebook are due tomorrow!
Please make sure that your activities are signed and that your notebook is up to date. There should be 4 Reading activities and 4 Spelling activities completed for this week.
KIds — make sure you don’t forget! It’s NOT your Mom and Dad’s homework…it’s YOURS!!!!
Today in class we played a game called, Race to 20. This was a fun game to help us get used to using a numberline to solve math facts.
I sent a copy home with your student. Please play this game tonight with him/her and have them explain the rules.
Here is what you need:
Rules
Things we learned playing the game.
Enjoy the game. The board and paper clip are yours to keep!
Tomorrow we will be doing an experiment on insulating properties of materials. Please send to school with your child tomorrow, if possible,:
Don’t worry if you do not have an item, we will make due with what we have.
Thanks for your help.
Today is our late lunch. Make sure you bring a healthy snack!
Today your child brought home a note explaining how to access Google Classroom from home. On it were his/her username and password. Please keep this sheet in a safe place. Please do not allow siblings to access the programs assigned to your second grader.
New this year is a portal available to Dearborn students which then allows them access to the programs provided to them by the district. This portal is called Clever. I have placed a link to this on my blog page under Class Links. Clever can also be accessed through the Dearborn Schools Student Resources page located by clicking on the Resources tab at the top of the district’s homepage.
Please send me a note if you have any difficulty accessing it. I know that a few families do not have access to a computer. Please do not worry. Your child will not be penalized for not doing the assignments online. I will make them a packet with the same assignments that they can turn in weekly.
Parents and families, please be aware that you will receive an email by this weekend asking you to join my Google Classroom as a Guardian.
When guardians join Classroom, they receive regular email summaries for each of their students. Guardians choose the frequency of the emails—daily or weekly—and can unsubscribe at any time.
Guardian email summaries include:
This will keep you informed of your student’s homework progress.
Enjoy and happy Googling!
Below are the directions that I sent home.
Accessing Google Classroom
My username is __________________________________@dearbornschools.org.
My Password is ___________________________________________
Don’t forget your money!
Today is River Oaks’ first popcorn sale. Each bag is 50¢. Limit 4 bags per student.
This is a question that I hear a lot even though I post it on the board every day. And the answer changes depending on which day it is. Our lunch moves around each day because of which specials we have that day. Some days we eat at 11:30 and others not until 12:30. To help with this, every morning children have the opportunity to eat a healthy snack brought from home. A snack is single serving of a healthy food that can be eaten in under 6 minutes. Students may eat only one snack. We do not have an afternoon snack. Please do not send juice. This is a food only snack. Our class has been doing an excellent job making healthy choices and it shows in their behavior and work!
**Please remember to to help your child pick out a healthy snack every day. Some days it is 4 hours between breakfast and lunch. Kids need a little something to keep their brain and body fueled and operating at peak performance.
What?! Playing games at school?! That’s right! We have been playing math games to reinforce concepts that we’ve been working on. Playing games helps us to understand the concept because we have to follow the game rules, play fair, and defend our choices by explaining our thinking. Math games help us be problem-solvers as well as teach us skills to be good partners and teammates, like listening, sharing,and taking turns. Games help us learn from our mistakes, and develop strategies and to notice patterns.
Today a few students took home “Count by 5’s.” Their job is to teach someone at home how to play (the rules are on the back of the board). By teaching someone else, students really have to understand the concept. Math games are a “win-win” in our room.
Parent Tip: If a student is putting down a number, ask them “Why do you think that goes there?” whether they’re correct or not. By asking them that question, they have to think about their decision and explain it. Often they will catch themselves if they are making a mistake. If they don’t, suggest that they count by 5’s and see which number comes before or after. Students have the most difficult counting backwards by 5’s (or thinking about what number comes before). BTW… each row is a separate sequence. The board is not a continuous number pattern.