Dear Parents and Students,

The following assignments should be done during the school closure. Students are asked to complete 45 minutes (about 2 lessons) each week in I-Ready. Some students will need to re-start and complete their Diagnostic Test (see below) in order for their Path to be created and shown. Their Path is specific skill practice at their level based on how they perform on the Diagnostic test. Additionally, students are asked to complete a minimum of 30 minutes a week on Khan Academy, which includes completing the review work that has been assigned. Students will be able to see the assigned work on their Khan Academy home page, by checking the “Assignments” tab on the left, or by clicking their name in the upper right and checking the notifications. To access both I-Ready or Khan Academy, students need to go to the Dearborn Schools page, select the Student Portal under the “Home” tab, Click on Clever, and scroll down to click on the app they want.

WEEK 1 (March 13-22)
• I-Ready
1) Complete the Diagnostic test if you have not already completed it. (FYI- students worked on this before mid-winter break for about 4 days, but if anyone did not finish it then or within 21 days of their start date, it automatically reset and needs to restarted). Once in I-Ready, students should see the icon for the Diagnostic test and click it to begin. The Diagnostic test will take about 2-3 hours to complete. If students prefer to break up their time to complete it over multiple sessions, that is fine. Students can exit/close I-Ready whenever they choose, as the next time they login to I-Ready, the Diagnostic test will continue where the student left off. Students can only work on it between the hours of 8AM and 3PM on weekdays (Monday-Friday), so please be aware of that when budgeting time to complete the diagnostic.

2) If students already have the diagnostic test completed…. Complete 45 minutes working on their Path. This will be accomplished by completing about 2 lessons for the week.  Each lesson will take a different number of minutes to complete, so it is possible that more than 2 lessons will need to be completed in order to get to 45 minutes. The practice on I-Ready for the week can be spread out over several days/sessions if you prefer, instead of completing it on one day, in one lump sum of time. Students can exit/close I-Ready whenever they choose, as the next time they login to I-Ready, the Path will continue where the student left off.

• Khan Academy
Complete a minimum of 30 minutes for the week, which includes completing the 13 review assignments. You will notice the assignments have the same due date (April 12 by 11:59pm). You can decide which assignment(s) you want to start with and complete each week! If you choose to complete all of the assignments in week 1, you will still need to complete your 30 minutes of practice on Khan Academy for week 2 and week 3, but you will have the flexibility to work on your “MAP Recommended Practice” or topics of your choosing that are close to your math level based on NWEA.

WEEK 2 (March 23-29)
• I-Ready – Complete 45 minutes (about 2 lessons) on your Path
• Khan Academy – Complete a minimum of 30 minutes (see above)

WEEK 3 (March 30- April 5)
• I-Ready – Complete 45 minutes (about 2 lessons) on your Path
• Khan Academy – Complete a minimum of 30 minutes (see above)

**Extra Credit Opportunity **
(these are review skills and enrichment skills that could help you prepare for lessons we will begin when we return, as well as M-Step or Spring NWEA)
IXL Skills- Unit 2 Ratios/Proportions/Percent Problems (Extra Credit)
IXL Skills- Unit 3 EXPRESSIONS & EQUATIONS (Extra Credit)

Please email me if you have any questions about anything, including needing support on logging into Khan Academy or I-Ready through Clever, how to find the assignments in Khan, username/password for IXL, NWEA Winter Scores for “Map Recommended Practice” in Khan Academy, any questions about using I-Ready.     furlowd@dearbornschools.org 

As of today, the end date of marking period 3 has not been changed. If any student has late work that they are interested in submitting, he/she needs to contact me via email….any book page will need to be scanned and emailed to me (or a photo can be taken of the page(s) and sent to me via email). If any copies of book pages or math menus or whatever are needed, please email me and I can send those as well since they cannot be posted on the blog.

Please check your email or my blog periodically for updates or additional information. Thank you for your support and patience through these next few weeks! Stay healthy!

Mrs. Furlow 

Homework
1) See above for each week. 

Important Dates:
Friday, March 13-Sunday, April 12 — SCHOOL CLOSED
Monday, April 13 — Students return to school (decided as of 3/13/20…please check the Dearborn Schools or Bryant websites for any updates)